KNBR

KNBR, "The Sports Leader", are the call letters associated with 680 AM in San Francisco and KTCT 1050 AM in San Mateo. Between the two stations, the entire seasons of San Francisco Giants baseball, Golden State Warriors basketball, San Jose SaberCats arena football, and San Francisco 49ers football are broadcast to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Historical

The station's original call letters were KPO, as part of RCA Corporation's NBC radio network.

Related Topics:
KPO - RCA - NBC

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On Sunday, November 23, 1947, in a "gala broadcast" from "Radio City", 420 Taylor Street at O'Farrell in San Francisco, KPO adopted the call letters "KNBC".

Related Topics:
November 23 - 1947

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• Recording and Further Reading: bayarearearadio.org

Later, NBC determined that its fledgling television station in Los Angeles should adopt the call letters KNBC.

Related Topics:
NBC - Television - Los Angeles - Call letters

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Television station KNBH Los Angeles (with the H for Hollywood) had become KRCA, and was then renamed KNBC. At the same time, KNBC San Francisco was renamed KNBR.

Related Topics:
Los Angeles - Hollywood - KRCA - KNBC - San Francisco - KNBR

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RCA was bought by General Electric in 1986, and although KNBR remained a part of the "NBC Radio Network" until its dissolution, the call letters' association to NBC no longer holds.

Related Topics:
RCA - General Electric - NBC

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• Reference: Airwaves.com
• 'Radio City' Reference: "San Francisco's Broadcast Center of the 1930s"

KNBR is presently (June 2005) owned by http://www.susquehannaradio.com/Susquehanna Radio Corp., a subsidiary of http://www.suspfz.com/Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Company. The company in April, 2005, announced plans to sell its broadcast properties.

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• Reference: Susquehanna Press Release, 4-20-2005