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| KOGO | |
| City of license | San Diego, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Diego, California |
| Branding | AM 600 KOGO |
| Slogan | "San Diego's News & Talk station." |
| Frequency | 600 (kHz) (Also on HD Radio) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 51514 |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Sister stations | KGB, KHTS, KIOZ, KLSD, KMYI, KUSS |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.kogo.com |
KOGO (600 AM, "AM 600 KOGO") is a talk radio station in San Diego, California. One of seven San Diego owned and operated Clear Channel Communications radio stations, KOGO's main focus is local and syndicated talk shows. At 5,000 watts day and night, the AM signal is one of the strongest in the region. The signal pattern generally follows the coast from the transmitter site in San Diego, with reception good to Santa Barbara and beyond. Because of the power of the station, KOGO is one of the primary Emergency Broadcast System stations for the San Diego radio market. The station is the first, and the only AM radio station, in the market to broadcast in HD Radio.
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Lineup changes
The station dropped San Diego's First News, anchored by Dave Mason, on September 1, 2007 in favor of a new talk show hosted by Chip Franklin, who came from Baltimore, Maryland. Franklin's show debuted on September 4.
In February 2008, two field reporters and one anchor were trimmed from the news department as part of a realignment by Clear Channel. Marilyn Hyder, Wade Douglas, and Sally Hixson were fired on Friday, February 8, 2008.
Sports
KOGO is the official broadcast home for the San Diego State Aztecs basketball and football programs.[1] However, some basketball games are transferred to KLSD if the football team is also playing at the same time, or if it a weekday early-evening game on the West Coast.
KOGO carried San Diego Padres games in the early 2000s, before losing the rights to XEPRS-AM "the Mighty 1090" in 2003.
California wildfires
During the California wildfires of October 2007, news, information and talk from KOGO was simulcast on every other station in the San Diego area owned by Clear Channel from the night of October 21 to the evening of October 24. KOGO dropped all commercial breaks during this period. KOGO was also simulcast on channel 247 of XM Satellite Radio, which the service uses for emergency information.
Non-fire programming returned on the night of October 24 at 11 p.m. with the syndicated Coast to Coast with George Noory.
External links
- Official KOGO website
- KOGO streaming broadcast
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KOGO
- Radio Locator Information on KOGO
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KOGO
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