KDOW

KDOW
City Palo Alto, California
Broadcast area San Francisco Bay Area
Branding Wall Street Business Network
Slogan "The Bay Area's Business Leader"
Frequency 1220 kHz
First air date 1949
Format Financial News/Talk
Power 5,000 watts day
145 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 65485
Transmitter coordinates 37°29′4″N 122°8′4″W / 37.48444°N 122.13444°W / 37.48444; -122.13444Coordinates: 37°29′4″N 122°8′4″W / 37.48444°N 122.13444°W / 37.48444; -122.13444
Callsign meaning K DOW Jones
Former callsigns KIBE (1949-1984)
KDFC (1984–1997)
KBPA (1997–1999)
KBZS (1999–2001)
KSFB (2001–2004)
KNTS (2004–2008)
Affiliations Wall Street Business Network
Bloomberg Radio
Salem Radio Network
Owner Salem Media Group
(SCA-Palo Alto, LLC)
Sister stations KFAX, KTRB
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.kdow.biz

KDOW (1220 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a financial news/talk format, featuring mostly brokered programming. Licensed to Palo Alto, California, United States, the station serves the greater San Francisco Bay Area. The station is owned by the Salem Media Group (SCA-Palo Alto, LLC).[1] Its slogan is "The Bay Area's Business Leader."

The station's studios and offices are on Liberty Street in Fremont and its transmitter is in East Palo Alto west of the Dumbarton Bridge. KDOW broadcasts at 5,000 watts during the day.[2] But because 1220 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A XEB in Mexico City, KDOW must reduce power at night to 145 watts.

History

The station first signed on in 1947 as KIBE.[3] It was a daytime only station operating with 250 watts, simulcasting the classical music programming of KDFC-FM. It was owned and operated by Millard Kibbe.[4] It became known as KDFC-AM on March 1, 1984.[5]

Purchased by John Douglas in August 1996, KDFC-AM changed its call sign to KBPA on August 29, 1997 and dropped its simulcast of KDFC in favor of a talk format in Douglas's syndicated Personal Achievement Radio network with primarily self-help and inspirational programming.[6][5] KBPA added Sports Byline USA to its lineup in 1998.[7]

On February 15, 1999 the station became KBZS and changed its format to business news and financial advice. KBZS began broadcasting the Metropolitan Opera in December 1999 after KDFC dropped the show for not being able to carry it on tape delay.[8] KBZS also began broadcasting San Jose State men's basketball in the 1999–2000 season.[9]

Purchased by Salem Communications, KBZS became KSFB on July 24, 2001 and changed from business talk to Christian talk.[5][10][11] In 2003, KSFB began broadcasting Santa Clara University men's basketball and select San Jose Giants minor league baseball games in 2003.[12][13]

On July 1, 2004, the station became KNTS and changed to a news/talk format four days later carrying the Salem Radio Network lineup, including Dennis Prager and Michael Medved.[14] In 2005, KNTS became the flagship station for San Jose State football and basketball; the football games returned to KLIV after one year, but KNTS continued carrying basketball games until the 2007–08 season.[15][16][17] Also in 2005, the FCC granted KNTS a construction permit to increase its power to 50 kW day and night and use a transmitter in Hayward.[4]

On July 1, 2008, 1220 AM picked up its present call letters KDOW, resuming its previous business news and financial advice format.[18] At the request of KDOW's license holder Salem Communications, the FCC cancelled the 2005 construction permit in November 2008, restoring KDOW's operating power to 5 kW day and 145 W night.[19]

Programming

Business talk shows

The station features a variety of business and financial talk shows, including the nationally syndicated Phil's Gang and Market Wrap with Moe Ansari, brokered shows including Online Trading Academy's Power Trading Radio, and some locally produced shows. Weekends feature nationally syndicated shows, a legal talk show hosted by Thomas Girardi and political show with Rebecca Costa.[20]

Sports

Since 2003 when it was KSFB, KDOW has broadcast Santa Clara University men's basketball games.[13] Beginning in 2013, KDOW began carrying fewer Santa Clara games as San Jose's KLIV picked up more Santa Clara games.[21][22][23]

On May 15, 2015, KDOW announced that it took over the radio broadcast rights to the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League.[24][25]

On September 11, 2015, San Jose Sharks minor league affiliate San Jose Barracuda announced that they have signed a radio deal with KDOW 1220 AM to broadcast their games. [26]

References

  1. ↑ "KDOW Facility Record". U.S. Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ Radio Station KDOW 1220 AM Palo Alto CA
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 pg. C-24
  4. 1 2 Jackson, David Ferrell (November 18, 2005). "Another New 50,000 Watt Bay Area AM Station". Bay Area Radio Digest. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=65485&Callsign=KDOW
  6. ↑ Lovato, Kimberley (March 20, 1998). "Feel-good radio". Palo Alto Weekly. Archived from the original on October 1, 1999. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  7. ↑ Goldfisher, Alastair (March 30, 1998). "Sports Byline USA to air syndicated show on KBPA". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Archived from the original on November 23, 2002. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  8. ↑ Kosman, Joshua (October 19, 1999). "Live Opera Switching To KBZS". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  9. ↑ "San Jose State University Basketball Fact Sheet". San Jose State Athletics. January 7, 2000. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  10. ↑ Hamm, Andrew F. and Mullins, Robert (March 29, 2004). "Radio station seeks South Bay audience with sports, talk". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  11. ↑ http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/WHO-OWNS-WHAT-IN-THE-BAY-AREA-2571793.php
  12. ↑ "Complete For The Record". Sports Business Journal. February 24, 2003. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Bronco Hoops Forms Radio Broadcast Partnership". Santa Clara University Athletics. October 13, 2003. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  14. ↑ "News/Talk Station to Be Introduced in San Francisco Bay Area on July 5; KSFB-AM Changes to KNTS-AM 1220 with News/Talk Format". Salem Communications. July 1, 2004. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  15. ↑ "KNTS (1220 AM) to provide full-season radio coverage of football and men's basketball". San Jose State Athletics. August 3, 2005. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Men's hoops back at the Event Center for Presbyterian". San Jose State Spartans. December 21, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Men's hoops at Santa Clara; hosts Nevada Thursday". San Jose State Spartans. January 6, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  18. ↑ "KDOW Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  19. ↑ https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/api/service/am/application/1322561.html
  20. ↑ http://kdow.biz/programguidedaily
  21. ↑ "KLIV 1590 AM and KDOW 1220 AM To Broadcast Men's Basketball Games As Part of Bronco Radio Network". Santa Clara Broncos. November 2, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Bronco Radio Network Announces Schedule For 2014-15 Season". Santa Clara Broncos. November 3, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  23. ↑ http://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/m-baskbl/2016-17/schedule
  24. ↑ SaberCats Announce Radio Partnership with KDOW 1220 AM, Arena Football League website, May 15, 2015
  25. ↑ San Jose SaberCats Announce Radio Broadcast with 1220AM KDOW, Matthew Dziak, San Jose SaberCats website, May 15, 2015
  26. ↑ https://sportsradioservice2013.wordpress.com/2015/09/11/sj-barracuda-games-to-be-broadcast-on-am-1220-kdow/
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