![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/KCBQ_2017_logo.png/640px-KCBQ_2017_logo.png&w=640&q=50)
KCBQ
Talk radio station in San Diego / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about KCBQ?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
KCBQ (1170 AM "The Answer") is a commercial radio station in San Diego, California. It is owned by Salem Media Group and airs a conservative talk radio format. Studios and offices are on Towne Center Drive in San Diego's University City area. The transmitter is off Moreno Avenue in Lakeside, California.[2] By day, KCBQ operates at 50,000 watts, the maximum power for American AM stations. Because KCBQ is not a clear-channel station, it must reduce its power at night to 2900 watts to avoid interfering with Class A stations KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma and WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia, both clear-channel stations. KCBQ uses a directional antenna at all times.
This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2009) |
![]() | |
| |
---|---|
Broadcast area | San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area |
Frequency | 1170 kHz |
Branding | 96.1 and 1170 The Answer |
Programming | |
Format | Conservative talk radio |
Affiliations | Salem Radio Network Townhall News |
Ownership | |
Owner |
|
KPRZ | |
History | |
First air date | 1946 (as KSDJ) |
Former call signs | KSDJ (1946–1949) |
Call sign meaning | "CBS Quality" (KCBQ was a CBS affiliate in the 1950s). |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 13509 |
Class | B |
Power | 50,000 watts day 2,900 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°53′42″N 116°55′31″W |
Translator(s) | 96.1 K241CT (Oceanside) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | theanswersandiego.com |
KCBQ used a Top 40 format in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, later airing country music and oldies formats in the 1980s and 1990s, before switching to talk.