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242 relations: A cappella, ABC News Radio, Al "Jazzbo" Collins, Al Michaels, Alex Bennett (broadcaster), All-news radio, Allah, AM broadcasting, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Armstrong & Getty, Baby boomers, Backronym, Bank of America, Bette Midler, Bill Keller, Bill King, Billboard (magazine), Blog, Bloomberg Radio, Bob Fouts, Bob Reynolds (American football, born 1914), Brian Sussman, Broadcast license, Broadcast syndication, Brokered programming, Bruce Williams (talk radio host), Bureau of Navigation, C-QUAM, California Golden Bears men's basketball, California Historical Radio Society, California Smog Check Program, Capital Cities/ABC, CBS Radio, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Cease and desist, Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code, Charles Coughlin, Citadel Broadcasting, City of license, Clinton–Lewinsky scandal, Collective agreement, Commercial broadcasting, Compass Media Networks, Concord, California, Conservative talk radio, Copyright, Cumulus Media, Dan Bongino, Dan White, Directional antenna, ... Expand index (192 more) »
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A cappella
Music performed a cappella, less commonly spelled a capella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
ABC News Radio
ABC News Radio is the news radio service of ABC Audio, a division of ABC News in the United States.
Al "Jazzbo" Collins
Albert Richard "Jazzbo" Collins (January 4, 1919 – September 30, 1997) was an American disc jockey and musician who hosted The Tonight Show in 1957.
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Al Michaels
Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American television play-by-play sportscaster for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video and in an emeritus role for NBC Sports.
Alex Bennett (broadcaster)
Bennett Gordon Schwarzmann (born December 18, 1939), better known by his on-air name, Alex Bennett, is an American talk radio host, known for his mix of left-wing politics and humor.
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All-news radio
All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to the discussion and broadcast of news.
Allah
Allah (ﷲ|translit.
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AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions.
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) was a performers' union that represented a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and voice-over announcers and other performers in commercials, stunt persons and specialty acts—as the organization itself publicly stated, "AFTRA's membership includes an array of talent".
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Armstrong & Getty
Armstrong & Getty are the hosts of The Armstrong & Getty Show, a nationally syndicated morning drive radio show hosted by Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.
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Baby boomers
Baby boomers, often shortened to boomers, are the demographic cohort preceded by the Silent Generation and followed by Generation X. The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964 during the mid-20th century baby boom.
Backronym
A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase.
Bank of America
The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, with investment banking and auxiliary headquarters in Manhattan.
Bette Midler
Bette Midler (Inside the Actors Studio, 2004 born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian, and author.
Bill Keller
Bill Keller (born January 18, 1949) is an American journalist.
Bill King
Wilbur "Bill" King (October 6, 1927 – October 18, 2005) was an American sports announcer.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Blog
A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts).
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Bloomberg Radio
Bloomberg Radio is a radio service of Bloomberg L.P. that provides global business news programming 24 hours a day.
Bob Fouts
Robert Oliver Fouts (December 19, 1921 – July 7, 2019) was an American sportscaster who was best known for his work as a play-by-play announcer for San Francisco 49ers football.
Robert O'Dell "Horse" Reynolds (March 30, 1914 – February 8, 1994) was an American football player and businessman in radio and professional sports.
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Brian Sussman
Brian Jay Sussman (born April 3, 1956) is an American conservative talk radio host and former meteorologist in the San Francisco Bay Area who was most recently at San Francisco radio station KSFO.
Broadcast license
A broadcast license is a type of spectrum license granting the licensee permission to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes.
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Broadcast syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast television shows or radio programs to multiple television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air on.
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Brokered programming
Brokered programming (also known as time-buy and blocktime) is a form of broadcast content in which the show's producer pays a radio or television station for air time, rather than exchanging programming for pay or the opportunity to play spot commercials.
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Bruce Williams (talk radio host)
Bruce H. Williams (February 18, 1932 – February 9, 2019) was an American radio host, entrepreneur, writer and former mayor.
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Bureau of Navigation
The Bureau of Navigation, later the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection and finally the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation — not to be confused with the United States Navys Bureau of Navigation — was an agency of the United States Government established in 1884 to enforce laws relating to the construction, equipment, operation, inspection, safety, and documentation of merchant vessels.
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C-QUAM
C-QUAM (Compatible QUadrature Amplitude Modulation) is the method of AM stereo broadcasting used in Canada, the United States and most other countries.
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California Golden Bears men's basketball
The California Golden Bears men's basketball team is the college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley.
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California Historical Radio Society
The California Historical Radio Society (CHRS) is a non-profit organization centered on the history of radio and radio broadcasting, including related technologies such as vintage TV, amateur radio and HiFi.
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California Smog Check Program
The California Smog Check Program requires vehicles that were manufactured in 1976 or later to participate in the biennial (every two years) smog check program in participating counties.
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Capital Cities/ABC
Capital Cities/ABC Inc. was an American media company.
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CBS Radio
CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s, and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.
CBS Radio Mystery Theater
CBS Radio Mystery Theater (a.k.a. Radio Mystery Theater and Mystery Theater, sometimes abbreviated as CBSRMT) is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in the early 2000s was repeated by the NPR satellite feed.
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Cease and desist
A cease and desist letter is a document sent by one party, often a business, to warn another party that they believe the other party is committing an unlawful act, such as copyright infringement, and that they will take legal action if the other party continues the alleged unlawful activity.
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States.
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Charles Coughlin
Charles Edward Coughlin (October 25, 1891 – October 27, 1979), commonly known as Father Coughlin, was a Canadian-American Catholic priest based in the United States near Detroit.
Citadel Broadcasting
Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. KSFO and Citadel Broadcasting are Cumulus Media radio stations.
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City of license
In U.S., Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
The Clinton–Lewinsky scandal was a sex scandal involving Bill Clinton, the president of the United States, and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.
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Collective agreement
A collective agreement, collective labour agreement (CLA) or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is a written contract negotiated through collective bargaining for employees by one or more trade unions with the management of a company (or with an employers' association) that regulates the terms and conditions of employees at work.
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Commercial broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship, for example.
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Compass Media Networks is an American radio network.
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Concord, California
Concord is the most populous city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
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Conservative talk radio
Conservative talk radio is a talk radio format in the United States and other countries devoted to expressing conservative viewpoints of issues, as opposed to progressive talk radio.
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Copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.
Cumulus Media, Inc., is a broadcasting company of the United States and is the second largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States ahead of Audacy and behind iHeartMedia. KSFO and Cumulus Media are Cumulus Media radio stations.
Dan Bongino
Daniel John Bongino (born December 4, 1974) is an American conservative political commentator, radio show host, and author.
Dan White
Daniel James White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was an American politician who assassinated George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, and Harvey Milk, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, inside City Hall on November 27, 1978.
Directional antenna
A directional antenna or beam antenna is an antenna which radiates or receives greater radio wave power in specific directions.
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Disney General Entertainment Content
Disney General Entertainment Content (DGEC), formerly Capital Cities/ABC, ABC Group, Disney–ABC Television Group and the second incarnation of Walt Disney Television, is part of Disney Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Company that oversees its owned-and-operated television content, assets and sub-divisions.
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Don Sherwood (DJ)
Don Sherwood (September 7, 1925 – November 6, 1983) was an American radio personality.
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Doxology
A doxology (Ancient Greek: δοξολογία doxologia, from δόξα, doxa 'glory' and -λογία, -logia 'saying') is a short hymn of praises to God in various forms of Christian worship, often added to the end of canticles, psalms, and hymns.
Eliminationism
Eliminationism is the belief that a social group is, in the words of Oklahoma City University School of Law professor Phyllis E. Bernard, "a cancer on the body politic that must be excised—either by separation from the public at large, through censorship or by outright extermination—in order to protect the purity of the nation.".
Elmo Shropshire
Elmo Earl Shropshire (born October 26, 1936) is an American veterinarian, competitive runner and country music singer.
Emil Guillermo
Emil Guillermo is an American print and broadcast journalist, commentator and humorist.
Ernestine Anderson
Ernestine Anderson (November 11, 1928 – March 10, 2016) was an American jazz and blues singer.
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Federal Radio Commission
The Federal Radio Commission (FRC) was a government agency that regulated United States radio communication from its creation in 1927 until 1934, when it was succeeded by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
Fox News Radio
Fox News Radio is an American radio network owned by Fox News.
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
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Full-service radio
Full service radio is a type of radio format characterized by a mix of music programming and a large amount of locally-produced and hyperlocal programming, such as news and discussion focusing on local issues, news, sports coverage, interviews, call-in segments, and sometimes religious content.
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G. Gordon Liddy
George Gordon Battle Liddy (November 30, 1930 – March 30, 2021) was an American lawyer and FBI agent who was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration.
Gas chamber
A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing humans or other animals with gas, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced.
Gene Autry
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s.
George Moscone
George Richard Moscone (November 24, 1929 – November 27, 1978) was an attorney and Democratic politician who was the 37th mayor of San Francisco, California from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978.
Golden Age of Radio
The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio (OTR) era, was an era of radio in the United States where it was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium.
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Grace Adams East
Grace Helen Adams East (February 12, 1900 – 1968) was an American trumpeter and performer. During a forty year career that peaked in the 1930s, she performed live shows in local, national and international venues in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, India, England, France and Belgium, and also performed on radio programs in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. In promotional material and newspaper articles she was described as "America's foremost woman trumpeter".
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" is a novelty Christmas song.
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Gray Davis
Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is an American attorney and former politician who served as the 37th governor of California from 1999 until he was recalled and removed from office in 2003.
Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic mainland British West Indies. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city.
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Harvey Milk
Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Hate speech
Hate speech is a term with varied meaning and has no single, consistent definition.
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
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HIV/AIDS
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.
Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles County, California, mostly within the city of Los Angeles.
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IATA airport code
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code, or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter geocode designating many airports and metropolitan areas around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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Impeachment of Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, was impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress on December 19, 1998, for "high crimes and misdemeanors".
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Ionos
Ionos SE (proper spelling IONOS) is a German Internet service provider that is known for its web hosting, domain and cloud computing products.
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Islais Creek
Islais Creek or Islais Creek Channel (previously known as Du Vrees Creek, Islais Channel and Islais Swamp) is a small creek in San Francisco, California.
J. D. Hayworth
John David Hayworth Jr. (born July 12, 1958) is an American television host and former politician.
J. Paul Emerson
Jimmy Coleman (June 8, 1942 April 9, 2001),, Radio & Records, April 27, 2001, p. 30.
Jim Lange
James John Lange (August 15, 1932 – February 25, 2014) was an American game show host and disc jockey.
Jingle
A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses.
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Joe Angel
Joseph Angel (born May 5, 1948) is a retired American sportscaster best known for calling play-by-play for several Major League Baseball teams, including 19 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles Radio Network.
John Batchelor
John Calvin Batchelor (born April 29, 1948) is an American author and the host of Eye on the World on the CBS Audio Network.
John Gilliland
John Sanford Gilliland Jr. (October 18, 1935 – July 27, 1998) was an American radio broadcaster and documentarian best known for the Pop Chronicles music documentaries and as one of the original members of The Credibility Gap.
Johnny Mann
John Russell Mann (August 30, 1928June 18, 2014) was an American arranger, composer, conductor, entertainer, singer, and recording artist.
Jonestown
The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name "Jonestown", was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, an American cult under the leadership of Jim Jones.
KATD
KATD (990 AM) is a radio station that rebroadcasts San Francisco station KIQI.
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KCBS (AM)
KCBS (740 kHz) is an all-news AM radio station located in San Francisco, California. KSFO and KCBS (AM) are radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
KDKA (AM)
KDKA is a Class A, clear channel, AM radio station, owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. and licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. KSFO and KDKA (AM) are news and talk radio stations in the United States.
KEAR (AM)
KEAR (610 kHz), is a non-commercial Christian AM radio station in San Francisco, California and is the flagship station of the Family Radio network. KSFO and KEAR (AM) are radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Ken Hamblin
Ken Loronzo Hamblin II (born October 22, 1940), the self-titled Black Avenger, was host of the Ken Hamblin Show, which was syndicated nationally on Entertainment Radio Networks.
KEXC
KEXC (92.7 FM) is a non-commercial radio station serving the San Francisco Bay Area, licensed to Alameda, California, United States. KSFO and KEXC are radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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KFRC-FM
KFRC-FM (106.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
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KGO (AM)
KGO (810 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to San Francisco, California, and owned by Cumulus Media. KSFO and KGO (AM) are Cumulus Media radio stations, former subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company and radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
KGO-TV
KGO-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's ABC network outlet.
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King Broadcasting Company
King Broadcasting Company is an American former media conglomerate founded in 1946 by Dorothy Bullitt.
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KIRO (AM)
KIRO (710 kHz "Seattle Sports") is a commercial AM radio station in Seattle, Washington, owned by Salt Lake City–based Bonneville International.
KITS
KITS (105.3 FM, "Live 105") is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California. KSFO and KITS are radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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KKSF
KKSF (910 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Oakland, California and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. KSFO and KKSF are radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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KNBR (AM)
KNBR (680 kHz) is a AM radio station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting on a clear channel from transmitting facilities in Redwood City, California. KSFO and KNBR (AM) are Cumulus Media radio stations and radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
KNBR-FM
KNBR-FM (104.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to San Francisco, California, serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area. KSFO and KNBR-FM are Cumulus Media radio stations and radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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KNEW (AM)
KNEW (960 AM) is an American biz news radio station licensed to Oakland, California, and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. KSFO and KNEW (AM) are radio stations established in 1925 and radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
KNX (AM)
KNX (1070 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Los Angeles, California.
KPIX-TV
KPIX-TV (channel 5), also known as CBS Bay Area, is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's CBS network outlet.
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KRZZ
KRZZ (93.3 FM) is a commercial radio station located in San Francisco, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area. KSFO and KRZZ are radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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KSAN (FM)
KSAN (107.7 MHz, "107.7 The Bone") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to San Mateo, California, and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. KSFO and KSAN (FM) are Cumulus Media radio stations and radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
KSFB
KSFB (1260 AM) is a radio station licensed to San Francisco, California. KSFO and KSFB are radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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KSTE
KSTE (650 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. KSFO and KSTE are news and talk radio stations in the United States.
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KTCT
KTCT (1050 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to San Mateo, California, and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. KSFO and KTCT are Cumulus Media radio stations.
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KYLD
KYLD (94.9 FM) is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area and owned by San Antonio–based iHeartMedia. KSFO and KYLD are radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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KZDG
KZDG (1550 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve San Francisco, California, and services the San Francisco Bay Area. KSFO and KZDG are radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Larry Bowler
Larry Bowler (born July 30, 1939) was a Republican politician from the State of California.
Larry King Show
The Larry King Show was an American overnight radio talk show hosted by Larry King.
Laura Schlessinger
Laura Catherine Schlessinger (born January 16, 1947), commonly known as Dr.
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Liberalism in the United States
Liberalism in the United States is based on concepts of unalienable rights of the individual.
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Local marketing agreement
In North American broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (LMA), or local management agreement, is a contract in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another party.
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Lon Simmons
Lonnie Alexander "Lon" Simmons (July 19, 1923 – April 5, 2015) was an American sports announcer, best known for his play-by-play broadcasts of San Francisco Giants baseball and San Francisco 49ers football.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
Los Angeles Raiders
The Los Angeles Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994 before relocating back to Oakland, California, where the team played from its inaugural 1960 season to the 1981 season and then again from 1995 to 2019.
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LP record
The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, specifically a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.
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Mark Hopkins Hotel
The InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco is a luxury hotel located at the top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, California.
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Mastercard
Mastercard Inc. (stylized as MasterCard from 1979 to 2016, mastercard from 2016 to 2019) is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York.
Melanie Morgan
Melanie Morgan is an American radio personality, formerly with KSFO (560 kHz AM) in San Francisco, where her husband, Jack Swanson, was VP of News and Programming.
Michael Reagan
Michael Edward Reagan (born John Charles Flaugher; March 18, 1945) is an American conservative political commentator, Republican strategist, and former radio talk show host.
Michael Savage
Michael Alan Weiner (born March 31, 1942), known by his professional name Michael Savage, is an American right-wing author, political commentator, activist, and former radio host.
Middle of the road (music)
Middle of the road (also known by its acronym MOR) is a commercial radio format and popular music genre.
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Mike Thompson (California politician)
Charles Michael Thompson (born January 24, 1951) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for (known as the 1st congressional district until 2013, and the until 2023) since 1999.
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Moscone–Milk assassinations
On November 27, 1978, George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, and Harvey Milk, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, were shot and killed inside San Francisco City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
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Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
Nielsen Audio
Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences.
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
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Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the Oakland A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California.
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Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raiders.
Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.
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Oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
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Palace Hotel, San Francisco
The Palace Hotel is a landmark historic hotel in San Francisco, California, located at the southwest corner of Market and New Montgomery streets.
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Pat Buchanan
Patrick Joseph Buchanan (born November 2, 1938) is an American paleoconservative author, political commentator, and politician.
Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades.
Penthouse apartment
A penthouse is an apartment or unit traditionally on the highest floor of an apartment building, condominium, hotel, or tower.
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Peoples Temple
The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, originally Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church and commonly shortened to Peoples Temple, was an American new religious organization which existed between 1954 and 1978 and was affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Pete Rose
Peter Edward Rose Sr. (born April 14, 1941), also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is an American former professional baseball player and manager.
Peter B. Collins
Peter B. Collins (born 1953) is an American talk radio host and media consultant based near San Francisco, California.
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Planning permission
Planning permission or building permit refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions.
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Pop Chronicles
The Pop Chronicles are two radio documentary series which together "may constitute the most complete audio history of 1940s–60s popular music." They originally aired starting in 1969 and concluded about 1974.
Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies is a non-profit journalism school and research organization in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.
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Premiere Networks
Premiere Networks, Inc. (formerly Premiere Radio Networks, shortened as PRN) is an American media company, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, for which it currently serves as its main original radio content distribution and production arm.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Progressive rock (radio format)
Progressive rock (sometimes known as underground rock) is a radio station programming format that emerged in the late 1960s,Thomas Staudter,, The New York Times, March 24, 2002.
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Quentin L. Kopp
Quentin Lewis Kopp (born August 11, 1928) is an American attorney and politician.
Radio Act of 1912
The Radio Act of 1912, formally, known as "An Act to Regulate Radio Communication", is a United States federal law which was the country's first legislation to require licenses for radio stations.
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Radio Act of 1927
The Radio Act of 1927 (United States Public Law 632, 69th Congress) was signed into law on February 23, 1927.
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Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
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Radio drama
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance.
Radio format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station.
Recording studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for recording and mixing of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds.
Red Eye Radio
Red Eye Radio is a talk radio program currently hosted by Eric Harley and Gary McNamara.
RKO General
RKO General Inc. (previously General Teleradio Inc. and RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc.) was an American broadcasting company that, from 1952 through 1991, served as the main holding company for the noncore businesses of the General Tire and Rubber Company and later on GenCorp.
Ronn Owens
Ronn Owens (born Ronald Lowenstein on October 17, 1945, in New York City), is the host of The Ronn Owens Report, a ten-minute weekday radio program airing on KGO in San Francisco.
Russ Building
The Russ Building is a Neo-Gothic office tower located in the Financial District of San Francisco, California.
Russ Hodges
Russell Pleasant Hodges (June 18, 1910 – April 19, 1971) was an American sportscaster who did play-by-play for several baseball teams, most notably the New York Giants / San Francisco Giants.
Sacramento, California
() is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.
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San Diego State University
San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including the San Francisco Bay.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.
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San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco.
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San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco International Airport is the primary international airport serving the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.
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San Jose, California
San Jose, officially the paren), is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego, and the 13th-most populous in the United States.
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Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.
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SF Weekly
SF Weekly is an online music publication and formerly alternative weekly newspaper founded in the 1970s in San Francisco, California.
Shortwave radio
Shortwave radio is radio transmission using radio frequencies in the shortwave bands (SW).
Sports Byline USA is an international sports radio network based in the United States.
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Sports radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events.
St. Helena, California
St.
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The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference.
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Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
The Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represents Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States.
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Stuart Hamblen
Carl Stuart Hamblen (October 20, 1908 – March 8, 1989) was an American entertainer who in 1926 became one of radio's first singing cowboys, going on to become a singer, actor, radio show host and songwriter.
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music.
Talk Radio Network
Talk Radio Network (TRN) was an independent radio producer and syndicator of news and talk radio programming headquartered in Central Point, Oregon.
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Talkers Magazine
Talkers Magazine is a trade-industry publication related to talk radio in the United States.
Telecommunications Act of 1996
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a United States federal law enacted by the 104th United States Congress on January 3, 1996, and signed into law on February 8, 1996 by President Bill Clinton.
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Terry McGovern (actor)
Terence McGovern (born May 11, 1942) is an American actor, television broadcaster, radio personality and acting instructor.
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The Ben Shapiro Show
The Ben Shapiro Show is a daily conservative political podcast and live radio show produced by The Daily Wire and hosted by Ben Shapiro.
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The Carpenters
Carpenters, also known as The Carpenters, were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (born 1946).
The Dating Game
The Dating Game is an American television game show that first aired on December 20, 1965, and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s through the 1980s.
The Fabulous Sports Babe
The Fabulous Sports Babe was a semi-fictional character who hosted various American sports radio broadcasts.
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The Mark Levin Show
The Mark Levin Show is a conservative talk radio show hosted by Mark Levin.
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The Mercury News
The Mercury News (formerly San Jose Mercury News, often locally known as The Merc) is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Phil Donahue Show
The Phil Donahue Show, also known as Donahue, is an American television talk show that was hosted by Phil Donahue.
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The Pickwick Corporation
The Pickwick Corporation was a California corporation that historically encompassed a number of related businesses, including the surviving Pickwick Hotel in San Francisco, California.
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The Ramsey Show
The Ramsey Show (formerly known as The Dave Ramsey Show) is a three-hour self-syndicated radio program and podcast, hosted by the eponymous finance author and speaker Dave Ramsey, that airs Monday through Friday from 2-5 PM ET.
The Rush Limbaugh Show
The Rush Limbaugh Show was an American conservative talk radio show hosted by Rush Limbaugh.
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The Savage Nation
The Savage Nation (also called The Michael Savage Show) was an American conservative talk radio show hosted by Michael Savage.
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The Sean Hannity Show
The Sean Hannity Show is a conservative talk radio show hosted by Sean Hannity.
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The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954.
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
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Tom Leykis
Tom Leykis (pronounced:; born) is an American talk radio personality best known for hosting The Tom Leykis Show from 1994 to 2009 (nationally syndicated), and April 2012 to 2018 (internet streamcast/podcast).
Tony Bennett
Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer.
Tower array
A tower array is an arrangement of multiple radio towers which are mast radiators in a phased array.
Traditional pop
Traditional pop (also known as classic pop and pre-rock and roll pop) is Western pop music that generally pre-dates the advent of rock and roll in the mid-1950s.
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna with the purpose of signal transmission up to a radio receiver.
Treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance.
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United States Department of Commerce
The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity.
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Visa Inc.
Visa Inc. is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Voice of America
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international radio broadcasting state media agency owned by the United States of America.
Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
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Wayne Hagin
Wayne Hagin (born February 17, 1956) is an American sportscaster, best known as a radio play-by-play announcer for various Major League Baseball teams during his career.
WBBR
WBBR (1130 AM) is a Class A clear-channel radio station licensed to New York, New York. KSFO and WBBR are news and talk radio stations in the United States.
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Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.
Westinghouse Broadcasting
The Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
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Westwood One
Westwood One, Inc. is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. KSFO and Westwood One are Cumulus Media radio stations.
Wolfman Jack
Robert Weston Smith (January 21, 1938July 1, 1995), known as Wolfman Jack, was an American disc jockey active for over three decades.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
The 1936 college football season was the first in which the Associated Press writers' poll selected a national champion.
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1957 San Francisco 49ers season
The 1957 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's eighth season in the NFL.
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1958 San Francisco Giants season
The 1958 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's first season in San Francisco, California and 76th season overall.
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1961 San Francisco 49ers season
The 1961 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 12th season in the National Football League, their 16th overall, and their second season under head coach Red Hickey.
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1978 San Francisco Giants season
The 1978 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 96th season in Major League Baseball, their 21st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 19th at Candlestick Park.
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1980 San Francisco 49ers season
The 1980 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 31st season in the National Football League and their 35th overall.
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1981 Oakland Athletics season
The Oakland Athletics' 1981 season saw the A's finish with an overall record of 64 wins and 45 losses.
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The 1984 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season.
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1996 United States presidential election
The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996.
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The 1997 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season.
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1998 California gubernatorial election
The 1998 California gubernatorial election was an election that occurred on November 3, 1998, resulting in the election of Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis as the state's first Democratic governor in 16 years.
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2003 California gubernatorial recall election
The 2003 California gubernatorial recall election was a special election permitted under California state law.
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2004 Oakland Raiders season
The 2004 Oakland Raiders season was the 45th of professional football for the Oakland Raiders franchise, their 35th season as members of the National Football League (NFL), and their ninth season since returning to Oakland.
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2005 Oakland Raiders season
The Oakland Raiders season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League (NFL), the 46th overall, the 11th back in Oakland, and the second and final under head coach Norv Turner.
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2009 Oakland Raiders season
The 2009 Oakland Raiders season was the 50th season for the original American Football League (AFL) team, and its 40th in the National Football League (NFL).
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2013–14 California Golden Bears men's basketball team
The 2013–14 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
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2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball team
The 2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
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560 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 560 kHz: The Federal Communications Commission categorizes 560 AM as a regional frequency; the maximum power for any station on this frequency (in the United States) is 5,000 watts.
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See also
San Jose SaberCats
- ArenaBowl XVI
- ArenaBowl XVIII
- ArenaBowl XXI
- ArenaBowl XXII
- ArenaBowl XXVIII
- KSFO
- List of San Jose SaberCats seasons
- San Jose SaberCats
- San Jose SaberCats seasons
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSFO
Also known as KSFO (AM), KSFO (radio station), KSFO-AM.
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