102.1 KGMG History

[thebeach33445]

Hey Guys:

Can anybody give me a format history of KGMG from 1986 to 1991?

I have seen on this board and other sites on the internet that KGMG was:

1. Adult Rock

2. AC

3. Hot AC

4. Classic Rock

5. Album Rock

I looked back in my arbitron listings and they say that KGMG was Classic rock from 1986 to 1990. I don't think that is right.

Thanks for your help on this one.

T.J.

 

[Garrett]

That's a good question, you should really look that up...

 

[Big 121]

Memories of KGMG, I seem to recall they were AOR-- All Over the Road. They swerved thru many formats during that time. And before KGMG,
they were KEZL... they didn't like being in the "backwaters" of San Diego , and donated their Oceanside KUDE-AM to the local college District.
Big 121

 

[Garrett]

Memories of KGMG, I seem to recall they were AOR-- All Over the Road. They swerved thru many formats during that time. And before KGMG,
they were KEZL... they didn't like being in the "backwaters" of San Diego , and donated their Oceanside KUDE-AM to the local college District.
Big 121

As I recall, (and don't quote me please) they called themselves Magic 102 at some point, just before changing their name to Rock 102 and their FM call letters to KIOZ (which is supposed spell out "102"). The logo was similar under KGMG and Rock 102, and I remember seeing bumperstickers. Par Broadcasting owned KIOZ and then bought off Q106 and AM 600 in a fire sale. They restored KOGO to 600, and moved the FM simulcast to KGMG AM. Jeff and Jer used to refer to this sarcastically as the "The Oceanside Flamethrower," because the AM station turned out to have very little coverage outside of Oceanside, and listeners complained. Par then bought KCBQ AM/FM to take advantage of their strong signals. One night, Rock 102-1 traded places with KCBQ FM 105.3, becoming the current "Rock 105-3" with the Q106 simulcast taking over the 1170 AM signal (AM 1170's call letters remained KCBQ, 102.1 became KXST, "Set's FM," with the format pretty much it has now). It was during this period that the Oceanside AM was donated. Some may question Par's motives, because the simulcast on 1170 only lasted a few months (weeks?), with Par putting talk on KCBQ AM, and pairing it up with KOGO which they called "The Talk Twins." The format at KCBQ AM is pretty much what it was at that point, conservative talk.