Yes, the drop wire is hanging from one of the KLSD towers.
"One" of the towers? There's only one tower. And, in addition to KLSD, it's also transmitting 93.3, 101.5, plus (I believe) 97.3 and 106.5. The last two are recent additions, due to the impending demolition of the nearby Emerald Hills sticks. I hope KLSD's single tower doesn't collapse under the weight of all those stations 😅
I haven't gone by there in a while. I was told that an additional tower was going up, to accommodate the new additions. This was a year ago...and things can always change.
I just learned that Michael Reagan, son of the late President, died on January 4 at age 80. Michael was a conservative talk show host at KSDO/1130 AM for 3 years from 1989-1992.KSDO filed an STA extension to continue operating from a drop wire antenna at 2,500 watts ND. They are working with Vertical Bridge to get added to the KLSD tower site.
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That was during the glory days of KSDO as a top rated Talk station. All of that began to change with the arrival of KOGO in 1994, which took away key hosts like Roger Hedgecock.
Were KOGO and KSDO owned by the same company back in 1994? My recollection is that a bunch of their shows
It was 1996 when KSDO and KOGO came under the same Jacor ownership. That's when some of the hosts were moved over to KOGO like Rush Limbaugh, and Hedgecock, and 1130 became business talk. IIRC, it was in 2000 when KSDO was sold to Chase Properties, and had a syndicated Talk format until the sale to current owner Hi -Favor. Who BTW paid $10 million for KSDO. Nowadays, probably worth less than 10% of that.
Thanks for the info. Like your handle name.
I can't remember when George started on KOGO.
Yes, but Hi-Favor quickly sold KSDO's Santee transmitter site to a housing developer. It was a large parcel, with multiple towers. So the $10 million was more for the real estate, not the radio station.
