The year of 2003 in review according to SDRN
Disney Radio KDIS/710 AM and ESPN Radio KSPN/1110 AM swapped frequencies Jan. 1.
XTRA 690 and KXTA 1150 merge into one sports station from the Clear Channel Los Angeles building.
KSDO 1130 is officially sold to Hi Favor Broacasting, who flips the format into Radio Nueva.
Entravision purchases the three 107.1 stations serving Fallbrook, Oxnard, and Arcadia from Big City.
Entravision launches KDL 103.1 L.A.'s Party Station, a dance pop format, in Los Angeles. That format lasts 11 months until it flips to Indie 103.1.
Ted Leitner's exit from KFMB opened up three jobs: radio talk-show host, television sports anchor and Chargers play-by-play broadcaster.
John Lynch acquires programming rights to XPRS-AM 1090 in Tijuana and launches The Mighty 1090 sports station serving San Diego featuring many talkers that were left out when XTRA and KXTA merged into one station.
XPRS 1090 gains rights to the Padres play-by-play broadcasts beginnning in 2004. KOGO would then be in its fourth and final year with the Padres.
Jefferson Pilot purchases KFSD-FM 92.1 from Astor Broadcasting, then Premium moves to AM 1000 in the evenings and weekends. KSON-FM begins simulcasting on 92.1 to give North County listeners a better signal.
AM 1450 in Escondidio flipped from classical to The Fox playing 70s music. Two months later, it flipped back to classical.
Hooked on Trivia hosted by Mike Cook moved from KFMB-AM to KCBQ. It replaced KCBQ's show "I Still Q".
All Comedy Radio signs on.
Jim McInnes resurfaces on Planet 103.7.
KSON-AM 1240 replaces the Radio Disney format with Asian language programming.
The legendary KCBQ transmitting tower farm is demolished. The KCBQ transmitter is hosted on KPOP's site.
Ted Leitner joins The Mighty 1090.
Univision merges with HBC (formerly Heftel).
The domain sandiegoradionews.com is born and is the new home for the former Cal Radio News blogs.
XEKTT in Tecate moves from AM 1600 to AM 550, causing adjacent-channel interference with AM 540 in Tijuana. Weeks later, it moves to AM 560, and causes co-channel interference with stations on 560 in Yuma and San Francisco.
Tony and Kris leave KSON at the end of the year.
Discuss below.
Disney Radio KDIS/710 AM and ESPN Radio KSPN/1110 AM swapped frequencies Jan. 1.
XTRA 690 and KXTA 1150 merge into one sports station from the Clear Channel Los Angeles building.
KSDO 1130 is officially sold to Hi Favor Broacasting, who flips the format into Radio Nueva.
Entravision purchases the three 107.1 stations serving Fallbrook, Oxnard, and Arcadia from Big City.
Entravision launches KDL 103.1 L.A.'s Party Station, a dance pop format, in Los Angeles. That format lasts 11 months until it flips to Indie 103.1.
Ted Leitner's exit from KFMB opened up three jobs: radio talk-show host, television sports anchor and Chargers play-by-play broadcaster.
John Lynch acquires programming rights to XPRS-AM 1090 in Tijuana and launches The Mighty 1090 sports station serving San Diego featuring many talkers that were left out when XTRA and KXTA merged into one station.
XPRS 1090 gains rights to the Padres play-by-play broadcasts beginnning in 2004. KOGO would then be in its fourth and final year with the Padres.
Jefferson Pilot purchases KFSD-FM 92.1 from Astor Broadcasting, then Premium moves to AM 1000 in the evenings and weekends. KSON-FM begins simulcasting on 92.1 to give North County listeners a better signal.
AM 1450 in Escondidio flipped from classical to The Fox playing 70s music. Two months later, it flipped back to classical.
Hooked on Trivia hosted by Mike Cook moved from KFMB-AM to KCBQ. It replaced KCBQ's show "I Still Q".
All Comedy Radio signs on.
Jim McInnes resurfaces on Planet 103.7.
KSON-AM 1240 replaces the Radio Disney format with Asian language programming.
The legendary KCBQ transmitting tower farm is demolished. The KCBQ transmitter is hosted on KPOP's site.
Ted Leitner joins The Mighty 1090.
Univision merges with HBC (formerly Heftel).
The domain sandiegoradionews.com is born and is the new home for the former Cal Radio News blogs.
XEKTT in Tecate moves from AM 1600 to AM 550, causing adjacent-channel interference with AM 540 in Tijuana. Weeks later, it moves to AM 560, and causes co-channel interference with stations on 560 in Yuma and San Francisco.
Tony and Kris leave KSON at the end of the year.
Discuss below.