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KOGO (AM)

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KOGO (600 AM) is a commercial broadcast radio station in San Diego, California. The station airs a news/talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and offices are located in San Diego's Kearny Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side. Originally known as KFWV, the station operated as an NBC affiliate under the KRSD call sign from 1926 to 1961 when it was changed to KOGO. Powered at 5,000 watts day and night, the AM signal is one of the strongest in Southern California. KOGO uses a directional antenna with its two-tower array transmitter located off 60th Street at Old Memory Lane in the Emerald Hills neighborhood of San Diego. The signal pattern generally follows the Pacific Coast from Baja California, Mexico, to Santa Barbara. Because of its reach, KOGO is one of the primary Emergency Alert System stations for the San Diego radio market. The KWFN antenna is at the top of one tower and the KLNV antenna is at the top of the other. KOGO is the first, and the only AM, radio station in the San Diego market to broadcast in HD Radio. The station is simulcast on 94.1 KMYI-HD2 .

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