KNEW

KNEW may refer to:

KNEW (AM)

KNEW (960 AM) is an American business talk radio station licensed to Oakland, California, which serves the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios are located in SoMa district of San Francisco, and the transmitter is located in Oakland at the eastern end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

KNEW can also be heard in the HD format.

History

The Oakland Post-Enquirer wanted a radio station to compete with the Oakland Tribune's KLX. This station went on the air as KROW in 1925, and used those call letters until 1959. It was a full-service station known for launching the career of comedienne Phyllis Diller and for helping the career of "the world's greatest disc jockey" Don Sherwood, prior to his great career at KSFO.

In 1947, the station built a new transmitter on a 20-acre island leased from the Port of Oakland. The new transmitter was accompanied by an increase in power from 1 KW to 5 KW fulltime.

KABL

This station is best known as the longtime home of KABL, the successor to KROW and one of the first beautiful music stations in the United States, owned by 1950s radio pioneer Gordon McLendon.