AM Radio’s Quiet Fade
AM Radio’s Quiet Fade: Local Stations Fall Silent Across America By Boris McClendon, Staff Writer Late one October morning in San Francisco, a familiar voice on KGO 810 AM was suddenly replaced by the R&B hit “For the Love of Money.” Soon another cash-themed song followed, then another. Listeners were puzzled – was this a prank or a technical glitch? It wasn’t. It was a requiem. After 80 years on the air, the Bay Area’s iconic news-talk station had […]
