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{{Short description|News/talk radio station in Santa Rosa, California}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KSRO
| logo             =
| city             = [[Santa Rosa, California]]
| area             = [[Sonoma County, California]]
| branding         = KSRO 1350 AM, 103.5 FM, and 94.5 FM
| frequency        = 1350 [[Hertz|kHz]]
| translator       = {{Radio Relay|94.5|K233CM|[[Petaluma, California|Petaluma]]}}<br>{{Radio Relay|96.9|K245DJ|Petaluma}}<br>{{Radio Relay|103.5|K278CD|Santa Rosa}}
| airdate          = May [[1937 in radio|1937]]
| format           = [[Talk radio|News/talk]]
| power            = 5,000 [[watt]]s
| class            = B
| facility_id      = 22881
| coordinates      = {{nowrap|{{coord|38|26|22.00|N|122|44|51.00|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}}}
| callsign_meaning = '''K''' '''S'''anta '''RO'''sa
| former_callsigns =
| affiliations     = [[Fox News Radio]]<BR>[[Genesis Communications Network]]<br>[[Premiere Networks]]<br>[[Westwood One]]<br>[[Golden State Warriors]]<br>[[Las Vegas Raiders]]
| network          = [[ABC News Radio]]
| owner            = Lawrence Amaturo
| licensee         = Amaturo Sonoma Media Group, LLC
| sister_stations  = [[KFGY]], [[KHTH]], [[KVRV]], [[KWVF]], [[KZST]]
| webcast          = [https://player.amperwave.net/961 Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.ksro.com ksro.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KSRO''' (1350 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[Talk radio|news/talk]] [[radio format]]. KSRO is [[City of license|licensed]] to [[Santa Rosa, California]], and serves the [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]] area.  The station is owned by Lawrence Amaturo, through licensee Amaturo Sonoma Media Group, LLC.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/local-group-buys-ksro-4-other-stations|title=Local group buys KSRO, 4 other stations|work=[[The Press Democrat]] }}</ref>
By day, KSRO transmits 5,000 [[watt]]s [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional]], but at night, to protect other stations from interference, it uses a [[directional antenna]] with a two-[[tower array]].  The [[transmitter]] is off Stony Point Road in Santa Rosa.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/KSRO-AM?loc=38.24585%2C-122.63128&locn=Petaluma%2C%20California Radio-Locator.com/KSRO]</ref>  KSRO programming is also heard on three [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[Broadcast relay station|translators]]: '''K278CD''', broadcasting at 103.5 [[Hertz|MHz]] in Santa Rosa,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://radio-locator.com/info/K278CD-FX |title=K278CD Technical Details |work=radio-locator |access-date=June 18, 2017}}</ref> and 94.5 '''K233CM''' and 96.9 '''K245DJ''' in [[Petaluma, California|Petaluma]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=k233cm&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/K233CM]</ref>
==Programming==
KSRO features national talk programs, mostly from [[Premiere Networks]] and [[Westwood One]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KSRO |title=KSRO Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref>  [[Broadcast syndication#Radio syndication|Nationally syndicated]] shows include ''[[The Ramsey Show]] with [[Dave Ramsey]], [[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show]], The Guy Benson Show, Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis, [[Coast to Coast AM]] with [[George Noory]]'' and ''[[America in The Morning]]''.  News from [[ABC News Radio]] begins most hours.
KSRO airs a local weekday wake-up news and information show, "Sonoma County's Morning News with Michelle Marques".  In the afternoon there used to be "The Drive with Steve Jaxon" was heard, Sonoma County's only local weekday talk show. The Drive featured interviews with newsmakers, musicians, authors, and comedians.  In 2012, The Drive's weekly "California Wine Country" segment was the winner of "Best Critic or Review Series" at the 2015 Taste Awards, and has been a multiple-time nominee for Best Food or Drink Radio Broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://tastetv.com/awards/nominees.html |title= Winners & Nominees |work= [[The Taste Awards]] }}</ref>  Weekends feature programs on food and wine, real estate, money, gardening and home repair.  Syndicated weekend hosts include [[Kim Komando]], Ken Coleman, "[[Art Bell|Somewhere in Time with Art Bell]]," and "On The House With The Carey Brothers."  Saturday Mornings features the long running Garden Talk and the Good Food Hour.  Sundays feature the Mike Kelly Real Estate Show with Allison Norman.
Live sports broadcasts on KSRO include the [[Las Vegas Raiders]] and the [[Golden State Warriors]].  In the fall, [[high school football]] games are broadcast.
[[File:KSRO1350-new.jpg|thumb|Former logo]]
==History==
Though predated by short-lived KFNV,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Site-Early-Radio/Archive-Radio-Digest-IDX/RD-IDX/Radio-Digest-25-12-12-OCR_-Page-0031.pdf|title=Radiophone Broadcasting Stations|work=Radio Digest-Illustrated|date=December 12, 1925|access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> KSRO is the oldest station in Santa Rosa still broadcasting. In May 1937, KSRO first [[Sign-on and sign-off|signed on]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf|title=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada|work=Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-29|access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref>  The station was founded by Ernest L. Finley, owner of the ''[[The Press Democrat|Santa Rosa Press Democrat]]''. The ownership of the station passed to Finley's wife Ruth, when he died in 1942.<ref>pressdemocrat.com</ref>  The station achieved some fame in 1943, when an actual broadcast was included in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s film ''[[Shadow of a Doubt]]'', filmed on location in Santa Rosa.<ref>Universal Home Video</ref>
KSRO began broadcasting [[Santa Rosa Junior College]] [[college football|football]] games in 1939, when the school joined the Northern California Junior College Conference. This initiated a fifty-year relationship.<ref>santarosa.edu</ref>
In the 1950s and 1960s, KSRO played [[Top 40]] music.  Its strong signal carried through the mountainous regions of the county. It was one of the few stations that could be received in the [[Russian River (California)|Russian River]] resort area.  Like many AM stations, the increasing popularity of FM radio resulted in KSRO's change of format, first to [[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]] (MOR) music with talk and news, and then to all talk and news.<ref>Eyewitness account by Robert E. Nylund{{vague|date = June 2013}}</ref> In 2020, KSRO became the Bay Area station for broadcasts of [[Las Vegas Raiders]] games.
[[Image:KSRO logo.jpg|thumb|right|KSRO logo used in various forms from 2001 to 2013.]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=44638&.pdf FCC History Cards for KSRO]
*{{Official website|www.ksro.com|Official KSRO website}}
{{AM station data|22881|KSRO}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|152120|K233CM}}
*{{FXL|K233CM}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|202646|K245DJ}}
*{{FXL|K245DJ}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22886|K278CD}}
*{{FXL|K278CD}}
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[[Category:Mass media in Sonoma County, California]]
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[[Category:Mass media in Santa Rosa, California]]