San Diego Radio History

David Leonard, author of Aircheck The Story of Top 40 Radio In San Diego shares a historic photo from KCBQ.

The photo is from 1952 of KCBQ. David’s ordering information for the book is below. He writes about the picture: “the studio was located at the Manor Hotel on Texas Street near El Cajon Blvd. The smaller KCBQ sign, mounted on the building, was relocated and used as a pole sign along Mission Gorge Rd. when the studio was established in Santee.

Also, this gem of a logo from XEAK.

The story of radio stations KCBQ, KGB, KDEO, and XEAK as the Top 40 format prevailed over AM radio from 1955 to 1982. Aircheck offers a general history of San Diego radio stations, detailed histories of the four key Top 40 stations, short biographies and photos of each DJ, images of studios, weekly surveys, memorabilia, coverage charts, a glossary of terms, and a full name index. Aircheck deftly covers the degree of competition that occured between stations and among staff to reach and retain top ratings. This soft cover, 8 1/2 X 11 perfect bound book with 112 pages, was privately printed and limited to 1000 copies.

Visit David’s order page at by clicking here. Complete order details at his web site.

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