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KCBS (AM)

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KCBS is an AM radio station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting at 740 kHz. The station has its roots in the experiments of San Jose tinkerer Charles Herrold as far back as 1909, making the broadcaster a leading contender for the title of oldest station in the United States and possibly the world. Herrold used a variety of different radio call signs in the early days, including FN, SJN, 6XF, 6XE, and KQW. In the very beginning, he just used a simple greeting like "San Jose calling." That greeting and the initial FN sign (which was an inverted abbreviation of "National Fone") reflected the fact that Herrold had been partially working on the idea of a radiotelephone.

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