KZNB

KZNB
City	Petaluma, California
Broadcast area	Santa Rosa
Slogan	El Patron
Frequency	1490 kHz
Format	Regional Mexican
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Class	C
Facility ID	52345
Transmitter coordinates	38°13′37.00″N 122°37′17.00″W / 38.2269444°N 122.6213889°W / 38.2269444; -122.6213889
Former callsigns	KAFP (1950-1961) KTOB (1961-2014)
Owner	California Broadcasting Corporation LLC.

KZNB (1490 AM) is a radio station that broadcasts in a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Petaluma, California, it serves the Santa Rosa area. The station is owned by California Broadcasting Corporation LLC.

The station's transmitter building and radio tower were featured in the film American Graffiti. The interior "DJ" scenes, featuring Wolfman Jack, were filmed at KRE in Berkeley, California.

On Tuesday, January 10, 1950 at 6 a.m., 1490 kHz commenced broadcasting as KAFP, which stood for 'Krowing Always For Petaluma,' associating the city with its poultry-processing status. Under the original ownership of Harold Sparks and Forrest Hughes, aka Petaluma Broadcasters, KAFP broadcast a hodgepodge of local and network/syndicated programs such as Sammy Kaye's music show, UP Radio News, a.o. For most of its life, 1490 signed off around midnight, though it was licensed to broadcast 24 hours daily.

KAFP, now owned by Lloyd Burlingham, became KTOB at 6:45 p.m. on January 10, 1961, eleven years after signing on. The format remained relatively the same, with a mix of news, talk, sports and music shows geared toward the Petaluma community.

During its life, KTOB was fraught with financial problems. On September 30, 1963, KTOB was shut down due to bankruptcy, but was resuscitated two weeks later. At that time, October 13, 1963, a gentleman became closely associated with KTOB's mostly-MOR (middle of the road) programming over the next several years, and eventually became a part-owner: Ron Walters.

Local sports broadcasts, church features, and a strong community-orientation were hallmarks of KTOB well into the 1980s. Notable air talent in this era included: Larry Chiaroni, now a news anchor and reporter for KCBS San Francisco; John Emmett, who later became play-by-play broadcaster for the AAA baseball Richmond Braves; Roger Coryell, longtime San Francisco jazz host and programmer, and Ken Korach, who is now the play-by-play man for the Major League Oakland A's.

KTOB changed its call sign to the current KZNB on November 14, 2014.

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Radio stations in the Santa Rosa, California market

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Spanish-language radio stations in the state of California

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