KCBQ

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KCBQ

San Diego, California United States
Broadcast area	San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area
Frequency	1170 kHz
Branding	96.1 and 1170 The Answer
Programming
Format	Conservative talk radio
Affiliations	Salem Radio Network Townhall News
Ownership
Owner	Salem Media Group (New Inspiration Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
Sister stations	KPRZ
History
First air date	1946 (as KSDJ)
Former call signs	KSDJ (1946–1949)
Call sign meaning	"CBS Quality" (KCBQ was a CBS affiliate in the 1950s).
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	13509
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts day 2,900 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	32°53′42″N 116°55′31″W / 32.89500°N 116.92528°W / 32.89500; -116.92528
Translator(s)	96.1 K241CT (Oceanside)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	theanswersandiego.com

KCBQ (1170 AM "The Answer") is a commercial radio station in San Diego, California. It is owned by Salem Media Group and airs a conservative talk radio format. Studios and offices are on Towne Center Drive in San Diego's University City area. The transmitter is off Moreno Avenue in Lakeside, California.^[2] By day, KCBQ operates at 50,000 watts, the maximum power for American AM stations. Because KCBQ is not a clear-channel station, it must reduce its power at night to 2900 watts to avoid interfering with Class A stations KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma and WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia, both clear-channel stations. KCBQ uses a directional antenna at all times.

KCBQ used a Top 40 format in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, later airing country music and oldies formats in the 1980s and 1990s, before switching to talk.