December 20, 2011, San Francisco, CA – Clear Channel San Francisco announced today that Newstalk 910 AM, San Francisco’s Talk Station, will begin to broadcast, effective January 3, 2012. Clear Channel San Francisco also announced today that Gene Burns and Len Tillem, San Francisco talk radio icons, will join the new station’s line-up, effective January 3, 2012. Burns and Tillem will be the only local afternoon talk shows to broadcast from San Francisco.
Newstalk 910 AM was previously positioned as Fox News Radio. The new station will be anchored by the successful Morning Drive team of Armstrong and Getty. The station will feature a wide variety of topics and opinions. Newstalk 910 AM will take a sharp, poignant and sometimes hilarious approach to covering local and national politics, money and social issues, technology, trends, pop culture and entertainment. Newstalk 910 AM will broadcast live every weekday from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m.
“We are moving Newstalk 910 into the forefront of the talk genre in the Bay Area,” said Don Parker, Director of Operations, Clear Channel San Francisco. “With the addition of Bay Area legend Gene Burns and ‘Radio Lawyer’ Len Tillem to the line-up, we are very excited about the future.”
“While it has been fun having the holiday month off, I am very anxious to get back to discussing both the issues of the day, and the Good Life on Dining Around,” said Burns. “I am excited to join a creative and energetic group of broadcasters and I am looking forward to January.”
The Bay Area’s Newstalk 910 (910 AM) Line-Up effective January 3, 2012:
6-9 a.m. The Armstrong & Getty Show
9 a.m.-noon To Be Announced
noon-3 p.m. The Tom Sullivan Show
3-4 p.m. The Len Tillem Show
4-7 p.m. The Gene Burns Program
Fans can listen to Newstalk 910 AM, on the station’s website, Talk910.com as well as on iHeartRadio.com and the iHeartRadio mobile app, Clear Channel’s best-in-class customizable digital listening experience, offering more than 800 of the nation’s most popular live broadcast and digital-only radio stations, plus user-created Custom Stations which provide listeners more songs, better music intelligence, more user control and deeper social media integration, all combined in one free, fully-integrated service.
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Clear Channel San Francisco
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