the station to operate one of the most distinctive schedules in the history of broadcasting. It operated from a directional set of four towers in the suburban town of Hayward from 6:00 a.m until local sunset, then from the Pine Street 1,000 watt transmitter from 10:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. (when Cleveland's WTAM would come back on the air, at 6:00 a.m. Eastern time). During the summer, this meant that KFAX was off the air for only 1.5 hours (8:30 sunset until 10:00 p.m.). As KFAX In 1960, KJBS was sold to Argonaut Broadcasting for $425,000. On May 16, 1960, its call sign was changed to KFAX and it changed formats from music, news and sports to become the first all-news radio station in the US. This format drew listeners but was unprofitable and it was changed the following year. KFAX later adopted a religious format, with Christian music and religious talk. In 1977, KFAX began operating with 50,000 watts full-time, using a directional array. In 1984, KFAX was sold to Salem Media Group, an operator of both religious and secular talk stations. KFAX runs programs such as Dr. Charles Stanley, Jay Sekulow and "Life! Line" with Craig Roberts (the Bay Area's longest running conservative talk show). Trivia In light of a radio often being the first electrical device in a home not connected to centrally generated electric power, both the Cleveland-based Willard Storage Battery Company and a local outlet for Willard Batteries founded and owned stations in the early 1920s, as with WTAM in Cleveland (9 months' ownership) and KJBS (apparently for several decades). In this case, however, these two stations with an early link began in 1941 sharing clear channel use of the 1100 kHz frequency. References External links KFAX web site "The History of KJBS Radio San Francisco, California" from the Bay Area Radio Museum Advertisement for KJBS (1930), showing coverage map Photograph of KFAX building entrance at 1470 Pine Street, San Francisco FAX FAX Radio stations established in 1925 1925 establishments in California Salem Media Group properties