KCBS ALL NEWS RADIO CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF NEWS, INFORMATION, AND INNOVATION AS THE WORLD’S FIRST BROADCASTING STATION ON JUNE 11TH 2009

For Immediate Release June 8, 2009

San Jose-San Francisco - KCBS All News Radio 740 AM and 106.9 FM (http://www.kcbs.com streaming live) celebrates 100 years of news, information, and innovation as the world’s first broadcasting station on June 11th 2009 where it all began on the corner of First and San Fernando in San Jose, California in the Fairmont Plaza.

It started in 1909: radio/broadcasting/mass communications and the station we now know as KCBS began with the spark of innovation on the corner of First and San Fernando in San Jose. Charles David Herrold aka “Doc” Herrold is credited with inventing radio broadcasting. “Doc” Herrold operated Herrold’s College of Wireless and Engineering at First and San Fernando in San Jose and in 1909 began his first broadcast transmission.

Initially the station was only identified as “San Jose Calling” and then KQW and then and now KCBS.

On Thursday June 11th KCBS returns to San Jose as Stan Bunger, morning anchor, and Rebecca Corral, mid-day anchor, anchor the news at noon from the very spot where the information age was born and Melissa Culross, mid-day anchor, anchors from San Francisco.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed will be on hand to commemorate the KCBS centennial.

Prize give-aways include 100 tickets to see the Doc Herrold/KCBS exhibit at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose; 100 commemorative KCBS centennial t-shirts and 100 free pizzas from Amici's East Coast Pizzeria.

Commemorative plaque dedicated by History San Jose, KCBS All News 740AM/016.9FM and KCBS.com

CBS RADIO, one of the largest major-market operators in the United States with stations covering news, sports, talk, rock, oldies, country, adult contemporary and urban formats, among others, offers audiences an enhanced and customized listening experience through the combination of on-air, online and new media platforms. CBS RADIO operates 137 radio stations throughout the nation’s top 50 markets and broadcasts play-by-play coverage of 26 of the country’s leading professional sports franchises. CBS RADIO also has embraced interactive programming through the use of streaming, HD Radio, podcasts and mobile messaging. The division maintains an agreement with AOL Radio through which CBS RADIO powers AOL Radio and distributes its stations to its network of listeners. CBS RADIO also owns and operates KLLC-FM (Alice @97.3), KCBS-AM (740 AM and simulcast on 106.9 FM), KMVQ-FM (Movin 99.7), KFRC-AM and KITS (LIVE 105) in San Francisco. CBS RADIO is a division of CBS Corporation. For more information on CBS RADIO, please visit www.cbsradio.com.
Media Contact: Akilah Bolden-Monifa (415) 765-8842, (415) 760 0688 (cell) amonifa@cbsradio.com