KGO's Jim Dunbar dies at 89.

Jim Dunbar, who hosted mornings at news/talk KGO in San Francisco from 1963 to 2000, died April 23 at age 89. In 1956, Dunbar became a top-40 DJ at a New Orleans station, replacing a man who had quit to go into acting. That man was Dick Van Dyke. Details of Dunbar's career will appear in the May issue of DecalcoMania. 

Meruelo Media buys KLOS

Cumulus Media announced today, April 15, that it has entered into an agreement to sell classic rock KLOS to Meruelo Media for $43 million in cash. Meruelo Media owns hip-hop "Power 106" KPWR 105.9, classic hip-hop KDAY 93.5 in Redondo Beach and KDEY 93.5 in Ontario, Spanish-language KWHY-Channel 22 and Spanish-language religious KBEH-Channel 63. No changes are expected at KLOS. At least not yet.

Mark & Brian return to KLOS.

After two years at WAPI in Birmingham, Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps took over the morning show at Los Angeles rock station KLOS in 1987. They stayed together until August 17, 2012. On April 25, Mark and Brian will reunite to host the 3-to-7 PM program live, as part of the station's 50th anniversary celebration.  KABC-FM began carrying a syndicated progressive-rock format in 1968, began using live-and-local DJs in 1969 and switched to album rock in 1971 as KLOS. Yeah, I know, 2019 isn't really their "50th anniversary" but I'm not going to argue with them. I will have more details in the next DecalcoMania. You can hear KLOS -- and the Mark & Brian reunion -- at http://www.955klos.com