80-Year-Old Bay Area Radio Station KGO 810 Abruptly Shuts Down

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Longtime Bay Area radio station KGO 810 shocked fans Thursday when it announced it is shutting down after 80 years.

“Today we say goodbye to the legendary KGO,” the station announced in a Tweet. “Over the last 80 years, KGO has been here for Bay Area listeners covering and discussing all the news that has impacted our world and local communities. We thank you for your loyalty and for trusting KGO to be your source of information. We also want to sincerely thank all the talented men and women that worked so hard over the years to produce award-winning on KGO.”

“On Monday, 810AM begins a new era. We hope you will tune in,” the statement concluded.

“This is shocking, to say the least,” KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern said in a Tweet. “A Bay Area Radio institution, which had already been gutted, quite frankly, for years, is dead. One of the great stations in the history of radio. Rest In Programming.”

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, KGO was the last old-time call-in news show in the area.

The station has not released any additional information about the format change.