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Jim Dunbar (October 9, 1929 – April 22, 2019) was an American radio program director, talk show host and news anchor. Dunbar was associated with KGO Radio in San Francisco for 37 years.
Apr 23, 2019 · Before there was the loose blend of current events, commentary and call-ins that became known across the radio waves as “newstalk,” in the Bay Area, there was only Jim Dunbar, trying to rescue a...
- Sam Whiting
Apr 24, 2019 · “Jim Dunbar” became its own news brand on morning radio and TV to the point that when a man claiming to be the Zodiac Killer called to demand an audience with attorneys Melvin Belli and F. Lee...
- Sam Whiting
- Staff Writer
A gunman fired at him at KGO’s then-studio on Golden Gate Avenue in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood. The studio’s bulletproof glass saved Dunbar, who stayed on the air to describe the attack.
Oct 8, 2022 · Along with anchors and hosts Jim Dunbar, Ted Wygant, Jim Eason and later Owens, KGO recruited Ray Talliaferro and Bernie Ward, exercise enthusiast Joannie Greggains and call-in radio lawyer Len...
- Peter Hartlaub
- Culture Critic
Apr 24, 2019 · SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jim Dunbar, a pioneer in San Francisco’s newstalk radio who survived an on-air shooting attack, has died at 89. His daughter, Brooke Dunbar, tells the San Francisco Chronicle that Dunbar died Monday at his home.
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Apr 24, 2019 · Pioneering San Francisco news/talk host Jim Dunbar, longtime morning man at KGO (810), passed away at the age of 89.
