For 73 years, KLIV-AM has been a radio fixture in San Jose, California. It won’t make it to 74. The onetime Top 40 market leader is a shadow of its former self, now with a Classic Country format. 
 
But that all ends at 11:59 Pacific Time Sunday, when the station goes silent. But the question remains: is it silent for good or just for now? The 97-year-old owner of the place received only one lowball bid from a buyer and now he wants to donate the entire thing to the local government, so they can broadcast city council meetings and other public events. (An unspecified type of music would fill the rest of the day.)
 
It’s an intriguing idea to save at least one signal on a dying AM band, but would anyone listen to such a thing? And can you imagine if someone tried that with the current crowd at Toronto City Hall? If you think debates in council are too long and ego driven now, imagine what the 25 loudmouths would do knowing they were on the radio every day, their every word being sent into the ether. Ratings would undoubtedly be lower than TSN 1050. And that’s hard to achieve!
 
While it’s sad to see another longtime AM outlet disappear, perhaps given the alternative, silence really is golden!
 
San Jose’s KLIV going silent after 73 years — for now