 The region hosts to one of the oldest radio stations in the United States still in existence, KCBS (AM) (740 kHz), founded by engineer Charles Herrold in 1909.As the home of Silicon Valley, the Bay Area is also a technologically advanced and innovative region, with many companies involved with Internet media or influential websites.The first newspaper published by Americans in California was "The Californian", printed in Monterey in 1846 announcing the Mexican–American War, written half in English and half Spanish.