 Levine established KKGO in 1959 (originally KCBA) on limited funds, helped greatly by the fact that he was able to buy a used FM transmitter for $1500 from a Michigan station which had gone off the air.The station's original antenna was built in a garage for $300.He cleared brush with a tractor on land that he rented from the U.S. Forest Service for $350 a year.