Career
KGO consistently scored in the top five after 1963 and was #1 for a period of time after 1978, extending to about 2009. In addition to his radio work, he also hosted the popular Master of Arts San Francisco morning talk program on KGO-television (Channel 7) for many years beginning in 1965. Dunbar is portrayed by actor Tom Verica in the 2007 film Zodiac, in a scene where the Zodiac Killer calls in to Dunbar"s broadcast (this is a re-enactment of an actual broadcast, with Dunbar hosting guest Melvin Belli) in October 1969.
Dunbar was a graduate of the Fordson High School class of 1947 in Dearborn, Michigan, and later worked as a rock DJ at WXYZ Detroit, Michigan, WDSU New Orleans, Louisiana, and World's Largest Store (Department of Administration and Management) Chicago before coming west to KGO in 1963.
Dunbar worked at American Broadcasting Company owned-and-operated KGO (both radio and television) for the next 37 years, retiring in 2000.
