Schaub Back at Home with CBS Radio Affiliate

Home for radio man Jeffrey Schaub is Novato, but home in terms of the radio dial is CBS — again.

As first reported by media blogger Rich Lieberman, Schaub started May 10 at the KCBS AM 740/106.9 FM, the most popular station in the Bay Area. He spent about two years working at KGO AM 810, which recently has undergone a host of format and personnel changes.

"It has been terrific working at KGO radio. I will miss my new friends there very much," Schaub wrote in a recent email to friends. "But I look forward to the challenges ahead at KCBS, the No. 1 radio station in the Bay Area."

Schaub, a reporter and anchor, spent most of his career with CBS affiliate KPIX TV in San Francisco, now known as CBS5.

"At KCBS, they were offering me an opportunity to anchor and report for a station with an unrivaled reputation for excellence nationwide," he said. "In addition to covering regional and national stories, I hope to continue focusing on North Bay news, highlighting issues that affect all of us in Marin and Sonoma counties."

Schaub, who has won three Emmy awards for his reporting, has had beats ranging from education to the environment, energy, transportation, urban planning and business. His reporting highlights include the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (for which he and KPIX shared a coveted Peabody award), the George W. Bush inaugural, the Ronald Reagan state funeral, major political conventions and two series on the British royal family.

Locally, Schaub has done a lot of special-event emcee work, including for the Novato Fire District, the school district and Paint the Town Red celebrations. He also handled delicate emcee duties for the funeral Novato firefighter Steve Rucker at the Marin Civic Center, attended by some 5,000. In the 1980s, Schaub was news director at the old KTIM radio station in San Rafael.

Schaub, a native of Nantucket, has lived in Novato since 1995. He has two sons, who are both standout golfers.