That's a tough sentence to decipher. I think I understand what you are attempting to say, but please revisit it and tell us more clearly what KGO did. The juxtaposition of "liberal" and "conservative Bush basher" needs to be re-written.
Thought it was just me scratching head!
The format switch was in late 2011. I don’t think it had any connection to the Ward incident.
KGO was what I would call mainstream democrat prior to that. They had a few lefty bomb throwers but most of the hosts were moderate left. They also had a very good conservative - Bill Wattenburg - on the weekend.
Many of the fired hosts went to other local stations and the audience followed them there.