Pop standards come to KMZT

Saul Levine is bringing back a touch of the pop standards format to his radio station at 1260 AM.

That’s the format -- featuring singers such as Michael Buble, Diana Krall, Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand -- that was on the station a year ago, when it was KKGO-AM. Late in the year owner Levine switched it to a country format, and then in February the station went classical as KMZT-AM.

But the classical music gives way to some other types of programming on weekends, and starting Sunday, KMZT will offer “The Great American Songbook” from 7 to 10 p.m., hosted by former singer and record company executive Jerry Sharell.