Active reserve (KGB) officers with a military rank who worked undercover in the Soviet Union. "Trusted contacts" were high placed civilians who collaborated with the KGB without signing any official working agreements, such as directors of personnel departments at various institutions, academics, deans, or writers and actors. Informers were citizens secretly recruited by the KGB, sometimes using forceful recruitment methods, such as blackmail. The precise number of people from various categories remains unknown, but one of the estimates was 11 million "informers" in the Soviet Union, or one out of every eighteen adult citizens The active reserve was established by Yuri Andropov in
KGB-FM Brent Seltzer, with Gerry Gazlay, and George Wilson. One prominent longtime fixture on KGB-FM, and on San Diego rock radio in general, is "The DSC Show". The morning zoo program, hosted by Dave Rickards, Shelly Dunn, and Cookie "Chainsaw" Randolph, debuted on KGB-FM in 1990 as "The Dawn Patrol". In 1994, the program moved to KIOZ (originally at 102.1 FM, now at 105.3), where it was renamed "The Dave, Shelly and Chainsaw Show" and aired for three years. Upon returning to KGB-FM in 1997, the show's name was shortened to "The DSC". From August 2, 2010 to July 19, 2018,