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=== Interests === In 1995, Newhart was one of several investors in Rotijefco (a blend of his children's names), which bought radio station [[KZSB|KKSB]] ([[AM broadcasting|AM]] 1290 kHz) in [[Santa Barbara, California]]. Its [[radio format|format]] was changed to [[adult standards]] and its call sign to KZ'''BN''' (his initials).<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1996/B-AL-MT-BC-YB-1996.pdf Information] from the [[Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook]] 1996 page B-58 β Retrieved February 5, 2018</ref> In 2005, Rotijefco sold the station to Santa Barbara Broadcasting, which changed its call sign to KZSB and format to news and [[talk radio]].<ref name="FCCBAL20041118AEA">{{cite web |title=CDBS Print |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101019352&formid=314&fac_num=57731 |website=licensing.fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name="RedOrbit">{{cite web |url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/164669/kzsb_newspress_radio_heralds_return_of_community_news_and_talk/index.html |title=KZSB News-Press Radio Heralds Return of Community News and Talk |work=RedOrbit.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010021129/http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/164669/kzsb_newspress_radio_heralds_return_of_community_news_and_talk/index.html |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=October 24, 2018 }}</ref> Newhart was an early home-computer hobbyist, purchasing the [[Commodore PET]] after its 1977 introduction. In 2001, he wrote, "Later, I moved up to the 64 KB model and thought that was silly because it was more memory than I would ever possibly need."<ref name="colker20010809">{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-09-tt-32244-story.html | title=Happy Birthday PC! | work=Los Angeles Times | date=August 9, 2001 | access-date=January 9, 2015 | author=Colker, David}}</ref>
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