KYA Radio, San Francisco
Transmitter Site
1937
Hearst Radio, Inc., constructed this attractive site for its station KYA on Candlestick Hill (Bayview Park) in the southeast corner of San Francisco. Designed by Julia Morgan, the modern art deco transmitter building housed a new 5,000-watt transmitter. A 450-foot self-supporting tower (in the foreground) completed the new installation.
This facility, easily visible from the 101 Freeway near the city limits, went on the air June 1, 1937, and is currently used by KOIT, KYA’s successor on 1260 AM.
[…] The photo at left shows the original KYA self-supporting tower after it fell to the ground on February 14, 1986 in 115 mph winds. It was determined that the cause of the failure was a faulty tower section. The photo at the right shows the new guyed tower which replaced it. The original tower foundation can be seen below it (compare this to the 1937 site picture). […]
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