KABL-FM replaced KAFE at 98.1 on the dial after Gordon McLendon’s 1965 acquisition of the station. For most of the next quarter-century, the station mirrored the programing of KABL, an earlier McLendon acquisition. By the […]
KABL came into being in May 1960, when legendary Dallas broadcaster Gordon McLendon added the Bay Area to his stable of major market radio holdings. He purchased venerable Oakland station KROW from Sheldon F. Sackett, […]
Bill Moen Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2006 If you listened to Bill Moen doing the morning shift on San Francisco’s KABL (960 AM and 98.1 FM) from shortly after its launch […]
KABL Radio 960 AM and 98.1 FM Coverage Map 1978 As part of its marketing package directed toward potential advertisers, KABL included this coverage map and brief overview of the station’s appeal to Bay Area […]
“The Miracle By the Bay … KABL” By Don Keyes As national program director, Don Keyes (photo, left) oversaw the programming operations for all of the McLendon Stations from 1957 to 1966. These legendary radio […]
Monday, May 11, 1959: KABL Radio Debuts By Bob Foster San Mateo Times As the media reporter for the San Mateo Times, Bob Foster (photo, right) covered local radio and television for more than […]
Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes
