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In March 2024, the long and strange saga of Ed Stolz’s ownership of the 92.7 FM station licensed to Alameda ended with a $3.75 million dollar bankruptcy court sale to Friends of KEXP, the operators […]

The 2009 purchase by Ed Stolz’s Golden State Broadcasting of KNGY began with blowback in San Francisco, where Supervisor Bevan Dufty convened a City Hall hearing for his resolution encouraging Stolz “to continue with the […]

KNGY, known as “Energy 92.7”, came into being in late 2004 when Joe Bayliss’ Flying Bear Media paid $33 million to acquire KBTB, the station that 3 Point Media had bought for $30 million only […]

KBTB launched in the spring of 2004 after 3 Point Media acquired the former KPTI. 3 Point was an investment vehicle run by Christopher Devine and Bruce Buzil, fueled by cash from C. Robert Allen […]

KPTI’s May 2002 birth came when owner Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) launched “The Party”, a dance music format that replaced a simulcast of San Jose’s KSJO that had exited under a lease agreement with previous […]

KXJO existed during a time when the radio industry was undergoing rapid change and consolidation. Jacor Communications’ purchase of the former KZSF led to the creation of  the “92-Rock Network” in early 1999, anchored by […]