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KFRC-FM 99.7 FM San Francisco, CA

13 April 2026 Stan 0

The second in a series of three different frequencies to carry the KFRC-FM call letters, this station came into being in 1991 when Bedford Broadcasting Company paid a reported $18.5 million to buy KXXX from […]

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KFRC-FM 106.9 FM San Francisco, CA

12 April 2026 Stan 0

This station is the third to use the KFRC-FM call letters in San Francisco. The first dates back to 1961; more about that station here. The second version of KFRC-FM followed KXXX at 99.7 on […]

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KFRC-FM 106.1 FM San Francisco, CA

12 April 2026 Stan 0

KFRC-FM was not the first station to occupy the 106.1 FM frequency assigned to San Francisco. That honor went to KGO-FM, which began broadcasting from Oakland on November 3, 1947. This made the American Broadcasting […]

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KFMS 106.1 FM San Francisco, CA

12 April 2026 Stan 0

As the concept of progressive rock radio exploded in the late 1960s, corporate owners sat up and took notice. But of course, when “The Man” decides to try to get hip, it doesn’t always work […]

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KKEE 106.1 FM San Francisco, CA

12 April 2026 Stan 0

KKEE’s life was brief: the call letters occupied the 106.1 FM slot on the Bay Area dial only from October 1972 to September 1973, when the station owned by RKO General switched back to the […]

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KQUP 106.1 FM San Francisco, CA

12 April 2026 Stan 0

Can’t remember these call letters? You’re not alone. It seems they were approved by the Federal Communications Commission in 1977 but never actually used on San Francisco’s 106.1 FM frequency. If you zoom in on […]

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