KJNV came into being in October 2026 when the non-profit religious broadcaster Educational Media Foundation closed a $2 million deal to acquire the former KBAY from Connoisseur Media. Federal Communications Commission records showed the license-holder […]
Bob Kieve’s purchase of KREP in 1972 was followed by a change of call letters to KARA. For years, station imaging intoned, “KARA–in Santa Clara.“ KARA initially aired a largely-automated Oldies format, fueled by a […]
Adding to a lengthy list of call letter, ownership and format changes for the station that went on the air in San Rafael as KTIM in 1947, KSFN came into being on August 15, 2010. […]
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 […]
