KRON 96.5 FM San Francisco, CA
KRON-FM hit the airwaves in the years after World War 2, when the owners of the San Francisco Chronicle decided to join the rush to grab newly-authorized FM licenses. They were already preparing to launch […]
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KEMR 105.7 FM San Jose, CA
KEMR briefly existed as a Bay Area station in two periods (a few days in April 2002 and then from January 2003 to September 2004). Owner Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation moved the call letters from KSOL […]
KPGM 97.7 FM Los Altos, CA
A construction permit was issued by the Federal Communications Commission in 1960 to insurance agent William Greene for a new FM station, to be licensed to Los Altos and broadcasting at 97.7 mHz. Greene quickly […]
KHYD 104.9 FM Fremont, CA
The San Francisco Examiner heralded the arrival of KHYD with the words, “booming FM radio gets another Bay Area outlet.” KHYD went on the air in early 1961 with studios at the popular International Kitchen restaurant […]
KBCO 105.3 FM San Francisco, CA
KBCO hit the airwaves in 1959 under a license held by Bay FM Broadcasters, Inc. Bay FM was headed by Saul Levine, who would go on to a lengthy and legendary career as a broadcast […]