Archives: Stations
KMVQ 99.7 FM San Francisco, CA
While the Bay Area’s 99.7 FM frequency has been filled since 1949 when NBC put KNBC-FM on the air as a sister station to KNBC (later KNBR), the KMVQ era dates only to 2007. At […]
KHUM 1580 AM Santa Rosa, CA
Humbly billing itself as “America’s Most Glamorous Radio Station”, KHUM began broadcasting from poolside studios at Santa Rosa’s El Rancho Hotel on December 3, 1961. The fledgling 500-watt station at the top end of the […]
KJAX 1150 AM Santa Rosa, CA
“The Nifty Eleven Fifty” was first heard at 11:50 a.m. on December 7, 1958. The license had been granted to Joseph Gamble and his brother Lew Gamble. Joseph Gamble was an experienced station operator, having […]
KPLS 1150 AM Santa Rosa, CA
The story of KPLS actually begins with the end of KJAX, which broadcast on 1150 AM in Santa Rosa for two and a half years before going dark on July 1, 1962. It took eight […]
KATD 95.3 FM Los Gatos, CA
KATD replaced KRVE at the 95.3 FM dial position in Los Gatos in September 1985. The two remaining owners of KRVE, Joe Rosa and Batista Vieira, had decided to take a shot at a Top […]