KJAZ 92.7 FM Alameda, CA
KJAZ went on the air on August 1, 1959, claiming to be the nation’s first commercial station carrying only jazz music. The founders were Dave Larsen and Pat Henry (BARHOF 2006), who had played jazz […]
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KLIV 1590 AM San Jose, CA
Though broadcasting was born in San Jose with Charles “Doc” Herrold’s pioneering 1909 transmissions that evolved into station KQW, the city lived through both World Wars with no other hometown broadcasters. A move toward licensing […]
KOFY 1050 AM San Mateo, CA
KOFY was born in 1958 when station owner Intercontinental Broadcasting changed the format and did away with the station’s original 1946 call letters KVSM. In 1959, the station made news by bringing former KSMO host […]
KDFC 102.1 FM San Francisco, CA
KDFC came to life on September 1, 1948, broadcasting from the windswept and often-foggy heights of Sausalito’s Mt. Beacon. Three young men who’d gotten out of the Army after World War 2 were the founders. […]