KOFY-FM 98.9 San Francisco, CA
KOFY-FM succeeded KKCY at San Francisco’s 98.9 slot on the FM dial. It was not an easy journey. In the summer of 1987, KKCY owner Olympic Broadcasting Co. announced it had received an unsolicited $11 […]
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KYLD 107.7 FM & 94.9 FM San Francisco, CA
The station known as “Wild 107” and later “Wild 94.9” traces its roots to a February 1992 format change at KSOL. The station played Tone Loc’s version of the song “Wild Thing” for 24 consecutive […]
KDOS 104.9 FM Fremont, CA
KDOS replaced KFMR at the 104.9 slot on the Bay Area FM dial in July 1979. The station had been purchased for $500,000 by Spanish Metro, Inc., a group headed by Salinas station owner Robert […]
KJBS-FM 98.9 FM San Francisco, CA
On December 19, 1946, KJBS-FM became the first commercial FM station to go on the air in the Bay Area. The San Francisco Unified School District’s KALW had been broadcasting since 1941, but commercial FM […]
KXLR 1260 AM San Francisco, CA
A brief occupant of the 1260 slot on the Bay Area AM dial, KXLR came into being on July 16, 1985, replacing KOIT. Barely six months later, the call letters were shifted back to KOIT. […]
KLS 1280 and 1310 AM, Oakland CA
KLS was a pioneering Bay Area station launched by brothers Stafford and Eugene Warner. The Warners were amateur radio operators who ran a small grocery store at 22nd and Telegraph in Oakland. They originally sold […]