KPAT-FM 102.9 FM Berkeley, CA
KPAT-FM existed for nine years, between 1963 and 1972. Before and after, it was KRE-FM. The station operated during its existence as a virtual twin of co-owned KPAT. After initially airing a “beautiful music” format […]
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KTIM-FM 100.7 and 100.9 FM San Rafael, CA
Known during its late 1970s Rock iteration as “The North Bay Noise.” Clint Weyrauch on KTIM (1978): Clint Weyrauch rocks the North Bay in this aircheck, recorded off the studio line (in stereo!) by […]
KOBY 1550 AM San Mateo, CA
KOBY was the first station to air a Top-40 format in the Bay Area. Parked at the top end of the AM dial, KOBY was the descendant of Stephen Cisler’s debt-ridden KEAR, which had been […]
KKSJ 1370 AM San Jose, CA
KKSJ’s brief life came after the shutdown of KEEN. Station owner United Broadcasting took the station “dark” for several months in 1993 and 1994, returning to the airwaves with a pop standards format and branding […]
KPEN 101.3 FM Atherton, CA
Launched in 1957, KPEN would morph into one of the nation’s most influential FM radio stations. The station began with the realization by a couple of Stanford students, James Gabbert and Gary Gielow, that FM […]