KRJB 97.7 FM Monte Rio, CA
Sometime in the 1960s, two denizens of the Russian River area in Sonoma County started talking about putting a new radio station on the air. By 1975, Robert J. Booth and Michael Erickson, doing business […]
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KVRV 97.7 FM Monte Rio, CA
KVRV came into existence in 2003 when owner Maverick Media Group pulled the plug on the long-running oldies format on KMGG. Re-branded as “The River”, the station adopted a classic rock format. Danny Wright arrived […]
KMGG 97.7 FM Monte Rio, CA
After barely a week as KKBR, the former KJRB was re-christened KMGG, “Magic” 97.7, on January 16, 1986. After former Michigan disc jockey Robert Liggett Jr. spent more than $500,000 to buy the quirky Russian […]
KBFN 1400 AM Berkeley, CA
In the century-plus history of this Bay Area frequency, KBFN holds the distinction of being the softest-lived set of call letters. The station existed from the spring of 1989 until the summer of 1990, preceded […]
KFJO 92.1 FM Walnut Creek, CA
KFJO arrived on the scene in the summer of 1998 when radio giants Jacor Communications bought KZWC from Spanish-language radio entrepreneur Amador Bustos for $4.5 million. Out went the La Z programming aimed at younger Hispanic […]
KZWC 92.1 FM Walnut Creek , CA
KZWC succeeded KKIS-FM in 1993 when budding Spanish-language radio entrepreneur Amador Bustos bought the station out of receivership. Bustos had launched Z-Spanish Network a year earlier with an initial $150,000 investment. His game plan focused […]