KJAZ 92.7 FM Alameda, CA
KJAZ went on the air on August 1, 1959, becoming the first commercial Bay Area station to exclusively play jazz music. The founders were Los Angeles radio promotional veteran Dave Larsen and Pat Henry, who […]
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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, controlled by H. Scott Killgore, changed the format and did away with the station’s original 1946 call letters KVSM. The newly-christened station jumped into the […]
KABL 960 AM San Francisco, CA
KABL came into being in May 1960, when legendary Dallas broadcaster Gordon McLendon added the Bay Area to his stable of major market radio holdings. He purchased venerable Oakland station KROW from Sheldon F. Sackett, […]
KDFC 102.1 & 90.3 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. […]
KFOG 104.5 FM San Francisco, CA
San Francisco’s 104.5 MHz FM frequency was first heard on the air on February 4, 1960–with the call letters KBAY. The station was launched by Los Angeles theater owner and impresario Sherill Corwin, who was […]