KEAR 97.3 FM San Francisco, CA
Note: the KEAR call letters have appeared on numerous Bay Area radio stations. This exhibit concerns the 97.3 FM station heard from 1956 to 1978. After Stephen Cisler purchased San Mateo’s KSMO in 1952, installed […]
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KHIP 106.9 FM San Francisco, CA
In July 1960, Franklin Mieuli’s pet radio station KPUP got hip…KHIP. The new call letters were supposed to reflect a cool new format: jazz. Out went the witty DJ’s, sports, and occasional shows built on […]
KEAR 1550 AM San Mateo, CA
Note: the KEAR call letters have been used on several Bay Area radio stations on differing frequencies at different times. This display deals with the station at 1550 AM between 1952 and 1956. When the […]
KQBY 1550 AM San Francisco, CA
KQBY came into the world fighting. The station previously known as KOBY switched from Top-40 to a “fine music” format in September 1960 and immediately sued KABL, claiming its established competitor had poached KQBY’s marketing […]
KJLV 95.3 FM Los Gatos, CA
Since 2022, Los Gatos’ only full-power radio station has been known as “K-LOVE”. Bearing the call letters KJLV, the station is part of the portfolio of stations assembled by the Educational Media Foundation, a 501 […]
KRVE 95.3 FM Los Gatos, CA
KRVE became the third set of call letters to grace the 95.3 FM frequency in Los Gatos when it launched its new programming schedule in July 1974. Now a 24-hour station, KRVE would split the […]