Archives: Stations

KHQT came to life on January 15, 1988 when the San Jose Broadcasting, the new owners of KLZE, dumped the “beautiful music” format and went with a CHR (contemporary hit radio) sound. By the fall […]

“Classy 97” replaced the second version of KPEN at 97.7 on the FM dial in 1984, after Dallas broadcaster Ken Dowe bought the station and set out to take on South Bay easy-listening leader KBAY. […]

This KPEN is not the one launched by James Gabbert and Gary Gielow–the station that would become Bay Area legend K-101. But the decision by Gabbert to brand his station as K-101 and change the […]

KRZZ “La Raza”arrived at 93.3 on the Bay Area’s FM in band in 2004, the latest of many call letters and formats to occupy the space first held by KYA-FM. New owner Spanish Broadcasting System […]

KKWV briefly occupied the 93.3 FM frequency originally created for KYA-FM. “The Wave” carried what was described as a “rhythmic adult contemporary” format after station owner Infinity Broadcasting pulled the plug on an eight-year run […]

The KOIT call letters on the Bay Area FM band are much better known at 96.5, where one of the region’s most successful stations has lived for many years. But for a few years, a […]