KVVF 105.7 FM Santa Clara, CA
The 50,000 watt KVVF began its life in 1964 as Bob Podesta’s KREP. Following Bob Kieve’s purchase of the station in 1972, the call letters were changed to KARA. In 2002, Kieve cashed out of […]
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KVVN 1430 AM Santa Clara, CA
The KVVN call letters were first heard on the air on October 17, 1997 when new owner Inner City Broadcasting Corporation jettisoned the station’s longstanding Spanish-language programming in favor of broadcasts targeted at another major […]
KEGL 1430 AM Santa Clara, CA
KEGL was the third station to occupy Santa Clara’s 1430 AM frequency, following KGBA and KGNU. The call letters were first heard on July 1, 1969 after Barnes Enterprises acquired the station from Royal Bear […]
KREP 105.7 FM Santa Clara, CA
KREP was brought to life by Bob Podesta, a well-known Santa Clara Valley advertising and public relations man who was also one of the founders of the Bank of Santa Clara as well as one […]
KREO 92.9 FM Healdsburg, CA
While it took decades for Santa Rosa to get its second AM station, the local FM dial filled up fast during the ‘70s. By the end of that decade, broadcasters looking to serve and profit […]
KPOO 89.5 FM San Francisco, CA
San Francisco’s “Poor People’s Radio” is actually the second station to bear the KPOO call letters. The first KPOO became KIQI in the 1950s and the call letters stayed on the shelf until the 1970s. […]