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Berkeley’s venerable KRE was among the legacy Bay Area broadcasters to join the FM movement after World War 2. Initial paperwork was filed in 1947 seeking a new FM license. KRE-FM went on the air […]

The story of San Bruno’s KSBR is one of the more remarkable in Bay Area radio history, though the station itself left few memories among the listening audience. It was largely an on-air laboratory for […]

KSFH went on the air in October 1947 under a license held by the San Diego-based Pacific Broadcasting Co. Pre-launch announcements pegged longtime Oakland Chamber of Commerce general manager Harold Weber  to run KSFH and […]

See KEAR 97.3 FM.

KRPM was the personal project of Edward Meece, a World War II conscientious objector who’d played a significant role in the launch of Berkeley’s KPFA and served as the station’s chief engineer for several years. […]