Bay Area Radio Stations
Airchecks, Images and Ephemera
Listed alphabetically by call letters.
The San Francisco Bay Area is a diverse region, and it has been the home of a diverse assortment of radio stations of varying musical styles with air personalities to meet any taste.
The Bay Area Radio Museum presents exhibits dating back to the origins of broadcasting in the Bay Area, to its days as a network hub for West Coast programming and for news from the Pacific Theater during World War II, on to the emergence of Top 40 during the 1960s and talk radio in the 1980s and 1990s.
| KABL | KBLX | KCBS | KDIA | KEEN | KEST | KEWB | KFOG | KFMR |
| KFRC | KGEI | KGO | KGO-FM | KIOI | KIQI | KITS | KJBS | KKHI | KKIS |
| KKSF | KLIV | KLOK | KLOK-FM | KLS | KLX | KMEL | KMPX | KNBA | KNBC | KNBR |
| KNEW | KOBY | KOFY | KOIT | KOME | KPEN | KPO | KPSJ | KQW | KRE | KROW | KSAN |
| KSAY | KSFO | KSFR | KSFX | KSJO |KSOL | KTIM | KWBR | KWSS/KFAT | KWUN | KXKX | KYA | KYUU |
KABL (960 AM; see also KROW)
KBLX
KCBS (see also KQW)
The Complete KCBS 74 Airchecks Collection
* — Included on The Bay Area Radio Museum Sports Page.
KDIA
The Complete KDIA Lucky 13 Airchecks & Jingles Collection
KEEN
KEST (see also KSAN, KSOL)
KEWB (see also KNEW)
KEWB – Channel 91: The Complete KEWB Airchecks & Jingles Collectio
See also: Jingles Only!
Individual Exhibits:
KFAT (see KWSS)
KFOG
KFMR
KFRC (AM)
See also: Jingles Only!
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Broadcast: S.F. Seals vs. Seattle Totems (WHL Hockey), May 6, 1963
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Broadcast: S.F. Seals vs. L.A. Blades (WHL Hockey), April 17, 1964 ***
* — Included in The Big 610 Collection.
** — Included in the Dr. Don Rose Collection.
*** — Included on The Bay Area Radio Museum Sports Page.
KGEI
KGO
The Complete KGO News/Talk 810 Airchecks Collection
KGO-FM 103.7
KIOI (see also KPEN)
The Complete K-101 Airchecks Collection
KIQI (see also KSAY, KIOI)
KITS (105.3 FM, San Francisco)
The Complete KITS Airchecks Collection
KJBS
KKHI (see also KSMO, KOBY, KPIX, KYCY)
KKIS (990 AM and 92.1 FM, Pittsburg-Concord)
* — Included in the Bill Plummer Collection.
** — Included in the Dr. Don Rose Collection.
KKSF (103.7 FM, San Francisco)
The final hour of San Francisco’s KLOK-FM, hosted by Bruce Michaels, leading up to the debut of the new KKSF at midnight with Danny Green.
KLIV (1590 AM, San Jose)
The Complete KLIV Airchecks Collection
See also: Jingles Only!
KLOK (1170 AM, San Jose)
Broadcast: Don Welsh and Sid Sports on KLOK (November 14, 1974)
The KLOK morning show, hosted by Don Welsh, with sports reports by Len Shapiro as “Sid Sports.”
Print Ad: “The Buddy & Fran Show” with Buddy Clyde and Fran Marion (November 1969)
KLOK-FM (103.7 FM, San Francisco)
The final hour of San Francisco’s KLOK-FM, hosted by Bruce Michaels, leading up to the debut of the new KKSF at midnight with Danny Green.
KLS (see also KWBR, KDIA)
KLX (see also KEWB, KNEW)
Broadcast: KLX Becomes KEWB, June 8, 1959 (14 minutes)
The final hours of Oakland’s venerable KLX, owned by the Oakland Tribune, as it segues into a new era as Top 40 KEWB. (Included in the Complete KEWB Airchecks Collection.)
KMEL
The Complete KMEL Airchecks Collection
KMPX
KNBA (1190 AM, Vallejo; previously KGYW)
KNBC (see also KPO, KNBR)
KNBR (see also KPO, KNBC)
The Complete KNBR/68: The NBC Years Collection
See also: Jingles Only!
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KNBR “Class Of 68” Promotional Photo, 1973
KNEW (see also KEWB)
The Complete 910 KNEW Airchecks Collection
See also: Jingles Only!
KOBY
KOFY (1050 AM)
KOIT
KOME
The Complete KOME Airchecks Collection
KPEN (97.7 FM, Los Altos)
KPEN (101.3 FM, Atherton/San Francisco; see also KIOI)
* — Included in The KPEN Collection.
KPO (see also KNBR)
* — Included in The Ernie Smith Collection.
KPSJ
KQW (see also KCBS)
KRE
KROW (see also KABL)
KSAN (AM)
The Complete KSAN 1450 Airchecks Collection
KSAN (FM)
The Complete KSAN Jive 95 Airchecks Collection
KSAY (see also KIQI)
KSFO
KSFO: The Golden West Collection
See also: Jingles Only!
* — Included in The Don Sherwood Collection.
** — Included in KSFO: The Golden West Collection.
KSFR (94.9 FM; see also KSAN-FM)
KSFX
KSJO
KSOL (AM)
The Complete KSOL 1450 Airchecks Collection
KSOL (FM)
KTIM
KWBR (See also KLS, KDIA)
KWSS
The Complete 94.5 KWSS Collection
KWUN
* — Included in KWUN Historical Timeline.
KYA
Assorted KYA Photographs, 1930s through 1950s
From the collection of the Bay Area Radio Museum, a variety of photographs showing KYA studios, transmitter facility and personnel during the early part of the station’s history.
KYA: The Top 40 Years, Part 1 (1950s & 1960s)
KYA: The Top 40 Years, Part 2 (1970s & 1980s)
See also: Jingles Only!
* — Included in The Ernie Smith Collection.
** — Included in KYA: The Top 40 Years, Part 1.
*** — Included in KYA: The Top 40 Years, Part 2.
I grew up in the Bay Area listening to the radio and developing a love of music, news and sports. These came to me via tv, word of mouth and especially radio. Discovering this website and the radio broadcasts from the past is an absolute treat. Thank you to everyone who has contributed.
I was a DJ here as a fill-ins on weekends in the early ’70’s
> I was a DJ here as a fill-ins on weekends
Where is “here,” Bob? There are about 100 stations listed on this page.
In the early 1970’s I was a fill in weekend DJ at KWUN in Concord, CA
Is KYA off the air? I go to 1260AM but its just static
You would have to contact the station directly – we do not monitor the station on a regular basis.
I am searching for a ‘spoof’ ‘blessing’,
That was played in the ‘70’s. I think on KFRC…. Don’t know the title, here are a few lines as I recall….
‘May Vishnu be above you….
UNGOWA watch over you ….
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“May UMBLEEB of the 7 moons light your way’. ‘
I tried Searching quotes, prayers & blessings, to no avail.