KYA Radio 1260:
The Top 40 Collection

Part 2: The Seventies & Eighties
San Francisco, California

KYA Montage (Image)

KYA History Montage by David Jackson

 
On The Air Sign (Image)

San Francisco’s 1260 KYA

“Everything’s gonna be all right…”

Photo of John Hardy at 1260 KYA
John Hardy
Photo of Bwana Johnny at 1260 KYA
Bwana Johnny
Photo of Dean Goss (2005)
Dean Goss
Photo of Steve Jordan at KFRC (2006)
Steve Jordan
Chris Edwards on KYA (April 28, 1970):

Including news with John Ferriss, courtesy of Mike Schweizer.

Bwana Johnny and Pete McNeal on KYA (May 29, 1970):

Including news with Brad Messer and Larry Brownell, courtesy of Mike Schweizer. For more about this exhibit, please click here.

Scott Thomas on KYA (June 6, 1970):

Courtesy of Mike Schweizer.

Bwana Johnny on KYA (June 24, 1970):

Including news with Brad Messer, courtesy of Mike Schweizer.

Dave Stone on KYA (July 28, 1970):

Dave’s in for Chris Edwards, in a broadcast that includes news with John Ferriss. Courtesy of Mike Schweizer.

Bwana Johnny on KYA (November 11, 1970):

Including Larry Brownell with the news, plus a Dave McElhatton commercial for the Ford Pinto (listen for it a bit more than 16 minutes into the recording). Courtesy of Mike Schweizer.

 

1970

Chris Edwards on KYA, April 28, 1970:

Including news with John Ferriss, courtesy of Mike Schweitzer.

Bwana Johnny and Pete McNeal on KYA, May 29, 1970 (1 hour)Presentation includes textAudio presentation onlyMS

 

Including news with Brad Messer and Larry Brownell

Scott Thomas on KYA, June 6, 1970 (17 minutes)Audio presentation onlyMS

Bwana Johnny on KYA, June 24, 1970 (98 minutes)Audio presentation onlyMS

Including news with Brad Messer

Dave Stone on KYA, July 28, 1970 (1 hour)Audio presentation onlyMS

Dave’s in for Chris Edwards, in a broadcast that includes news with John Ferriss

Bwana Johnny on KYA, November 11, 1970 (1 hour)Audio presentation onlyMS

Including Larry Brownell with the news, plus a Dave McElhatton commercial for the Ford Pinto (listen for it a bit more than 16 minutes into the recording).

1972

John Hardy on KYA, June 20, 1972 (10 minutes)Audio presentation onlyAM

Courtesy of Alan McPeek of Tape-It Productions, Knoxville, Tenn., who made this classic recording during a 1972 vacation to the Bay Area.

Bill Holley and Russ McDonald on KYA, September 7, 1972 (2 hours)Audio presentation onlyMS

Including news with Tony Tremayne

1973

Randy Curtis on KYA, August 19, 1973 (1 hour)Audio presentation onlyMS

1974

Dean Goss on KYA, January 1974 (1 hour)Fair-to-poor audio qualityAudio presentation onlyDJ

Including news with Don West

Mark Taylor and Steve Jordan on KYA, February 1974 (1 hour)Audio presentation onlyMS

Including news with John Ferris

Bill Holley on KYA, February 9, 1974 (1 hour)Audio presentation onlyMS

Including news with John Ferris

“Michael Spears” on KYA, October 13, 1974 (1 hour)Presentation includes textAudio presentation onlyDJ

Featuring an obvious imposter calling himself “Michael Spears” — who could it possibly be? — and including news with Don West.

1977

Various Jocks: The KYA Mix Tape, July 13, 1977 (45 minutes)Audio presentation onlyEdited (telescoped) recording.MS

Including Steve Jordan, Neil Ross (a/k/a “Natural Neil”) and Michael O’Connor in a classic partially ‘scoped broadcast recording.

1979

Candi Chamberlain on KYA-FM (February 24, 1979; 1 hour)Audio presentation onlyMS

Joe Michaels and Citizen Bill Carpenter on KYA, April 30, 1979 (3 hours)Audio presentation onlyMS

Including news with Greg Jarrett, later of KGO Newstalk 810. “Citizen Bill” is the nom de radieux of Steve Taylor.

Rick Scott on KYA, April 30, 1979 (3 hours)Audio presentation onlyMS

1981

AT40 and Paula Kelly on Easy Rock KYA-FM 93.3, May 31, 1981 (3+ hours)Audio presentation onlyMS

IN STEREO! Casey Kasem counts down the ten biggest-selling hits of the week at the tail end of American Top 40, followed by a Sunday evening of easy rock hits with Paula Kelly.

You may also listen to the final fifteen minutes of KYA-FM’s broadcast day separately, leading to the station’s midnight sign-off:

1983
Sam Van Zandt on 1260/KYA (January 20, 1983):

1260 KYA Becomes KOIT-AM, December 12, 1983 (90 minutes)Audio presentation onlyMS

The final 45 minutes of the original KYA on 1260 under the ownership of King Broadcasting, featuring Paula Kelly and J. Parker Antrim and a medley of memorable KYA jingles from the previous 25 years, followed (after a few brief delays) by the first 45 minutes under the ownership of Bonneville International as easy listening KOIT. This recording parallels the final moments of 560/KSFO as the property of Golden West Broadcasting, which became the property of King Broadcasting at midnight on December 13, 1983.

Presentation includes textAudio presentation only— Exhibit includes text and audio. Audio presentation only — Exhibit includes audio.
Fair-to-poor audio quality — Fair-to-poor audio quality. Edited (telescoped) recording. — Edited (telescoped) recording.
AM — Courtesy of Alan McPeek.
DJ — Courtesy of David Ferrell Jackson.
MS — Courtesy of Mike Schweizer.

 
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