KYA Radio 1260:
The Top 40 Collection

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)MS

Including news with Brad Messer and Larry Brownell

Scott Thomas on KYA, June 6, 1970 (17 minutes)MS

Bwana Johnny on KYA, June 24, 1970 (98 minutes)MS

Including news with Brad Messer

Dave Stone on KYA, July 28, 1970 (1 hour)MS

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

Bwana Johnny on KYA, November 11, 1970 (1 hour)MS

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).

John Hardy on KYA, June 20, 1972 (10 minutes)AM

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)MS

Including news with Tony Tremayne

Randy Curtis on KYA, August 19, 1973 (1 hour)MS

Dean Goss on KYA, January 1974 (1 hour)DJ

Including news with Don West

Mark Taylor and Steve Jordan on KYA, February 1974 (1 hour)MS

Including news with John Ferris

Bill Holley on KYA, February 9, 1974 (1 hour)MS

Including news with John Ferris

“Michael Spears” on KYA, October 13, 1974 (1 hour)DJ

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

Various Jocks: The KYA Mix Tape, July 13, 1977 (45 minutes)MS

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

Candi Chamberlain on KYA-FM (February 24, 1979; 1 hour)MS

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

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)MS

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

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:

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

1260 KYA Becomes KOIT-AM, December 12, 1983 (90 minutes)MS

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.

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