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{{Infobox radio station |
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| name = KSFB |
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| city |
| city = [[San Francisco, California]] |
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| country = US |
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| area = [[San Francisco Bay Area]] |
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| area = [[San Francisco Bay Area]] |
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| branding = [[Relevant Radio]] |
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| frequency |
| frequency = 1260 [[kHz]] |
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| translator |
| translator = [[#Translators|see below]] |
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| airdate = {{start date and age|1926|12|18|p=y|br=yes}} |
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| repeater = |
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| format = [[Catholic radio]] |
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| airdate = December 18, [[1926 in radio|1926]]<ref name=barm/> |
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| format = [[Catholic radio]] |
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| power = 5,000 [[watt]]s day<br />1,000 watts night |
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| class = B |
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| power = 5,000 [[watt]]s day<br/>1,000 watts night |
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| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] |
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| erp = |
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| facility_id = 6369 |
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| coordinates = {{ubl|{{coord|37|42|59|N|122|23|38|W}}|{{coord|37|42|58|N|122|23|38|W}} auxiliary (backup)}} |
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| class = B |
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| callsign_meaning = "San Francisco Bay" |
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| facility_id = 6369 |
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| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KYA (1926–1983)|KOIT (1983–1985)|KXLR (1985–1986)|KOIT (1986–2007)}} |
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| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|37|42|59|N|122|23|38|W}}}}<br>{{coord|37|42|58|N|122|23|38|W}} auxiliary (backup) |
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| former_frequencies = {{ubl|970 kHz (1926–1927)|850 kHz (1927–1928)|1230 kHz (1928–1941)}} |
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| callsign_meaning = '''S'''an '''F'''rancisco '''B'''ay |
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| affiliations = {{hlist|[[EWTN]]|[[Relevant Radio]]}} |
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| former_callsigns = '''KOIT (AM)''' (1983–1985, 1986–2007)<ref name=fccinfo>FCCInfo.com</ref><br/>'''KXLR''' (July 1985–January 1986)<ref name=barm/><ref name="fccinfo"/><br/>'''KYA (AM)''' (1926–1983)<ref name=barm/> |
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| owner = Relevant Radio, Inc. |
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| former_frequencies = 1230 kHz (1928–1941 [[NARBA]])<br/>850 kHz (November 1927–November 1928)<br/>970 kHz (December 1926–November 1927)<ref name=barm/> |
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| webcast = {{listenlive|http://relevantradio.com/wp-content/media/player.html}} |
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| affiliations = [[EWTN]]<br>[[Relevant Radio]] |
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| website = {{url|http://relevantradio.com}} |
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| owner = [[Relevant Radio|Relevant Radio, Inc.]] |
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| webcast = [http://relevantradio.com/wp-content/media/player.html Listen Live] |
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| website = [http://relevantradio.com/ relevantradio.com] |
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'''KSFB''' (1260 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] licensed to [[San Francisco, California]]. |
'''KSFB''' (1260 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] licensed to [[San Francisco, California]]. It broadcasts [[Relevant Radio]], a [[Roman Catholic]] radio format, to the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] of the United States. It was previously known as KYA (AM) until 1983, and KOIT (AM) and KXLR after that. |
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The AM station was a simulcast of the former sister station [[KOIT-FM]], and unlike that station, continued to be owned by [[Bonneville International]] until February 1, 2008, when it was officially sold to [[IHR Educational Broadcasting]]. |
The AM station was a simulcast of the former sister station [[KOIT-FM]], and unlike that station, continued to be owned by [[Bonneville International]] until February 1, 2008, when it was officially sold to [[IHR Educational Broadcasting]]. |
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=== KYA === |
=== KYA === |
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<!-- Paragraph will be deleted once details are done below. -->The station originated as KYA in [[1926 in radio|1926]], and has had 14 owners and 4 different callsigns in 85 years. KYA was owned by everyone from [[Hearst Communications|Hearst Corporation]] to [[Crosley Broadcasting Corporation|Avco Broadcasting]] of California, a subsidiary of [[Avco|the jet and aerospace contractor]].<ref name=barm/><!-- Wouldn't recommend "sortable" here! chronological?--> |
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KYA went on the air on December 18, 1926, with 500 [[watt]]s on 970 [[Hertz|kHz]]. from the [[The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel|Clift Hotel]] in San Francisco. The owners were Vincent I. Kraft of Seattle, who had started [[KJR (AM)]] there, and Frederick C. Clift of San Francisco. It got a license for 1,000 watts on 850 kHz. in November 1927. Its studios moved to the [[Warfield Theatre]] building at 988 Market Street, but the transmitter stayed at the Clift Hotel.<ref name=barm>{{cite web | url = http://www.bayarearadio.org/history/timeline_kya-koit | title = Timeline - KYA - KOIT | work = Bay Area Radio Museum | date = 9 August 2014 | publisher = Bay Area Radio Museum, Inc. | location = [[Pleasanton, California]] | access-date = 2023-12-30 }}</ref> |
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<!-- Paragraph will be deleted once details are done below. -->The station originated as KYA in [[1926 in radio|1926]], and has had 14 owners and 4 different callsigns in 85 years. KYA was owned by everyone from [[Hearst Corporation]] to [[Crosley Broadcasting Corporation|Avco Broadcasting]] of California, a subsidiary of [[Avco|the jet and aerospace contractor]].<ref name=barm/> |
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In November 1928, [[John Patrick (dramatist)|Johnny Patrick]] and Helen Troy, developed a musical comedy routine of “Cecil and Sally”, first broadcast in 1928 on KYA, and debuted ''The Funniest Things'' on a West Coast connection of a short-lived ABC network, later, after the ABC network went bankrupt, in 1929, it moved to [[KNBR (AM)|KPO]] and the NBC Pacific Coast Network. In 1930, Patrick and Troy syndicated their programs to other radio stations by [[Electrical transcription|electrical transcription record]]s, made at the MacGregor<ref> |
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*http://sfmuseum.org/hist3/kfrc.html |
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|+ KYA timeline chart |
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*https://sfmuseum.org/hist/m&s.html |
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! Date !! [[Call sign|Call]] !! [[kHz]] !! [[watt]]s |
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*https://peggyleediscography.com/p/macgregor.php |
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! Owner !! Network !! Studios !! Transmitter !! Ref. |
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20070615153745/https://www.nicklucas.com/macgregor_transcriptions.html |
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*https://tenwatts.blogspot.com/2008/09/macgregor-sollie.html |
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| align=right | {{dts|1926|12|18}} |
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*https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/457973471/ |
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|rowspan=28| KYA |
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</ref> and Sollie recording studio in San Francisco, with the program heard on over 53 radio stations, including 27 states, 5 Canadian provinces, the Hawaiian Islands, Australia and New Zealand,<ref>https://rtd.cdbpdx.com/CecilSally/</ref> between 1930 and 1933.<ref> |
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| align=right | 970 |
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*https://www.genericradio.com/series/cecilandsally |
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| align=right | 500 |
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*http://www.theradiohistorian.org/radio107.htm |
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|rowspan=6 | Pacific Bc. Corp. (Kraft & Clift) |
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*https://archive.org/details/CecilSally14Eps |
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|rowspan=4 | <!-- none --> |
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*https://westmb.org/G_Programs/(Corrected)_Cecil_and_Sally_-_A_Study_in_Obscurity_-_Final_Draft.pdf |
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|rowspan=5 | [[Clift Hotel]] |
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*https://bayarearadio.org/hof/2006-hof/2006_barhof |
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|rowspan=2 | Clift Hotel |
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*https://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2006/10/12/0000450360/HallofFameInductees2006.pdf |
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|rowspan=33| <ref name=barm/> |
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</ref> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1927|11}} |
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|rowspan=2 align=right | 850 |
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|rowspan=11 align=right | 1,000 |
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| align=right | {{dts|1928|01}} |
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|rowspan=10| [[Warfield Theatre]] (988 [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market St.]]) <!-- tx --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1928|11|11}} |
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|rowspan=11 align=right | 1230 |
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| align=right | late {{dts|1928|11}} |
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|rowspan=5 | [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]] |
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| align=right | by {{dts|1929|05}} |
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|rowspan=3 | 680 Geary St. (at Taylor St.) <!-- studio --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1929|08|28}} |
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| F.O. Dahlquist, [[receivership|receiver]] |
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| align=right | late {{dts|1929}} |
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|rowspan=2 | Pacific Bc. Corp. (new) |
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| align=right | {{dts|1930|06|25}} |
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|rowspan=2 | Whitcomb Hotel (1231 Market St.) <!-- studio --> |
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| align=right | late {{dts|1931}} |
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| [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] (via PBC) |
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|rowspan=2 | [[NBC Orange|NBC Pacific Coast (Orange)]] |
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| align=right | {{dts|1934}} |
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|rowspan=5 | ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'' (via PBC, renamed Hearst Radio Inc.) |
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|rowspan=7 | [[Examiner Building]] (3rd & Market Sts.) (aux. studio at [[Hotel Oakland]], 1937–1938) <!-- studio --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1936|12|29}} |
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|rowspan=2 | [[California Radio System|California Radio Sys.]] |
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| align=right | {{dts|1937|05|15}} |
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|rowspan=23 align=right | (day) 5,000<br/>(night) 1,000 |
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|rowspan=23| [[Bayview Park, San Francisco|Bayview Park]] <!-- tx --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1939}} |
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|rowspan=6 | <!-- California Radio System defunct --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1941|03|19}} |
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|rowspan=21 align=right | 1260 |
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| align=right | {{dts|1942|06|24}} |
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| Palo Alto Radio Station, Inc. |
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| align=right | {{dts|1945|10|10}} |
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|rowspan=2 | [[Dorothy Schiff|Dorothy Schiff Thackrey]] (via PARS) |
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| align=right | {{dts|1949|07}} |
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|rowspan=5 | [[The Fairmont San Francisco|Fairmont Hotel]] <!-- studio --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1950|04|13}} |
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|rowspan=3 | [[J. Elroy McCaw]] & John D. Keating (via PARS, renamed several times) |
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| align=right | {{dts|1950}} |
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| [[Liberty Broadcasting System|Liberty Bc. Sys.]] <!-- network --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1952|05|16}} |
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|rowspan=9 | <!-- Libery Broadcasting System defunct --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1958|05|01}} |
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|rowspan=2 | Golden State Broadcasters, Inc. ([[Gerald A. Bartell]] & family) |
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| align=right | Summer {{dts|1958}} |
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|rowspan=4 | One Nob Hill Circle <!-- studio --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1962|08|07}} |
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| Churchill Bc. Corp. ([[Clinton D. Churchill]]) |
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| align=right | {{dts|1966|08|24}} |
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| [[Avco Broadcasting|Avco Bc.]] |
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| align=right | {{dts|1977|10|20}} |
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|rowspan=2 | [[King Broadcasting Company|King Radio Bc. Co.]] |
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| align=right | Fall {{dts|1979}} |
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|rowspan=2 | 300 [[Broadway (San Francisco)|Broadway]] <!-- studio --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1983|10|19}} |
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|rowspan=7 | [[Bonneville International]] |
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| align=right | {{dts|1983|12|13}} |
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| KOIT |
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|rowspan=3 | 77 [[Maiden Lane (San Francisco)|Maiden Ln.]] <!-- studio --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1985|07|15}} |
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| KXLR |
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| [[Mutual Broadcasting System|Mutual]], [[BBC World Service|BBC World Svc.]] |
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| align=right | {{dts|1986|01}} |
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|rowspan=3 | KOIT |
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|rowspan=3 | <!-- Mutual dropped by station --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1992}} |
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| 400 2nd St. Ste. 300 <!-- studio --> |
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| align=right | {{dts|1998}} |
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| 455 [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market St.]] Ste. 2300 |
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| align=right | {{dts|2007|12|10}} |
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|rowspan=2 | KSFB |
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|rowspan=2 | [[Immaculate Heart Radio|IHR]] |
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|rowspan=2 | 3256 Penryn Road, Suite 100<br>[[Loomis, California|Loomis]], Calif. |
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| <ref name=fccamq>{{amq|KSFB}}. Retrieved 2010-07-14.</ref> |
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| align=right | {{dts|2008|02|01}} |
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| [[IHR Educational Broadcasting|IHR Ed. Bc.]] |
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| <ref name="fcc-905-20070518ABD">{{cite web | url = https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101232189&formid=905&fac_num=6369 | title = Consummation Notice (BAL-20070518ABD) | last = Chuh | first = Patricia M. | publisher = [[Federal Communications Commission]] | date = 2008-02-05 | access-date = 2010-07-14 }}</ref> |
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! Total !! 5 (4) !! 4 !! (day) 3<br/>(night) 2 !! 14 !! ~6 !! 10 !! 3 !! |
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In November 1928, KYA moved to 1230 kHz. as part of a nationwide frequency reshuffling, and joined the [[CBS|Columbia Broadcasting System]]. By May 1929 its transmitter was reported to be at 680 Geary Street at Taylor Street. The station licensee went bankrupt in August, and KYA was transferred to a new corporation by the end of 1929. The transmitter facility was moved again, on 25 June 1930, to the [[Whitcomb Hotel]].<ref name=barm/> |
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'''KYA''' went on the air on December 18, 1926, with 500 [[watt]]s on 970 kc. from the [[Clift Hotel]] in San Francisco. The owners were Vincent I. Kraft of Seattle, who had started [[KJR (AM)]] there; and Frederick C. Clift of San Francisco. It got a license for 1,000 watts on 850 kc. in November 1927. Its studios moved to the [[Warfield Theatre Building]] at 988 Market Street, but the transmitter stayed at the Clift Hotel.<ref name=barm>{{cite web | url = http://www.bayarearadio.org/history/timeline_kya-koit.shtml | title = Timeline - KYA - KOIT | work = Bay Area Radio Museum | publisher = Bay Area Radio Museum, Inc. | location = [[Pleasanton, California]] | access-date = 2010-07-14 }}</ref> |
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In November 1928 moved to 1230 kc. as part of a nationwide frequency reshuffling, and joined the [[Columbia Broadcasting System]]. By May 1929 its transmitter was reported to be at 680 Geary Street at Taylor Street. The station licensee went bankrupt in August, and KYA was transferred to a new corporation by the end of 1929. The transmitter facility was moved again, on 25 June 1930, to the [[Whitcomb Hotel]].<ref name=barm/> |
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Having moved to various locations around the radio dial during the chaotic early days of broadcasting, KYA was assigned permanently to 1260 |
Having moved to various locations around the radio dial during the chaotic early days of broadcasting, KYA was assigned permanently to 1260 kHz. as a result of the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]] (NARBA) in [[1941 in radio|1941]].<ref name=barm/> |
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=== "The Boss of the Bay" - KYA as a Top 40 Rock Station === |
=== "The Boss of the Bay" - KYA as a Top 40 Rock Station === |
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In the mid-1950s, KYA made its mark as a [[rock and roll]] station. KYA was for many years the leading [[Top 40]] music radio station in the Bay Area, until the stronger-signalled [[KFRC (defunct)|KFRC]] switched to the format in [[1966 in radio|1966]]. From time to time, up through 1970, KYA would again beat KFRC in the [[Arbitron]] ratings, but KYA's dominance was truly over after the mid-1960s.{{citation needed|date=July 2010}} Former KYA morning man and legendary radio programmer [[Bill Drake]] went on to consult KFRC to its ratings success; it was at KYA that Drake first made his mark as program director. KYA was also instrumental in the careers of future sportscaster Johnny Holliday, audio and electronics store pitchman [[Tom Campbell (radio personality)|Tom Campbell]],<ref name="radioechoes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=Variety&series=KYA+San+Francisco|title=RadioEchoes.com|website=www.radioechoes.com|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref> Hall of Fame disc jockey and [[Freeform (radio format)|underground radio]] pioneer [[Tom Donahue (DJ)|Tom Donahue]] (a.k.a. "Big Daddy"), and Tommy Saunders, who retired from KYA's successor, KOIT, in [[2006 in radio|2006]]. |
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Other notable disc jockeys who plied their trade on KYA's airwaves in the 1960s included [[Les Crane]], (air name Johnny Raven), [[Casey Kasem]], [[Jim Stagg]], Bobby Mitchell, Norman Davis, "Emperor" Gene Nelson, [[Peter Tripp]], [[Tony Bigg]], [http://www.russthemoose.com Russ "The Moose" Syracuse], Chris Edwards,<ref name="radioechoes.com"/> Ed Hider, [[Johnny Holliday]], [[Bill Holley]] (a cousin of [[Buddy Holly]]),<ref name="radioechoes.com"/> Bwana Johnny, and [[Gary Shaffer]]. The 1970s saw a staff that included [[Christopher Cain]], [[Roger W. Morgan]], Jay Stone, Scott Thomas, Steve Jordan, Jimmy "Jet" Powers, [[Jeff Serr]], [[Gary Mora]], and [[Michael Rivers]].<ref>About KYA Radio</ref> |
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In the mid-1950s, KYA made its mark as a [[rock and roll]] station. KYA was for many years the leading [[Top 40]] music radio station in the Bay Area, until the stronger-signalled [[KFRC (defunct)|KFRC]] switched to the format in [[1966 in radio|1966]]. From time to time, up through 1970, KYA would again beat KFRC in the [[Arbitron]] ratings, but KYA's dominance was truly over after the mid-60s.{{citation needed|date=July 2010}} Former KYA morning man and legendary radio programmer [[Bill Drake]] went on to consult KFRC to its ratings success; it was at KYA that Drake first made his mark as program director. KYA was also instrumental in the careers of future sportscaster Johnny Holliday, audio and electronics store pitchman [[Tom Campbell (radio personality)|Tom Campbell]],<ref name="radioechoes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=Variety&series=KYA+San+Francisco|title=RadioEchoes.com|website=www.radioechoes.com|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref> Hall of Fame disc jockey and [[Freeform (radio format)|underground radio]] pioneer [[Tom Donahue]] (a/k/a "Big Daddy"), and Tommy Saunders, who retired from KYA's successor, KOIT, in [[2006 in radio|2006]]. |
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Other notable disc jockeys who plied their trade on KYA's airwaves in the 1960s included [[Les Crane]], (air name Johnny Raven), [[Casey Kasem]], [[Jim Stagg]], Bobby Mitchell, Norman Davis, "Emperor" Gene Nelson, [[Peter Tripp]], [[Tony Bigg]], [http://www.russthemoose.com Russ "The Moose" Syracuse], Chris Edwards,<ref name="radioechoes.com"/> Ed Hider, [[Johnny Holliday]], [[Bill Holley]] (a cousin of [[Buddy Holly]]),<ref name="radioechoes.com"/> Bwana Johnny, and [[Gary Shaffer]]. The 1970s saw a staff that included [[Christopher Cain]], [[Roger W. Morgan]], Jay Stone, Scott Thomas, Steve Jordan, Jimmy "Jet" Powers, [[Jeff Serr]], [[Gary Mora]], and [[Michael Rivers]].<ref>About KYA Radio</ref> |
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In the mid-1960s, a group of KYA DJs, led by Holliday, formed a basketball team known as the KYA Oneders (pronounced "Wonders"). The team played many Bay Area high school faculties, helping the schools raise funds for a variety of programs. Perhaps the most famous of the Oneders was [[Rick Barry]], who played for the team during the 1967-68 campaign before jumping from the NBA's [[San Francisco Warriors]] to the ABA's [[Oakland Oaks (ABA)|Oakland Oaks]]. |
In the mid-1960s, a group of KYA DJs, led by Holliday, formed a basketball team known as the KYA Oneders (pronounced "Wonders"). The team played many Bay Area high school faculties, helping the schools raise funds for a variety of programs. Perhaps the most famous of the Oneders was [[Rick Barry]], who played for the team during the 1967-68 campaign before jumping from the NBA's [[San Francisco Warriors]] to the ABA's [[Oakland Oaks (ABA)|Oakland Oaks]]. |
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=== Easy Rock 93 and Oldies === |
=== Easy Rock 93 and Oldies === |
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In September 1979, KYA AM & FM flipped to a light album rock format under the title "Easy Rock 93." |
In September 1979, KYA AM & FM flipped to a light album rock format under the title "Easy Rock 93." Within months the AM station would flip again, this time to an oldies format while the FM station would continue the light album rock format as KLHT (K-LITE). Morgan, Mora, Serr and Syracuse would be brought back to revive the station from its heyday. This format would hold until the station was sold in 1983. |
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KYA's dominance was basically over by the late 1960s when FM stations began playing rock & roll and gained large chunks of the audiences. King Broadcasting took over on November 1, 1977. |
KYA's dominance was basically over by the late 1960s when FM stations began playing rock & roll and gained large chunks of the audiences. King Broadcasting took over on November 1, 1977. |
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KYA, which became KOIT in [[1983 in radio|1983]] under the ownership of Bonneville International Corp., still transmits from the station's classic [[Julia Morgan]]-designed transmitter building on [http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=519 Candlestick Point], with studios at 2nd and Howard in [[San Francisco]]. Morgan was on retainer for Hearst, and the building has the trademark Hearst eagle above the front door. |
KYA, which became KOIT in [[1983 in radio|1983]] under the ownership of Bonneville International Corp., still transmits from the station's classic [[Julia Morgan]]-designed transmitter building on [http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=519 Candlestick Point], with studios at 2nd and Howard in [[San Francisco]]. Morgan was on retainer for Hearst, and the building has the trademark Hearst eagle above the front door. |
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A KYA jingle can be heard at the beginning of the movie [[Zodiac (film)|Zodiac]]. A commercial for a now |
A KYA jingle can be heard at the beginning of the movie [[Zodiac (film)|Zodiac]]. A commercial for a now-defunct local [[San Francisco Bay Area]] retailer, Gensler-Lee Diamonds, can be heard preceding the jingle. "Gensler-Lee Diamond; Gensler-Lee Diamonds; the place to buy diamonds if you're really smart; Gensler-Lee Diamonds... the store... with a heart!" |
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In mid-2007, Bonneville reached an agreement to sell the 1260 AM frequency to [[IHR Educational Broadcasting]]. IHR took over the station's operations in December of that year under a time-brokerage agreement, and officially closed on the station on February 1, 2008. |
In mid-2007, Bonneville reached an agreement to sell the 1260 AM frequency to [[IHR Educational Broadcasting]]. IHR took over the station's operations in December of that year under a time-brokerage agreement, and officially closed on the station on February 1, 2008. |
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=== Catholic Radio === |
=== Catholic Radio === |
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On December 10, 2007, a religious format came to 1260 AM; the call sign was changed to KSFB. KSFB is part of one of the largest Catholic radio |
On December 10, 2007, a religious format came to 1260 AM; the call sign was changed to KSFB. KSFB is part of one of the largest Catholic radio networks in America, and its daily broadcasts include daily Mass and rosary. Many other programs, such as [[Life Is Worth Living]] with Bishop [[Fulton J. Sheen]],<!-- deceased 1979 --> Fr. [[John Corapi]],<!-- inactive since 2011 --> and [[Mother Angelica]]<!-- deceased 2016 -->, were also on the air.{{citation needed|date=July 2010}} |
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KSFB flipped to the [[Relevant Radio]] branding when IHR Educational Broadcasting and Starboard Media Foundation consummated their merger on July 3, 2017.<ref>https://ihradio.com/2017/06/relevant-radio-immaculate-heart-radio-complete-merger/</ref> |
KSFB flipped to the [[Relevant Radio]] branding when IHR Educational Broadcasting and Starboard Media Foundation consummated their merger on July 3, 2017.<ref>https://ihradio.com/2017/06/relevant-radio-immaculate-heart-radio-complete-merger/</ref> |
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==Translators== |
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==Additional frequencies== |
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In addition to the main station, KSFB is relayed by these |
In addition to the main station, KSFB is relayed by these translators. |
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Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
Frequency | 1260 kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Catholic radio |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner | Relevant Radio, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | December 18, 1926 |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | "San Francisco Bay" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 6369 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | |
Translator(s) | see below |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | relevantradio |
KSFB (1260 AM) is a radio station licensed to San Francisco, California. It broadcasts Relevant Radio, a Roman Catholic radio format, to the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. It was previously known as KYA (AM) until 1983, and KOIT (AM) and KXLR after that.
The AM station was a simulcast of the former sister station KOIT-FM, and unlike that station, continued to be owned by Bonneville International until February 1, 2008, when it was officially sold to IHR Educational Broadcasting.
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History
KYA
The station originated as KYA in 1926, and has had 14 owners and 4 different callsigns in 85 years. KYA was owned by everyone from Hearst Corporation to Avco Broadcasting of California, a subsidiary of the jet and aerospace contractor.[2]
KYA went on the air on December 18, 1926, with 500 watts on 970 kHz. from the Clift Hotel in San Francisco. The owners were Vincent I. Kraft of Seattle, who had started KJR (AM) there, and Frederick C. Clift of San Francisco. It got a license for 1,000 watts on 850 kHz. in November 1927. Its studios moved to the Warfield Theatre building at 988 Market Street, but the transmitter stayed at the Clift Hotel.[2]
In November 1928, Johnny Patrick and Helen Troy, developed a musical comedy routine of “Cecil and Sally”, first broadcast in 1928 on KYA, and debuted The Funniest Things on a West Coast connection of a short-lived ABC network, later, after the ABC network went bankrupt, in 1929, it moved to KPO and the NBC Pacific Coast Network. In 1930, Patrick and Troy syndicated their programs to other radio stations by electrical transcription records, made at the MacGregor[3] and Sollie recording studio in San Francisco, with the program heard on over 53 radio stations, including 27 states, 5 Canadian provinces, the Hawaiian Islands, Australia and New Zealand,[4] between 1930 and 1933.[5]
In November 1928, KYA moved to 1230 kHz. as part of a nationwide frequency reshuffling, and joined the Columbia Broadcasting System. By May 1929 its transmitter was reported to be at 680 Geary Street at Taylor Street. The station licensee went bankrupt in August, and KYA was transferred to a new corporation by the end of 1929. The transmitter facility was moved again, on 25 June 1930, to the Whitcomb Hotel.[2] Having moved to various locations around the radio dial during the chaotic early days of broadcasting, KYA was assigned permanently to 1260 kHz. as a result of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) in 1941.[2]
"The Boss of the Bay" - KYA as a Top 40 Rock Station
In the mid-1950s, KYA made its mark as a rock and roll station. KYA was for many years the leading Top 40 music radio station in the Bay Area, until the stronger-signalled KFRC switched to the format in 1966. From time to time, up through 1970, KYA would again beat KFRC in the Arbitron ratings, but KYA's dominance was truly over after the mid-1960s.[citation needed] Former KYA morning man and legendary radio programmer Bill Drake went on to consult KFRC to its ratings success; it was at KYA that Drake first made his mark as program director. KYA was also instrumental in the careers of future sportscaster Johnny Holliday, audio and electronics store pitchman Tom Campbell,[6] Hall of Fame disc jockey and underground radio pioneer Tom Donahue (a.k.a. "Big Daddy"), and Tommy Saunders, who retired from KYA's successor, KOIT, in 2006.
Other notable disc jockeys who plied their trade on KYA's airwaves in the 1960s included Les Crane, (air name Johnny Raven), Casey Kasem, Jim Stagg, Bobby Mitchell, Norman Davis, "Emperor" Gene Nelson, Peter Tripp, Tony Bigg, Russ "The Moose" Syracuse, Chris Edwards,[6] Ed Hider, Johnny Holliday, Bill Holley (a cousin of Buddy Holly),[6] Bwana Johnny, and Gary Shaffer. The 1970s saw a staff that included Christopher Cain, Roger W. Morgan, Jay Stone, Scott Thomas, Steve Jordan, Jimmy "Jet" Powers, Jeff Serr, Gary Mora, and Michael Rivers.[7]
In the mid-1960s, a group of KYA DJs, led by Holliday, formed a basketball team known as the KYA Oneders (pronounced "Wonders"). The team played many Bay Area high school faculties, helping the schools raise funds for a variety of programs. Perhaps the most famous of the Oneders was Rick Barry, who played for the team during the 1967-68 campaign before jumping from the NBA's San Francisco Warriors to the ABA's Oakland Oaks.
During the 1960s, the radio station issued weekly tabloid newsletters and hit sheets, The KYA Swingin' Sixty and later the KYA Beat (also known as The Official Top 30). These popular flyers were available at Bay Area record stores and other sponsor locations. The station's under-promoted news team included Mark Adams(Don Allen), Terry Sullivan, Larry Buller, (air name of Larry Brownell), Tony Tremayne (air name of Mel Fritze) and Brad Messer, who would later be inducted in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame.
Easy Rock 93 and Oldies
In September 1979, KYA AM & FM flipped to a light album rock format under the title "Easy Rock 93." Within months the AM station would flip again, this time to an oldies format while the FM station would continue the light album rock format as KLHT (K-LITE). Morgan, Mora, Serr and Syracuse would be brought back to revive the station from its heyday. This format would hold until the station was sold in 1983.
KYA's dominance was basically over by the late 1960s when FM stations began playing rock & roll and gained large chunks of the audiences. King Broadcasting took over on November 1, 1977.
KOIT and KXLR
KYA, which became KOIT in 1983 under the ownership of Bonneville International Corp., still transmits from the station's classic Julia Morgan-designed transmitter building on Candlestick Point, with studios at 2nd and Howard in San Francisco. Morgan was on retainer for Hearst, and the building has the trademark Hearst eagle above the front door.
A KYA jingle can be heard at the beginning of the movie Zodiac. A commercial for a now-defunct local San Francisco Bay Area retailer, Gensler-Lee Diamonds, can be heard preceding the jingle. "Gensler-Lee Diamond; Gensler-Lee Diamonds; the place to buy diamonds if you're really smart; Gensler-Lee Diamonds... the store... with a heart!"
In mid-2007, Bonneville reached an agreement to sell the 1260 AM frequency to IHR Educational Broadcasting. IHR took over the station's operations in December of that year under a time-brokerage agreement, and officially closed on the station on February 1, 2008.
In 2007, KOIT (the former 1260/KYA) became KSFB, a Catholic-oriented station owned by Immaculate Heart Radio. Ironically, KYA's chief Top 40 rival in the 1960s and 1970s, KFRC (610 AM), is now the Christian-oriented KEAR (the KFRC call letters would return in January 2009, this time at 1550 AM replacing KYCY and the station is owned by CBS Radio).
Catholic Radio
On December 10, 2007, a religious format came to 1260 AM; the call sign was changed to KSFB. KSFB is part of one of the largest Catholic radio networks in America, and its daily broadcasts include daily Mass and rosary. Many other programs, such as Life Is Worth Living with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Fr. John Corapi, and Mother Angelica, were also on the air.[citation needed]
KSFB flipped to the Relevant Radio branding when IHR Educational Broadcasting and Starboard Media Foundation consummated their merger on July 3, 2017.[8]
Translators
In addition to the main station, KSFB is relayed by these translators.
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
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K269FB | 101.7 FM | San Francisco, California | 240 | D | ||
K285FA | 104.9 FM | Walnut Creek, California | 99 | D |
See also
- 93.3 KRZZ, which began as co-owned KYA-FM and simulcast AM 1260 during several periods
- 96.5 KOIT-FM, which was co-owned from 1983, was the source of AM 1260's KOIT call sign, and simulcast AM 1260 for a time
KYA "The Boss of the Bay" which was a streaming web broadcast brought to you by Gary Mora and Super Harlow accessible via web radio that operated from 2008 until July, 2020
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSFB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b c d "Timeline - KYA - KOIT". Bay Area Radio Museum. Pleasanton, California: Bay Area Radio Museum, Inc. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^
- http://sfmuseum.org/hist3/kfrc.html
- https://sfmuseum.org/hist/m&s.html
- https://peggyleediscography.com/p/macgregor.php
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070615153745/https://www.nicklucas.com/macgregor_transcriptions.html
- https://tenwatts.blogspot.com/2008/09/macgregor-sollie.html
- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/457973471/
- ^ https://rtd.cdbpdx.com/CecilSally/
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- https://www.genericradio.com/series/cecilandsally
- http://www.theradiohistorian.org/radio107.htm
- https://archive.org/details/CecilSally14Eps
- https://westmb.org/G_Programs/(Corrected)_Cecil_and_Sally_-_A_Study_in_Obscurity_-_Final_Draft.pdf
- https://bayarearadio.org/hof/2006-hof/2006_barhof
- https://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2006/10/12/0000450360/HallofFameInductees2006.pdf
- ^ a b c "RadioEchoes.com". www.radioechoes.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ About KYA Radio
- ^ https://ihradio.com/2017/06/relevant-radio-immaculate-heart-radio-complete-merger/
External links
- FCC History Cards for KSFB
- Facility details for Facility ID KSFB ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Template:FMQ
- K269FB at FCCdata.org
- Template:FMQ
- K285FA at FCCdata.org
- Radio station KYA technical/owner history
- The History Of KYA, San Francisco
- KYAF broadcast recordings