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Call Letters Frequency Date (YYYY/MM/DD) Start Time Disk Jockey and/or format (positioner) Duration (min) Scoped/Unscoped Location
KABL (960)
1996/07/26 17:45 Adult Standards ("Music and Memories") 47 Unscoped 230/HD
1997/12/--   Standards.  Christmas music. 47 Unscoped HD2
 
KBGG (98.1)
1996/07/25 23:10 70's Hits ("Big 98.1") 47 Unscoped 229/HD
1997/07/01 11:00 Don St. John.  End of "Big 98.1" format.  Aircheck ends with two hours of machinery sound and occasional voice inserts leading up to "New 98.1" format. 370 Unscoped HD2
1997/07/02   Yvonne Sanders, Renel Lewis, Gil Alexander.  Kick-off of "Kiss-FM," "New 98.1" format. 369 Unscoped HD2
 
KBLX (Berkeley) (102.9)
1981/08/12   Urban 48 Unscoped 1174/HD
1999/06/22 13:10 Classic Soul/R&B 46 Unscoped 1227/HD
  
KCBS-FM 97.3 1980/03/22 13:01 Steve Garland 65 Unscoped HD2
KDBK 104.3? 1990/07/31 10:35 Melissa McConell.  First day of new format (AC). 94 Unscoped HD2
KDND 107.9 2009/01/01   Top 107 of 2008.  Complete. 466 Commercials HD2
  
KFOG (104.5)
1981/08/13 18:50 Bill Montana/Beautiful Music ("FM 104.5") 46 Unscoped 1174/HD
1982/09/15 07:21 Bill Keffury/Beautiful Music (day before format change) 47 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1982/09/16 07:43 Bill Keffury/Beautiful Music (last morning of BM format) 47 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1982/09/16 11:15 Greg Roberts with BM format until 12 noon, format change at noon, Dave Morey with first two hours plus of new AOR format 193 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1982/09/16 23:00 Michelle Michales until midnight followed by Bill Keffury with new AOR format 193 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1986/04/24 10:00 Dave Morey "10 at 10" show.  Features songs from 1966 28 Commercials HD2
1986/04/29 10:00 Dave Morey "10 at 10" show.  18th Anniversary of the musical "Hair" 27 Commercials HD2
1988/08/05 10:00 Dave Morey "10 at 10" show.  Features songs from the 1950s. 32 Commercials HD2
1988/08/09 10:00 Dave Morey "10 at 10" show.  Features songs from 1962. 32 Commercials HD2
1989/11/23 10:00 Dave Morey "10 at 10" show.  Features a "Parade of Turkeys" (songs) in honor of Thanksgiving. 42 Commercials HD2
1989/12/07 10:00 Dave Morey "10 at 10" show.  Features songs from 1971. 40 Commercials HD2
1991/09/04 10:00 Dave Morey "10 at 10" show.  Features songs from 1973. 44 Commercials HD2
1992/04/17 10:00 Dave Morey "10 at 10" show.  Features songs from 1976. 46 Commercials HD2
1996/07/25 19:40 AAA ("San Francisco's K-Fog") 47 Unscoped 227/HD
2008/12/24 12:50 Annalisa 104 Unscoped HD2
 
KFRC (610)
----/--/--   "Legacy of KFRC." A celebration of the station. 57 ---------- 272/HD
1967/12/24 21:37 Dale Dorman (Christmas Eve show) 22 Unscoped 1001/HD
1968/05/30 11:36 Dale Dorman/Tom Maule 21 Unscoped 1003/HD
1968/12/30 21:00 Dave Diamond.  Year-end countdown for 1968.  Just over three hours total, but not continuous.  Disk 1: 35 min (21:00 - 21:35), Disk 2: 46 min (21:49 - 22:35), Disk 3: 45 min (22:35 - 23:20), Disk 4: 35 min (23:29 - 00:04) 161 Unscoped CD327-CD330/HD
1970/01/21 18:00 Dave Diamond 105 Unscoped CD1180-1181/HD
1970/03/21 21:21 Dave Diamond 47 Unscoped 291/HD
1970/06/05 17:57 Dave Diamond 31 Unscoped 1001/HD
1970/10/-- 09:04 Charlie Van Dyke 40 Unscoped CD1179/HD
1974/08/09 07:00 Dr. Don Rose 57 Unscoped CD1229/HD
1974/09/24 ----- 50th Anniversary Celebration 6 Scoped 598/HD
1978/01/03 ------ Beverly Fox 10 Scoped 107/HD
1979/05/01 11:42 Bob Anthony 181 Unscoped HD2
1979/05/01 18:03 Robin Bailey 182 Unscoped HD2
1977/12/28 16:58 John Mack Flannigan 129 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1980/06/16 05:58 Dr. Don Rose 90 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1980/12/14 19:57 John Lennon Special.  Mr. Lennon was shot on 12/8/80.  This is an RKO Radio Network Special hosted by Dave Sholin and others. 195 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1982/04/13 19:00 Bill Lee 89 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1983/01/26 13:56 Jack Armstrong 46 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1983/06/02 11:00 Jack Armstrong 32 Unscoped 1249/HD
1984/07/10 06:07 Dr. Don Rose 121 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1985/11/29 14:30 Jim Bridges 26 Unscoped HD2
1985/11/29 14:56 Parker & Rafferty 67 Unscoped HD2
1986/08/11 02:58 Jack Silver.  Final three hours of KFRC's Top 40 format.  Mr. Silver reminisces and takes phone calls in the middle of the night.  Format change to popular standards ("Magic 61") occurred at 6 a.m. 182 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1986/08/11 06:00 Dr. Don Rose.  First hour and a half of KFRC's new popular standards format "Magic 61." 91 Unscoped CD1365/HD2
1993/08/12 18:23 Sylvia Chacon.  Beginning of AM simulcast of KFRC-FM oldies format. 98 Unscoped HD2
1993/08/12 20:01 Brian White.  Oldies 87 Unscoped HD2
 
KFRC-FM (106.1, 99.7,)
1974/01/01 11:28 Oldies (automated) 193 Unscoped CD1337/HD2
1977/12/28   Dick Clark "Rock, Roll, and Remember" program with an unusual subject this time...Dick Clark himself.  Hosted by actor Joseph Campanella. 387 Unscoped HD2
1991/03/11 04:54 Rich Amoule.  Start of oldies format.  ("New 99.7") 66 Unscoped HD2
1991/03/11 06:00 Harry Nelson.  New oldies format.  Full show. 179 Unscoped HD2
1991/03/11 08:59 Don Yu.  New oldies format. 123 Unscoped HD2
1996/07/25 21:30 Oldies 47 Unscoped 228/HD
1999/06/23 21:35 Oldies 96 Unscoped 1231/HD
 
KGO-FM 103.7 1967/10/16   Automated DJ.  Nice KGO-FM jingles. 111 Unscoped HD2
 
KHIT (98.9)
1988/05/05 12:23 Second-last day of KHIT before transition to KOFY. 62 Unscoped HD2
1988/05/06 08:57 Judy Davis & Mike State.  Last day of "the New 98.9 K-Hit".  Transition to simulcast of KOFY-AM at 1:00 p.m.  Becomes KOFY-FM. 280 Unscoped HD2
 
KIQI (Sunnyvale) 1010 1974-03-10 12:10 Cliff Saunders.  First day of format. 63 Unscoped HD2
 
KIOI (101.3)
1996/07/25 20:40 Lisa St. Regis/AC ("K-101") 47 Unscoped 228/HD
1999/06/24 08:25 AC ("K-101") 47 Unscoped 1229/HD
1999/06/24 21:55 AC ("K-101") 47 Unscoped 1229/HD
 
KITS (105.3)  "Live 105"
1987/12/31   Roland West.  Top 105.3 of 1987 countdown.  #s 105.3 to 96. 46 Commercials HD2
1987/12/31 21:47 Rob Francis.  Top 105.3 of 1987 countdown.  #s 10 to 1. 45 Commercials HD2
1995/06/24 10:00 Rolin West and Cynthia D.  Remote broadcast from near where a Pearl Jam concert was to be held. 490 Unscoped HD2
 
KKCY (98.9)
1985/06/21 17:35 Dan Carlisle.  Kickoff of "variety rock" format. 88 Unscoped HD2
1987/12/09 06:45 Michael Knight.  KKCY, "the City." 195 Unscoped HD2
1987/12/09 09:59 "Curtis."  KKCY, "the City." 81 Unscoped HD2
1988/02/01 07:55 Andy Lee.  Standards ("the Great American Standards.")  Final hours of KKCY before transition to KHIT-FM. 119 Unscoped HD2
1988/02/01 09:40 Automated.  Transition to KHIT-FM. 92 Unscoped HD2
 
KLLC 97.3 1996/07/26 07:35 CHR ("FM-97") 47 Unscoped 229/HD
 
KMEL (106.1)
1981/12/19 22:55 Dick Clark hosting a national broadcast of Rod Stewart's final show of the season at the Los Angeles Forum.  Simulcast with KTVU, Channel 2, Oakland. 79 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/02 18:00 Mary Holloway.  "Camel 106." 93 Unscoped HD2
1984/08/25   music leading up to the format switch taking place at 12 noon this day 55 Unscoped CD1367/HD2
1984/08/25 11:36 Mark McKay.  Format switch to "All Hit 106" takes place at 12 noon. 91 Unscoped CD1367/HD2
1984/11/19 15:37 Howard Hoffman.  "All Hit 106." 42 Unscoped HD2
1986/08/--   Leslie Stovall. 44 Unscoped HD2
1987/04/25 23:59 Renel Lewis. 119 Unscoped HD2
1989/01/02   Michael Erickson.  Top songs of 1988.  #s 15 to 6. 42 Commercials HD2
1989/01/02   Cameron Paul.  Top songs of 1988.  #s 5 to 1. 46 Commercials HD2
1991/03/29 06:14 John London/Michael Martin/Renel Lewis.  Final day of morning zoo (and of station?). 279 Unscoped HD2
 
KMPX (106.9, 98.9)
1967/10/11 16:57 "The Beef."  Underground/album rock.  "107 Multiplex Stereo" 54 Unscoped HD2
1967/10/12   Underground/album rock. 56 Unscoped HD2
1967/10/12 19:38 Tom Donohue.  Underground/album rock. 54 Unscoped HD2
1967/12/-- 09:32 Underground/album rock. 55 Unscoped HD2
1978/09/12 19:25 John Jensen.  Big Band.  "Big Band 99 FM" 96 Unscoped HD2
1978/09/12 21:01 Rick Wagstaff.  Big Band. 177 Unscoped HD2
1978/09/13 07:10 Big Band 97 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/11 23:26 Tony Harford.  Big Band.  Ends with station nightly sign-off at 12 midnight. 36 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/12 06:00 Big Band.  Begins with station's daily 6 a.m. sign-on. 55 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/18 05:21 Big Band. 99 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/19 06:00 Big Band.  Begins with station's daily 6 a.m. sign-on. 61 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/19 23:26 Big Band.  Ends with station nightly sign-off at 12 midnight. 35 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/20 06:00 Big Band.  Begins with station's daily 6 a.m. sign-on. 48 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/21 23:24 Big Band.  Ends with station nightly sign-off at 12 midnight. 36 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/22 06:00 Big Band.  Begins with station's daily 6 a.m. sign-on. 65 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/24 23:12 Big Band.  Ends with station nightly sign-off at 12 midnight. 48 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/25 06:02 Catherine Erickson.  Big Band. 45 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/25 23:25 Norman Davis.  Big Band.  Ends with station nightly sign-off at 12 midnight. 36 Unscoped HD2
1982/07/26 06:00 Big Band.  Begins with station's daily 6 a.m. sign-on. 60 Unscoped HD2
1982/08/17   Alex Bennett(?).  Big Band.  Last day of format.  Aircheck ends with repeating, automated "The Quake, FM 99, starts Monday at 6 a.m."  Station would become KQAK. 47 Unscoped HD2
 
KNBR (680)
1970/10/04   Evonne Davis hosts "How to Make it Happen" with guest San Francisco schools superintendent Thomas Shaheen. 63 Unscoped HD2
1975/04/22 07:02 Frank Dill/MOR 60 Unscoped 1203/HD
1989/02/16 16:06 Leo Laporte & Co.  Talk/variety. 124 Unscoped HD2
1989/06/05 09:25 Frank Dill.  Talk/variety. 62 Unscoped HD2
1989/06/25 10:59 Mike Cleary.  Talk/variety. 62 Unscoped HD2
1991/10/29 21:00 Peter Collins.  Tribute to Bill Graham, local rock and roll promoter who died on 10/25/91. 92 Unscoped HD2
 
KOFY (98.9)
1988/05/14 09:56 Jim Gabbert.  Format kick-off. 69 Unscoped HD2
1990/07/30 09:20 "Sick Mix 99 FM".  "You're never more than five minutes away from a song you didn't like all that much the first time you heard it!"  Simulcast with KLRS/Santa Cruz/San Jose. 47 Unscoped HD2
1990/07/30 10:05 "Sick Mix 99 FM" 47 Unscoped HD2
 
KOIT 96.5 1996/07/26 08:35 AC ("Light Rock") 47 Unscoped 230/HD
 
KPIX/KYCY 93.3/1550 1997/05/30 06:00 J.D. and Jo Mama Thomas.  Country and western.  Start of KYCY simulcast. 266 Unscoped HD2
 
KQAK 98.9 1982/08/23 06:00 Alex Bennett.  "The Quake."  Start of new format. 178 Unscoped HD2
 
KSAN 107.7 2000/03/13 10:50 Steven Seaweed.  Classic rock.  ("The Bone") 370 Unscoped HD2
 
KSFO (560)
1971/07/01 07:50 Jim Lange (of "The Dating Game")/MOR 47 Unscoped 811/HD
1971/07/01 09:30 Jim Lange, Dan Sorkin/MOR 47 Unscoped 810/HD
1971/07/01 11:20 Dan Sorkin/MOR 47 Unscoped 810/HD
1971/07/01 18:10 Terry McGovern/MOR 47 Unscoped 811/HD
1974/02/-- ------ "Just for Laughs" segments 62 ------ 2155/HD
1983/12/12 23:15 Jerry Gordon.  Final "comedy hour." 45 Unscoped HD2
1983/12/13 00:00 Al Jazzbeau Collins.  Talk/jazz.  "New KSFO" 43 Unscoped HD2
1986/01/28 08:55 Carter B. Smith with Dave Henderson.  Coverage of shuttle Challenger explosion. 46 Unscoped HD2
1986/01/28 09:59 Stefan Ponek with Dave Henderson.  Coverage of shuttle Challenger explosion. 46 Unscoped HD2
1989/10/17 17:04 Bill King and Lon Simmons at Candlestick Park about to call game 3 of the World Series when the earthquake hits. 233 Unscoped HD2
1992/09/28 04:28 Mike Joseph/oldies.  KYA-FM was to discontinue simulcast at 06:00.  Station ID'd as "560 KSFO, KYA-FM 93.3." 92 Unscoped HD2
1992/09/28 06:01 Gene Nelson/oldies.  KYA-FM is split off, and station IDs as "560 KSFO." 240 Unscoped HD2
1992/09/28 10:00 Celeste Perry/oldies.  Follows from show above. 36 Unscoped HD2
1994/08/26 05:30 Gene Nelson with Dave Henderson and Ginny Prior.  Last show.  Recording is not scoped but not continuous. 189 Unscoped HD2
 
KSFX (103.7)  AOR
1981/07/27 06:05 Steven Capen. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/15 21:50 Keith Richards 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/16 05:59 Steven Capen 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/21 03:30 Dave Morey/Steven Capen 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/21 06:44 Steven Capen.  Featuring music of 1971. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/23 07:00 Steven Capen.  Featuring music of 1972. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/24 09:24 Billy Juggs.  Featuring music of 1973. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/25   Billy Juggs/Keith Richards  Featuring music of 1974. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/26 08:51 Steven Capen.  Featuring music of 1975. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/27 07:22 Steven Capen.  Featuring music of 1976. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/28 07:00 Steven Capen/Jack Popejoy.  Featuring music of 1977. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/29 07:58 Steven Capen.  Featuring music of 1978. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/04/30 07:11 Steven Capen.  Featuring music of 1979. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/05/01 10:08 Billy Juggs.  Featuring music of 1980. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/05/02   Donna Perry.  Featuring music of 1981. 193 Unscoped HD2
1982/05/03 00:00 Richard Gossett and Sheila Rae.  Final hours of station. 100 Unscoped HD2
1982/05/03 02:31 Richard Gossett and Sheila Rae.  Final hours of station.  Switch to simulcast of KGO-AM begins at 5:00 a.m. with Jim Dunbar and Ted Wargand(?). 193 Unscoped HD2
 
KSOL (107.7; 98.9)  "K-Soul"
1986/01/01   Lee Perkins and Michael Erickson.  Dance hits of 1985. 61 Commercials HD2
1986/01/01 14:54 Billy Ocean.  Top 50 LP countdown, #s 22-19 61 Commercials HD2
1987/01/01   Michael Erickson.  Dance hits of 1986. 46 Commercials HD2
1987/01/01   Doug Lee.  Top 50 LP countdown, #s 38-35 46 Commercials HD2
1996/08/15 19:55 LeBaron King.  Final hours of Soul Oldies format leading up to change to all-Spanish format at 11 p.m. 358 Unscoped HD2
 
KUSF (90.3)
1982/04/01 06:00 Bill Keffury.  New rock. 486 Unscoped HD2
1982/06/19 23:58 Ray Michaels.  "After Midnight Oldies Show." 193 Unscoped HD2
1983/08/02 07:00 Patti Haze.  New rock. 193 Unscoped HD2
1983/08/09 05:59 Patti Haze. 193 Unscoped HD2
1983/10/22 00:00 Ray Michaels and Patti Haze.  "After Midnight Oldies Show." 193 Unscoped HD2
1984/06/22 21:30 Ray Michaels.  R&B and pop oldies. 194 Unscoped HD2
1985/02/02 11:59 Ray Michaels.  "After Midnight Oldies Show." 193 Unscoped HD2
1985/09/01 21:00 Howie Klein.  Live from "The Stone." 274 Unscoped HD2
1985/09/22 10:55 Miles Mellough and Robert Barone.  New rock. 278 Unscoped HD2
1986/11/01 00:00 Ray Michaels.  Oldies.  Halloween show. 180 Unscoped HD2
1987/04/25 00:00 Ray Michaels.  "After Midnight Oldies Show." 118 Unscoped HD2
1987/09/20   David Bassin, Judy Asmin, Miles Mellough, and Cathy Cohen.  Live from the 4th Annual Folsom Street Fair.  New rock. 314 Unscoped HD2
1988/10/15 00:07 Ray Michaels.  "Time Warp" show.  Oldies and rock. 97 Unscoped HD2
1990/01/27 13:59 "New York Vinnie."  Baseball songs special. 269 Unscoped HD2
 
KXXX 99.7 1991/03/01 09:22 Michael Knight/Brian Lee/Rich Amouie.  AOR ("K-100") 367 Unscoped HD2
 
KYA-FM (93.3)
1981/05/31 21:21 Paula Kelly.  "Easy Rock KYA."  Aircheck ends with station nighttime sign-off. 159 Unscoped CD1367/HD2
1986/08/25 05:45 Gene Nelson.  Simulcast with KSFO-AM.  "KSFO-KYA-FM." 278 Unscoped HD2
1988/08/05 11:49 Pat Evans.  Simulcast with KSFO-AM. 38 Unscoped HD2
1988/08/05 13:05 Pat Evans.  Simulcast with KSFO-AM. 40 Unscoped HD2
1992/01/25 13:58 John Mac Flanagan.  Final days of ownership by King Broadcasting.  Simulcast with KSFO-AM 63 Unscoped HD2
1992/01/25 15:00 Scot Forest.  Final days of ownership by King Broadcasting. Simulcast with KSFO-AM. 212 Unscoped HD2
1992/01/27 08:24 Gene Nelson.  Final day of ownership by King Broadcasting.  Simulcast with KSFO-AM. 96 Unscoped HD2
1992/01/27 10:00 Celeste Perry.  Final day of ownership by King Broadcasting.  Simulcast with KSFO-AM.  Transition to ownership by First Broadcasting occurs at end of Perry's show at 3:00 p.m. 302 Unscoped HD2
1992/01/27 15:00 Terry McGovern.  First programming under ownership by First Broadcasting.  Simulcast with KSFO-AM. 241 Unscoped HD2
1992/09/28 04:28 Mike Joseph.  Final 1.5 hours of simulcast with KSFO-AM 92 Unscoped HD2
1992/09/28 06:00 Terry McGovern.  Begins programming without KSFO-AM simulcast. 240 Unscoped HD2
1992/09/28 10:00 Lee Sims. 36 Unscoped HD2
1992/12/07 05:27 Terry McGovern.  Broadcasting live from Alcatraz Island. 280 Unscoped HD2
1994/02/28 17:30 Sylvia Chacon and "Mr. Party."  Mr. Party's first special featuring music from the 1950s. 391 Unscoped HD2
1994/03/01 00:00 Don St. John. 100 Unscoped HD2
1994/03/28 00:00 Final 5.5 hours of KYA-FM's oldies format.  Automated except for occasional pitches by KFRC-FM DJs for KYA listeners to take their oldies listening to that station.  At 5:30 a.m., station switches to country and western, "young country" format with co-DJs Goss and Garrett.  Includes first 1.5 hours of C&W format. 491 Unscoped HD2
 
KYUU (99.7)
1988/08/05 09:18 Don Bleu and Rick Shaw.  AOR 181 Unscoped HD2
1988/08/08 09:03 Don Bleu and Vicki Jenkins 202 Unscoped HD2
1988/08/08 15:52 Bobby Ocean 278 Unscoped HD2
1988/08/09 06:52 Don Bleu and Vicki Jenkins 195 Unscoped HD2
 
KZQZ (95.6)
1999/06/23 19:20 CHR-Pop ("Z-95.7") 46 Unscoped 1230/HD
2001/12/31   DJ is "Sauvecito."  ("Z-95.7)  Extreme Jams of 2002 61 Commercials HD2
2001/12/31   Diane Foster and Mark Christopher 61 Commercials HD2

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