Bay Area Radio History

The Bay Area Radio Museum is proud to present John Schneider's classic history
of radio in the San Francisco, "Voices Out Of The Fog," a comprehensive
chronicle of the origins of broadcasting in the Bay Area.

Click here to read "Voices Out Of The Fog"

[ CLICK HERE TO READ "VOICES OUT OF THE FOG" ]

| KABL | KBLX | KCBS | KDIA | KEARKEEN | KEST |
| KEWB | KFOG | KFRC | KGO | KHIP | KIOI | KITS | KKHI | KKIS |
| KLIV | KLS | KLX | KMEL | KMPX | KNBR | KNEW | KOFY | KOIT |
| KPEN | KPO | KPUP | KQW | KRE | KROW | KSAN | KSFO | KSFX | | KSMO |
| KSOL | KTAB | KTIM | KWUN | KXLR | KXXX | KYA | KYA-FM | KYUU |

Stations listed alphabetically by call letters.

PLEASE NOTE: Exhibits are being added on a regular basis. Only exhibits currently available online are cataloged here.

Return to top of pageKABL (see also KROW)

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKBLX

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKCBS (see also KQW)

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKDIA


Return to top of pageKEAR

Call letters used by several Bay Area stations on different frequencies, including 1550 AM (1952-1956), 97.3 FM (1956-1978), 106.9 FM (1978-2005) and 610 AM (2005-).


Return to top of pageKEEN

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKEST

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKEWB  (see also KNEW)


Return to top of pageKFOG

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKFRC


Return to top of pageKGO

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKHIP

Operated on 106.9 FM from 1960-1962. Had been KPUP (1958-1960). Became KMPX (1962-1978) and KEAR (1978-Present).


Return to top of pageKIOI (see also KPEN)

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKITS

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKKHI (AM) (see also KSMO, KOBY, KPIX, KYCY)


Return to top of pageKKIS (AM)


Return to top of pageKLIV (1590 AM)

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKLS (see also KWBR, KDIA)


Return to top of pageKLX (see also KEWB, KNEW)


Return to top of pageKMEL

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKMPX

Operated on 106.9 FM from 1962-1978. Had been KPUP (1958-1960) and KHIP (1960-1962). Moved to 98.9 FM (1978-1982).


Return to top of pageKNBC (AM)


Return to top of pageKNBR (AM) (see also KPO, KNBC)


Return to top of pageKNEW (see also KEWB)


Return to top of pageKOFY

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKOIT (AM)


Return to top of pageKOIT (FM)

  • KOIT-FM Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKPEN (see also KIOI)

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKPO (see also KNBR)


Return to top of pageKPUP

Operated on 106.9 FM from 1958-1960. Became KHIP (1960-1962), KMPX (1962-1978) and KEAR (1978-Present).


Return to top of pageKQW (see also KCBS)


Return to top of pageKRE


Return to top of pageKROW (see also KABL)

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKSAN (AM)


Return to top of pageKSFO

Operated on 560 AM from 1935-Present. Had been KTAB from 1925-1935.


Return to top of pageKSFX

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKSMO


Return to top of pageKSOL (AM)


Return to top of pageKTAB

Operated from San Francisco on various AM frequencies from 1925-1935; moved to 560 AM in the late 1920s. Changed to KSFO (1935-Present).


Return to top of pageKTIM

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKWUN

Operated from Concord on 1480 AM from 1963-1993. Silent despite several subsequent call letter changes in the years since then.


Return to top of pageKXLR

Operated on 1260 AM during 1985-1986. Was KYA (1926-1983); KOIT (AM, 1983-1985; 1986-Present).


Return to top of pageKXXX (X-100)

Operated on 99.7 FM from 1988-1991. Was KNBC-FM, KNBR-FM, KNAI and KYUU under NBC ownership (1948-1988). Became KFRC-FM (1991-Present).

  • Historical Timeline


Return to top of pageKYA (AM)

Operated at various AM dial positions from 1926-1983. Became KOIT (1983-Present, except 1985-1986 as KXLR).


Return to top of pageKYA (FM)

  • Historical Timeline: KYA-FM 93.3


Return to top of pageKYUU

Operated at 99.7 FM from 1977-1988. Previously operated as KNBC-FM, KNBR-FM and KNAI under NBC ownership (1948-1988). Became KXXX ("X-100," 1988-1991) and KFRC-FM (1991-Present).

  • Historical Timeline

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