The radio studios are located in the SoMa district of San Francisco. One weekend show, Shake!, aired on Sunday nights and was targeted toward the Bay Area's gay and lesbian community. Returning to Oakland in 1921, Allen opened a radio operators training school called the Western Radio Institute. McLendon had success with Top 40 stations and the original plan had been to launch a similar, youthful format on KROW. The broadcasts were not conceived to be either play-by-play remotes nor re-creations; rather, Andrews was simply the middleman who relayed the games progress to his audience. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Copyright 1996 John F. Schneider. Reprinted with the generous permission of the author. Mayor London Breed is expected to sign the measure. [3] The Oakland Post-Enquirer wanted a radio station to compete with the Oakland Tribunes KLX. KNEW also carries Oakland Athletics baseball games. The station broadcast on 325 meters. [10] While still predominantly progressive talk for most of the day, KNEW also carried the decidedly conservative Glenn Beck Program during morning drive as well as The Dave Ramsey Show in middays. Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter! But the station took everyone by surprise by debuting KABL as a beautiful music station. San Francisco Chronicle, March 1, 1925. The station also aired some local weekend programming. These included the unauthorized transfer of the station to the Bruntons, a history of wandering from its assigned frequency, and for being mechanically inferior. The KZM license was formally deleted on June 23, 1931. The station continued to be run by theTribuneuntil 1959, and was the finest of the East Bay stations during those years. The station currently broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format branded as 99.7 Now. I won office as commissioner of assemblies. This shot was taken from he announce-'s booth while BOSS MAN RON REYNOLDS was on the air. Ross was a student at Allens school, and worked at the Oakland Magnavox factory. This station is best known as the longtime home of KABL, the successor to KROW and one of the first beautiful music stations in the United States. Matt Itelson and Diana Trujillo, Photo Credit: Presented by Helge Hellberg, executive director of Marin Organic, and Mark Mulcahy, organic produce consultant, An Organic Conversation features ecology-based thinking and insight into the organic food and holistic health movement. This volumes reproduces the station's pop music surveys from 1959-1964. KEWB: New Bedford Regional Airport New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA: GOING TO NEW BEDFORD? The transmitter is located in Oakland at the eastern end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Coal transports causing air pollution, health issues in Bay Area, PG&E restores power to all but a few hundred SF customers, Labor board declares Oakland teachers can legally strike, Chicago must rehire, pay workers fired over refusing vaccine, state board rules, The latest on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Top epidemiologist talks his recent COVID-19 infection, says vaccine saved his life, Cruises are more popular than ever with young people, Is 'No Mow May' such a good idea? These games were not announced from the ballpark, as might be expected. Over a period of fifty-one years power levels have ranged from 1 kW up to a future 50 kW. Young Ben Fong-Torres with then-morning DJ Gary Owens outside KEWB radio station, circa 1960. Freeform stations KMPX, KSAN, KSJO, KOME, others rock the Bay And, when the station was off the air between 7:00 and 7:30 each evening, Bill Andrews the reporter would compile the 7:30 newscast. Courtesy: Robert Nicholson Shortly after Will and Willie disappeared, Stephanie Miller's morning show arrived to take the 6a.m. to 9a.m. slot on KQKE. It was owned by 1950s radio pioneer Gordon McLendon. I know; this column doesn't look it. First Republic Bank sold to JPMorgan Chase: what that means, California man convicted in 2020 ding dong ditch turned deadly, US Speaker McCarthy: Russia must pull out of Ukraine, California landslide halts rail service, homes evacuated, Barbie unveils Anna May Wong doll for AAPI Heritage Month. In the cafeteria, I sometimes set up a sound system and spun records, and began getting hired to be a DJ at dances. Allen built the transmitter from spare parts and a couple of discarded French tubes he had acquired while in Europe with the Navy, and it was on the air as 6XAJ. April 27, 2023. That same year he was granted one of the first amateur radio licenses, 6PF, and began operating his own spark transmitter. "Cancelan las sesiones y han dado propuestas sin serias", dijo Armendariz. Things can get zany in Marcus Hall when Under SF is filming at Studio One. I heard as much Marty Robbins and Marvin Rainwater as I did Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. Sutter Creek, California, April 9, 1971. Audacys Website and Digital Terms of Use. De 10 a 11 horas, los momentos ms curiosos y simpticos del deporte y la msica ms molona en Despierta San Francisco en Radio MARCA. The station moved to the 590 kc. EUR. MmNkN2NiNjA0NzJlNjU2YjgwMTA4ZGY5ZTQ2ZDgwNjE0MTk5ZjVmNzBjMGRk If there was nothing to say, he would simply remain silent, frequently for over a minute. KLX was a new station in name only, for it was operated with the same staff and equipment as KZM. John Scott was hired as AM operations manager for both KQKE and KNEW in 2007, and introduced new shows and elements into the programming mix. City supervisors will hold a second and final vote next Tuesday. Without SF State we could not do this, Lopez and Ferro said in unison. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. California, meanwhile, is considering the repeal of a similar law. Scott Wiener, a former supervisor-turned-state senator who authored the original ban, agreed that the measure hadn't produced the intended results. The station carried a mix of Dial Global programs, such as Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann, and other distributors. What was square? The KABL call sign subsequently reemerged at then co-owned 92.1 FM in Walnut Creek, California. Not necessarily according to University of Minnesota Extension, Happy 30th birthday internet! On June 1, 2007, under license from Clear Channel, the Bay Area Radio Museum launched a streaming tribute to KABL on the Internet, which featured Beautiful Music, Easy Listening, Adult Standards, Big Bands, traditional pop and middle-of-the-road music, to represent the various musical styles presented during the station's forty years on the air. hide caption. Author: One of the most popular KLX programs during the twenties was a variety show called the Lake Merritt Ducks, with Captain Bill Royal. KTRB will become 860 AM The Answer, the 26th Answer branded talk station in the Salem family. Andrews recalled that the program could not originate from the KLX studios because larger quarters were needed. -----BEGIN REPORT----- -0.56 -0.55%. Los maestros de al menos 14 escuelas secundarias y preparatorias de OUSD dejaron de trabajar el viernes pasado despus de que el distrito cancelara repetidamente las sesiones de negociacin. Every Saturday morning, I floated to the studios on Franklin Street. KLX, Great Broadcasting Station of the Oakland Tribune, Keeps Pace With the Rapid Technical Development in the Radio Field, by Preston D. Allen, Oakland Tribune Yearbook, 1932. ), auditions, and then had a final presentation event at a theatre in downtown San Francisco. De 10 a 11 horas, los momentos ms curiosos y simpticos del deporte y la msica ms molona en Despierta San Francisco en Radio MARCA. He remembered that one of the rooms was a lecture room with a large schematic diagram of a spark transmitter on the wall. In 1997, the station switched to an adult standards format of traditional pop and big band music. It is owned by iHeartMedia and most of the programming comes from Bloomberg Radio. NjJkNTI0ZTIzMGJjZmEyOWI5ZTU3NGZjMDBmMzJiNGJlNDNmODExZWNkM2Vh One of the musical groups heard regularly was theArion Trio, a group of teenage girls from Oakland Technical High School, who had been brought together and coached by the schools choral instructor. KEWB remained unchallenged in the rock radio arena for a few years, but, by the mid-sixties, both KYA and KFRC had adopted the increasingly important music format. 6XAJ became KZM in September. All News San Francisco 106.9 FM & 740 AM - KCBS-AM | KCBS Radio News PG&E restores power to all but a few hundred SF customers News Bill proposes 50% pay raise for California teachers News Coal transports causing air pollution, health issues in Bay Area Entertainment Jerry Springer, politician turned TV ringmaster, dies at 79 At first, the boycott applied only to states that it considered restricted the rights of LGBTQ people. About mid-1921, an experimental radio station was started as a part of the schools operation. SAN FRANCISCO/ OAKLAND RADIO PROGRAM SCHEDULE AS OF MAY, 1961 OS ANGELES 36 455 Wilshire Blvd. This article about a radio station in California is a stub. Visit the SF State calendar for a full list of events. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco is repealing a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restrict abortion, voting and LGBTQ rights after determining the boycott is doing more harm than good. Your IP: The school occupied two rooms on the seventh floor of the Hotel Oakland. In 1991-92, B-94.7 featured Coy & Company in the morning, Wild Bill Shakespeare in the afternoon drive, and "Hojo" -Howard Johnson, nights. I was a confirmed radio nut, and, at Oakland High, although held captive after school, snapping at innocent customers at various restaurants, I worked to do anything even approximating what broadcasters did. NGQwZTgxMTg5NzEzMTI3ZjgwNzg1NmQwZGEzZDlkNjMwYmE4NTExOWQ2ZTAy Every Monday night at nine, the quacking of Royal and his comrades would announce that the weekly broadcast of the Ducks was on the air. The five-watt transmitter, nicknamed Little Jimmy, was relegated to standby use shortly afterward when the fifty-watt Powerful Katrinka took to the air August 4. San Francisco, California, October 13, 1970. All rights reserved. He recalled that most of his time was spent alone at the station, as it was still frequently a one-man operation. I had been a fan of the format and, in particular, of Morgan and The Real Don Steele when they brightened up KEWB in 1964 but he was right. No matter how funky the hardware, I loved acting out my fantasy. Suspect Nima Momeni's arraignment in San Francisco state . Samantha Ferro, Jennifer Gee and Alexandra Lopez host Crave Radio, airing Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. this semester. The show also aired on co-owned KLSD in San Diego until November 2007. On August 13, 2007, Clear Channel changed the KQKE call sign to KKGN, with a repositioning as "Green 960" and initially with programming focused on environmental issues.[7][8][9]. This lasted until January 31, 2007, when Clear Channel Conmmunications discontinued KABL's streaming music. As Fong-Torres nears 70, radio memories are made of this. California State University Campus. Beachin Chuck Blore Scott Bridges Casey Kasem Earl McDaniel Robert W. Morgan Gary Owens Ted Randal Don Steele KFAX, San Francisco Andy Froiland Craig Roberts KFMR, San Francisco - Fremont Chas Henry KFOG, San Francisco Dennis Constantine KEWB 91 San Francisco - Casey Kasem - 1962 - Radio Aircheck. On August 8, 1929, the station left the air and was scheduled for a license renewal hearing by the Federal Radio Commission. Then the tapes were stored away and traveled around the country with me . [1], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}403905N 1223136W / 40.6515N 122.5267W / 40.6515; -122.5267. And it has complicated some of the state's other policy goals, like using state money to pay for people who live in other states to travel to California for abortions. Meanwhile, KLX continued to grow and become a permanent fixture of the East Bay community. KZMs association with theTribunedeveloped quickly. I was raised in Chinatown restaurants and doomed to a young life of chores and schoolwork, a combination that left little time for hobbies or friends. The program was meant to be KLXs answer to the Hoot Owls, which was on the air from eight until nine over KGW in Portland. Allen would run the station from the school, and theTribunewould finance it. KQED Public Radio. Especially for me. David Snchez te cuenta el deporte con su particular visin, el deporte de la forma ms desenfadada. "Desafortunadamente, este comportamiento contina y no podemos confiar en OUSD para presentar propuestas serias para establecer un contrato". Bill Andrews, later an NBC announcer, was one of Allens first student instructors. Illustration: Peter Oumanski for . However, the F.R.C. 51.77.212.149 California now bans state-funded travel to nearly half of the country following a surge of anti-LGBTQ legislation in mostly Republican-led states. in November 1928, when frequencies of many stations in the country were reshuffled by the Federal Radio Commission. ZjEwNWZlZGQyMGMzYzMwNzA5ODQ5YmRjYTkyODRmNGY2Y2FhNzliZmU1MjM5 Pedestrians walk along the edge of a sidewalk to avoid tents and sleeping bags, on April 13, 2020, in the . As a result, they looked to KIXL, a beautiful-music station in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, market that was enjoying a fair amount of success despite being daytime-only. The move was part of a broader restructuring of talk programming in Clear Channel's San Francisco cluster. KLX began an operation which would continue operating from the Tribune Tower for thirty years. Being a Chinese American kid in the early 60s, I knew it was a pipe dream, but I fantasized about someday becoming a disc jockey. In Rolling Stones first years, in the late 60s, the Boss Radio format ruled Top 40. ODJjM2Y0MTMwMDEyMTlkYzk1MjVhZDQ1NGJkYWZhNDNlZjAwY2QwMjFhZjNk The station had a very limited signal beyond its immediate broadcast area, however, and in July 2005, switched to an adult contemporary music format. Metromedia, which operated the successful station WNEW in New York City, soon changed the call letters to KNEW, after paying a Spokane, Wash., station $75,000 to give up its call letters. State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco is shown ahead of a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., last month. YzM5ZDM1YzJhMDczODUzMGFjODc4NjNiOTdlNGVkZGU1N2Y0Yzg0NmU4MGFh Watch State of Events on the BECA Media YouTube channel. Students have the freedom to play and say pretty much whatever they like, leading to avant-garde playlists from all music genres (one DJ is still dedicated to spinning vinyl) and talk shows and podcasts on a range of topics. Those MRAs, they said, show Daly . He said that most of the programs during this experimental period consisted of, Hello, can you hear me out there? For many American kids, that portable radio signified independence, an escape from the standard entertainment: the huge console radio or television set in the living room, whose programming was controlled by their parents. The weekly variety show, produced by two BECA classes, brings in artists, musicians and social justice advocates, even sending in the clowns of the Finelli Circus. This was the last jingle package used by KFWB as a music station (1967). In the summer of 1957, my father became a partner in a restaurant in Amarillo, Texas, and took me along. By clicking Submit, you acknowledge you have read and agree to Audacys Website and Digital Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. in 1931 refused to renew the stations license for several reasons. This company operated KFWB, a successful rocknroll station in Los Angeles, and KLX became KEWB. The measure "was a well-intentioned effort at values-based contracting but ultimately did not accomplish the social change it sought to effect," Board President Aaron Peskin, who co-sponsored the repeal, said in a statement. King and others for "Evening Magazine." KMVQ-FM is owned by Salt Lake City -based Bonneville International. Zjc0MTRjNTE1NWIxOWI1NTYxOGFiNjYzYmJhOTJkMDQ0MTRmOTExOWFjMWY0 ZmZlODI0NmE2MmQ2NTZmOGUzMjY0YmNhYjViMWU2ZDQ0YzU4N2UxYTNmNmI1 Recalling San Francisco radio station Channel 91, known as KNEW in 1970s and as KEWB in 1960s. [4] It was a full-service station known for launching the career of comedian Phyllis Diller and for helping the career of "the world's greatest disc jockey" Don Sherwood, prior to his long career at KSFO. Ross Smith remembered that they used to shut down the transmitter as KZM, then take to the air a half hour later as KLX. E-mail: sadolphson@sfchronicle.com. KSFS is the online student-run station based in the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA) Department, representing the best of college radio with programming as diverse as San Francisco State itself. The Hotel Oakland was a magnificent structure, with two towers rising from either side of the building that were perfect for supporting the stations antenna. Replacing KABL on September 28, 2004, were new call letters KQKE and a progressive talk format, branded as "960 The Quake". Unos 35 mil estudiantes podran verse afectados por la huelga de maestros, que podra llevarse a cabo entre el 1 y el 25 de mayo si no logran un acuerdo de revisin contractual con las autoridades educativas, Maestros de Oakland votaron a favor de irse a huelga, Maestros en Oakland reiteran posibilidad de huelga por prcticas injustas del distrito escolar, Maestros de Oakland votarn si se van a huelga tras seis meses de negociaciones fallidas, Buscan maestros de preescolar para Oakland y Concord, Productos, Servicios y Patentes de Univision, Aviso de subttulos e informacin para personas con discapacidad. KCBS - All News 740 AM. KCBS All News 740 AM & 106.9 FM is an all-news radio station located in San Francisco, California. The hosts, producers, directors, writers and crew members all students operate in a professional television environment, preparing them for careers in the television industry. But, on occasion, I could be the guy playing the records for them. With this as the seed of his inspiration, he began an all-night telephone talk show on KNEW, hosted by Joe Dolan. - La Asociacin de Educacin de Oakland (OEA) anunci este martes que los maestros del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Oakland votaron a favor de una huelga, lo que no significa que los profesores vayan a la huelga de inmediato, sino que le da a su sindicato la autoridad para convocarla. KEWB (94.7 MHz, "Power 94-7") is a commercial FM radio station in Anderson, California, broadcasting to the Northern California area. Instead, San Francisco is now penalizing businesses in other states including LGBTQ-owned, women-owned, and people of color-owned businesses for the sins of their radical right wing governments.". Con La Libreta, Maldini, Nacho Pea y Ltigo Serrano . He got a childrens 78-rpm model at a thrift shop and honed the capstan down until the speed decreased to 45, then mounted it onto a cigar box. Id even tape commercials and jingles off the radio to insert between records. The station was moved to plush new studios on Jack London Square in Oakland. Thread starter Y2kTheNewOldies; Start date Sep 27, 2019; Y2kTheNewOldies . Ezra Shaw/Getty Images. The new call sign was to be KABL, as in San Francisco's legendary cable cars. Copyright 2005-2023 California Historical Radio Society. This years event takes place Friday, May 19, at 7 p.m. in Studio One. Now, those rankings of the most popular songs came in printed form, and I found a hobby. San Francisco is repealing a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restrict abortion, voting and LGBTQ rights after determining the boycott is doing more harm than good. Learn more about the SF State BECA Department and School of Cinema. KABL was known for presenting poetic vignettes about San Francisco life, a harp interlude between songs, and a cable car bell to announce the news. Would love your thoughts, please comment. La votacin del lunes se produce casi un mes despus de un paro del 24 de marzo, que llev a los maestros de OUSD a tres sitios diferentes. What was it about the radio? La junta escolar recurri a una junta estatal para tratar de detener la huelga, argumentando que se estarn realizando pruebas para los cursos de ubicacin avanzada (Advanced Placement) en ese momento. Dentro de los seis meses de negociaciones contractuales, la junta escolaraprob un paquete de reducciones presupuestarias para el prximo ao escolar, que estn diseados esencialmente para hacer espacio para los aumentos salariales de los maestros. ZDEwMTFhZDI0ODc2ZGJkM2RhZjljNTBmODM4NTlhMTk2MTUxNGJlZWJhNjAw At the same time, the stations studios on the 20th floor of the Tribune Tower Building were augmented with new facilities installed on the 21st floor, where the new transmitter and a control room were located. This Wednesday, I turn 70. When the Ducks went on the air, Andrews would announce the programs introduction, throw the switch that would turn on the microphone and walk out onto the tower balcony, where he would lean over, wave his arms and shout Okay! You might think that I was an unemployable nut. If the team was out of town playing one of the other Pacific Coast League teams (Los Angeles, Seattle or Portland), the information was sent by telegraph. KEWB airs a Top 40 (CHR) music format, which it has had from 1983 until 1993 and again since 1999. A local activist and radio reporter has sued the Antioch Police Department for allegedly using excessive force against him while he tried stopping officers for doing the same to someone else . So, a remote microphone was placed in a large office annex at the base of the tower. It would be later known as"B-94.7" and "The Killer Bee". Ese paro no fue autorizado por la Asociacin de Educacin de Oakland, pero la votacin del lunes establece que ahora s podr llevar a cabo una huelga respaldada por el sindicato.
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