KYA San Francisco | March, 1965 (16:46) Scoped

Nov 20, 2004 2 Comments

Here’s the first in a series of 1960′s airchecks. By 1965, 610 KFRC was really the top station in the market. There are, however, many people who have fond memories of the ‘other’ top 40 station, KYA.

I don’t really know much about this station other than it was there. Now, we have audio to prove it!

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2 Responses to “KYA San Francisco | March, 1965 (16:46) Scoped”

  1. Paul Reply Feb 11, 2005 at 11:57 am

    Actually, KFRC didn’t go top 40 until 1966, so KYA was the show in S.F. (plus KEWB across the Bay in Oakland)

  2. David Kaye Reply Dec 14, 2008 at 4:38 am

    KYA was a very popular teen-oriented station from the 1940s into the early 1980s. It had a succession of owners, among them Hearst, AVCO Broadcasting (part of AVCO Aviation), Churchill Broadcasting. In the 1950s and 60s it was THE Top 40 station to listen to. Among the better-known DJs were Tom Donahue, Russ Syracuse, Jim Washburn, Gene Nelson, Tom Saunders, Bill Drake, Les Crane, and Johnny Holiday. KYA was a union shop, as this aircheck demonstrates when Emperor Gene Nelson fails to call a record to the board op to play next. It was at KYA that Bill Drake developed his “Drake format” later used by the RKO radio stations.