KFOG first went on the air in 1964 as an easy-listening station, and its trademark fog horn sound quickly caught on. By the early 1980s, the easy listening format was drawing an older audience, & management saw a hole in the market, and they thought KFOG should fill it. On September 16, 1982,…
KIOI, known to it’s listeners as K101 FM, was owned by engineering graduate and broadcasting magnate James Gabbert. It was a rather wild station. They had what could be best described as an adult top 40 format with a deep, deep playlist where you would hear all kinds of music. The station was very successful…
Mike Slavko, was best known to Bay Area rock radio fans as the hyped-up, nutty DJ “M. Dung.” Soon after KFOG went from “beautiful music” to rock in 1982, Mike, who was doing production work at KFOG, was chosen to host the “Sunday Night Idiot Show.” He called himself “Dung Boy,” spun…
Dave Morey, was the first voice heard on KFOG, when it launched its adult rock format back in September 1982. He started hosting middays, but eventually he moved to mornings. He hosted one of the station’s most popular features, 10@10, where he played 10 songs from a certain year, or…
If only the East Coast had a Top 40 station like this! Oh… well, besides WABC. We here at Airchexx have put much focus on 610 KFRC as THE dominant station in San Francisco. But, the Bay area had stiff competition for much of the 1970s from crosstown KYA. In 1977, KYA did get close,…
Date of Recording: 12.24.1964 Station: 1450 KSOL (Frequency Call Letter History: KGGT/KGGC/KSAN/KSOL/KEST) San Francisco, California, USA Format: R&B Featured Air Personality: Sylvester Stewart (Professionally, “Sly Stone”) Comments: What’s New: We have updated the station history of 1450 AM in the above frame. (12.24.2016) Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart on March 15, 1944) is apparently back…
..Tomorrow, Jack Armstrong will be Broadcasting in Stereo, so he’ll have a headache in BOTH ears! Really now, what more could one ask for in a KFRC aircheck? Dr. Don Rose, Jayne Dornacker playing in traffic, laugh tracks to corny jokes and a stack of teeny-bopper records!!! Not to mention Mark McKay, Bobby Ocean and…
Date of Recording: November, 1976 (Exact date unknown) Station(s): 610 KFRC, 106.1 KFRC-FM San Francisco, California Featured Air Talent: Big Tom Parker, Mucho Morales Contributor: Robyn Watts Aircheck Entry: 1,422 Comments: Without a doubt, this is the shortest aircheck on the site, but possibly the highest quality recording one could find! This is a recording…
