KFOG KaBoom

KFOG KaBoom was an annual outdoor concert held by KFOG in San Francisco and which occurred in May from 1994 to 2010. It was followed by a fireworks show[1][2] synchronized to a soundtrack broadcast by the station. The extravagant fireworks display drew over 350,000 people.[3] In 2007, KaBoom began charging admission due to rising costs.[4]

Through 1998, the event was known as the Sky Concert, but was renamed in 1999.[5] Reportedly, this was due to the name being too generic and may conflict with Keilwerth S.K.Y. Concert Saxophones.

In 2010, the Port of San Francisco informed KFOG that Piers 30/32 in downtown San Francisco could no longer support the heavy equipment and vehicles necessary to produce large events.[6] In May of that same year, KaBoom was moved from the pier location to the parking lot of Candlestick Park.

In the spring of 2011, KFOG announced that a proper venue for the show could not be found, and that KaBoom for 2011 was cancelled. No announcement has since been made for KaBoom since 2012.[7]

Previous artists (in order of appearance):

References

  1. ↑ "KFOG KaBoom!". Teevan Productions. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  2. ↑ Internet Archive: Open Source Movies
  3. ↑ 350,000 people and KFOG KaBoom
  4. ↑ "this is the first year the station is charging" Suzanne Herel @ sfgate.com
  5. ↑ http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1999/July/Day-21/i18486.htm
  6. 1 2 http://www.kfog.com/Pages/KFOGKaBoom2010.aspx
  7. ↑ KFOG 104.5/97.7 FM: World Class Rock|accessdate=May 11, 2011
  8. ↑ http://groups.google.com/group/ba.music/browse_thread/thread/4164243c8caf86b/572b466455d02528
  9. ↑ http://search.sfweekly.com/1997-05-28/music/the-house-of-tudor/
  10. ↑ http://alex.pecanbiz.com/KFOG_SF_May01/sanfran.html
  11. ↑ Hall, Christopher (April 7, 2002). "WHAT'S DOING IN; San Francisco". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20080820062427/http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2003.asp. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2004.asp Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2005.asp Archived September 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ http://www.kfog.com/kaboom/2006.asp Archived May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ↑ http://archive.is/20120708220509/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.kfog.com/Pages/KFOGKaBoom2009.aspx

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