KSAN (defunct)

KSAN (AM), known later as KSOL (AM), was one of the first "rhythm and blues" radio stations in the United States, located in San Francisco, California. One star to come out of the station was the DJ Sylvester Stewart, later known as Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone recording fame.

History

KSAN was a pioneer in broadcasting to the black audience in the San Francisco Bay Area, along with Oakland's KWBR, which later became KDIA. Until the mid-1950s, the handful of stations on the air locally devoted little time to "ethnic" programming of any kind, with the exception of KSAN and KWBR, which also broadcast programs intended for the Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, German and Japanese communities.

The original KSAN (not KSAN (FM), KYLD or KSOL) was born in June 1925 as KGTT. In 1929, it became KGGC and, in 1938, it became the first local station to use the KSAN call letters. In 1958, KSAN switched to a full-time rhythm and blues music format, targeting black listeners in the Bay Area, the first station on the local dial to broadcast R&B around the clock. KSAN's transmitter was on top of the Merchandise Mart building on Market Street, where the studios were located.

On July 3, 1964, KSAN was sold to John F. (Les) Malloy and Delmor A. (Del) Courtney, two well-known San Francisco radio and television personalities. Malloy was for many years a star on local radio and had hosted a popular TV talk show on KGO-TV in the 1950s, while Courtney found fame as a bandleader and personality on KSFO. With Malloy as president and general manager, KSAN became KSOL on its first day under new ownership, hoping to better emphasize its "Soul Radio" format, which it continued until September 1970. The station is currently known as KEST.^[1]

References

↑ KSAN : bayarearadio.org

External links

Radio stations in the San Francisco, California market

By AM frequency	560 610 680¹ 740 810¹ 860 910 960 1010 1050 1100 1170 1190 1220 1260 1310 1370 1400 1430 1450 1500 1510 1550 1590 1610 1640

By FM frequency	87.7² 87.9 88.1 88.1 88.5 89.1 89.3 89.3 89.3 89.3 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.5 90.5 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.7 100.3 100.7 101.3 102.1 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.450 162.500 162.550

By callsign	KALW KALX KBAY KBLX-FM KBRG KCBS KCEA KCRH KCSM KDIA KDOW KDX54 KDYA KEAR KEC49 KECG KEST KEZR KFAX KFFG KFJC KFOG KFRC-FM KGMZ KGO KHB49 KIOI KIQI KISQ KITS KKSF KKUP KLIV KLLC KLOK KLVS KMEL KMKY KMTG KMVQ-FM (HD3) KNBR KNEW KOIT KOSC KOSF KPDO KPFA KPFB KPOO KQED-FM KRBQ KREV KRSA KRTY KRZZ KSAN KSCU KSFB KSFH KSFN KSFO KSJO KSJS KSJX KSOL KSQQ KSRH KTCT KTRB KUFX KVTO KVVF KVVN KVVZ KWMR KXSC KXZM KYLD KZDG KZSF KZSU WWF64

Defunct	KABL KABL-FM KFRC KYA KJAZ KKHI KMPX KOME KSAN (defunct) KUSF (defunct)

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