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99.7 KFRC-FM San Francisco

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MarioMania

It all begins again on March 18 1991, I recorded the loop before KFRC came on, I lost the Cassette :(

I don't even remember it on 106.1, I moved to Pacifica in 77

But found this, close to 30 mins, I guess it was looping til the music came on

 
I remember it too, especially toward the end of its run (2001-2004). I remember finding the DJs to be very relatable and fun to listen to.

Speaking of the last of KFRC's DJs, what ever became of them? I'm pretty sure that at least a couple of them were still local at the time.

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MarioMania said:
It all begins again on March 18 1991, I recorded the loop before KFRC came on, I lost the Cassette :(

I don't even remember it on 106.1, I moved to Pacifica in 77

But found this, close to 30 mins, I guess it was looping til the music came on

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Great post. Listened to the whole thing.
 
cc333 said:
I remember it too, especially toward the end of its run (2001-2004). I remember finding the DJs to be very relatable and fun to listen to.

Speaking of the last of KFRC's DJs, what ever became of them? I'm pretty sure that at least a couple of them were still local at the time.

c
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KFRC (99.7) flipped to Movin' in 2006.

JoJo Kincaid was last seen/heard at WRBQ in Tampa, but he left in 2014 to care for a relative in another city. No word since.

Cammy Blackstone has been Director of External Affairs for AT&T in San Francisco since 2015, according to her LinkedIn page.

Sue Hall is a part-time reporter for ABC7 in San Francisco and does middays at KZST in Santa Rosa.

Katie Mason retired from radio eight years ago to become a fitness trainer.

Dean Goss appears to have retired and is traveling, from the looks of his Instagram.

Christopher Lance (the last voice on 610 before the flip to religion in 2005) is teaching English at a college in Mexico City.

So Sue Hall is the last of them still working on-air.
 
I see.

There was one, Sylvia something, that I remember well during 2004. I actually heard the name on KOSF 103.7 recently, which reminded me.

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cc333 said:
I see.

There was one, Sylvia something, that I remember well during 2004. I actually heard the name on KOSF 103.7 recently, which reminded me.

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Sylvia Chacon. I didn't realize she was there that close to the end. If so, she spent more than ten years at KFRC.

She does middays at The Breeze. So she and Sue Hall are the last ones.
 
Aha! I misremembered; it was The Breeze 98.1 where I heard the mention.

Has she been on The Breeze for awhile now? What did she do between the end of KFRC and now? It's hard to believe it's been 20 years; I still remember it like it was yesterday!

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cc333 said:
Aha! I misremembered; it was The Breeze 98.1 where I heard the mention.

Has she been on The Breeze for awhile now? What did she do between the end of KFRC and now? It's hard to believe it's been 20 years; I still remember it like it was yesterday!

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I don't believe Sylvia's ever been off the air for any significant stretch of time. She went from KFRC to Star 101.3 and then to Kiss 98.1 and stayed on after the flip to The Breeze seven years ago.

I had the pleasure of meeting her at the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame luncheon the day she was inducted. Very nice person, and with a terrific story:

bayarearadio.org

Sylvia Chacon | Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall of Fame

Sylvia is a Bay Area native. She was born in Castro Valley, attended Sunset High School in Hayward and
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Ah, I see. I never listened to those stations (with the demise of KABL, KFRC AM, and KFRC FM in 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively, and the fact that I had moved away in 2004, I more or less stopped listening to SF radio, except for KCBS, whose AM signal was, and still is, among the strongest and most listenable this far north, and KGO, back when it was worth listening to, even if the ratings weren't so good), so I never followed along to hear her at her new jobs.

I do remember she stood out at the time. She seemed warm and thoughtful in her presentation and took time with call ins, as I recall, which lines up with what you say.

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cc333 said:
Ah, I see. I never listened to those stations (with the demise of KABL, KFRC AM, and KFRC FM in 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively, and the fact that I had moved away in 2004, I more or less stopped listening to SF radio, except for KCBS, whose AM signal was, and still is, among the strongest and most listenable this far north, and KGO, back when it was worth listening to, even if the ratings weren't so good), so I never followed along to hear her at her new jobs.
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KCBS isn't just strong to the north. It's virtually city grade in SoCal, and I picked it up like it was a local while driving through I-40 in western New Mexico and eastern Arizona. Just a killer signal. KGO was also killer in SoCal, but I don't think it made it anywhere that far east.

cc333 said:
I do remember she stood out at the time. She seemed warm and thoughtful in her presentation and took time with call ins, as I recall, which lines up with what you say.

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Sylvia was young and a bit green when she was at KFRC, but that made her sound genuine. I enjoyed listening to her. She once did a private event for my synagogue, mid-90's, and here again I thought she came across as genuine, not putting on an act. She deserves to have had a decent career in the market.
 
And Sylvia (along with longtime K-101 talent Hoyt Smith---who I remember from KFMB, San Diego in the mid-70s) did a terrific job MCing at today's Radio Day by the Bay!

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Weiserguy said:
KCBS isn't just strong to the north. It's virtually city grade in SoCal,
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At night, sometimes. Inland, not so good. Don't try to get it reliably in Burbank or Glendale or La Cañada, either.

Daytime, it is blocked by "the station that used to be on Catalina" which also has a limited night signal that prevents KCBS from coming in in a small area (if they are even using the night authorization any more).
Weiserguy said:
and I picked it up like it was a local while driving through I-40 in western New Mexico and eastern Arizona. Just a killer signal. KGO was also killer in SoCal, but I don't think it made it anywhere that far east.
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Again, good quite normally on the coast, more erratic inland. And today, overcome by the noise in most places. But those two signals were the the very best from the Bay Area. Both, of course, had major lobes in our direction.
 
davideduardo said:
At night, sometimes. Inland, not so good. Don't try to get it reliably in Burbank or Glendale or La Cañada, either.

Daytime, it is blocked by "the station that used to be on Catalina" which also has a limited night signal that prevents KCBS from coming in in a small area (if they are even using the night authorization any more).

Again, good quite normally on the coast, more erratic inland. And today, overcome by the noise in most places. But those two signals were the the very best from the Bay Area. Both, of course, had major lobes in our direction.
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There's a 740 in Phoenix (KIDR), that when I first got to town was a Bonneville Beautiful Music station (KMEO-AM). All you had to do at night was drive 15 miles in any direction from the stick and you'd hear KCBS instead of KMEO.
 
michael hagerty said:
There's a 740 in Phoenix (KIDR), that when I first got to town was a Bonneville Beautiful Music station (KMEO-AM). All you had to do at night was drive 15 miles in any direction from the stick and you'd hear KCBS instead of KMEO.
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I should have said "night signal", but I presumed that would be obvious. Also, this was about 20 years ago, so yes, like everything else AM, I'd assume skywave degradation these days due to RFI and digital noise.
 


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