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1350 FORMAT HISTORY before 1966

T

thebeach33445

Hey Guys:

As you can see I am now going through my Inland Empire list.

Would anybody know what the format history of 1350 was before it went Country KCKC in 1966?

I do know it was KCSB till 1966.

Thnaks

T.J.
 
I seem to remember it always being country. I recall in the early 1960's my uncle in San Bernardino would turn his radio dial to 1350 to hear the Dodger games and could not stand the country music on before the game started.
 
Others may be in a better position to know, but I would swear that not only did 1350 San Bernardino have the KCKC calls in the 50s, but that they had a Spanish language format. An older sister kept her radio glued to 1350, and I can clearly remember a musical ID:

Female singer: "K-C, K-C, San Bernardino"
Male voices: "Sing a little louder!"
Female singer: "K-C, K-C, San Bernardino"
Male voices: "Cha-cha-cha!"

This was back in the day when legal IDs were required every half hour, so it seemed like the above jingle played very often.

Arrinda Homes was a frequent commercial sponsor, and seemed to lead off every commercial break. They had a Mariachi-style jingle in their commercials. This was the Eisenhower 50s, San Bernardino was a growing town, and new homes were being built all over the area. I saw Arrinda signs at several new home sites.

I seem to faintly remember an MOR "Good Music" type of format in the early-mid 60s, but I was a confirmed rock n' roller, and not paying much attention to non-rock radio. I remember the station that came to be known as K/MEN 129 was KITO Country until March of 1962 when the change to K/MEN happened.

KCKC went Country in 1966. If there had been another Inland Empire Country station between 1962 and 1966, I don't remember it.

Just some youthful radio memories.
 
I always remember the calls being KCKC too. After the spanish thing they did go MOR but after 1290 KITO switched to top 40 KMEN in 1962 KCKC went country to fill the void. KITO had it's own run with top 40 briefly about a year before becoming KMEN. KCKC aborted country to return to MOR pror to going country again in 1966.
 
I know very little about Inland Empire radio history, except from you folks and reading old newspaper articles in the San Bernardino library, etc. I recall getting KFXM on my little transistor radio in the '60s, but that's about all I remember, mostly listening to L.A. and O.C. stations in Anaheim.

According to the FCC files, 1350 kilocycles/khz. in San Bernardino was licensed as KCSB (maybe for California San Bernardino?) as a 500-watt daytime-only station in 1947. The call letters became KCKC on September 1, 1958.

As for changes in transmitter power and programming changes, you might find some of that in old Broadcasting Yearbooks or other sources posted on David Gleason's wonderful website. Or type in Broadcasting Yearbook and the year you want, and you should find the link to Gleason's site.

Jim Hilliker
Monterey
 
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