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Entercom takes over Bonneville's SF stations

"If my memory is correct, KYA was 1260/93.3. They spun 1260 off when they acquired KSFO, or something like that. 93.3 kept the KYA-FM calls, and FCC rules required 1260 to change at the time."

Here's my memory - whoever owned 1260/KYA when it was Top 40 also owned 93.3, and it was KYA-FM for all of those years, except for a short period when they tried to compete with KOIT as "K-Lite 93"...late 70s, or early 80s, I think. The call letters were changed to KLHT during that period, but were changed back to KYA-FM when they went back to a mainstream rock format as "Y-93." None of the formats ever seemed to get decent ratings, in part I think, because the signal is poor (that's been discussed on this board quite a bit).

When a subsequent owner sold 1260 to Bonneville, they bought KSFO (560), and for a number of years in the mid and late 80s, KSFO/KYA-FM played Oldies. They advertised the station together on billboards, etc. - but at first, they broadcasted separately. KSFO concentrated on 50s Oldies, while KYA-FM was 60s Oldies. When the FCC relaxed the simulcast rules, they became a 24 hour simulcast concentrating on 60s Oldies. By the way, much like now, the PD at that time hated the word "Oldies" - it was never spoken on KSFO/KYA. Their songs were "Rock and Roll Classics."
 
Lkeller said:
"If my memory is correct, KYA was 1260/93.3. They spun 1260 off when they acquired KSFO, or something like that. 93.3 kept the KYA-FM calls, and FCC rules required 1260 to change at the time."

Here's my memory - whoever owned 1260/KYA when it was Top 40 also owned 93.3, and it was KYA-FM for all of those years, except for a short period when they tried to compete with KOIT as "K-Lite 93"...late 70s, or early 80s, I think. The call letters were changed to KLHT during that period,
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KLHT also known as "K-Lite 93" was AC from about 1981 to 1983, but did not compete with KOIT as KOIT-96.5 was Beautiful Music not AC. KOIT-96.5 competed against KABL-98.1 and KFOG-104.5 in the late 70's to early 80's. KFOG was the first to change to AOR in 1982, then KOIT changed to AC (As with most Easy Listening/Beautiful Music) in 1985 and KABL held on until I believe is 1992 when they finally switched to AC.KOIT-96.5 was Beautiful Music from 1976 to 1985.
 
I remember hearing about the KYA calls moving from AM to FM at the time of the sale to King Broadcasting. The FM had different calls up to that point although 93.3 had a history as KYA-FM.
 
"I remember hearing about the KYA calls moving from AM to FM at the time of the sale to King Broadcasting. The FM had different calls up to that point although 93.3 had a history as KYA-FM."

Was King the company that owned KSFO/KYA-FM when it played Rock and Roll Classics (Oldies)? I'm quite sure that the call letters did not move from 1260 to 93.3 - both were KYA prior to this period, except for the KLHT period, as mentioned in posts above. At one point, 93.3 was branded as "Y-93," but the call letters were KYA-FM. I can't remember if this was before KLHT or not, but I know it was before 1260 was sold and 93.3 was paired with KSFO. I also can't remember the format at Y-93, other than it was a rock format - apparently I wasn't a fan.

By the way, I do remember that Young Country (KYCY) was rebranded "Y-93.3" by CBS for awhile in the late 90s, but that's not the period I'm remembering.

Maybe somebody out there remembers when 93.3 became KYA-FM. It probably doesn't go back to the Bartell period, but maybe Bartell or subsequent owners acquired the FM in the 70s.
 
I googled a little, and found this link - http://www.airwaves.com/archive2/4897.html

According to a David Kaye quoted below, KYA-FM originated in 1958, and just to confuse things, used the call letters KOIT for awhile.

"KYA 1260 had an FM at 93.3 for decades. It was known as KYA-FM from its inception (1958?) until about 1966 or 67 when it became KOIT. I think this was under Churchill's or early in Avco's ownership. (The current Bonneville KOIT has no lineage to 93.3, however.)"
 
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