I liked KYA 1260 in SF in the 70's / 80's, not as good as KFRC but close to them. They had a different way of presenting the music, but they were "good at it, too"
Do you remember Tom Campbell on KYA, I recall this subject came up years ago here, but to repeat or maybe add more, I remember when Tom would do his "Sunday" afternoon show from MATTHEWS TV & STEREO - TOP OF THE HILL DAILY CITY.
Tom always seemed to work that Sunday thing at MATTHEWS.
here ya go . . . video starts about 7 secs. late, so stay with it,
One late Sunday afternoon going up to SF with my wife for dinner, I purposely took the long way and went by MATTHEWS . . . no I didn't go in, but I could see Tom near the front door doing his show.
I remember to when Tom left KYA and ended up on KLOK 1170 in San Jose, again doing an odd Sunday night show. I think he was only on, on Sunday night at THE CLOCK (KLOK).
Do you remember (on KLOK) when he'd offer on the air to listeners to use/borrow his new Corvette, that was parked in the KLOK parking lot on King Rd. to anybody that wanted to drive it for an hour or so. I never figure this out, but people did show up . . . guess Tom took info from them, their car keys, etc. but he'd do it . . . then off in his "Vette they'd go" I guess they did???
Also does anyone remember Gary Mora, Gary was a fixture at KYA towards its end, playing mainly "oldies", he also was involved in doing oldie shows in the Bay Area. One day at our local post office I saw him and I had no idea he lived in the same town (in the south - east bay) as me.
At the post office we talked, he was a nice person.
He'd often had oldies group members on the phone on his KYA show and let listeners talk to them, I talked with afew over the years he was on KYA.
Again KYA sounded good . . . 5 kw day & 1 kw night non-DA from the tower on Candlestick Hill, right next to the old Candlestick Park. I remember when that tower came down in a storm but I think it was no longer KYA when that happened.
Signal was good day & night where I lived because we were close to the Bay and the signal path was all over saltwater.
1260 KYA!!! (and KYA-FM too)
Do you remember Tom Campbell on KYA, I recall this subject came up years ago here, but to repeat or maybe add more, I remember when Tom would do his "Sunday" afternoon show from MATTHEWS TV & STEREO - TOP OF THE HILL DAILY CITY.
Tom always seemed to work that Sunday thing at MATTHEWS.
here ya go . . . video starts about 7 secs. late, so stay with it,
One late Sunday afternoon going up to SF with my wife for dinner, I purposely took the long way and went by MATTHEWS . . . no I didn't go in, but I could see Tom near the front door doing his show.
I remember to when Tom left KYA and ended up on KLOK 1170 in San Jose, again doing an odd Sunday night show. I think he was only on, on Sunday night at THE CLOCK (KLOK).
Do you remember (on KLOK) when he'd offer on the air to listeners to use/borrow his new Corvette, that was parked in the KLOK parking lot on King Rd. to anybody that wanted to drive it for an hour or so. I never figure this out, but people did show up . . . guess Tom took info from them, their car keys, etc. but he'd do it . . . then off in his "Vette they'd go" I guess they did???
Also does anyone remember Gary Mora, Gary was a fixture at KYA towards its end, playing mainly "oldies", he also was involved in doing oldie shows in the Bay Area. One day at our local post office I saw him and I had no idea he lived in the same town (in the south - east bay) as me.
At the post office we talked, he was a nice person.
He'd often had oldies group members on the phone on his KYA show and let listeners talk to them, I talked with afew over the years he was on KYA.
Again KYA sounded good . . . 5 kw day & 1 kw night non-DA from the tower on Candlestick Hill, right next to the old Candlestick Park. I remember when that tower came down in a storm but I think it was no longer KYA when that happened.
Signal was good day & night where I lived because we were close to the Bay and the signal path was all over saltwater.
1260 KYA!!! (and KYA-FM too)
