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What stations deserve a second chance?

I guess nobody's talked about KFAT here either. Probably the other pioneering format station besides KMPX/KSAN, although not nearly as legendary. I interviewed for a job here in the Bay Area in 1982 and first heard that station. What they were doing was some very creative radio, though certainly not mainstream. But it was really the forerunner to the "Americana" music format which has become somewhat successful in places.

I've heard many stories about the demise of KFAT, but the most often-heard one is that the owner (who had a passion for the format) died suddenly and his heirs couldn't keep the house in order. By the time I took that job and moved to the Bay Area in January of 1983 it was gone. Unlike the others discussed here, this one has actually been given a 2nd chance - sort of. They've been off the air for almost 30 years, but they have a website at http://www.kfat.com and they stream airchecks.

Dave B.
 
DaveBayArea said:
I guess nobody's talked about KFAT here either. Probably the other pioneering format station besides KMPX/KSAN, although not nearly as legendary. I interviewed for a job here in the Bay Area in 1982 and first heard that station. What they were doing was some very creative radio, though certainly not mainstream. But it was really the forerunner to the "Americana" music format which has become somewhat successful in places.

I've heard many stories about the demise of KFAT, but the most often-heard one is that the owner (who had a passion for the format) died suddenly and his heirs couldn't keep the house in order. By the time I took that job and moved to the Bay Area in January of 1983 it was gone. Unlike the others discussed here, this one has actually been given a 2nd chance - sort of. They've been off the air for almost 30 years, but they have a website at http://www.kfat.com and they stream airchecks.

Dave B.
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I never heard KFAT - I'm not sure why - I was around at the time. Just clueless, I guess. And I lived in Marin where their Gilroy signal would have been almost non-existant. So this quesion may be ingorant: isn't KPIG considered the 'heir' to KFAT - at least to some extent?
 
Lkeller said:
I never heard KFAT - I'm not sure why - I was around at the time. Just clueless, I guess. And I lived in Marin where their Gilroy signal would have been almost non-existant. So this quesion may be ingorant: isn't KPIG considered the 'heir' to KFAT - at least to some extent?
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In its early incarnation, yes. Mapleton has pretty much stripped KPIG of what it was, although it's still one of the most interesting commercial outlets around and still does fairly well in it's home market. But the early KPIG was really something. They used to have a segment called "Frank and Frank" - featuring songs from Frank Zappa and Frank Sinatra. It sounds bizarre, but the guy who did it (a DJ named Mr. Hedge - now long gone) made it work.

We used to get KPIG in the South Bay, but that's gone now thanks to HD interference from KSAN. It's still worth a listen if you're ever in the Monterey Bay area tho.

Dave B.
 
MarioMania said:
Can a Active Rock Station survive in SF??
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Just MHO, but I think an active rock station could make it if it didn't have to service a big debt load and if it has enough visibility on the street. CC's version of active rock (as heard on 96.7 in the Central Valley) sounds too much like a buzzsaw to me. But an effort similar to 98-rock (the one in Sacramento) with a few additional indie-type alternative tunes and some rockin' jam-band stuff could probably garner an audience in this market. Will anybody try one? I sorta doubt it. We're all busy trying to guess what the next format flip will be in this market but it seems like stations are pretty satisfied with their existing level of mediocrity at this point.

Dave B.
 
how about simulcast KRXQ on 98.9 & 99.1 will that work??

I know it Sacramento, But it could call it self California Rock Station
 
MarioMania said:
how about simulcast KRXQ on 98.9 & 99.1 will that work??
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I doubt if we'll ever know that. 98.9/99.1 is one of the highest-rated stations in the market. They'd be foolish to change the format.

Dave B.
 
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