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8 unusual facts about KFRC


East Bay Grease

"Sparkling in the Sand" became a #1 ballad in the San Francisco Bay Area with major airplay on defunct AM radio station, KDIA, then local pop stations, KYA and KFRC and then eventually a standard oldie on FM stations, KSOL and KBLX.

KFRC

KMVQ-FM, a radio station (99.7 FM) licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, which used the call sign KFRC-FM from March 1991 to May 2007

KZDG, a radio station (1550 AM) licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, which used the call sign KFRC from January 2009 to August 2011

KFRC-FM, a radio station (106.9 FM) carrying a simulcast of KCBS and licensed to San Francisco, California, United States

KMEL, a radio station (106.1 FM) licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, which used the call sign KFRC-FM in the 1970s

KFRC-FM

Some of the music played in the Spring of 1967 included Jefferson Airplane's album Surrealistic Pillow, the first Grateful Dead album, Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced and The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which KMPX played uninterrupted in its entirety.

On December 10, 1959, the station, owned by San Francisco businessman Franklin Mieuli, signed on at 106.9 MHz with the KPUP call letters.

KIFR

KFRC-FM, a radio station (106.9 FM) licensed to serve San Francisco, California, United States, which held the call sign KIFR from 2005 to 2007


KAFY

KAFY was among the several stations in California using the "Boss Radio" format, similar to KHJ in Los Angeles, KFRC in San Francisco, KGB in San Diego and KYNO in Fresno.

Ken Bastida

Since then he has held on air positions at Bay Area radio stations KFRC, KGO, KMEL, K101, KFYI and KCBS radio.

KMVQ-FM

At 10:03 a.m. on Friday, September 22, 2006, after playing "American Pie" by Don McLean, KFRC switched to a Rhythmic AC format, relaunching this time as "The New MOViN' 99.7" (with KFRC calls) with Gonna Make You Sweat by C+C Music Factory as the first song.

KXOA

By February 1980, the station was back to Top 40 with new Program Director Terry Nelson returning to Sacramento from KFRC in San Francisco.

KZDG

From 2006 to 2008, KYCY was the flagship station of the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team; in 2008, it shared that distinction with KFRC-FM.


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