Bill Graham was a German-American impresario and rock concert promoter from the 1960s until his death in 1991 in a helicopter crash. On July 4, 1939, he was sent from Germany to France to escape the Nazis. At age 10, he settled into a foster home in the Bronx, New York. Graham graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and subsequently from City College with a business degree.
KFJC is a non-commercial college radio station in Los Altos Hills, California at Foothill College, using a variety radio format that features a broad spectrum of music styles and public affairs programming. KFJC's over-the-air broadcast is 24/7 and can be heard within the southern San Francisco Bay Area.
KGO-TV, virtual channel 7, is an ABC owned-and-operated television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is owned by the ABC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. KGO-TV's studios are located at the ABC Broadcast Center immediately west of San Francisco's Embarcadero north of the city's Financial District, and its transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower.
KITS is a commercial FM radio station in San Francisco. Owned by Entercom, it broadcasts an alternative rock radio format. The studios and offices are located on Battery Street in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
KKSF is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Oakland, California. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and serves the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose media market. The station airs mostly nationally syndicated progressive talk programs. Some of the national shows include Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartman, Randi Rhodes, Rick Unger and Clark Howard. Even though KKSF is owned by iHeartMedia, it doesn't air Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck, popular hosts syndicated by co-owned Premiere Networks. Those programs are heard on conservative talk station 560 KSFO, which is owned by Cumulus Media.
Ray Tyson, better known by his stage name Ray Luv, is an American Bay Area rapper from Santa Rosa, California, United States, who is best known for his contribution to the bay in the mid 1990s.
The Savage Nation is an American conservative talk radio show hosted by Michael Savage. The program is heard by approximately 11 million listeners a week—making it the 7th most listened to radio show in the country.
Scott Ferrall is an American sports talk radio personality who hosts two shows on the SportsGrid video streaming service, Scott Ferrall: Coast to Coast and In-Game Live.
KOME was a radio station in San Jose, California, heard at 98.5 FM from 1971 through 1998. Currently, the 98.5 FM frequency is home to KUFX ("K-Fox").
KSFO is a commercial AM radio station in San Francisco, California. It is owned by Cumulus Media and it airs a talk radio format. The station's studios and offices are in the city's SoMa district. The transmitter is located off Amidor Street at the end of Islais Creek where it meets the San Francisco Bay. KSFO operates with 5,000 watts around the clock. However, at night, to avoid interference with other stations on AM 560, it uses a directional antenna.
Bennett Gordon Schwarzmann, better known by his on-air name, Alex Bennett, is an American talk radio host, known for his mix of left-wing politics and humor. In the 1970s he made his mark in New York City where he was dubbed "The Youth Guru" by the press for his work on WMCA and WPLJ.
Hibernia Beach LIVE was a gay-themed call-in talk radio show broadcast on San Francisco, California rock radio station KITS "Live 105" from October 1989 to 2000. The program was named after "Hibernia Beach" in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood.
KKHI was a classical music station in San Francisco, California operating on both AM at 1550 kHz and FM at 95.7 MHz.
California Music Channel (CMC) is an American music video broadcast television network based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the longest running local music video television stations in the world. CMC has been broadcasting the hottest music videos over the air in the Bay Area since 1982. Over the past 38 years, CMC has grown from an hour-long program to two 24/7 stations with digital simulcast capabilities. CMC has constantly been adapting with the technologies of the world to figure out new ways to enrich the lives of their loyal audience. The live broadcasts feature on-camera disc jockeys, audience participation, and contemporary music videos. It is owned by CMC Broadcasting Company, Inc. CMC is carried as a Digital Broadcast Network on thirteen Northern California television stations originating from KKPM.
KFRC-FM is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. It currently simulcasts sister station KCBS, which carries an all-news format. The station transmits its signal from Mount Beacon atop the Marin Headlands above Sausalito, California, while studios are located in downtown San Francisco.
610 KFRC was a radio station in San Francisco, California in the United States, which made its first broadcast on Wednesday, September 24, 1924, from studios in the Hotel Whitcomb 1231 Market Street. KFRC originally broadcast with 50 watts on the 270 meter wavelength, then moved to 660 kHz in April 1927. As part of nationwide frequency reallocations on November 11, 1928, KFRC was moved to 610 kHz, where the call letters remained until 2005.
KYLD is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area and owned by iHeartMedia. The station airs a Mainstream Top 40 format on its analog primary signal. The station has studios located in the SoMa district of San Francisco, and the transmitter is located atop the San Bruno Mountains.
David Gans is an American musician, songwriter, and music journalist. He is a guitarist, and is known for incisive, literate songwriting. He is also noted for his music loop work, often creating spontaneous compositions in performance. He is the co-author of the book Playing in the Band: An Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead, and the host of the weekly syndicated radio show The Grateful Dead Hour. He currently co-hosts a radio show with Gary Lambert on Sirius XM's The Grateful Dead Channel called Tales from the Golden Road, a call-in show about the Grateful Dead.
Robert "Bob" Parlocha was an American jazz expert who was best known as a radio host and programmer. He was also a professional saxophone player and gourmet cook. He was in wide syndication with his nighttime jazz show Jazz With Bob Parlocha.
KMEL is an Urban Contemporary radio station that is licensed to San Francisco, California and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia.
