KOIT-FM
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| City of license | San Francisco, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Branding | 96.5 KOIT |
| Slogan | Lite Rock, Less Talk |
| First air date | 1959 |
| Frequency | 96.5 (MHz)  |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| ERP | 24,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | refers to San Francisco landmark Coit Tower |
| Owner | Entercom Communications |
| Website | www.koit.com |
96.5 KOIT is an adult contemporary-formatted radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. Its slogan is "96.5 KOIT — Lite Rock, Less Talk".
KOIT is also simulcast at 1260 AM, formerly known as KYA.
- See also: KYA Radio
KOIT is owned by Entercom Communications which also operates San Francisco radio stations KDFC and KMAX-FM.
KOIT FM is a Class B FM station, transmitted from Sutro Tower in San Francisco. The station is grandfathered in with an unusually high power of 24,000 watts effective radiated power.
Starting at the time of Thanksgiving and going all the way through Christmas, KOIT is known for supplying the Bay Area with continuous holiday music which are usually played in 30 minute sets. KOIT is known as "The Official Christmas Music Station." From afternoon Christmas Eve through the entire day Christmas Day, KOIT airs the "KOIT Family Christmas," which is commercial-free holiday music and the only interruptions are Christmas messages from station personnel.
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[edit] On-air schedule
- 5-10 AM: Jack Kulp and Sherry Brown
- 10AM - 3PM: Larry "Stick Icky" Ickes
- 3-8 PM: Laurie Sanders
- 8 PM-12 AM: Love Songs After Dark
Every weekday morning at 8:55 a.m., KOIT has the "workday kickoff," which provides 60 minutes of commercial-free music and less talk to start the work day. (except on December 25, as music that day is commercial free with no talk the entire day, as part of the "KOIT Family Christmas.")
[edit] Weekends
[edit] Saturday
- Noon - 6 PM: Mark Grauer
- 6 PM - 8 PM: Linda Cassidy
[edit] Sunday
- 8 AM - 2 PM: Mark Grauer
- 2 PM - 8 PM: Linda Cassidy
[edit] History
- 1950s: 96.5 frequency signs on as KRON-FM, co-owned with KRON-TV and the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper.
- 1975: Chronicle Publishing Company, parent of the Chronicle, sells KRON-FM to Bonneville International which relaunches it as 'KOIT.
- December 13, 1983: Bonneville Broadcasting Co. purchases KYA from KING Broadcasting, changing the call letters to KOIT with 96.5 going to KOIT-FM per FCC convention. The KYA call letters remained in service at KYA-FM (93.3, now KRZZ) and went into retirement in 1993.
- January 18, 2007: Bonneville announces station swap with Entercom Communications, with KOIT and the other Bonneville FM radio holdings in San Francisco going to Entercom in return for three of Entercom's stations in Seattle, Washington and Entercom's entire radio cluster in Cincinnati, Ohio, subject to regulatory approval. [1] This trade would mark Entercom's re-entry into the country's fourth largest radio market. Bonneville is still seeking a buyer for the 1260 AM frequency.
- February 26, 2007: Entercom officially takes over via LMA
[edit] External links
- 96.5 KOIT— Lite Rock, Less Talk
- Radio station KYA technical/owner history
- Archival KYA broadcast recordings from the Bay Area Radio Museum
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