KSAN-FM

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KSAN
City of license	San Mateo, California
Broadcast area	San Francisco Bay Area
Branding	107.7 The Bone
First air date	1966 on 94.9 FM 1980 as a country station 1997 on 107.7 FM as classic rock
Frequency	107.7 FM MHz
Format	Rock
ERP	8,900 watts
Class	B
Owner	Cumulus Media
Website	www.1077thebone.com/

KSAN is a commercial radio station locatede in San Mateo, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco, California area on 107.7 FM. KSAN airs a rock music format branded as "107.7 The Bone".

Contents 1 History of the KSAN Call Letters 2 Currently as active rock station 2.1 Sports 3 External links

[edit] History of the KSAN Call Letters

KSAN has appeared on three unrelated radio stations and one related UHF TV station (Channel 32) since its first use in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early-1950s. This entry is about the FM station known to Baby Boomers in the 1960s.

The KSAN callsign was used on 94.9 FM after the former classical station KSFR was purchased by Metromedia in 1966. Metromedia continued the classical music format for a couple of years, even producing a special series of programs honoring conductor Arturo Toscanini during the centennial of his birth in 1967. KSFR was also known for its morning "Wolfgang" program, which featured music of Mozart and his contemporaries and included some very imaginative, locally-produced commercials. All of this came to an end in 1968, when KSFR became KSAN. Today there is a National Public Radio station in Santa Fe, New Mexico using the KSFR call letters.

From 1968 until 1980, KSAN was a highly influential freeform progressive rock radio station, founded by Tom Donahue. In 1980, KSAN switched to a country music format. Under the country format, KSAN thrived as a ratings leader thanks to Program "GURU" Bob Hamilton, Music Director Richard Ryan and air personalities such as Welch and Woody in the Morning, Teri King, Tim Anthony and Rick Neal. In July 1997 KSAN signed off as a country station.

Just before midnight on July 2, 1997, Rick Neal played "The Dance" by Garth Brooks as the last song on KSAN 94.9. At 1 minute past midnight on July 3, 1997, the KSAN call sign swapped frequencies with KYLD, then on 107.7. It was then that KSAN dropped country and picked up a classic rock format to go with their new frequency.

The radio station was the inspiration of the number one single We Built This City by Starship, released in 1985.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Currently as active rock station

Since the demise of rival station KSJO in 2004, the station has adopted an active rock format. Bands in their playlist range from classic rock such as The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, southern rock such as Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Eagles, alternative rock, punk rock, or grunge like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, and Green Day, and hard rock and heavy metal music such as Metallica, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC. Morning personalities Lamont & Tonelli are on the air weekdays from 5-10 AM, with highlights of the week replayed Saturdays 6-10 AM. In addition, on weekdays, the station provides traffic reports for the San Francisco Bay Area every 15 minutes from 7AM to 10AM and from 3PM to 7PM. The 5:00 PM hour is dedicated to a set of live songs from a particular artist. KSAN also plays a select Led Zeppelin song at the top of the 7:00 PM hour on the weekdays.

In the evenings, KSAN airs special programming whose musical content may be different from regularly played musical content.

• Sundays, 9:00 PM-midnight: "KSAN Underground Radio": Music and commentary regarding KSAN's older format from its origins in the 1950s.
• late Sundays/early Mondays, midnight-1:00 AM: "Local Licks": Obscure or new rock bands from the San Francisco Bay Area
• Fridays, 10:00 PM-1:00 AM: "Metal Zone" (the time slot for this program has shifted an hour as of March 23, 2007) [1]: A block of songs from heavy metal bands rarely played during daytime hours, such as modern acts like Mastodon, Slipknot, Shadows Fall, and Lamb of God, as well as more popular bands featured in their regular playlist such as Black Sabbath, Metallica, and Megadeth.
• Saturdays, 11:00 PM-midnight: "Concert Vault": Live recordings of a rock band.

[edit] Sports

Throughout the NFL season, the station broadcasts San Francisco 49ers games. In April 2007, the station broadcast two away games Golden State Warriors basketball team - April 6 at the Memphis Grizzlies and the next being April 13 at the Sacramento Kings. [2] Normally, Warriors games are broadcast on the San Francisco sports station KNBR; the April 6 game was probably to air on KSAN due to KNBR and its sister station KTCT wanting to air the "Razor and Mr. T" talk show without ending early for the game's 5:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time) start time. The reasons for KSAN to air the April 13 game are unknown at the moment.

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Jive 95 - A tribute to KSAN