Previous Format: Adult Rock “97.3 CBS-FM” KCBS-FM
New Format: Rock “97.3 The Rocker” KRQR
Date & Time Of Change: January 25, 1982 at 12:00am
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Previous Format: Classic Rock “103.7 The Band”
New Format: Classic Hits “Oldies 103.7″
Date & Time Of Change: April 8, 2011 at 3:00pm
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Previous Format: Alternative Rock
New Format: Chinese Pop
Date & Time Of Change: March 16, 2011 at 10:08am
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Related Changes: Channel 92.3 KSJO Becomes Save Alternative

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Previous Format: Alternative
New Format: Alternative
Date & Time Of Change: February 28, 2011 at 1:19pm
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Previous Format: Classic Rock
New Format: Classic Rock
Date & Time Of Change: January 24, 2011 @ 12:00pm
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Related Changes: 102.1 KDFC Becomes Classic Rock KFOX

Previous Format: Classical
New Format: Classic Rock
Date & Time Of Change: January 24, 2011 at 12:00pm
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Related Changes: 98.5 KUFX San Jose Adds A Simulcast in San Francisco

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Previous Format: Classic Hits
New Format: News
Date & Time Of Change: 10/27/2008 7:40am
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The 95.7 frequency in San Francisco saw its fair share of formats during its decade under Bonneville ownership. There was CHR “Z95.7″, Classic Rock “The Drive”, Country “The Bear”, and Variety Hits “95.7 Max-FM”. None of the formats ever saw great success, leaving the station as a perennial underperformer to sister AC KOIT and Classical KDFC.

In early 2007, Bonneville agreed to swap its San Francisco cluster to Entercom in exchange for stations in Cincinnati and Seattle. With Entercom taking over, on February 28th at 12:30pm 95.7 Max-FM came out of a stopset into a countdown to 7:50 the next morning.

“The Wolf” country brand has exploded across the country, however Entercom has seen the most success with the brand with recent launches in Seattle, Cincinnati (prior to swap to Bonneville), Greensboro, and Kansas City. Country, which once was very successful in the Bay Area on 910 KNEW and 94.9 KSAN, had failed in recent years at 93.3 KYCY and 95.7 during its “Bear” incarnation. To combat this, Entercom launched The Wolf with a plan to air commercial free for about a month (10,000 songs) and air over 1000 TV commercials in a 10 day span.

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Previous Format: Rhythmic AC/World Music “93.3 The Wave” KKWV
New Format: AC “93.3 KBAY” Simulcasting 94.5 KBAY San Jose
Date & Time Of Change: September 2, 2003 at 6:00am
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A weak rimshot located halfway between San Francisco and San Jose, the 104.9 frequency has always struggled to find its niche in the marketplace. A longtime Spanish language station, as KBRG, the frequency was part of a complex swap that saw four frequencies swap programming in 1997 and 1998. KBRG moved from 104.9 to 100.3; KBAY moved from 100.3 to 94.5; KUFX moved from 94.5 to 104.9 and then to 98.5 after Jacor acquired the former KOME from Infinity. KOME’s programming was merged into Infinity sister Live 105 leaving a hole for an adult targetting Alternative station. With a strong 80′s lean, Channel 104.9 filled that hole. In late 2000, KCNL’s sister 101.3 KIOI changed formats to All 80′s. In order to prevent overlap between the two stations, Channel 104.9 retargetted itself directly at Live 105, which had been getting harder and harder and further away from its Alternative roots