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Re: 96 FM?

by djbaf57 » Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:48 pm

Regarding the repetitive Louie Louie programming... a college station in the Bay Area, KFJC Los Altos Hills, did the same thing in the early '80s (and maybe other times.) Don't know if they started the idea......

Re: 96 FM?

by Rustbucket29 » Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:43 pm

Does anyone remember Mercer and Morgan in the morning? “That’s just downright insulting” I have this memory of hearing that when the morning show started. I must have been about 7 or 8. One day I turned it on and it was classic rock. Now it’s the Fox. One of my favorite stations.

Re: 96 FM?

by Enero » Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:30 pm

KFIG was the best in early 70s! John McCorkle, Joe Reiling, Art Farkas, Ray Appleton, Kevin Carroll.

Re: 96 FM?

by VinQ » Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:51 pm

I remember when it was Rock 96 FM, and it did rock. In 1977 it changed its format to 96 Disco. I was not happy.

Re: 96 FM?

by Bigmark » Fri Feb 26, 2016 5:48 am

Didn't B95 come from KBOS 95.9 "The Boss". They were the pre KKDJ Rock station that played hard rock like AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin etc... They used to have a big party called the K Boss Bash on Halloween I think every year.

B95 was 94.9 KBOS "The Boss" mid to 70s to early 80s. Played Rock music.

Re: 96 FM?

by Fresno2SoCal » Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:01 pm

Yes, I recall 96FM being the hot station in Fresno County. Then it seems like B95 took over where 96 left off. Did their staff move to B95?

Re: 96 FM?

by billbird2111 » Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:43 pm

96 FM flipped to 95.7 The FOX when it became clear that digital was going to be the new age. How can you call yourself 96FM when the actual signal is 95.7? The switch to 95.7 The FOX also signaled the switch to an entirely new format: Classic Rock. It was a HOT CHR (Contemporary Hits Radio) up until that point. When the switch was made -- every Disc Jockey in the station was canned. Only the news guy was kept (me). We played two solid days of nothing but "Louie Louie" songs -- 40 different versions of the same song. We were known as the "All Louie All the Time" station and the news voice (me) was named (can you guess?): LOUIE!

Just before the switch to Classic Rock, we were marketed as HOT 96. Run by Program Director John Clay, we had some mighty wonderful personalities at that station and we were the leading game in town at one point. But -- these things never do last. John and the rest of the staff were let go one day and I was all alone (again) until the new staff moved in and took over.

Re: 96 FM?

by Dave Owens » Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:09 pm

Rock 96 was originally KPHD for a short time when the station flipped from country to the album rock format. We launched at 6pm on a Sunday night with Stairway to Heaven and flipped the call letters to KYNO-FM shortly thereafter. The station was testing a new format for Drake Chennault, the syndicated arm of the legendary Bill Drake.

Re: 96 FM?

by Commandpost71 » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:58 am

KFIG was originally at 94.5 and their studios were located on Alluvial Avenue in Clovis. When they switched to Album Rock and became very successful, they moved into the Del Webb building and relocated their transmitter on top of Del Webb. They had to switch to 101.1 because of technical problems. KYNO-FM went through many music formats. They went to Album Rock as KPHD to steal Fig listeners. KFIG was hurting 13/KYNO so it was a move to dilute the KFIG audience ratings and keep KYNO-AM as a top rated station.

Re: 96 FM?

by Big J » Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:55 am

Nono...96FM became 95.7 the Fox. I dont remember where B95 came from. Same neighborhood on the dial, Y94 became Kiss Country. That was an end of an era too.

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