[BC] KKHI and KCBS

[ACN]

I think KCBS was in the Palace Hotel in SF?

Tom

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Subject: [BC] KKHI and KCBS


> No, Steve this is important historical info.   Keep it up.  No, it was 
> announcing for KKHI.   As I kid I had done classical announcing and had a 
> voice they liked with authority for classical.
>
> I also remember when KCBS was in a hotel in SF.    The name slips my mind. 
> A friend had come down from Tacoma and was in charge of traffic.   He 
> called me said they were looking for a staff announcer who sounded 
> "network".
>
> They were not news, still running mostly CBS network programs and the 
> announcing was primarily giving local IDs and reading a few commercials. 
> It was really summer relief as I had to get back to school.
>
> Nice operation.   Very professional.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <shnewman at alaweb.com>
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>
> Tom:
>
> I take it the job offer was in engineering? I'm 25% tech but lean more 
> towards programming. My interests are in audio tech.
>
> Yes...KOBY became KQBY for a while. They had an easy listening/MOR format. 
> In, I believe 1966 or 1968 Buckley Broadcasting bought the station and it 
> became KKHI (the High spot on your dial)..that was the gimmick. Now it 
> gets a bit foggy here but suffice it to say the majority of the time they 
> were KKHI they were Classical. They eventually got an FM. (the transmitter 
> was on Mt. Beacon where KDFC is located to this day. I worked for KDFC 
> twice. First while in college in 1966 then as P.D. in 1980. The late Ed 
> Davis owned KDFC and didn't like even renting space for the KKHI-FM 
> transmitter being his station was their direct competitor. They eventually 
> moved to San Bruno Mountain.
>
> Now about the mikes. When I was hanging around KOBY in 1958 they used the 
> RCA 77's and they would shove them way off in the corner and you know 
> what? They sounded great. The booths were built just right. You didn't 
> have any bounce. It was amazing to me. But what does a 13 year old know, 
> eh? Fred Krock was an engineer for KOBY and followed them over to the St. 
> Francis and got behind the mike and did afternoon drive. He called the 
> show "Eine Kleine Commute Muzik". Corny. What's interesting is Fred 
> doesn't like to talk about the KOBY days for some reason. I think it's 
> because of all the IBEW union crap that went on over the years and 
> followed them to the St. Francis. In fact, I believe when KOBY finally got 
> beat by KYA and KEWB they went dark then went back on the air as KQBY. 
> KQBY didn't last long and it became KKHI. So that's the long and short of 
> it.
>
> I'll add this from your other post:
> As for the 3 tower array. It was designed and installed by Al Towne. (I 
> could be wrong on the spelling) and he's no longer with us so I can't ask 
> him. As far as keeping the pattern in I can't speak to that but I would 
> imagine it had something to do with that South tower. It was hardly 
> fed...as I said, almost parasitic in nature. They had a 10Kw RCA rig down 
> there in Belmont. That I remember. Never did go to the transmitter 
> building but I do know they did have an RCA. (at least I think they did) 
> Could be wrong on that.
>
> One final thing (well at least for this email) When I was P.D. at KDFC we 
> beat KKHI for the first time in the ratings. Well, Ed Davis broke out the 
> Champagne....literally in the afternoon and we partied. He was a strange 
> bird but I learned a lot from him. Others on this list probably think I'm 
> crazy. He was a good businessman. Owned a good part of Sausalito. His 
> wife, Helen, sold the station to Brown Broadcasting then they, in turn, 
> sold it to Bonneville for a pretty penny. They're like 5th in the market. 
> But, then again, getting good numbers in Classical radio in San Francisco 
> is like shooting fish in a barrel. They basically have the combined share 
> since KKHI left town. The City always had about a 4.5 to 5.0 share 
> available for the Classical music listener.
>
> See, you shouldn't ask me about radio in my home town. I'll stay up until 
> 4am typing. :) Hope I didn't bore you with all the details. I have more 
> war stories where these came from.
>
>
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