What to listen to on 1260 KYA on Sunday??
Geoff Dorsett kicks off your Sunday morning on 1260 KYA with Solid Gold Sixties (8-9 AM Pacific), then two hours of Dennis Mitchell’s Breakfast With The Beatles (9-11 AM Pacific) and Gary Jackson with Sounds of the Seventies (11-Noon Pacific).
What happened to KYA radio??
From 1961 to about 1964, KYA seemed to have it all: much music, a finger on the pulse of the tastes of the Bay Area’s growing teen population, and a modern, non-kiddie way of doing Top 40. Times, of course, changed, as did the music and the audience. Tom Donahue went on to start “underground” rock-FM radio, first with KMPX and then KSAN.
What does “top 40 Kya” mean??
In the early ’60s, that meant broadcasters like Al Collins, spinning jazz and surreal raps from inside the imaginary Purple Grotto, and Don Sherwood, inventing an insane repertory of characters and bits every weekday morning – both of these shows on KSFO. It also meant Top-40 KYA, 1260 AM, “the Boss of the Bay.”
Why was kya so popular in the 90s??
And, again largely due to the influence of Donahue and Mitchell but also because KYA presumably commanded a healthy share of black listeners (KDIA and later KSOL were the Top 40 R&B outlets), a lot of black music got heavy rotation.