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KIFR
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| City of license | San Francisco, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Branding | 106.9 Free FM |
| First air date | December 10, 1959 |
| Frequency | 106.9 (MHz) |
| Format | Talk |
| ERP | 80,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | Infinity's FRee FM |
| Owner | CBS Radio |
| Website | www.1069freefm.com |
KIFR is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay area on 106.9 FM.
KIFR airs talk programming branded as "106.9 Free-FM". A majority of its programming is syndicated with most of the locally produced shows being aired on the weekends.
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The line up as of April 3, 2007 is as follows:
- 5 a.m.- 10 a.m. = Adam Carolla
- 10 a.m.-1 p.m. = Opie and Anthony
- 1 p.m.-3 p.m. = The Gray Area
- 3 p.m.-7 p.m. = Tom Leykis
- 7 p.m.-11 p.m. = The Gray Area
- 11 p.m.-3 a.m. = John and Jeff
Many in house hosts that were previously on the station included John London, Darien O'Toole, Turi Ryder, Johnny Wendell, and Scott and Casey.
On December 10, 1959, KIFR signed on with the KPUP call letters.
In July 1960, the call letters were changed to KHIP airing jazz music programming. In August of 1962, the call letters were once again changed to KMPX, for MultiPleX, to emphasize the station's adoption of multiplex stereo.
By the mid-1960s, KMPX evolved into a middle of the road music format. The format was short lived as a new format was adopted in 1967.
In early 1967, the format during the day for KMPX was a variety of foreign language programs. The midnight to 6 am slot was open. Somewhere in February or March of 1967, a dj called Larry Miller, got permission to use that slot. Initially there was no advertising. The early morning ambience was that of laid back, bordering on dead air radio. It was just Larry Miller playing the new emerging rock music, that had no other outlets on the AM or FM radio in San Francisco.
One of the big thrills of the time was his being able to violate the sacro sanct three/four minute rule that governed what could be played on most radio stations. For the first time an insomniac listener could hear the 7 minute album cut of Light My Fire by the Doors or the 10 minute plus blues/rock raga jam from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, East West album. Other favorites of the time included the first Velvet Underground album ;(My god was that song about heroin?); the first Mothers of Invention album and a Berkeley produced EP (extended play) version of Country Joe and the Fishes, Section 43.
The popularity of what Larry Miller was doing caught on very rapidly and soon the day time foreign language programming gave way to more rock music programming.
There was much new music to be played that Spring. The second Jefferson Airplane album, Surrealistic Pillow was issued by RCA as was the first Grateful Dead album by Warner Brothers. Jimi Hendrix Experience "Are You Experienced" became available and in May, the Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band was released and KMPX with much hoopla played the whole album uninterrupted.
In 1967, KMPX adopted an album-oriented rock format, along with its sister station KPPC in Pasadena. In 1969, both stations were sold by the Crosby-Pacific Broadcasting Company to National Science Network, Inc.
In March 1972, KMPX adopted the big-band/nostalgia format followed by yet another change of ownership in September 1978, to Family Stations Inc.. A change of call letters to KEAR was adopted.
From September 1978 to 2005, the station was the Family Radio's flagship Christian radio station which formally aired on 97.3 FM.
In 2005, Viacom, before its split from CBS Corporation purchased the station. In order to comply with FCC ownership limitations, its subsidiary, Infinity Broadcasting, needed to sell off one AM station. KFRC was chosen as the radio station to be spun off creating a station swap as KFRC was purchased by Family Radio.
Family Radio's programming was being simulcast on KEAR 106.9 and KFRC 610 until October 17, 2005, when Infinity took over the FM station.
On October 25, 2005, the Free FM talk radio format was launched, and KIFR began carrying the Tom Leykis and John and Jeff shows.
- See also: Tom Leykis and John and Jeff
Beginning in January 2006, KIFR programming has included the popular Adam Carolla Radio Show, a syndicated program airing on stations across the country. Host Adam Carolla, formerly of the syndicated love and sex advice program Loveline and The Man Show, is joined on-air by Teresa Strasser, recurring characters including Maverick the Deaf Frat Guy, regular guest visits from comedian David Alan Grier, and a panel of producers including Jimmy Kimmel (also from The Man Show). Beginning January 2, 2007, Danny Bonaduce from television's Breaking Bonaduce joined The Adam Carolla show.
On August 1, 2006 Opie and Anthony started airing on the station on a tape delay basis from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Weekday evenings are hosted by Chris Daniels and Brad Geise who come together on air as the topical call-in show The Gray Area.
And hosting the "third shift" are syndicated radio veterans John and Jeff entertaining overnight listeners.
Additional programming on KIFR includes a show that began as a podcast and later spawned another show. Documentary filmmaker and San Francisco socialite Emily Morse hosts Sex With Emily on Saturday nights/Sunday mornings from 11 PM to 2 AM. The show had thirteen podcast-only episodes before moving to KIFR.[1] The program includes interviews with experts, professionals, couples and San Francisco locals.
Virgie, a phone sex operator, sex educator and former guest on Sex With Emily, now hosts The Virgie Show on Friday nights/Saturday mornings from 11 PM to 1 AM.[2]
KIFR and the Free FM format also includes a strong online presence via the 106.9 Free FM website [3]. An emphasis on podcasting, online streaming, and interactive features provides a bridge between the traditional talk radio format and the "on-demand" features of developing new media. KIFR podcasts of The Adam Carolla Show, The Tom Leykis Show, Sex With Emily, The Gray Area, The Irene McGee Show and The Radio Chick can be found on the station's website as well as in common podcast directories including iTunes.
- Adam Carolla Show: [4]
- Tom Leykis Show: [5]
- The Radio Chick: [6]
- The Gray Area with Chris & Brad: [7]
- Sex With Emily: [8]
- Irene McGee Show: [9]
One aspect of the KIFR Free FM programming that has been the topic of listener conversation is the inclusion of paid programming or "infomercial-style" programs. An example is Res-Q Health Line, which formerly ran Sundays at 6 a.m. This is, however, common practice for talk stations nationwide, with regards to weekend programming and, according to KIFR management, should not be considered controversial in the case of KIFR.
On October 30, 2006, KIFR and the Oakland Athletics agreed to a three year contract to broadcast Oakland Athletics baseball games, 162 regular season games and 15 spring training games, and all playoff games. The contract lasts through 2009 and notes 106.9 Free FM as the "official radio home of the Oakland A's." [10]
- ^ Sex with Emily: Guests (English). Retrieved on February 11, 2007.
- ^ The Virgie Show (English). Retrieved on April 1, 2007.
- ^ http://www.1069freefm.com
- ^ http://1069freefm.com/pages/podcast/256.rss
- ^ http://www.1069freefm.com/pages/podcast/102.rss
- ^ http://1069freefm.com/pages/podcast/333.rss
- ^ http://1069freefm.com/pages/podcast/587.rss
- ^ http://1069freefm.com/pages/podcast/149.rss
- ^ http://1069freefm.com/pages/podcast/201.rss
- ^ http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20061030&content_id=1727955&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak
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