Very easy. KYA 1260. They had the best jocks, promos and music (for
the most part. Even they fell into the Beatles-Beach Boys-Supremes
trap when it came to oldies) during the 60's and 70's. KFRC was the
copy-cat around here. Some people think the opposite is true but Bill
Drake programmed KYA long before he consulted the RKO stations.
The death knell happened on November 1, 1977 when King Broadcasting
took over and ruined it. They even killed-off its sister station
KYA-FM (Y-93). When they sold KYA-AM, the new owners even junked the
call letters. I wouldn't drop a three-letter call for anything. Had I
ever thought KYA would fall by the wayside, I would have taped hours of
it.
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