Licensed Insurance Agent. in Phoenix. Certified Akashic Record Reader & Life Coach. Are there any recordings of Bob Jones sign off on the skateboard? Bob at KHOS, 1974. (Please note: Due to the huge amount of spam on the internet, it would be McCarthy died from a heart attack. KDIA was nothing but the best.And the only Radio station for us. The antenna system was designed by Rich Green and installed by Ralph Jones (and Skipp May). The five-fold increase in power made KDIA a veritable powerhouse and helped to hasten the demise of the old KSAN, which had become KSOL in 1964. www.mckinneywashtubtwo.com. Study Verse by Verse with Leighton Sheley is the radio ministry of Church of the Highlands in San Bruno, California, which has been serving the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 50 years. kraushaarmedia@hotmail.com, 1972: KAYN, Nogales So, do listeners notice, and do they care? Audio presentation only. LocalWiki is a grassroots effort to collect, share and open the worlds local knowledge. [ I was just in Memphis last week, and I learned about WDIA at the Stax Museum and the Rock 'n Soul museum -- and they never mentioned KDIA! Live stream plus station schedule and song playlist. One of the sponsors of the Matinee was the Clam Broth House in Hoboken, NJ. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA . Minnesota Deer and Turkey Classic. The station was put on the air by then KUIC Chief Engineer Alan McCarthy (now deceased). The Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame, in cooperation with the California Historical Radio Society and the Broadcast Legends, is proud to announce that KDIA Radio (1310 AM) of Oakland has been named as the recipient of its Legendary Station Award for 2018. sdisontheair@msn.com, Producer "Beatles: An Thanks. Since the radio giant instituted the cutbacks, competing stations have followed. Rest in Peace, and prayers for the Jones family. < R&B station KDIA raises furor with "Boss is Dead' bulletin, Horoscope for Wednesday, 3/01/23 by Christopher Renstrom, 'Zero visibility' conditions: All roads to Tahoe are closed, One of the largest movie theaters in SF to close permanently, Report: Matthew McConaughey has a massive Salesforce paycheck, My meal at this landmark SF spot was too expensive to be so bad, 'Really cool sight': Rare waterspout forms in Northern California, A different horse': Bay Area will likely continue to see rain, Man shot dead near San Francisco Ferry Building, 'Lady in the fridge' murder victim ID'd as Bay Area mother of 3, Snow shuts down over 70 miles of I-80 in Northern California, 'Life threatening': Tahoe braces for massive blizzard, These East Bay gems are a haven for music lovers, How to score cheap flights (and mistake fares) in 2023, 6 Cabo hotels for your spring break vacation. ), Under Sonderling ownership and the management of Walter Conroy, KDIA directed its full programming effort toward the emerging black audience, keeping Don Barksdale and Bill Doubleday on its staff and adding high-caliber talent over the years that included Bay Area Radio Hall of Famer George Oxford (previously a competitor at KSAN), John Hardy, Belva Davis (later known for her television work at KRON, KPIX and KQED), Rosko (nom de radieuxof William Roscoe Mercer), Roland Porter, Bob White, Bill Hall, Johnny Morris and Bob Jones. I LOVED the music, as my father was a follower of Jazz, it past onto me in the form of blues. Julius Mendel. Jackson is also using his site to take the initiative on something many radio people have been wanting established for years: a Bay Area radio hall of fame. KDIA (1640 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Vallejo, California, and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Descended from the pioneering Oakland station KLS which itself was born from an early experimental station, 6XAM, in 1921 and became KWBR in 1945 the 1,000-watt station had begun emphasizing programs that targeted the local African-American audience around the end of World War II. The requested URL /write1.txt was not found on this server. Tucson, AZ, Pima Community College, Adjunct Save peace in the world. Bob Jones was an interesting persoanlity to listen to. Ive been asking around for about 10 years, to no avail. www.mckinneywashtubtwo.com, Performing Folk music and comedy as a duo with her husband (whom she met 'Somebody Loves You' program is designed to equip listeners with the necessary tools to live out their faith. So, instead, he's built the closest thing the Bay Area now has to a radio museum -- online. Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey was the KDIA Public Affairs Director and newscaster in 1992. "Also, the California Historical Radio Society has refurbished the old studios and offices of KRE in Berkeley. I worked in an adjacent office to KDIA from 1959-1961. "I'm talking with the people at the Broadcast Museum of Northern California (the name of NATAS' fledgling archives) about it," he says. March 10 @ 1:00 pm - March 12 @ 5:00 pm. it supported and validated my love of the standards of the 20s, 30s and 40s, which was uncommon, given that i was a child of the 50s. [15], In the early 1990s KDIA was co-owned by then mayor of Oakland, California, Elihu Harris with then California State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. Pamela Brown wonders about Big Roy, former news sidekick with Renel on KISQ ("Kiss FM" 98.1). Despite numerous discontinuities, the greatness of Rosko and the incredible spirit of KDIA comes through in vivid detail. [8][9], KDIA was put on the air in 1998 by Baybridge Communications, and has been a Christian talk station since 2002. material on this site should not be reproduced or reposted in whole or part ". "I am now working for Wine & Dine Events and Tours in the Napa Valley," he says. He has published eight books, including a best-selling memoir ("The Rice Room") and a collection of past articles, "Becoming Almost Famous" (he was portrayed in the Cameron Crowe film "Almost Famous"), and is working on a book about Little Feat. DB Courtesy of Dave Billeci. []. Ill never forget KDIA and all the fun it was back then. Bob was last in the tradition of all the great Milkmen, which it should also be noted was the first all night radio program when the day begins, the music begins, just like WNEW pioneered playing records (instead of live bands) as filler in between coverage of the Lindbergh kidnapping trial which morphed into the Ballroom when Martin Block moved it and himself from California to New York. Its tagline at that time was "KDIA, Lucky 13. Sharon Fisher makes the best. Of course, the restaurant had to have us all over for dinner one night to show off its linguine with white clam sauce! Bob was the host of The Milkmans Matinee on WNEW-AM from 1975-1979. THE BAY AREA RADIO MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME ARE PROGRAMS OF THE CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RADIO SOCIETY, DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND HONORING THE HISTORY OF RADIO BROADCASTING IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. Christian Teaching and Talk is our core, foundational format. (Going full circle, it was another KSOL this time on 107.7 FM that would eventually end KDIAs supremacy in the late 1970s.). DAB, they say, is better than AM, but often inferior to FM. KDIA was the African American radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1945 to the 1990s, and launched the careers of various musical groups and musicians. Whether it was James Brown, The Supremes, The Impressions, Aretha Franklin, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett the list could go on forever you werent cool unless your radio was set to KDIA! Poor or fair audio quality. . Ballard, Doug Cass and Al Moreland, to name but a few. In 1984, KDIA changed hands once more, becoming the property of Adam Clayton Powell III, who flipped the station to All News KFYI. A figment of my imagination or real? George Weiner. The station helped launch the careers of such musicians as Sly and the Family Stone. [7], The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. At night, it is directional, using a four-tower array on Noble Road in Vallejo.[1]. ARSA: ABOUT: SURVEYS: STATIONS: KDIA 1310 AM. The AM station eventually increased its power from 1,000 to 5,000 watts. Just use the address below. In subsequent years, the station was owned by future San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and Oakland Mayor Elihu Harris, and by James Gabbert, who had also owned KIOI and KOFY. LOVED IT!!!. Learn more | Hall of Fame, News, Stations 1970-71: KWFM Courtesy of Pat Maestro. Beginning its life on the airwaves from Oakland in 1920 as experimental amateur station 6XAM, it became KLS in 1922, and KWBR in 1945 all under the ownership of founders (and brothers) Stafford and Eugene Warner. Click here to read more. Serving the African-American communities of Northern California, we bring you the inspiration and the information you need to keep you Walking In The Light! Broadcast Consultant, Middle East TV Once in a while wed even score!! The Warner brothers sold the station to Sonderling Broadcasting in 1959, at which time it became KDIA and embarked on its greatest period of growth, popularity and influence. Jackson himself writes a breezy column of radio news items. It is owned by the Salem Media Group and broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format. Thanks for everything you are all doing to keep the memories lingering on. They were incredibly hospitable when asked to interview them about radio questions, plus they offered me some cake to eat. One restriction is that the FCC has generally required paired original and expanded band stations to remain under common ownership. KDIA was the African American radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1945 to the 1990s, and launched the careers of various musical groups and musicians. Listeners develop, learn and grow in their faith as they gain answers to questions relating to daily life, from raising children to improving marriages. All rights reserved. And Lin Durling, the former KGO morning traffic anchor who seemed to disappear into vapor last year, checks in. Welcome to Gospel Radio, 1190 AM, KDYA The Light! KDIA suspends regular programming to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the night he is murdered in Memphis. BobJones.Stories@gmail.com. In the super cool 1960s, 1970s and 1980s KDIA was the premier soul and funk radio station for the East Bay and San Francisco Bay Area, and helped launch the career of Sly and the Family Stone. The Bob Jones Show Click an episode to play 00:00:00 00:00:00 Things To Think About With Mark Di Carlo EP 130 February 22nd, 2023 09:00am Wake Up With Mr. Bill And Special Guest Senator Bob Hall EP 151 February 21st, 2023 09:00am Keys To Health February 17th, 2023 09:00am Flanagan's Freedom Forum EP 184 February 16th, 2023 09:00am They can hear jingles once played on KABL, KSFO, KYA, KSAN (when it was an R&B station on AM) and KGO FM. www.americastruck.net. Use of the KDIA call sign had a prior history in the San Francisco Bay area, and was most recently used on 1310 AM by a station that began broadcasting as KLS in 1922. "He and Renel were the perfect Johnny and Ed," she says. Listen to Bob Jones Radio free online. radio!). He also hosted an evening version of "The Make-Believe Ballroom". Steve Rohan; John Nene; Sean Stevens; Rob Allen; Al Cannon; Win With BOB; Music & More. Clear Channel cut down from nearly 11 minutes an hour, on average, to just under nine minutes an hour. KSLX-FM is a Classic rock radio station serving the Phoenix, Arizona area. We used to be friends, he was a great guy. In 1992, Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey returned to the Bay Area to work as public affairs director and newscaster on KDIA. One of our projects was to interview a Station Manager somewhere in the Bay Area and I choose KDIA (Since I was listening to it due to having AM only and a 8 track in my car). "We're going to get a new slogan and maybe tweak the format a bit, but nothing major.". Yes. ", Program director and disc jockey Bob Jones said: "I hope I'll have a job tomorrow. Roland Porter had his show in the morning and I would drop off coffee tom him on the way to work. The company's local stations, she says, have reduced "clutter" by 20 percent, up to 40 percent. I was age 7 at the time and now Im 60 and still remember that day. "It's been nothing but positive," says Kim Bryant, Clear Channel's regional vice president. If you will forgive the pun, Bob was first vocal and then instrumental in the station making the change. Effective June 1, 2021, Baybridge Communications sold KDIA and sister station KDYA to Salem Media Group for $600,000. Make plans to listen to the next Leading The Way when Dr. Michael Youssef guides you toward a deeper experience of FAITH in your daily life! Well, Roy moved to Oregon to join his family's restaurant biz. While the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was still making U.S. preparations to populate the additional frequencies, known as the "Expanded Band", a provision was added to the Communications Act of 1934 in late 1991 which mandated that priority for assignments would be given to existing daytime-only stations that were located in a community with a population over 100,000, and which also did not have any full-time stations. All rights reserved. let me know. that as of noon Friday, the Boss is Dead. He converted that into a Web site in 1995. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); [] KDIA (Lucky 13), Oakland One of the truly legendary stations in the history of American radio, KDIA was a pioneer in specifically serving one of the largest African American audiences in the nation. The late, great Bob White on Oakland's KDIA Lucky 13 Radio from June 1966. My new boss demanded that I attend a two-hour food and wine pairing seminar at one of California's top wineries with their head chef. 10 April 2018 Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! California Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Anthem CAA/Transparency in Coverage Notice.