KDFC
Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
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Frequency | 90.3 MHz |
Branding | Classical California KDFC |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Classical music |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner | University of Southern California |
KUSF College Radio | |
History | |
First air date | April 25, 1977 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | The founders of KDFC (102.1 FM):
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Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 69143 |
Class | B1 |
ERP | 1,000 watts |
HAAT | 301 meters (988 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°51′04″N 122°29′54″W / 37.8510°N 122.4983°W |
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Repeater(s) | |
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Public license information | |
Webcast |
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Website | www |
KDFC (90.3
History
KUSF
From 1963 until 2011, KUSF was a student-run broadcast station owned by the University of San Francisco.[3] The station was located in the basement of Phelan Hall on the University of San Francisco campus, and was funded by the University of San Francisco, local and merchant underwriting, individual donations, and foundation grants.
KUSF began in 1963 as a campus-only
Originally broadcasting six hours a day, KUSF began broadcasting 24 hours a day in 1981. In its early days KUSF was a conventional college station, broadcasting programs of interest to the university and greater
KDFC
KDFC was founded in 1948.[5] Bill Crocker founded the station and was its first general manager. Sales were handled by Ed Davis, who later became the station's long-running general manager. Engineering was handled by Herbert Florance. The initials of their last names gave the radio station its call sign.[1] It has programmed classical music for most of its history, though at one point during the 1950s, it featured a beautiful music format. [citation needed]
For many years the programming, which was largely automated after 1976, was simulcast on KIBE 1220 AM, a 5 kW AM station in Palo Alto, California that began broadcasting in 1949 from a transmitter near the western approach to the Dumbarton Bridge.[citation needed]
Ed Davis's company Sundial Broadcasting sold the AM and FM to Brown Broadcasting in 1993 for US$15.5 million. In 1996, Brown Broadcasting sold the FM station and AM simulcast sister station (KDFC 1220 AM) to
Bill Lueth, who had done mornings on rival classical station KKHI, moved to mornings at KDFC in 1997 and also contributed to the station's rise and shift from automation to live hosts.[citation needed] In 2003 KDFC became the first station in the Bay Area to broadcast using HD Radio.[citation needed]
On January 18, 2007, Bonneville signed an agreement with
On January 18, 2011, the
On May 1, 2017, the KDFC call sign moved to 90.3 FM in San Francisco, swapping call signs with 89.9 FM in Angwin, which became KOSC.[8][9]
Programming
KDFC broadcasts classical music 24 hours a day. Programming features include: Mozart In the Morning, the Island of Sanity, and San Francisco Symphony broadcasts. KDFC also airs recordings of San Francisco Opera productions. On-air personalities include Rik Malone, Dianne Nicolini, Robin Pressman, Hoyt Smith, Rich Capparela, Lara Downes and Jennifer Miller.
In addition to FM and
A multiple winner of the award for public service, KDFC is an active partner to arts groups and an active advocate for music education. Proceeds from the station's annual CD sampler, and the annual 'Music Educator of the Year' support and celebrate public school music programs.
Satellites and translators
KDFC also extends its signal via full-power satellites
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | Facility ID | ERP W | Height m (ft) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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KOSC | 89.9 | Angwin, California | 27946 | 800 | 933 m (3,061 ft) | B | 38°40′09″N 122°37′53″W / 38.66917°N 122.63139°W | FCC |
KDFG | 103.9 | Seaside, California | 15936 | 1,500 | 199 m (653 ft) | A | 36°35′09″N 121°55′23″W / 36.58583°N 121.92306°W | FCC |
KXSC | 104.9 | Sunnyvale, California | 54478 | 6,000 | −47 m (−154 ft) | A | 37°19′22″N 121°45′19″W / 37.32278°N 121.75528°W | FCC |
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT |
Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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K212AA | 90.3 FM | Los Gatos, California | 51716 | 16.5 | 267.2 m (877 ft) | D | 37°12′17″N 121°57′00″W / 37.20472°N 121.95000°W | LMS |
K223AJ | 92.5 FM | Lakeport, California | 27945 | 10 | 561 m (1,841 ft) | D | 39°07′49″N 123°04′35″W / 39.13028°N 123.07639°W | LMS |
References
- ^ a b "The Story of Classical KDFC". KDFC. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KDFC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b c "About". KUSF College Radio. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ FCC History Cards for KDFC (as KCMA, KUSF)
- ^ "New Sausalito FM Station KDFC On Air". Sausalito News. September 2, 1948. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ Hartlaub, Peter (January 19, 2011). "KDFC moves up the dial as a nonprofit, KUSF dies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ "Entercom Brings KFOX Into S.F., USC Takes On KDFC". Radio Ink. January 18, 2011. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ "KOSC (FM)". FCCInfo.com. Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ "KDFC (FM)". FCCInfo.com. Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ "KDFC Coverage Maps". KDFC. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- KDFC in the FCC FM station database
- KDFC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- FCC History Cards for KDFC
- Translators
- K212AA in the FCC FM station database
- K212AA at FCCdata.org
- K223AJ in the FCC FM station database
- K223AJ at FCCdata.org
- Repeaters