KISQ
FCC | |
Facility ID | 59964 |
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Class | B |
ERP | 75,000 watts |
HAAT | 309.6 meters (1,016 ft) |
Repeater(s) | See § Boosters |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 981thebreeze.iheart.com |
KISQ (98.1
KISQ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 75,000 watts. The transmitter is on Wolfback Ridge Road in Sausalito, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.[2] KISQ broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The station also has booster stations on 98.1 MHz in Concord and Pleasanton.
History
KAFE
The station first
Solo's first proposed transmitter site, a 50 ft (15 m) tower at his home, wound up violating a zoning ordinance, and KAFE signed on from a site atop Grizzly Peak.[3] Solo sold his station to Hal Cox in 1959; Cox relocated the tower to Sausalito.
KABL-FM
In 1965, the McLendon-Pacific Corporation acquired KAFE and paired it with its existing station, KABL (960 AM, now KNEW). KABL-FM featured a beautiful music/easy listening format. It played quarter hour sweeps of mostly instrumental cover versions of popular songs, as well as Broadway and Hollywood show tunes. The call sign KABL stood for "cable cars," a San Francisco attraction. The station often played the sound effect of the bell from a cable card when identifying itself.
By the early 1990s, the format had given way to
KBGG
On February 14, 1994, KABL-FM switched to a
The format was a moderate success. The station later expanded its playlist to include songs from the late 1960s and early 1980s.
KISQ
Kiss FM
On July 22, 1997, after playing "No Matter What" by Badfinger, KBGG began stunting with sounds of radio tuning and ground control transmissions, while promoting a new format to come. At 1 p.m. the next day, Chancellor Media (later to become AMFM, Inc. then Clear Channel Communications, and later iHeartMedia) flipped KBGG to urban AC as KISQ, "98.1 Kiss FM". The first song on "Kiss FM" was "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire.[6][7]
KISQ leaned heavily on a format similar to
By 2011, the station was described as having a gold-based rhythmic oldies format, with no currents. It also began playing a few
In June 2015, the station added "Throwback" to its slogan while adding some classic hip hop in its playlist, removing the new wave and disco tracks from the station (most of which moved over to sister KOSF), in order to better compete with new competitor KRBQ. The next month, the station reduced most of the classic hip hop tracks in favor of more familiar upbeat R&B and dance tracks, as well as ballads.
98.1 The Breeze
On April 13, 2016, at 2 p.m., after playing "
.Due to KISQ's success, iHeart launched "The Breeze" in several other cities. There are now stations branded as "The Breeze" (or a variant thereof) in a number of radio markets in the U.S. and Canada, some owned by iHeartMedia and a few with other owners. iHeartRadio also has a soft AC channel called "The Breeze" on its app. About 30 iHeartMedia FM stations around the U.S. air the service on one of their HD Radio digital subchannels.
Boosters
KISQ is rebroadcast on the following FM boosters:
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT |
Class | FCC info |
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KISQ-FM2 | 98.1 FM | Pleasanton, California | 59993 | 10,000 (Vert.) | −55 m (−180 ft) | D | LMS |
KISQ-FM3 | 98.1 FM | Concord, California | 59973 | 1,000 (Vert.) | 884 m (2,900 ft) | D | LMS |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KISQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KISQ
- ^ "Engineer Promotes Own Radio Station". Oakland Tribune. July 11, 1958. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1993/RR-1993-03-19.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1994/RR-1994-02-18.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-07-25.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "KBGG Becomes 98.1 Kiss-FM". 22 July 1997.
- ^ "KISQ San Francisco Flips To AC The Breeze" from All Access (April 13, 2016)
- ^ KISQ San Francisco Flips to Soft AC The Breeze Radioinsight - April 13, 2016
External links
- FCC History Cards for KISQ
- Official Website
- KISQ in the FCC FM station database
- KISQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- List of "grandfathered" FM radio stations in the U.S.