Want to see other lists from the Discogs Community? On May 7th, 1958 RKO General, owner of Top 40 powerhouse KFRC 610 AM, was granted authority to construct a new station at 106.1 FM and on July 20th, 1961 it became officially licensed with the call letters KFRC-FM. Psychedelic poster artist Victor Moscoso created the station's mascot: a camel wearing headphones. By The station's call letters changed to KFMS in November 1968, then KKEE in October 1972. Because the station broadcasts live via streaming audio from their website, it gives the genre a platform for possible worldwide exposure. Paul was in demand as a remixer. [9] Meanwhile, a third competitor, KHQT out of San Jose, was also in competition with the two stations until 1995, when it changed formats under new ownership. However, the concert series that KMEL started has become a grand tradition elsewhere. The present-day format has made the station less synonymous with the previous short lived formats and became more recognized in the Bay Area's African American community all the while targeting a wider audience to date, thus giving it heritage status through the callsign. Frequent guest DJs were also rappers, including Ice-T, Ice Cube, Kid Frost, LA Dream Team, Snoop Dogg, and Rodney-O & Joe Cooley. Steve Rivers left KMEL to work at KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, so Lee Michaels was hired as program director. Personalities during this time included John London, Renel Lewis and Brian Cooly on "The Morning Zoo", middays with Leslie Stoval, afternoon drive with Rick Chase, and nights with Evan Luck. [9], In March 1985, KMEL hired John London and Ron Engelman to host a morning zoo program. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Listen to Radio Archive-KMEL 106.1(DJ Glenn Aure)90s Megamix by mastermixcrew for free. [8] Rock and most pop titles were eliminated in the process. By the end of 1993, many rhythmic stations like Hot 97, Power 106, and KMEL Jams focused more on hip hop-based hits rather than dance-based hits although there were some rhythmic stations like Power 96 Miami and B96 in Chicago continued to be dance-friendly throughout the mid-to-late 1990s. Mark McKay covered the mid-day slot, while Howard Hoffman took the afternoon drive time shift, Sonny Joe Fox covered evenings, Licia Torres spun tunes at night, and Mark Todd carried the overnight shift. [19], Chancellor Media (later AMFM Inc.) later purchased Evergreen Media (along with subsidiaries KMEL and KYLD), and AMFM was then swallowed up by Clear Channel Communications via a $24 billion deal in 1999. Top 40 radio in the USA was heavily fragmented during much the 90s. [8] Bazoo was credited with breaking the song "One Night in Bangkok" in May 1985. [9] In response, KMEL introduced new music shows The Wake-Up Show hosted by Sway Calloway and King Tech and Street Knowledge hosted by Davey D, in addition to the public affairs program Street Soldiers hosted by Joseph E. KATE BUSH - THEM HEAVY PEOPLE LIVE (REVOLVER), KATE BUSH'S FIRST TV Köln Frechen Benzelrather Eisenbahn -Kite & Wuthering Heights LIVE, https://concerts.fandom.com/wiki/KMEL_Summer_Jam?oldid=66844. KMEL also competes with Urban adult contemporary ("Urban AC") formatted KBLX (now owned by Entercom). Another station, WPGC-FM in Washington, D.C., would follow suit in July 2012). It is currently one of the highest rated stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, with the largest listening audience males 18-to-34 demographic. On July 2, 1977, after Century Broadcasting purchased the FM station, K106 was rebranded KMEL, playing album-oriented rock ("AOR"). Rhythmic top 40 was no exception as the gerne had been split between urban/hip hop leaning (i.e Hot 97, Power 106, KMEL, WPGC, etc), and dance-pop leaning (B96, Power 96, KTFM, etc), although there were few stations like KYLD San Francisco and Z90 San Diego that fell in-between. This was mainly due in part to Arbitron phasing out the diary keeping approach to ratings for the PPMs. Old Tapes of KMEL Mix Shows. Top 10 DJs Of The 90s News | 0 The 90’s was a period of success for the club scene in the UK, venues such as Manchester’s Hacienda, Pacha and Space were taking the the 90’s youth by storm and for the first time DJ’s became superstars in their own right. Naftaly continued underneath Rivers. KMEL was the first pop station in the U.S. to play "Wild Thing" by Tone-Loc and "Bust a Move" by Young MC and first of any radio station in the country to play "U Can't Touch This" by Oakland rapper MC Hammer and "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice. [15] The success of "The All New, All Hit 106 KMEL" eventually helped push main CHR rival KITS toward a modern rock format as "The New Live 105 FM" as AM rival KFRC abandoned its CHR format in August 1986 for adult standards as "Magic 61". KMEL Summer Jam I (1987) Rhythmic top 40 was no exception as the gerne had been split between urban/hip hop leaning (i.e Hot 97, Power 106, KMEL, WPGC, etc), and dance-pop leaning (B96, Power 96, KTFM, etc), although there were few stations like KYLD San Francisco and Z90 San Diego that fell in-between. Despite KQAK switching away from its AOR format in April 1983, changing to modern rock, the Bay Area AOR scene was still highly competitive. Stacey Q, Curiosity Killed The Cat, The System, Klymaxx, Expose, Sweet Sensation, Debbie Gibson and headliner: Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam, KMEL Summer Jam II (1988) [8] Despite the format switch, the KMEL callsign was retained as a holdover to this day. KMEL suffered a setback in ratings between 2009 and 2010.
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