Talk:KFSD

Incorrect History of KFSD

"KFSD changed ownership in 1996, and its format was changed a number of times, from rock, to elevator music. The 94.1 transmitter was renamed KMYI, and the call letters KFSD were transferred to a much smaller FM transmitter, 92.1 MHz, near Escondido, California, which now simulcasts KSON. The KFSD call letters have now been transferred to a nearby AM transmitter on 1450 kHz, where it currently broadcasts today."

WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoever posted this has it completely WRONG, and does not know what they are talking about. The KFSD that Astor owns and the that of 94.1 WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STATIONS. KFSD 94.1 was sold to Nationwide Insurance Company in 1996. At that time, the company also purchased San Diego Classic Rock station 101.1 KGB FM from Brown broadcasting. Nationwide then gutted KGB's promotions and programming staff, shifting them to 94.1. After that, it sold off KGB to Jacor, and changed 94.1's call letters to KXGL, and rebranded the station as "94.1, The Eagle, The Greatest Rock and Roll of All Time." The new format was a Rock and Roll Oldies (or Classic Hits" format similar to the Classic Rock formats also being heard on KGB and 103.7 FM, as well as 105.3 FM. As a result San Diego now had 4 stations playing the same type of format at the same time.

Meanwhile, the owners of 92.1 applied for the newly available KFSD call letters, and began playing a canned classical music format distributed from WCRB FM Boston. But that is where the similarities ended. Since then, KFSD has been moved around the dial. At one point, 92.1 ditched the Classical Music for Altrernative Rock "Premium Rock 92/1," but kept the KFSD calls, while KFSD AM (now at its current position) went through a succession of formats, including a 70's based oldies format, before being swtiched to the canned Classical format it currently has.

As for 94.1, after NCI decided to sell off its stations in 1998, a series of complicated station swaps lead to Jacor taking over both 94.1 and sister 95.7. Classic Rock (and the KXGL calls) were dropped in 1998, and the KJQY call letters and Soft Rock format moved over (while KJQY's former frequency was spun off to Heftel Hispanic Broadcasting). Eventually, KJQY slowly shifted to more of a Soft Oldies format, eventually becomming regular Oldies, until 2002, when that format was spun off to 95.7 as "Kool95.7 ." AC was then re-inserted into 94.1, (after stunting with an All Christmas format), as Hot AC "My94.1," with the call letters changed to KMYI. Today, the calls and a slighter more CHR version of the format remain, but as of early 2006, the station has taken on the "Star" name, after popular morning team Jeff and Jer defected from rival KFMB FM (which itself had previously been known as "Star100.7," before switching to Variety Hits as "100.7 JACK FM." Star94.1 now consistantly rates among San Diego's most popular radio stations among general area listeners. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.244.158.172 (talk) 04:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC).

How is it that "KFSD" stands for "FM-San Diego?" Don't the KFSD calls pre-date FM radio? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.244.158.151 (talk) 03:51, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

I believe "FSD" stood for "First in San Diego," a reference to the license complex of KFSD-TV (10), AM and FM granted in 1953. They all became KOGO in 1961; later the TV became KGTV while the FM was sold and reverted to the original sign. I was a part-time announcer at KFSD-FM from 1981 to 1987. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.142.89.167 (talk) 22:09, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 04:58, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

I believe KFSD 1450 AM is currently off the air/not broadcasting as of June, 2019.

See the end of this article where it mentions KFSD going off the air in June, 2019: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/oct/21/ticker-farewell-kfmb-radio/# Someone needs to verify this and then update the article. --Notcharliechaplin (talk) 06:20, 22 October 2019 (UTC)