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KMEL (106.1 FM) is an urban contemporary radio station that is licensed to San Francisco, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia . KMEL has studios located in the SoMa district, and broadcasts a "superpower" Class B signal [ 2 ] of 69,000 watts from a transmitter atop the San Bruno Mountains ...
Rick Chase (born George T. Fryer; June 12, 1957 in Salinas, California – December 12, 2002 in Stockton), was a disc jockey known primarily for his thirteen years as a DJ on San Francisco radio station KMEL 106.1 FM.
The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 106.1 MHz: Argentina ... KMEL in San Francisco, California; KNEX (FM) in Laredo, Texas; KNFO in Basalt, Colorado;
92.3 KSJO San Jose (Bollywood music) 92.7 KEXC San Francisco * 93.3 KRZZ San Francisco (Regional Mexican) 93.7 KXZM Felton (Regional Mexican) 94.1 KPFA Berkeley (Pacifica Radio)* 94.5 KBAY Gilroy ; 94.9 KYLD San Francisco (Contemporary hit radio) 95.3 KJLV San Jose ; 95.7 KGMZ-FM San Francisco
Program Director Rick Thomas and Music Director Michael Martin set a plan in motion to overtake KMEL; they came up with a strategy of playing "old school" and up tempo freestyle/dance songs like those heard on heritage San Jose radio station HOT 97.7. KMEL moved from rhythmic to urban contemporary at the same time, and the two stations battled ...
With the tryout a success, he was signed to host a morning show for album-oriented rock (AOR) station 106.1 KMEL, teaming up with newsman Joe Regelski. While at KMEL, Bennett's mother, Ruth, achieved fame as the world's oldest AOR disk jockey when she hosted a Sunday night countdown show on KMEL from 1982 to 1983. [15]
On March 13, 1987, at 6 p.m., the station's call sign was changed to WEGX, and rebranded as "Eagle 106". The first song played on "Eagle 106" was “Living in America” by James Brown. [8] The station kept the CHR/top 40 format, but gave it a more adult-friendly makeover, designing the station to appeal primarily to women aged 18–34.
WYLT-LP - Smooth Radio 100.3 - Urban oldies, Southern soul; WAJA-LP - 102.5 The Promise - Urban Gospel; WCPS - Power 96.3 FM/760 AM – Urban Gospel, Urban Oldies, Southern Soul; WRMT - Step 98.1 FM/1490 AM - Urban Gospel; WEED - Jammin Gospel 1390 AM – Urban Gospel; WUBN-LP - 106.9 The Spirit – Urban Gospel; WZAX - 99.3 The Beach - Beach music