KOIT-FM
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| City | San Francisco, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Branding | 96.5 KOIT |
| Slogan | Better Music for a Better Workday The Bay Area's Official Christmas Music Station (Nov. to Dec.) |
| Frequency | 96.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | July 1947 (as KRON-FM) |
| Format |
Adult Contemporary Christmas music (Nov. to Dec.) |
| ERP | 24,000 watts |
| HAAT | 480 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 6380 |
| Callsign meaning | refers to San Francisco landmark Coit Tower |
| Former callsigns | KRON-FM (1947–1975) KOIT (1975–1983) KOIT-FM (1983–2010) |
| Affiliations | Independent |
| Owner |
Entercom Communications (Entercom License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KGMZ, KUFX, KRBQ, KBLX-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | koit.com |
KOIT (96.5 MHz FM) is a Mainstream AC radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. Its slogan is "Better Music for a Better Workday". The station's programming was also simulcast for many years on 1260 AM. KSFB, a station carrying Roman Catholic programming, now operates on the latter frequency.
KOIT is owned by Entercom Communications which also operates San Francisco radio stations KUFX, KRBQ, KBLX, and KGMZ. The station has studios in the city's SoMa district, and transmits from Sutro Tower in San Francisco, with a power output of 24,000 watts effective radiated power. The signal can be received throughout the Bay Area with relative ease. There is also a booster station in Martinez, California called KOIT-3 that improves the coverage in the Diablo Valley area.
KOIT has been playing all holiday music beginning the 365 days a year. KOIT is known as "The Bay Area's Official Christmas Music Station." This highly-popular programming significantly increases the station's audience during the holiday season.
KOIT broadcasts in HD.
The station signed on the air July 1, 1947, under the callsign KRON-FM. It was owned by the deYoung family, and was co-owned with KRON-TV and the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. The station had a limited broadcast schedule (airing only during the evening hours). The station shut down on December 31, 1954; when it returned to the air as non-commercial station in 1957, KRON-FM began carrying an evening-only program schedule devoted to classical music. During the 1960s, KRON-FM devoted a full hour (7 to 8 p.m.) to a complete Broadway show album. Since the station had no commercials, no underwriters, and no on-air fund drives, the Chronicle operated the station as a public service. Staff announcers delivered short newscasts on the station's evening broadcasts. In December 1970, KRON-FM began simulcasting a Spanish-language newscast from KRON-TV by Terry Lowry.
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