KRBQ
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| City | San Francisco, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Branding | Q102 |
| Slogan | The Throwback Station |
| Frequency | 102.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1948 |
| Format | Classic hip hop |
| ERP | 33,000 watts |
| HAAT | 319 metres |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 65486 |
| Callsign meaning | R&B Q102 |
| Former callsigns | KDFC (1948 -2011) KUZX (2011–2014) |
| Owner |
Entercom Communications (Entercom Licence, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KGMZ, KOIT, KUFX, KBLX-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | q102sf.com |
KRBQ (102.1 FM) is a radio station in San Francisco, California. It is owned by Entercom Communications and currently airs a Classic hip hop format. The 102.1 frequency transmits its signal from Mount Beacon atop the Marin Headlands above Sausalito, California, while studios are located in the SoMa district of San Francisco.
The station had its inception in 1948 by station owner Ed Davis and programmed a Classical music format as KDFC. It remained a Classical station for most of its history, though at one point during the 1950s, it featured a beautiful music format. The station also simulcasted on KIBE, a daytime-only 5 kW AM station in Palo Alto, California that began broadcasting in 1949 from a transmitter near the western approach to the Dumbarton Bridge. It is now a news-talk station. It also had a booster station in Concord, which fills in coverage gaps caused by topography issues.
In 1993, Ed Davis' company Sundial Broadcasting sold the AM and FM to Brown Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for $15.5 Million. In 1996 BBC sold the FM station and AM simulcast sister station AM 1220 to Evergreen Media, who in turn sold the FM to Bonneville Broadcasting and the AM to Douglas Broadcasting.
In 1997, new station management transitioned KDFC's programming to a more mass-appeal approach, which boosted ratings significantly, though was occasionally criticised for their new "top 40 of classical music" approach.
Bill Leuth, who had done mornings on rival classical station KKHI, moved to mornings at KDFC in 1997, and also contributed to the station's rise and shift from automation to live hosts.
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