KDFC

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KDFC is a commercial radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area that broadcasts classical music on 102.1 MHz FM. It broadcasts from Mount Beacon above Sausalito, California.

Founded in 1946 by Ed Davis, it has had the same format longer than any other Bay Area radio station, 59 years at this writing (2005) and 60 years at this edit (2006).

KDFC is owned by Bonneville International Corporation, which also operates classical station WGMS in Washington, DC, and Bay Area stations KOIT and KZBR. KDFC has 24-hour classical music, and during morning drive hours also features brief news and traffic updates. In addition to FM and SHOUTcast MP3 streaming, KDFC also broadcasts in digital HD Radio, and offers a secondary HD Radio channel, KDFC-2, featuring longer classical pieces and operatic works.

As of 2005, KDFC has the largest listenership of any classical radio station in the United States. [1]

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FM radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area region (Arbitron #4, 35, 80, 81, and 108)
By area
San Francisco/Oakland/East Bay
(Arbitron #4)
88.5 | 89.3 | 89.5 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 91.1 | 91.7 | 92.7 | 93.3 | 94.1 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 96.5 | 97.3 | 98.1 | 98.9 | 99.7 | 100.7 | 101.3 | 101.7 | 102.1 | 102.9 | 103.7 | 104.1 | 104.5 | 105.3 | 106.1 | 106.9 | 107.7
San Jose/South Bay
(Arbitron #35)
87.9 | 89.3 | 89.7 | 90.1 | 90.5 | 92.3 | 94.5 | 95.3 | 96.1 | 97.7 | | 98.5 | 99.1 | 100.3 | 103.3 | 103.3 | 104.1 | 104.9 | 105.7 | 106.5 |
Santa Cruz/Monterey/Salinas
(Arbitron #80)
88.1 | 88.9/89.1/89.1 | 89.7 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 90.9 | 91.1/98.3 | 91.3 | 91.5 | 91.9 | 92.7 | 93.5 | 93.7 | 93.9 | 95.5 | 96.3 | 96.9 | 97.9 | 99.1 | 99.5/99.9 | 100.7 | 101.1 | 101.7 | 102.5 | 103.5 | 103.9 | 104.3 | 105.1 | 107.1 | 107.5 | 107.9
Wine Country/North Bay
90.5 | 92.1 | 92.9 | 93.7 | 95.3 | 95.9 | 97.7 | 99.3 | 100.1 | 100.9 | 101.7 | 102.5
Stockton/Modesto
(Arbitron #81 and 108)
88.7 | 90.1 | 90.7 | 91.3 | 93.1 | 95.1 | 97.1 | 97.7 | 99.3 | 100.1 | 100.9 | 102.3 | 103.3 | 104.1 | 105.1 | 107.3
By callsign
Operating stations
K216AX/K252CK | K217CQ | K242AT | KALX | KALW | KATM | KBAY | KBLX | KBOQ | KBRG | KCSM | KCNL | KDFC | KDON | KEXA | KEZR | KFER | KFFG | KFGY | KFJC | KFOG | KFRC | KHDC | KHKK | KIFR | KIOI | KISQ | KITS | KJOY | KJZY | KKDV | KKIQ | KKSF | KKUP | KLLC | KLOK/K260AA | KLVM | KMEL | KMTG | KNGY | KOIT | KPFA | KPFB | KPOO | KPRC | KQED | KRSH | KRTY | KRZZ | KSAN | KSCU | KSEA | KSFH | KSFM | KSJO | KSJS | KSOL | KSQL | KSQQ | KSPB | KSRI | KSTN | KUFX | KUIC | KUOP | KUSF | KUSP/K206BQ/K207CN | KVHS | KVRV | KVVF | KVVZ | KVYN | KWAV | KWIN | KXFX | KXSM | KXTS | KXZM | KYKL | KYLD | KYZZ | KZSC | KZST | KZSU
Defunct stations
KABL | KJAZ | KOME | KQAK | KRE | KYA | KYUU
Other
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Riverside/San Bernardino · Sacramento (AM) (FM) · San Diego (AM) (FM) · San Francisco/San Jose/Stockton (AM) (FM) · San Luis Obispo · Santa Barbara · Santa Maria-Lompoc · Santa Rosa · Victor Valley
See also: List of radio stations in California and List of United States radio markets

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