KDIA
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KDIA is a radio station in Vallejo, California broadcasting on 1640 AM.
The station began as KLS in 1921. In 1945, it changed its call letters to KWBR and changed its format to focus on an African-American audience. In 1959, it was bought by the owners of Memphis radio station WDIA, and the call letters were changed to KDIA. During the 1960s through the 1980s, the station was the premier soul and funk station in the San Francisco Bay Area. The station helped launch the careers of such musicians as Sly and the Family Stone.
KDIA has subsequently had many changes of ownership and has gone off the air several times. As of 2006, it features Christian religious programming. Its tag line is "The Light for San Francisco".
[edit] External links
- KDIA - official website.
- Bay Area Radio Museum, KDIA archives – audio archive of KDIA broadcasts.
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