Hibernia Beach LIVE

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Hibernia Beach LIVE was a gay-themed radio call-in show broadcast on San Francisco, California rock radio station KITS "Live 105." The program began running in October 1989, and ended sometime between 1998 and 2000. The program was named after "Hibernia Beach" in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood.

While it ran, the program was billed as "the longest-running gay-hosted show on commercial radio," and reportedly had an audience of over 40,000. It was broadcast weekly from 11:00pm on Sundays until 2:00am on Monday mornings. On-air hosts included Ken McPherson (jokingly referred to on air as "America's favorite homosexual"), Geraldine Barr, Renée Rotten, and Ben Carlson. Topics included queer issues, politics, music, relationships, and sexuality.

According to host Ken McPherson, "Hibernia Beach began because of a fight between GLAAD [the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation] and the station nine years ago [in 1989]."