In 1996 BBC sold the FM station and AM simulcast sister station (KDFC 1220 AM) to Evergreen Media, who in turn sold the FM to Bonneville Broadcasting and the AM to Douglas Broadcasting in 1997. Įd Davis' company Sundial Broadcasting sold the AM and FM to Brown Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1993 for US$15.5 million. įor many years the programming, which was largely automated after 1976, was simulcast on KIBE 1220 AM (now KDOW), 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. KDFC was founded in 1946 by Ed Davis, and has programmed classical music for most of its history, though at one point during the 1950s, it featured a beautiful music format. Many now-famous acts also first gained exposure on KUSF, most notably The B-52's and Metallica. However, KUSF soon garnered attention by playing new underground music: it was one of the first radio stations to play punk rock. In its early days KUSF was a conventional college station, broadcasting programs of interest to the university and greater San Francisco community. Originally broadcasting six hours a day, KUSF began broadcasting 24 hours a day in 1981. The old AM station later became the student-managed KDNZ. USF accepted the offer and on April 25, 1977, KUSF became an FM station broadcasting on the 90.3 frequency. In 1973, USF was offered an FM radio station by a small local Bible college that wished to discontinue its radio operations. KUSF began in 1963 as a campus-only AM station managed by the Associated Students of the University of San Francisco (ASUSF). The station is located in the basement of Phelan Hall on the University of San Francisco campus, and is funded by the University of San Francisco, local and merchant underwriting, individual donations, and foundation grants. Following the frequency's sale, KUSF announced plans to become an online-only station. 4 Move to new frequencies as listener-supported stationįrom 1963 until 2011, KUSF was a student-run broadcast station owned by the University of San Francisco.

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