"PAMS Radio Jingles" "PAMS Grid Jingles" "KYA 1260 AM San Francisco, California"

[@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles]

0:00 1. KYA PAMS GRID I 1968 1:36 2. KYA PAMS GRID II A MONO 1969 2:48 3. KYA PAMS GRID II B 1969 (this one has some of the BEST music beds) 9:57 4. KYA PAMS GRID II STEREO 1969 5:34 If you want to hear an example of one of these Grid jingles in use, WPGC Washington DC used a couple of them (as well as playing a couple of "Jet Set" jingles). You can hear them here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZLEp51ua5aMbqMsi=h59TU5_esdwNlTz4

[@GregCapp]

Love KYA still digging it though the internet today

[@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles]

Yeah that's interesting about the KYA internet radio station- I came across it when I was looking for information on KYA. Got it on my phone now.

[@thefools]

Thanks to Jon Wolfert I just learned what these were and how it worked.

[@srercrcr]

Not very far from KDIA 1310. BTW any idea if the letters (KYA) stood for anything?

[@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles]

I could give you a short answer, but I went down a huge rabbit hole trying to get an answer (you've been warned - this will take weeks to read) I searched and from what I could find, it seems KYA didn't stand for anything in particular. In fact, I found a LOT about the history of call signs, in particular, 3-letter call signs. Far too much to accurately boil down to a pat answer, but it seems many of the 3-letter call signs were originally allotted/assigned for ship stations: earlyradiohistory.us/3myst.htm "With the adoption by the United States, in 1912, of an act to regulate radio stations, call letter assignments became formalized under federal authority. Under international agreement unique initial letters were allotted among the various nations. The July 1, 1914 edition of Radio Stations of the United States records the contemporary practices for allocating calls for sea and commercial land stations, which at this time were few enough so that all could be given three-letter calls: The combinations KDA to KZZ, with a few exceptions, are reserved for ship stations on the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico and for land stations on the Pacific coast. " Also, all the sites that discuss KYA's history say that the call letters were already in place when the station went on the air. So it seems there's nothing those letters stand for in particular. But I'm sure that now that I said all that, someone will come along and prove that was a lot to goobldygook.

[@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles]

Here's another site's explanation of the KYA call letters: bayarearadio.org/history-index/timeline_kya-koit "Call letters KYA were reserved on November 30, 1926, for use by the Pacific Broadcasting Corporation..." Nothing on the site refers to KYA standing for anything.

[@srercrcr]

That's quite a read. I learned they adopted the Top40 format when I was listening.

[@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles]

@@srercrcr I'm glad you asked that question because, yeah, I discovered a LOT about KYA and how those 3-letter calls came about. I figured KYA maybe stood for the owners' initials or something interesting like some connection to a San Francisco landmark. Who knew ships and the US government were involved!

[@10TVMan]

Interesting the big difference between the KYA and KFRC jingles … along with the energy between the two stations. Until 1966, I always listened to KYA and KLIV. When KFRC came along in Spring, 1966, it just seemed more alive.