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KOBY, the Bay Area’s Top 40 pioneer, was still the most popular Top 40 station in the Bay Area, but that was soon going to change. Here is a music survey from KOBY in January of 1959.
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It was now March of 1959 and America had experienced the loss of 3 Rock and Roll legends, but the music wouldn’t die.
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Here is the Top 40 for KYA on the week of April 13, 1959. The glory days for KYA would soon be on the horizon.
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Radio station KNBC (680) would have it’s Lucky Lager Dance Time featuring the top hits of the day. This particular survey would be from May 9, 1959.
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Top 40 radio had come to the Bay Area with the arrival of KOBY (1550). Now in June of 1959 we have the arrival of a Top 40 station that would eventually force KOBY into becoming a listening music station. June of 1959 would herald the arrival of KEWB-Channel 91.
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This is the music survey for KEWB for the week ending August 29, 1959
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This next survey is from KOBY on the week of November 30, 1959. Soon KOBY would become a listening music station.
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References: The music surveys of KEWB, KOBY, KNBC and KYA. They were all playing the new music at this time 🙂 🙂 🙂