KCAL-FM

KCAL-FM
City Redlands, California
Broadcast area Riverside-San Bernardino, California
Branding 96-7, KCAL Rocks
Slogan Rockin' The Empire (general)
The Inland Empire's Rock Station (secondary)
Frequency 96.7 MHz
First air date 1965
Format Active rock
ERP 1,750 watts
HAAT 115 meters
Class A
Facility ID 59272
Callsign meaning CALifornia
Owner Anaheim Broadcasting
(SBR Broadcasting Corporation)
Sister stations KOLA
Webcast Listen Live or
Listen Live
Website kcalfm.com

KCAL-FM (96.7 FM) is a commercial Active rock radio station licensed in Redlands, California, broadcasting to the Inland Empire (Riverside-San Bernardino) radio market. Its studios are in Redlands and the transmitter site is north of San Bernardino.

History

KCAL-FM turned from a middle of the road (MOR) (middle of the road) format to a daytime soft rock format and nighttime album rock format in 1969, a format unique then to the region. The station's slogan was "The Rock Spectrum".

Unique to KCAL-FM was the weekly airing of "Album Premiere", where a new released was played Monday and Tuesday evening, one side per evening. This eventually led to a switch to album-oriented rock in 1978, where the station played four or five songs off an individual album playing an open format of album rock playing more than just the single, usually four or five songs deep. During the 1990s KCAL became a more active rock.

In the late 1990s the station also began listener appreciation parties known as "KCAL Keggers" in the station parking lot that continue to this day, where a tribute band plays on Friday evenings with free refreshments and low-cost beer. A bikini pagent for "Miss KCAL" is also part of the last party of the year.

During the 2000s, KCAL-FM evolved into its current mix of classic rock and newer songs.

Coordinates: 34°11′53″N 117°17′13″W / 34.198°N 117.287°W / 34.198; -117.287


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