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Radio Lineup For San Diego Metro/North as of January 1, 1980

Here's a snapshot of what radio was like on this day in 1980.
Included are notable radio stations from surrounding areas.
Also included are what happened to the formats for the rest of the year.
Please E-Mail me any corrections and additions to this page.

Note: please do not grab the data and post on Wikipedia as this is a work in progress and contains incomplete information. Thanks.

AM 600 SND KOGO mor
AM 690 TIJ XETRA-AM Easy Listening (flipped to top 40 on September 19?)
AM 760 SND KFMB-AM Full Service
AM 800 TIJ XEMMM Spanish (not sure when this station signed on)
AM 860 TIJ XEMO Religious (flipped to Spanish when the Mexican government opposed the religious format, format moved to KMJC AM 910, in August)
AM 910 SND KMJC mor (acquired the religous format from XEMO 860, month unknown)
AM 950 TIJ X Spanish
AM 1090 TIJ XEPRS Spanish
AM 1130 SND KSDO Talk
AM 1170 SND KCBQ-AM top 40
AM 1240 SND KSON-AM Country
AM 1270 TIJ X Spanish
AM 1310 TIJ XEC Spanish (not sure when this station signed on)
AM 1360 SND KGB-AM top 40
FM 90.3 TIJ XHIS Spanish
FM 91.1 TIJ XETRA-FM rock
FM 92.1 SDN K ?
FM 92.5 TIJ XHRM ? (not sure when this station went on the air)
FM 94.1 SND KFSD-FM classical
FM 94.5 TIJ XHTY Spanish
FM 94.9 SND KBZS oldies
FM 95.9 SDN KARL mor (flipped to a/c, month unknown, calls to KKOS, date unknown)
FM 96.5 SND KYXY A/C
FM 97.3 SND KSON-FM Country
FM 98.1 SND KIFM-FM mellow
FM 99.7 TIJ XHAMR Spanish (not sure when this station signed on)
FM 100.7 SND KFMB-FM top 40 (switched to a/c, date unknown)
FM 101.5 SND KGB-FM rock and roll
FM 102.9 SND KEZL-FM easy listening (flipped to a/c sometime in the early 80s)
FM 103.7 SND KJQY-FM a/c
FM 104.5 TIJ XHLTN Spanish
FM 105.3 SND KITT-FM top 40
FM 106.5 SND KPRI-FM rock
FM 107.3 TIJ XHFG-FM Spanish (signed on that year, month unknown)

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