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Radio Lineup For San Diego Metro/North as of January 1, 1996

Here's a snapshot of what radio was like on this day in 1996.
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 540 TIJ XETIN-AM News (flipped to all-Beatles in October?)
AM 600 SND KOGO-AM Talk
AM 690 TIJ XETRA-AM Sports
AM 760 SND KFMB-AM Talk
AM 800 TIJ XEMMM Spanish
AM 860 TIJ XEMO Spanish
AM 910 SND KECR-AM Religious
AM 950 TIJ X Spanish
AM 1000 SDN KCEO Business
AM 1040 SND KURS Spanish
AM 1090 TIJ XEPRS Spanish
AM 1130 SND KSDO Talk
AM 1170 SND KCBQ-AM Oldies (50s-60s) (flipped to Top 40 in April, then talk in late 1996, month unknown)
AM 1210 SDN KPRZ-AM Religious
AM 1240 SND KSON-AM Country (flipped to chidren's KidStar format, calls KKDZ, in July)
AM 1270 TIJ X Spanish
AM 1310 TIJ XEC Spanish
AM 1320 SDN KKLQ-AM Top 40 (donated to Palomar College in April, format to college, calls to KKSM, old format to 1170)
AM 1360 SND KPOP Nostalgia
AM 1420 TIJ XEXX Spanish
AM 1450 SDN KSPA Nostalgia
AM 1470 TIJ X Spanish
AM 1550 TIJ XEBG Spanish
FM 88.3 SND KSDS Traditional Jazz
FM 89.5 SND KPBS-FM News/Talk
FM 90.3 TIJ XHITZ Urban
FM 91.1 TIJ XETRA-FM Alternative
FM 91.7 TIJ XHTIM-FM Spanish
FM 92.1 SDN KOWF-FM Country
FM 92.5 TIJ XHRM Alternative
FM 92.9 TMC KXFG country (not sure when this station signed on)
FM 93.3 SND KHTS-FM Easy Listening (flipped to Top 40 in March, Dance Top 40 in September)
FM 94.1 SND KFSD-FM Classical
FM 94.5 TIJ XHTY Spanish
FM 94.9 SND KBZT-FM Oldies (50s-70s)
FM 95.3 TIJ XHATE Spanish
FM 95.7 SND KUPR-FM AAA (flipped to country in November 10)
FM 96.5 SND KYXY A/C
FM 97.3 SND KSON-FM Country
FM 98.1 SND KIFM-FM Pop Jazz
FM 98.9 TIJ XHMORE Rock in Espanol
FM 99.3 TIJ XHKY Spanish
FM 99.7 TIJ XHAMR Spanish
FM 100.1 SDN KLVW-FM Religious music
FM 100.7 SND KFMB-FM Hot AC
FM 101.5 SND KGB-FM Classic Rock
FM 102.1 SDN KIOZ-FM Hard Rock (in an ownership swap, 102.1 acquires AAA format from 105.3, calls change to KXST, old format and KIOZ calls move to 105.3 on April 1)
FM 102.5 TIJ XHUAN Spanish
FM 102.9 SND KKBH-FM 70's Oldies (flipped to A/C in January, calls to KJOY, month unknown)
FM 103.7 SND KMKX-FM Classic Rock (flipped to "Planet-FM", calls to KPLN-FM on July 5)
FM 104.5 TIJ XHLTN Spanish
FM 105.3 SND KCBQ-FM Classic Rock (flipped to AAA in February; in an ownership swap, AAA format moved to 102.1 on April 1, acquires hard rock format and KIOZ-FM calls from 102.1 on April 1)
FM 106.5 SND KKLQ-FM Top 40
FM 107.1 SDN KBAX-FM Sports (switched to alternative in March as KSYY-FM)
FM 107.3 TIJ XHFG-FM Spanish

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