I really enjoy the music selection. Left Coast 70's and Boot Liquor are certainly two of my…read morefavorites. Commercial free. Thanks Soma!

Been listening to SomaFM stations for two decades. Such great variety and cool tunes. Thanks Soma!read more

KPIG is the answer to radio listening. Its Americana, its Bluesy, its Country, Its Roots Rock, left…read moreleaning news reporting, surf reports, THC induced mellow and rough and ragged but totally right tunes at anytime. KPIG is based out of Freedom, Calif. The Bay area listens to a broadcast that is sent from an old AM station in Piedmont and we are blessed with greatness. Listen for a while and you will hear stuff that makes you smile. Warning: You will not be satisfied with KPIG If you are one of the folks who like to say "I like all types of music. Anything but country" In that case, stick to your FM Stations and enjoy your GM commercials, fascist.

KPIG has been my saving grace while my ipod is dead. As mentioned before they play an excellent…read morespread of music but more over the play different BOB DYLAN songs than you normally hear on the radio. For that Alone I raise my glass to KPIG. Also they have hilarious comedy at 5.15 pm and great comedic fake commercials

I heard The Sugar Hill Gangs 'Apache'* for the first time when I was 8 or so. It was on KPOO…read more They play latin, blues, soul, hip hop, and jazz, and they have a news announcer with a speech impediment and that's neat. I like KPOO. *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYprMNxcX4w

Great programming 24/7! Saturdays in Real Time is a phenomenal show that has a nice balance of…read morenews, music, interviews and a weekly meditation at 11am. Tuesday morning Doo wop show is awesome then Gloria has great throwback tunes followed by the John Coltrane show where the show host shares uplifting quotes from St.Coltrane and full length versions of Tranes timeless works. Great gospel programming on Sundays and during the weekday. Hip hop , reggae, salsa/latin and everything in between. A cultural gem ! A sonic smorgasbord of soundscapes and each and every DJ offers a a lovely, unique taste of the essence of REAL San Francisco. that many don't want to fade away. KPOO baby babaaaay!!!

Once a year, there's a KQED Fest outside of their headquarters, where there's music, food, booths,…read moreand a painting wall for all to enjoy. It's nice to support a local nonprofit, being part of the community, and celebrating public broadcasting. Mark your calendar for their next one!

I love KQED with a passion. I follow a few of their hosts/writers on social media, and I'm not…read moregoing to hide that it'd be a dream to be connected to KQED in any capacity, so I'm excited to leave this review. I got to attend the KQED FEST of 2026. It was my first time visiting the headquarters, and the space was just dopamine inducing: open space, walls of windows, areas that just scream community cultivation. There is so much to do at KQED Fest, and this is a FREE event! There was a variety of spaces designed especially for creative kids: painting, playing, looking under microscopes. There were also a good offering for the adults: panels, presentations by NPR, and auditions for Check Please, Bay Area! And if none of that sounds interesting than feel free to take your pick of tours, a stage with local live music (by such greats as: Tiny Desk Concert winner Ruby Ibarra or the 2024 KQED Bay Area Showcase winner Misa James), bingo, and lots of great food and drinks. Of course, I grabbed a little KQED swag as a physical souvenir of the day. I'm hoping (make that manifesting) I'll attend a live taping of any of the wonderful shows filmed right there at the headquarters. Thank you for opening up this incredible space for the public to visit. Attending KQED Fest fulfilled a dream long in the making for me.

106 kmel is so trash nowadays they make me regret turning the radio on i remember when they used to…read moreplay actual new bay area songs and artist When they would drop a new album play some lil yee or some lil bean or anybody that actually from the bay area this shit getting outta hand we tired of listening to rock rock rock yo hips and kendrick Lamar every other song there i said it and i know everybody agree we tired of that shit bring the old 106 back and put on for the bay

Morning show Update, Lex Jones plays the exact same pre recorded mix of songs every single day…read more It's ridiculous and Sana G needs to take speech classes. She says Uhhhhhh for no reason non stop between words. Can you speak?!?!? Today is uhhhhhhh, I'm going to uhhhhh, y'all ever seen uhhhhhhhh , Lex Jones is about to uhhhhhhh wtf

lo mejor The realest…read moreThe best #1 Ciento . Siete Love the radio station and all the music they play

I've had an obsessive relationship with La Kalle going on for more than a year now. They play…read more"Reggaeton"--reggae en espanol---that is akin to Dancehall Reggae mixed with Merengue. It was bound to happen--the folks in the Caribbean are starting to mix it up a little bit. Now, as to why I find tears in my eyes sometimes when I listen to La Kalle. First, my kid's papa lives in Panama, home of the first Reggaeton star, El General. My kid misses her daddy a lot. Second, I feel moved by the mixture of African and Latino cultures in Reggaeton---the news is rife with violence between all our ethnicities, and it's hopeful to hear something that is a blend, like Reggaeton. Third, when I first found out about La Kalle, I was visiting an ill family member in the hospital every day, and listened to La Kalle on the way to visit, so there's a tragic connection. A big plus is that La Kalle plays other kinds of music, too: Bachata, American Rap, R&B, Rock en Espanol, some merengue...and the afternoon DJ, "ShoBoy" is hella funny. Finally, with their bilingual on-air personalities, listening to La Kalle is a gentle way to brush up on your high school Spanish.

97.3 FM.....this is the station that plays when I'm doing Yelp. Easy listening music, even the ads…read moreare easy to listen to. I don't listen to morning shows. I just want easy to listen to music, while I write reviews, do research, or just read yelp talk. Usually it just plays over an Echo device. So....."Alexa, play Alice at 97.3 FM."

Not sure why everyone's reviewing the morning talk show only. This is a music radio station and my…read moreone star is because in the early 2000s this station used to play Rock and alternative music and now all they play is pop and r&B. They play NSYNC, Britney spears, Alicia keys, a bunch of crappy r&B and old cumbersome rap. They don't play any Rock whatsoever anymore.

OK I'm listening to 98.1 right now, and it is playing some unreal stuff. Deep in your stomach soul…read more If you read this review now - def. tune in. Anyways...back to the review. When I used to live near Albertsons (now Lucky) there used to be this guy who would sell old records across the street. Amazing collectible stuff. I scored countless Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, and other great records from him. Alot of times I would buy the records just for the record art. But after scoring some choice soundtracks, I knew I had to finally listen to my gems. After buying about close to 80 records, I figured it was time to buy a record player. So I went on craigslist and found a beautiful wooden record player console. It was and continues to be gorgeous. One of my favorite things in the world (outside of....) Nothing can really replicate the sound of slow turning vinyl. Nothing. Ipods can't do Janis Joplin justice, the way a record player can capture the rasp and angst of her voice. The great thing about this particular record player is that it also has a radio. A radio with taste. It's picky and only gets the quality stations - many of which happen to play alot of old school jams (old school is relative I guess...) One of them is Kiss 98.1. My record player radio adores 98.1. It beams as Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Smoky Robinson, Prince, classic Santana, 90's Usher, and more greats (Usher's 90's stuff puts usher in this category) croon out of it's fabric covered speakers. Curled up onto my bed, I let 98.1 guide me. Last night, I pulled out all of my art supplies and began painting on an old pair of white leather funky boots, that I had bought the other day from a sidewalk sale. Once they're completed, I'm posting pictures and dedicating them to 98.1. As a tribute, to a station that continues to spread classic funk, R&B, and soul. Croon on.............

The Breeze embodies boring "easy listening" station, as much as its near twin 96.5 KOIT (now on…read moreendless Christmas music rotation) If you want to hear an endless marathon of Celine Dion's "My heart will go on",Hall&Oates, Rod Stewart, Foreigner, Toto- this is the station for you. An interesting sidenote is that Tony Sandoval, who sounds like a slick used car salesman, used to be a DJ in 98.1 FM's previous incarnation, KISS. Between him, Delilah, the Morning Breeze&Lisa St. Regis, expect the bland. While they tout that they're "less stressful" music for work, they're more likely to cure insomnia. Since they play the same songs endlessly, one is capable of doing karaoke, because you can practice the words. 99.3 The Vine out of Napa has more variety, along with local news&events, and 99.7 FM has new music, and the comedy of Fernando and Greg. If you've drank too much caffeine, the Breeze is a powerful antidote. I want to know what love is, I want you to show me. My heart will go on.

After a four year yoga retreat Live 105 is back. One star for NoName and one for Aaron Axelsen…read more On my Jetta I've got 18 FM presets and so 105.3 got one years and years ago when I got my car. Engine runs so smooth. Even when it turned into this Bollywood station I would still listen to it from time to time. I got a kick out of the advertisements - always the same ones - I remember this realtor speaking highly of herself - shameless promotion in her heavy accent while speaking English. So one day I'm minding my own business shuffling through all the stations frantically and I recognize NoNames voice. I couldn't believe it. No more Bollywood for me. Turns out they were on a yoga retreat. He said so himself. Right when the station returned they had the 1800 number to call in with your opinions during every ad session. Listening to it again was almost like getting in a time machine and going back ten years. I even felt ten years younger again in an instant. Who knew? Potions and lotions and botox had nothing on listening to this station. They recycled the same 15 songs and played them on a loop just like they always had. It was so familiar - very soothing. At the same time it was very very terrible - not like a train derailment - but maybe like a child scribbling some ugly piece of art. Bad but in a good way. One star for NoName. Love the guy. I remember when I met him. He looks just as you would imagine him to look from knowing his voice only. I got some concert tickets from him for knowing some band trivia questions on air. One star for Aaron Axelsen. Sound check is probably one of the only good reasons to listen. Sunday evenings from 8 - 10. New stuff. Interesting stuff. Local stuff. Its not better than Barbara Streissand but its different. All these years had passed. My Jetta now officially slowly slipped into heapdoom status. Saggy headliner, engine light, a knock here and there in the suspension and a big dent on the drivers door from when I had to take Mr Moose to the emergency room and time was of the essence. Engine still runs so smooth but the interior stinks. I'm not sure if Mr Moose did something in there or maybe the a/c evaporator core drain is clogged. It stinks and I don't think I'm going to fix it for it to pass its next smog check. I'm either going to spritz some freshner in it and dump it on CL or donate it to my favorite Cantonese radio station in San Jose. They gave me a shen yun calendar last time. I enjoyed that all year. Nothing can be depended on anymore in life except for Coupe Deville's and that 1053 button in my Jetta.

I was listening to this station when I was in high school (1987-1991). It was playing in our rental…read morecar. Gone are the days of The Ramones, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Smiths, Oingo Boingo, The The, INXS, The Divinals, UB40, Book Of Love, The Smashing Pumpkins, and so many more artists to mention. Steve Masters was the DJ, my favorite, nowadays he reviews Video Games or something related. There was a morning show. It was classified as "New Wave" but then it changed to "Modern Rock." I still have the logo keychain and I remember the bumper stickers that I slapped on my Toyota rubber bumper. I heard 1990s alternative and today's alternative music. There was no edge to it. It's disappointing.

I love this station. I love the DJ's and was sad when Nikki Blakk left the station. Now, I can't…read morelisten in the afternoon at all. I don't know WTF they were thinking when they hired that Lindsay Marie. She is horrible. She can't talk - she has not one ounce of any kind of personality. She sounds like she constantly has a d**k in her mouth. I really hope they get rid of her and find someone else. As far as the other DJ's, especially Chasta, they are awesome!

The absolute worst. Dumb 13 yr old adolescent boys locker-room humor. Same playlist everyday. No…read morenew rock songs ever. Why can't the Bay area have a good rock station??????