Two decades ago, Huey Lewis & the News sang the National Anthem, and said goodbye to rock station KMEL. A few minutes later, Billy Ocean sang “Caribbean Queen,” and launched a new generation of ...

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Two decades ago, KMEL played the national anthem by Huey Lewis and the News to bid goodbye to its rock station history. A few minutes later, Billy Ocean’s song “Caribbean Queen” launched a new ...

There’s a new Program Director at iHeartMedia‘s R&B station serving the Oakland-San Francisco market. It’s a Bay Area native who has been holding down the midday shift. Earning the promotion is Sharon ...

Influential DJ Jesus “Chuy” Gomez is out at KMEL-FM 106.1 after more than 20 years on the air, reports said Friday. No reason was given for Gomez’s reported firing, which apparently happened Thursday, ...

A few columns ago, I noted Clear Channel's dismissal of Stacy Cunningham, who'd been program director of KMEL (106.1 FM), and had served the company well for nine years. Responding to my request for a ...

iHeartMedia San Francisco has announced Sharon “Shay” Frank as the new Program Director of 106.1 KMEL. Frank, a Bay Area native, will continue hosting middays in addition to her new programming ...

For the first time in 20 years, Chuy Gomez will no longer be the morning radio host at radio station 106 KMEL. Gomez confirmed the news in a video posted on Instagram. “The rumors are true,” he said ...

Giving new meaning to “Funky Friday,” KMEL listeners are adjusting to life without DJ Chuy Gomez on air after he lost his job with the station yesterday. Gomez, who worked at KMEL for 20 years, is ...

Keyshia Cole is not happy with the disrespect that she feels was thrown to her by 106 KMEL. The Bay Area radio station just happens to count Oakland—Cole’s hometown— as its demo, but bumped the singer ...

“We’re not in the streets touching people and checking on everyone,” Guzman says of the event, “and so we love when we get those opportunities, especially around holidays, like our Easter egg hunt ...