KEST

KEST (1450 AM) is a brokered-time radio station in San Francisco, California. Most of the station's programming is in Asian languages, including Mandarin and Cantonese. It also airs some South Asian, Greek, and German programs as well as New Age shows in English. KEST, then called KSOL, was one of the first full-time "rhythm and blues" radio stations in the U.S. That station employed disc jockey Sylvester Stewart, later known as Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone recording fame.

KEST
  • San Francisco, California
Broadcast areaSan Francisco Bay Area
Frequency1450 kHz
Programming
FormatMultilingual talk
Ownership
Owner
  • Multicultural Broadcasting
  • (Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations
KIQI, KSJX
History
First air date
November 30, 1925 (1925-11-30) as KGTT
Technical information
Facility ID17410
ClassC
Power1,000 watts day
960 watts night
Links
Websitekestradio.com

Multicultural Radio owns KEST and numerous ethnic stations nationwide, including five in New York City. KEST transmits with 1,000 watts by day and 960 watts at night. It shares a transmitter site with KSFB 1260 AM, off Bayview Park Road, near the Bayshore Freeway (U.S. Route 101) in San Francisco.

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