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* Artist names and song titles listed as printed on original survey.
Featured Survey / APRIL 1974:
Music to most of us, is an emotion. It makes you feel something. And Oldies music brings on the memories. If you were in the San Francisco Bay Area around April 17, 1974, chances are you found K-101 on your radio dial. It wouldn't have won any artistic merits for its music chart, but tallied its fans Top Twenty Requests that fifty years later, provides the memories. ... succumb to your reveries ... and Rock On ... 50 Years Ago this Month ... Enjoy the Moment Again!
*Top Ten songs are posted here just as they appear on surveys, misspellings and all ...
Top 10 of 20 ~ APRIL 1974
1. The Entertainer
- Music from 'The Sting'
2. Midnight at the Oasis
- Maria Meldaur
3. My Mistake
- Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
4. I Don't Last a Day Without You**
- Carpenters
5. You Make Me Feel Brand New
- Stylistics
6. I've Been Searching So Long
- Chicago
7. Below Us, All the City Lights*
- Tower of Power
8. Seasons in the Sun
- Terry Jacks
9. Heavenly
- Temptations
10. Hickory
- Four Seasons
*🎵 Monthly Song of Note
#7: Below Us, All the City Lights ~ Tower of Power
** Yep, it's a boo-boo! Should be "Won't" not "Don't".
#7: Below Us, All the City Lights ~ Tower of Power
** Yep, it's a boo-boo! Should be "Won't" not "Don't".
With original call letters of KPEN. the station changed to K-101 in 1968 and boasts a few format and broadcasting firsts as 101.3 FM. By 1970, K-101 boosted its image as “101” on the FM dial with the address of “1001” California Street, in zip code 94”101”. It’s currently owned by IHeartMedia, Inc. and as “Star 101.3” features a hot adult contemporary format.