{"id":954704,"date":"2026-07-23T20:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/954704\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:13:12","slug":"kfox-classic-rock-station-radio-leaves-98-5-fm-replaced-by-bay-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/954704\/","title":{"rendered":"KFOX classic rock station radio leaves 98.5 FM, replaced by Bay Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bay Area radio world is undergoing massive changes this week, as one of the most beloved local rock stations \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/985kfox\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">98.5 KFOX<\/a> \u2014 disappears from the regular radio dial and heads over to the more-niche HD digital format.<\/p>\n<p>In its place comes Bay Country \u2014 which had been previously heard at 94.5 FM \u2014 a station that is arguably set to benefit from the huge rise in popularity that the country music genre has been experiencing in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, radio listeners visiting 98.5 FM will be hearing a lot more of Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Chris Stapleton instead of the old playlist of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac and other classic rockers.<\/p>\n<p>But fans who still need their Skynyrd can tune into KFOX at 98.5 KUFX-HD2 (99.7 KMVQ-HD3 San Francisco). It also can heard at the station\u2019s website, <a href=\"http:\/\/kfox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">kfox.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The move reportedly went into effect at 12 noon on Wednesday (July 22).<\/p>\n<p>Both stations are owned by Connoisseur Media, a Connecticut-based organization that operates 200-plus radio stations in more than 40 radio markets.<\/p>\n<p>The reshuffling of assets in the Bay Area stems from a $2 million sale of the license of 94.5 FM KBAY Gilroy\/San Jose to Christian music powerhouse K-LOVE, according <a href=\"https:\/\/barrettmedia.com\/2026\/07\/17\/connoisseur-media-flips-98-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Barrett Media<\/a> and multiple news sources. K-LOVE got its start in Northern California but moved its headquarters to the Nashville area (where so much of Christian music is produced) a few years back.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bay Area radio world is undergoing massive changes this week, as one of the most beloved local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":954705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[29],"tags":[3988,171,2765,975,50,4006,422,4185,295273,1072,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-954704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-country-music","tag-entertainment","tag-keywee","tag-music","tag-news","tag-pop-music","tag-radio","tag-rock-music","tag-social-alert","tag-things-to-do","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116971123841033634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}