| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Multilingual talk |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KIQI, KSJX | |
| History | |
First air date | November 30, 1925 as KGTT |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 17410 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 960 watts night |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | kestradio |
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.[2] 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.
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.[3]