Radio Sausalito
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = Radio Sausalito 1610 AM
| logo =
| city = Sausalito, California
| airdate = March 2000
| format = Community radio, jazz, Visitor Info
| power = 6 x 100 mW (simulcast on 6 100-milliwatt synchronous transmitters)
| owner = Jonathan Westerling
| website = [http://www.radiosausalito.org]
| webcast = [http://radiosausalito.org/listen/stream/ Listen Live]
}}
Radio Sausalito is a "Part 15" AM radio station broadcasting a Big Band Jazz format on 1610 & 1710 kHz. The station is noncommercial and serves the Southern Marin County, California area. The station has partnerships with the local paper, the local library, and local businesses which host its programs. Its programming is also made available online via podcasts. The station has an agreement with the city of Sausalito to provide information to residents in the event of an emergency.{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.sausalito.ca.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=6533 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414201733/http://www.ci.sausalito.ca.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=6533 |archive-date=2012-04-14 }} In 2009 the station was selected as the audio accompaniment to the community calendar on Marin TV cable channels 26, 27, and 30.{{cite web|url=http://cmcm.tv/files/CMCM_Annual_Report_2010-11_web.pdf |title=2010-2011 Annual Report |website=Cmcm.tv |access-date=2017-07-01}} For several years Radio Sausalito was broadcasting on 1710 AM in Central San Rafael so as to broadcast the first and last games of the San Rafael Pacifics baseball team.[http://www.radiosausalito.org/playball.pdf Playball] Radio Sausalito {{dead link|date=July 2017}} In 2015 the station began broadcasting online and boasts a worldwide audience of over 10,000 per month.{{cite web|url=https://www.hobbybroadcaster.net/profiles/radio-sausalito.php |title=Radio Sausalito: Jonathan Westerling | Community Broadcaster Profile |publisher=Hobbybroadcaster.net |date= |accessdate=2023-01-27}}
History
The station began in 2000 as an FM station on 100.1 MHz. Following Comcast complaining of co-channel interference with their cable service frequencies, Radio Sausalito changed its transmitting frequency to 1610 kHz on the AM band in 2005. As of June 2009, their programming is heard along with the community bulletin board throughout Marin via MarinTV on cable channels 26 and 27.{{cite news |url=http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_14943454|title=Radio Sausalito moves to swanky new digs and cable |publisher=Marin IJ |author=Paul Liberatore |date=2010-04-23 |access-date=2010-04-25 }} According to a December 2012 story on KGO-TV, the station has its studios in the basement of a Victorian building in Sausalito.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsOzGBy9hN8 |title=YouTube |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2017-07-01}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}} In June 2015, The Joys Of Jazz, produced by Radio Sausalito, was awarded the Bronze trophy for "Best Regularly Scheduled Music Program".{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/worldsbestradio/2015/ |title=2015 World's Best Radio Programs™ Winners |publisher=New York Festivals |access-date=2017-07-01}}{{cite web|last=Westerling |first=Jonathan |url=http://radiosausalito.org/nyfestivals_bronze/ |title=Show Wins International Award! |publisher=Radio Sausalito |date=2015-06-23 |access-date=2017-07-01}}
Personalities
- Dizzy Jones: Host of The Last Dance {{cite web|url=http://www.marinscope.com/sausalito_marin_scope/news/article_0f0c16a0-addd-11e2-82df-0019bb2963f4.html |title=Retro Swingin' Style | News |website=Marinscope.com |date=2013-04-25 |access-date=2017-07-01}}
- Mitchell Field: Host of the Field Trip {{cite web|url=http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_23133750/marin-snapshot-fairfax-hairstylist-field-marks-half-century |title=Marin Snapshot: Fairfax hairstylist Field marks half century in business |website=Marinij.com |date=5 May 2013 |access-date=2017-07-01}}
- Jonathan Westerling: Founder of the station {{cite web | url=http://www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/2016-columns/2016/5/11/jonathan-westerling-maintaining-sausalitos-community-voice | title=Jonathan Westerling: Maintaining Sausalito's Community Voice }}
- Allan Berland: Host of Jazz Lounge {{cite web | url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/the-artists-life/jazzman-finally-finds-calling-as-80-year-old-dj-on-radio-sausalito | title=Jazzman finally finds calling as 80-year-old DJ on Radio Sausalito }}
- Tim Sika: Host of Celluloid Dreams {{cite web | url=https://sfbafcc.com/members/ | title=Members }}
Legality
Though unlicensed, the station broadcasts legally according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Title 47 CFR Part 15 allows Radio Sausalito to legally broadcast so long as it meets a specific power limitation and prohibit it from interfering with licensed radio stations. Its top of the hour ID includes FCC certification ID of NWXAM1000.
References
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Category:Unlicensed radio stations in the United States
Category:Sausalito, California
Category:Radio stations established in 2000
Category:2000 establishments in California
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