- Station name Station name
- KEST 1450 AM
- Description Description
- It also airs some South Asian, Greek, and German programs as well as New Age shows in English. KEST's transmitter is co-sited with KSFB (1260 AM) near the Bayshore Freeway (U.S. Route 101) in San Francisco.
- Launch date Launch date
- 30 November 1925
- Owner Owner
- Multicultural Broadcasting
- Contact Contact
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KEST 1450 AM
United States
Format
48kbps • MP3
KEST (1450 AM) is a brokered-time radio station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States. Owned by Multicultural Broadcasting, most of the station's programming is in Asian languages, including Mandarin and Cantonese.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United States
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|---|---|
| Language Language | Cantonese |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | kestradio.com |
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Primary frequency
1450.0 kHz
Service type
AM
Coverage area
San Francisco Bay Area
Owner / network
Multicultural Broadcasting
First air date
30 November 1925
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| Station ID | 33873 |
|---|---|
| Region | United States, California |
| Branding | KEST |
| Owner | Multicultural Broadcasting |
| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Launched | 30 November 1925 |
| Website | kestradio.com |
| Primary frequency | 1.45 MHz |
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| Last check | 16 hours ago |
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| Stream host | radiokest.serverroom.us |
| Final host | radiokest.serverroom.us |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Server software | Shoutcast DNAS/posix(linux x64) v2.6.0.753 |
| Latency | 368 ms |
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| Current stream format | MP3 |
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About station About KEST 1450 AM
KEST (1450 AM) is a brokered-time radio station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States. Owned by Multicultural Broadcasting, 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's transmitter is co-sited with KSFB (1260 AM) near the Bayshore Freeway (U.S. Route 101) in San Francisco. 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.
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