JAY COFFEY - afternoons 

We're getting the band back together. Tune in to Jay Coffey, afternoons on KFRC! 

About Jay: 

A second generation San Franciscan, Jay was born in "The City" and raised in Palo Alto. Jay graduated from Cubberly High School and attended DeAnza Junior College in Cupertino.
Jay’s fascination with music began when he first heard Elvis sing "Don’t Be Cruel"; it became a major interest with The Beach Boys' "Surfin’ USA’. This growing interest became his life's passion when he first saw The Beatles in "A Hard Days Night".

In 1965 Jay took his passion one step further when he began playing bass guitar in Bay Area bands. In early 1973 Jay discovered radio. Not just any radio- he discovered KFRC! KFRC had great air personalities... and the presentation was absolute perfection. KFRC would not only be the standard by which Jay would judge other
radio stations, it would be the model he would use to build his career.

Jay landed his first radio job in October 1973 working weekends at KFIV in Modesto. He would make the drive from Palo Alto
to Modesto sometimes 5 times a week with KFRC keeping him company for the 2 hour drive each way. After 6 months, Jay
was hired to do afternoons at KOBO in Yuba City and 3 months later he moved to KKIQ in Livermore where he would spend
the next 2 years in the afternoon slot working hard to perfect his style modeled after such KFRC legends as Bobby Ocean,
John Mac Flanagan, "Marvelous" Mark McKay and "The Duke" Dave Sholin. Jay’s dream was always to work at The Big 610 (KFRC).
However, after leaving Livermore for a short stint at KMBY in Monterey, Jay was hired to work at Bill Drake’s K100 in Los Angeles.
After making it to the number one spot and 8 years in afternoons, Jay moved over KFRC’s sister station in L.A. 93 KHJ. After only 4 months, Jay was transferred to KHJ’s sister station K-EARTH 101 where he would spend the next 20 years working on one of the most successful Oldies stations in America. In 2002 Jay became program director of K-EARTH 101 and was nominated program director of the year in 2003.

Jay Coffey’s dream has always been to come home….to KFRC! Now you can listen to Jay on the KFRC airwaves every weekday afternoon!