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KCAL-FM (96.7 FM broadcasting) is a commercial radio station licensed to Redlands, California, and broadcasting to the Inland Empire. The station is owned by Anaheim Broadcasting and airs an active rock format. The station's studios are on Orange Tree Lane in Redlands.
KCAL-FM is a Class A station. Its transmitter site is off Cloudland Truck Trail near Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains. Radio-Locator.com/KCAL-FM Programming is simulcast on KCAL-FM1, a booster station in Twin Peaks.
In 1969, KCAL-FM adopted a Dayparting rock format, playing soft rock during daytime hours and harder album rock at night. This hybrid format, known as "The Rock Spectrum", was unique in the Inland Empire radio market. A prominent feature on KCAL-FM was a weekly program called Album Premiere, during which a newly released album was played Monday and Tuesday evenings – one side each evening. This eventually led to a switch to album-oriented rock (AOR) full-time in 1978.
During the 1990s, KCAL-FM adjusted its AOR format to active rock. The station mixes new and recent rock releases with hard-edged classic rock titles, going back as far as the early Rolling Stones and Steppenwolf.
In the late 1990s, the station began hosting a listener appreciation party known as the "KCAL Kegger". Held in the station's parking lot in Redlands three times a year, each party features live rock bands, local vendors, refreshments, and a beer garden; the station donated proceeds from beer sales to local charities. Each year's final Kegger includes a bikini pageant called "Miss KCAL".
In January 2018, longtime KCAL-FM on-air personalities Michael "Stu-Man" Stewart, "Tiffany" Angelo, and James "Jimbo" Smith – the morning drive hosts collectively known as "STJ", and previously known as "The Morning Stiffy" — were dismissed from the station due to budget cuts. Morning show producer Steven Kono was also let go. Patrick Tish took over morning host duties.
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