San Francisco Public Radio Station KALW, which has bluegrass and related music programming on Saturdays, is expanding into new studios on Market Street as the anchor tenant in an arts center building.
The station will occupy two floors at 988 Market Street in The Warfield Building, an historic century-old office tower that is part of the Warfield Theater complex. The nine-story building will be devoted to various arts and independent media organizations.
KALW has been broadcasting since 1941. Peter Thompson’s “Bluegrass Signal” bluegrass program runs 6:00-7:00pm every Saturday amidst other folk and Americana music shows. The station is at 91.7FM and online at KALW.org.
The move will take place this fall. The station will be a minority owner of the building as part of the real estate deal that closed on Friday February 7. The Community Arts Stabilization Trust is the majority owner. The most recent use of the structure was hosting tech companies, and the building was considered a candidate for office to housing conversion but will now be a safe haven for the City’s arts and media non-profits in a changing economy.
The building will be renamed The Warfield Commons.
