The Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame has announced KFOG as the next station to be honored as Legendary Station of the Year.

Great. But which KFOG? Which years?

KFOG’s is the tale of three formats. It was a “good music” station in the ’60s and ’70s. It was a rock station beginning in the ’80s. And, now, it is what it is.

It’s the middle KFOG that will be recognized; the one that began in 1982 as an unironic and witty update of the album rock format that dominated the FM band from the late ’60s into the early ’80s.

Paired with an instantly loveable set of call letters, the station and its program director,Dave Logan, introduced listeners toDave Morey(then an afternoon DJ), weekend oldies freakM. Dung,Lee “Baby” Simms,Sky Daniels,Kevin “the Rat” Radich, Mike Shumann, Kim Wonderley, Trish Robbins, Renee Richardson, John Rivers, John Grappone, Peter Finchand“Big” Rick Stuart. Other KFOG notables included KSAN vetsBonnie Simmons, Richard GossettandWes “Scoop” Nisker.

KFOG did well with Morey in the mornings, along with his flashback feature, “Ten at 10.” It also stood out withRosalie Howarth’s “Acoustic Sunrise” and promotions such as the KaBoom concert and fireworks show and the annual “Live From the Archives” CDs benefiting food banks.

But after Morey retired in late 2008, ratings began slipping, and in spring 2016, Cumulus Media fired most of its DJs as part of an “Evolution.” But the move to newer music was full of stumbles and personnel changes, until May, when management switched formats.

KFOG now is alternative rock — pretty much what KITS (“Alt 105,” formerly “Live 105”) had been doing for many years. The morning show, once a comfy gathering place for local hosts and guests, is now a reprise of “The Woody Show” that once played on “Live 105.” Only now it originates from Los Angeles.

The pre-alt KFOG will be honored June 12 at a Broadcast Legends luncheon in South San Francisco.

The sporting pinkie:The Oakland A’s are taking a gondola ride into the future. As the Sporting Green’sSusan Slusserhas reported, the team, having divorced from KGMZ (“The Game”), has hooked up not only with a radio station, KTRB (860 AM), but also with the omnipresent TuneIn app. While most stations stream for free via TuneIn, the Athletics will have a channel of their own. No more upsetting programmers by bumping popular shows; no more being bumped to a sister station for, say, a Warriors game. KTRB is a conservative talk station, carrying shows from the Salem Radio Network.

Meanwhile, at the Giants’ station, KNBR, evenings are sounding different.Mark Willardis the new host for the 7 to 10 p.m. portion of “KNBR Tonight,” whileDrew Hoffar, now working solo, moves to the 10 p.m.-to-midnight slot. Willard, a Bay Area native, joins KNBR from a sports station in San Diego.

Former “Tonight” hostRyan Covayhas landed on KGMZ, doing Sunday mornings and fill-in work.

At KSAN (“the Bone”), DJChasta Michaelis, after almost two years in the time slot left vacant by the retirement ofSteven Seaweed, is the permanent midday DJ (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). Well, as permanent as anything is in radio …

Ratings:It’s been a while since I rolled through the Nielsen ratings. Suffice to say, the holidays (remember them?) were great for KOIT’s Christmas music marathon, which took it from 6.4 percent of listeners in early December to 10.7 for the holidays. It then settled down to a 4.8 for the January rankings. That month went to KQED (8.0), which as followed by KCBS (7.0), KOIT and, not far behind, KISQ (4.3) and KYLD (4.2).

KLLC(“爱丽丝”),这可能已经失去了听众to KOIT in Santaland, bounced from 3.0 to 3.7. Classical KDFC also improved, from 3.0 to 3.6, while KIOI scored 3.4. KSAN jumped from 2.6 to 3.1, and 10th place was a three-way tie, at 3.0, for KMEL, KMVQ (“Now”) and KBLX.

Slots 13 to 20 go to KNBR (2.9), KOSF (“iHeart 80s”) (2.6), KRZZ (“La Raza”) (2.5), KSFO and KSOL (tied at 2.3), and KBRG and “the Game” (2.0 each). KGO is 23rd with 1.6, KITS (“Alt 105”) is 25th with 1.4, and KFOG is 27th with a not-so-legendary 1.2.

Telling stories:Pandora, which used to be happy letting users create their own stations based on their musical tastes, has introduced a new feature, “Pandora Stories,” in which bands, musicians and others offer personal playlists dotted with anecdotes.Questlovewas one of the first, and now there areJohn Legend,Perry Farrell, Lauren Alainaand, believe it or don’t, me. I’ve slapped together a program of 50 songs, plus stories about encounters withGeorge Harrison,Linda Ronstadt,Ray Charlesand others. The music? The only word that comes to mind is “eclectic.”

Correction:It wasJoe Rudolph, notJoe Marshall, who managed KPOO (89.5) from 1979 to 2001. My sincere apologies to Rudolph’s family and to Marshall.