BAM (magazine)

American bi-weekly music magazine

Bay Area Music (BAM)Type| Music magazine

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Format| Free biweekly
Owner(s)| Bam Media
Founder(s)| Dennis Erokan
Publisher| Earl Adkins (from 1994)
Launched| January 1976; 49 years ago (1976-01)
Ceased publication| June 1999 (1999-06)
Relaunched| 2011 (2011)
Circulation| 130,000 (mid-1980s)
Sister newspapers|

* This Week
* MicroTimes

Website| www.bammagazine.com

BAM (short for Bay Area Music) was a free bi-weekly music magazine founded and published by Dennis Erokan in the San Francisco Bay Area from January 1976 until June 1999.[1]

## History

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Bay Area Music magazine was first published in January 1976. It was a free bi-weekly magazine that was funded by advertisers.[2]

In the mid-1980s the magazine reached its largest circulation of 130,000 biweekly throughout California, after opening an office in Los Angeles.[3] After the opening of the Los Angeles office, separate Northern and Southern editions of BAM were published.[3]

In October 1994, the magazine got a new publisher, Earl Adkins.[4] Adkins resigned in spring 1995. In 1995, Bam magazine's parent company, Bam Media, bought the copyright to the Seattle Rocket music magazine.[4]

The final edition of the print magazine was published in June 1999.[3] The paper's circulation at the time of closing was 55,000.[3] The BAM logo was used as the music section of This Week, another Bam Media publication, after the paper folded.[3]

### Relaunch

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In 2011, BAM returned as an online magazine at BAMmagazine.com,[5] operated by Dennis Erokan.[6]

## Bammies

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In 1977, Erokan founded the Bay Area Music Awards, better known as the Bammies, a yearly award show for musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area.[4] Winners were voted on by BAM's readers.[7] In 1998, the Bammies name was changed to the California Music Awards.[8] In March 2018, there was a Bammies Reunion Concert in San Francisco.[5]

## MicroTimes

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MicroTimes was a free regional computer magazine, focused on industry personalities, founded and published by Dennis Erokan in the San Francisco Bay Area starting in 1984 and sold in 1999.[9][10][11]

## References

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1. ^ Ganahl, Jane; Staff, Of the Examiner (June 4, 1999). "BAM magazine shuts doors". SFGate. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
2. ^ "The Stanford Daily 24 October 1996 — The Stanford Daily". stanforddailyarchive.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
3. ^ a b c d e Chonin, Neva; Writer, Chronicle Staff (June 4, 1999). "Bam To Cease Publishing / Music magazine was losing money". SFGate. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
4. ^ a b c Ganahl, Jane; Staff, Of the Examiner (September 1, 1995). "BAM Magazine merges with Seattle Rocket". SFGate. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
5. ^ a b "Bammies reunion hopes to revive spirit of once-popular Bay Area award show - SFChronicle.com". www.sfchronicle.com. March 19, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
6. ^ "BAM magazine will return as website". The Mercury News. September 1, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
7. ^ MTV News Staff. "Hole Lead 'Bammies' Nominees". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
8. ^ Report, Examiner Staff (October 21, 1997). "Bammies become California Music Awards". SFGate. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
9. ^ "MicroTimes Newsletter". Internet Archive. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
10. ^ Microtimes. BAM Publications, Incorporated. September 1989. "via google books"
11. ^ "Volume 1 Number 1". MicroTimes. 1 (1). BAM Publications. May 1984. OCLC 18528655. Retrieved June 10, 2022. "via archive.org"

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