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Category: Los Angeles
“Huggy Boy” (Dick Hugg), 1st Show, KRTH Los Angeles | December 4, 1998
The late Dick Hugg, better known to his listeners as “Huggy Boy”, is captured here at the start of his first show on the legendary K-Earth 101! Hugg was known not only as an early and heavy influence in promoting Do-Wop music, but he heavily influenced 60s & 70s Latino (Chicano) artists. He had his…
Composite: 1580 AM Stereo KDAY Santa Monica/Los Angeles | 1989
Contributed by Jeffrey James Holland on CD, here’s one we know virtually nothing about. KDAY was a somewhat legendary Top 40 station in the 60s and 70s, but here in 1989 it’s an Urban station playing mainly rap and a few slow jams. There’s three jocks highlighted along with the stop sets with ads tailored…
Jay Coffey, KRTH K-Earth 101 Los Angeles
Alright, one more Jeffrey James submission from the legendary K-Earth 101. This one runs six minutes… would run about 2 if I cut everything out of it. From 1992, date unknown.
Remembering Brian Bierne “Mr. Rock & Roll”, KRTH K-Earth 101 Los Angeles | August 1981 and December 4, 2004
Courtesy of New Contributor Jeffrey James, here’s a quick scope of “Mr. Rock & Roll himself, Brian Bierne. We first heard of Brian on this website on this clip of his show from August 1981 – from your webmaster’s collection. Here, we’re treated to exactly ONE break from Bierne, who deserves a whole lot more…
The Runners Up of Classic Rock and Roll Weekend; KRTH Los Angeles | August 29, 1987
Description by Contributor Jose Harrison: .. This specialty weekend (which began at 12 noon on Friday) involved all the songs that peaked at #2 (Runner’s Up) in Los Angeles from 1956 to 1979. It aired the weekend before Labor Day Weekend, every year in the mid 80’s until it was unfortunately discontinued after 1988. In…
Bill Ballance, KFWB Los Angeles | August 19, 1959
Here’s one that barely needs any introduction. Bill Ballance was a legendary Deejay from the dawning days of AM Top 40 radio. The format hadn’t been around that long in 1959, but KFWB was on top of the ratings in those days. KFWB began doing Top 40 a year earlier, in 1958. Programmed by Chuck…
Mark & Brian’s Final Show, 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles, Part 2 | August 17, 2012
Picking up where Part One left off, Former KLOS and KMET Host Jim Ladd is the first guest of Mark & Brian. Plenty more guests and old bits here. Then… the final goodbye. Have something to wipe your eyes with. The end of Los Angeles’ longest current running morning show. Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps…
Mark & Brian’s Final Show, 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles, Part 1 | August 17, 2012
Background: The end of Los Angeles’ longest current running morning show. Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps came to 95.5 KLOS from “I95” WAPI Birmingham in September of 1987 and quickly took the town by storm. By 1991, they generated enough attention to gain a short-lived series on NBC. In June, Mark Thompson announced he’d be…
