Comments on: Format Change: Soft Rock KNX-FM Los Angeles flips to Top 40 HitRadio 93 KKHR | August, 1983 (57:28) http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983 Where Classic Radio Lives Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:58:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mark pane http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/comment-page-1#comment-17644 mark pane Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:58:21 +0000 http://airchexx.com/?p=91#comment-17644 REMEMBER NEXXUS SHAMPOO HAD A SONG THAT WAS ALWAYS PLAYED ON KNX . BEST ATATION EVER. BRING IT BACK CBS RADIO AND DUMP JACK FM. REMEMBER NEXXUS SHAMPOO HAD A SONG THAT WAS ALWAYS PLAYED ON KNX . BEST ATATION EVER. BRING IT BACK CBS RADIO AND DUMP JACK FM.

]]> By: mark pane http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/comment-page-1#comment-17643 mark pane Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:23:34 +0000 http://airchexx.com/?p=91#comment-17643 I ALSO AM LOOKING FOR KNX JINGLES. I HAVE A FEW ON TAPE AND I TAPED ABOUT AN HOUR OF THE SHOW JUST BEFORE IT WENT OFF THE AIR. IF YOU HAVE A TAPE OR CD OF THE JINGLES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I HAVE LATE AT NIGHT, COFFEE ON THE BREW, THE CRAZY THINGS WE TALK ABOUT THE CRAZY THINGS WE DO. ALSO DONT LET IT GET YOU DOWN TURN ON THE MELLOW SOUND AND A FEW OTHERS. PLEASE CALL ME AT 714-232-2045 MY NAME IS MARK THANKS I ALSO AM LOOKING FOR KNX JINGLES. I HAVE A FEW ON TAPE AND I TAPED ABOUT AN HOUR OF THE SHOW JUST BEFORE IT WENT OFF THE AIR. IF YOU HAVE A TAPE OR CD OF THE JINGLES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I HAVE LATE AT NIGHT, COFFEE ON THE BREW, THE CRAZY THINGS WE TALK ABOUT THE CRAZY THINGS WE DO. ALSO DONT LET IT GET YOU DOWN TURN ON THE MELLOW SOUND AND A FEW OTHERS.
PLEASE CALL ME AT 714-232-2045 MY NAME IS MARK THANKS

]]> By: mark pane http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/comment-page-1#comment-17642 mark pane Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:17:01 +0000 http://airchexx.com/?p=91#comment-17642 DID YOU EVER GET THE KNX FM RADIO JINGLES? I HAVE A FEW ON A TAPE THAT I TAPED JUST BEFORE THEY WENT OFF THE AIR. LATE AT NIGHT, COFFEE ON THE BREW, HEY DONT LET IT DOWN, TURN ON THE MELLOW SOUND, AND A FEW OTHERS. IF YOU EVER GOT ALL OF THEM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM ALSO. THANKS 714-232-2045 CALL ANYTIME, MARK DID YOU EVER GET THE KNX FM RADIO JINGLES? I HAVE A FEW ON A TAPE THAT I TAPED JUST BEFORE THEY WENT OFF THE AIR. LATE AT NIGHT, COFFEE ON THE BREW, HEY DONT LET IT DOWN, TURN ON THE MELLOW SOUND, AND A FEW OTHERS. IF YOU EVER GOT ALL OF THEM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM ALSO.

THANKS 714-232-2045 CALL ANYTIME, MARK

]]> By: Bryan Simmons http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/comment-page-1#comment-17611 Bryan Simmons Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:27:09 +0000 http://airchexx.com/?p=91#comment-17611 Almost worked there! Back in 1979 I was doing midday's at AOR KZAP in Sacramento and got a message from our receptionist to "call Michael". Michael was Michael Sheehy who had just become KNX-FM's Program Director. He wanted to know if I would like to audition for the job that opened when his predecessor Steve Marshall left. I figured I didn't have a prayer, but thought it would be a cool learning experience and made the flight down to LA on a Friday. What a great 2 days I had! Micheal Sheehy was simply the best, coolest guy ever. And I did learn. Back then the station was automated but sounded better than most of the best "live" operations. The songs flowed from one to the next, always in the same key. I learned how to prep music this way and a lot of other aspects as well. My two days at Columbia Square were like a few years somewhere else. I didn't get the job of course. I figured someone who wasn't even old enough to drink was a bit young to score the music director/daytime voice gig at a CBS station in what was then market 3, but Michael told me I came close. I auditioned with the man who did get the job. A wonderful fellow named David Hall who has been playing the coroner on CSI since it's start. He deserved the job, but I'm so glad that I had the experience. Dave Hall and I would later work together after he left KNX-FM for a short time at KOST. KNX-FM never got the credit it deserved for being one of the best programmed and executed stations on the planet. One of the classiest too. Almost worked there! Back in 1979 I was doing midday’s at AOR KZAP in Sacramento and got a message from our receptionist to “call Michael”. Michael was Michael Sheehy who had just become KNX-FM’s Program Director. He wanted to know if I would like to audition for the job that opened when his predecessor Steve Marshall left. I figured I didn’t have a prayer, but thought it would be a cool learning experience and made the flight down to LA on a Friday. What a great 2 days I had! Micheal Sheehy was simply the best, coolest guy ever. And I did learn. Back then the station was automated but sounded better than most of the best “live” operations. The songs flowed from one to the next, always in the same key. I learned how to prep music this way and a lot of other aspects as well. My two days at Columbia Square were like a few years somewhere else. I didn’t get the job of course. I figured someone who wasn’t even old enough to drink was a bit young to score the music director/daytime voice gig at a CBS station in what was then market 3, but Michael told me I came close. I auditioned with the man who did get the job. A wonderful fellow named David Hall who has been playing the coroner on CSI since it’s start. He deserved the job, but I’m so glad that I had the experience. Dave Hall and I would later work together after he left KNX-FM for a short time at KOST. KNX-FM never got the credit it deserved for being one of the best programmed and executed stations on the planet. One of the classiest too.

]]> By: Paolo http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/comment-page-1#comment-17600 Paolo Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:07:36 +0000 http://airchexx.com/?p=91#comment-17600 "It's late at night...the coffee's on the brew. The little things we talk about, the simple things we do. The music is low, my heart is so high. It's time that you know that I just can't keep inside. So there's one more song, keep it moving on....play one that never ends. One more song, play a love song...KNX-FM." (One of several great jingles. Totally by recollection. Probably about 90% accurate.) “It’s late at night…the coffee’s on the brew. The little things we talk about, the simple things we do. The music is low, my heart is so high. It’s time that you know that I just can’t keep inside. So there’s one more song, keep it moving on….play one that never ends. One more song, play a love song…KNX-FM.”

(One of several great jingles. Totally by recollection. Probably about 90% accurate.)

]]> By: anne http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/comment-page-1#comment-17353 anne Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:07:30 +0000 http://airchexx.com/?p=91#comment-17353 KNX-FM was the radio station I listened to all through school. I then moved out of state, and when I would drive home for holidays, I knew I was home when I could get 93.1 on the car radio. A friend of mine once taped 3 hours of the station as a present for me! Most of the records I have are "one-hit wonders" that I first heard on that station. I wish there was another like it. KNX-FM was the radio station I listened to all through school. I then moved out of state, and when I would drive home for holidays, I knew I was home when I could get 93.1 on the car radio. A friend of mine once taped 3 hours of the station as a present for me! Most of the records I have are “one-hit wonders” that I first heard on that station. I wish there was another like it.

]]> By: Jay http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/comment-page-1#comment-17315 Jay Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:08:43 +0000 http://airchexx.com/?p=91#comment-17315 aiglet73766@mypacks.net I remember an instrumental that I always thought was the KNX theme song. Was there such a theme song? Can anybody tell me the name/artist? aiglet73766@mypacks.net aiglet73766@mypacks.net

I remember an instrumental that I always thought was the KNX theme song.
Was there such a theme song? Can anybody tell me the name/artist?

aiglet73766@mypacks.net

]]> By: mojavemoog http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/comment-page-1#comment-17306 mojavemoog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:44:21 +0000 http://airchexx.com/?p=91#comment-17306 like many of you KNX was THE soundtrack to my life as a young boy growing up in the suburban sprawl of the San Fernando valley in the seventies. my dad was a dental supply salesman, and audiophile. he repaired dental equipment as well, and always had a project going in the garage/workshop attached to the house. he ran speaker wire out there and hooked up a set of RSL 3300 series monitors, which streamed 'The Mellow Sound' all day on the weekends. i'd be out there practicing on my GT skateboard in the driveway with a soundtrack that included Steely Dan, Bob Welch, Joni Mitchell, Little Feat, Warren Zevon, Chris Rea, ad infinitum. it all seemed so cooly removed, and yet emotionally acute. and presented in the most kick ass smoothness. just the best. in addition, it seemed that all the destists and orthodontists my dad worked with had it piped into there offices. somehow getting my braces tightened while meditating on what the hell 'This is the day of the expanding man, that shape is my shade there where I used to stand..' took my mind off the pain. thanks dad..and KNX FM. you informed my life with some REALLY good sh*t. like many of you KNX was THE soundtrack to my life as a young boy growing up in the suburban sprawl of the San Fernando valley in the seventies. my dad was a dental supply salesman, and audiophile. he repaired dental equipment as well, and always had a project going in the garage/workshop attached to the house. he ran speaker wire out there and hooked up a set of RSL 3300 series monitors, which streamed ‘The Mellow Sound’ all day on the weekends. i’d be out there practicing on my GT skateboard in the driveway with a soundtrack that included Steely Dan, Bob Welch, Joni Mitchell, Little Feat, Warren Zevon, Chris Rea, ad infinitum. it all seemed so cooly removed, and yet emotionally acute. and presented in the most kick ass smoothness. just the best. in addition, it seemed that all the destists and orthodontists my dad worked with had it piped into there offices. somehow getting my braces tightened while meditating on what the hell ‘This is the day of the expanding man, that shape is my shade there where I used to stand..’ took my mind off the pain. thanks dad..and KNX FM. you informed my life with some REALLY good sh*t.

]]> By: Tim Tyler http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/comment-page-1#comment-17243 Tim Tyler Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:48:14 +0000 http://airchexx.com/?p=91#comment-17243 Ladies & Gentlemen, I have read your posts repeatedly over the last few months. Honestly, I could have never imagined that my "search" for KNX would have turned up this web site (thank you Airchexx)with people like yourselves, so articulately & accurately remembering the best station I've ever known. Each e-mail post, correctly captured the unique essence I so loved about KNX. I'm just an average guy/fan with no real experience in radio. But because I also have been looking for a replacement since then (I shudder at how many years we are talking about), you have inspired me to give an internet station a go. Is anyone still interested in this? This will be a great but worthwhile challenge for me. You folks are my greatest motivation, and I beleive that I can capture that unique mood/sound that KNX would have, even here in 2009. Any comments, suggestions or encouragement would be appreciated. Thank you all for sharing and for keeping the sentiment alive. I'm with you in this interest. I DO hope to be hearing from you, and you from me, in the future. Sincerely yours, Tim Tyler P.S. By the way, even in the prepatory phase, you can get me at: contacttim@themellowsound.com (Web Site to soon follow) The Mellow Sound.com ?? Oh yeah ;-) Ladies & Gentlemen, I have read your posts repeatedly over the last few months. Honestly, I could have never imagined that my “search” for KNX would have turned up this web site (thank you Airchexx)with people like yourselves, so articulately & accurately remembering the best station I’ve ever known. Each e-mail post, correctly captured the unique essence I so loved about KNX.

I’m just an average guy/fan with no real experience in radio. But because I also have been looking for a replacement since then (I shudder at how many years we are talking about), you have inspired me to give an internet station a go. Is anyone still interested in this? This will be a great but worthwhile challenge for me. You folks are my greatest motivation, and I beleive that I can capture that unique mood/sound that KNX would have, even here in 2009. Any comments, suggestions or encouragement would be appreciated.

Thank you all for sharing and for keeping the sentiment alive. I’m with you in this interest. I DO hope to be hearing from you, and you from me, in the future.

Sincerely yours,

Tim Tyler

P.S. By the way, even in the prepatory phase, you can get me at:
contacttim@themellowsound.com (Web Site to soon follow)

The Mellow Sound.com ?? Oh yeah ;-)

]]> By: I Miss It http://airchexx.com/markets/los-angeles/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/comment-page-1#comment-17077 I Miss It Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:08:42 +0000 http://airchexx.com/?p=91#comment-17077 This WAS the GREATEST radio station because they played ALL the music from the artists, not just the hits. Nicolette Larson, Gordon Lightfoot, Kim Carnes, Bonnie Tyler, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Gino Vinelli, Chicago, America, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, and on, and on, and on. I would go to sleep at night listening to the music on this station. The jingles were great. These were my high school and college years and also the years I met and dated my husband. We only listened to this station and were so sad when it went off the air! We will be celebrating our 25th Anniversary in two weeks and finding this website brings back so many wonderful memories of our life "way back then". Thank you for taking us back to those wonderful times! This WAS the GREATEST radio station because they played ALL the music from the artists, not just the hits. Nicolette Larson, Gordon Lightfoot, Kim Carnes, Bonnie Tyler, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Gino Vinelli, Chicago, America, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, and on, and on, and on. I would go to sleep at night listening to the music on this station. The jingles were great. These were my high school and college years and also the years I met and dated my husband. We only listened to this station and were so sad when it went off the air! We will be celebrating our 25th Anniversary in two weeks and finding this website brings back so many wonderful memories of our life “way back then”.

Thank you for taking us back to those wonderful times!

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