The Johnny Mann Singers are still playing in between the records on 93/KHJ. This is 1972 and while Drake is on his way out, the Boss Sound is still present.
Listen now to Barry Kay, as he weaves in and out of commercials and records like a crotch rocket weaves through traffic at high speed. Its one spot, then a record, and it all seems so effortless. 1972 was not a kind year for KHJ, the station was on the verge of ending one era, and launching a new. But it does sound good to our ears, which are accustom to 6 minutes of commercials, followed by the same dozen songs heard the previous hour and the same liners said by the same under-paid voice track. Yes, it was so much better in ’72, and Barry Kay was one of the good guys we remember.
Bill Todd, AKA Cat Simon was having every jock's worst nightmare. Songs stopped in mid-play. Carts misfired. Not once, not twice but several times. One can almost feel his frustration as he says, "I'm having a night, folks!" Well then! Courtesy of Contributor Max Power, here's a show every radio…
KHJ 93 Los Angeles - The Real Don Steele - May 1972 Back in the late 1960s & early 1970s, 93 KHJ was a Top 40 powerhouse in SoCal. It was so popular, “Boss Radio“ was practically the soundtrack of Los Angeles. For many years, “personality” Top40 radio, dominated…
Date of Recording: 01.24.1972 Station: 930 KHJ Los Angeles (KHJ/KKHJ) Format: Top 40 Featured Air Personality: Charlie Van Dyke (WLS/KHJ/WRKO/others) Contributor: Bob Gilmore ...with Charlie Van Dyke, the new kid on the block... Comments It's possible that this might be CVD's first show on KHJ. This is typical of what…
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3 thoughts on “Barry Kay, 93/KHJ Los Angeles | 1972”
Barry’s last name is “Kaye”, not “Kay”.
The aircheck is from 1973.
The timechecks and music indicate that Barry is in afternoon drive here, so he’s already replaced The Real Don Steele (moving up from only a few weeks in 9PM-12Midnight), which means Drake was already gone (Steele followed him out the door).
And Barry (who did several years at KGB, San Diego) did very well…actually beating Steele’s fall 1972 ratings in the fall of 1973 before going home to Houston.
This is actually a composite in reverse chronological order…about halfway through (on the backsell to “Smoke On The Water”) the timechecks turn into 9-somethings…from before he replaced Steele.
The aircheck opens with a spot promoting an event on July 7th. Steele’s last show is thought to have been June 29.
Barry’s last name is “Kaye”, not “Kay”.
The aircheck is from 1973.
The timechecks and music indicate that Barry is in afternoon drive here, so he’s already replaced The Real Don Steele (moving up from only a few weeks in 9PM-12Midnight), which means Drake was already gone (Steele followed him out the door).
And Barry (who did several years at KGB, San Diego) did very well…actually beating Steele’s fall 1972 ratings in the fall of 1973 before going home to Houston.
This is actually a composite in reverse chronological order…about halfway through (on the backsell to “Smoke On The Water”) the timechecks turn into 9-somethings…from before he replaced Steele.
The aircheck opens with a spot promoting an event on July 7th. Steele’s last show is thought to have been June 29.
Yes, that is from summer of 1973.