The recording is remarkably clean and sounds very much like it did coming out of your typical AM radio speaker in 1979.
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Category: Los Angeles
Dave Diamond, 1150 KIIS Los Angeles | May 1, 1973
Many know today’s 102.7 KIIS-FM as L.A.’s Hit Music Station. But I have been surprised by how many did not realize KIIS started as an AM station back in 1970. 1150 KRKD new owner changed to format from Adult Standards, to Soft Hits, and the calls were changed to KIIS, which was NOT meant to…
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London & Engelman, K-West 106 KWST Los Angeles | March 1982
The KWST call letters and “K-West 106” name, first appeard on the in 1969. KWST had a beautiful music format, until January 1, 1975, when the station flipped to Rock, with a sound similar to KLOS. Over time the ratings fell, and in 1981, KWST changed to a short lived Top 40 format. KWST…
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KSWD 100.3 The Sound, Flips To KKLQ K-Love Los Angeles | November 16 2017
November 16, 2017, was a sad day for music lovers in Los Angeles. It was the day Adult Album Rock formatted station KSWD “The Sound” 100.3 FM went off the air. The station had a wide music playlist, by today’s standards, and featured legendary air personalities, like Uncle Joe Benson, Cynthia Fox and Rita…
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Salute to American Radio, BBC Radio 1 London | July 4 1976
In the mid 1960s, there was nowhere easy for British youngsters to listen to rock ‘n’ rollers like The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones. Commercial radio wasn’t yet an option, and the guardians of the publicly-owned British Broadcasting Corporation considered such music immoral, antisocial and unfit for public broadcast. Off shore Pirate stations…
