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Tag: Charlie Tuna
Charlie Tuna on 93 KHJ Los Angeles | January 7 1971
KHJ 93 Los Angeles – Charlie Tuna – January 7 1971 Courtesy: Kenneth Hawkins 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 was dominated by lots…
“The Last Contest” Composite on 1170 KCBQ San Diego | 1972
Courtesy: Kipper McGee There have been so many great radio promotions over the years…. The Great Raft Race… The great Rip Off… Name It & Claim It… Kiss The Car. One of my absolute favorite contests was The Last Contest! “The Last Contest” was conceived by Jack MCoy for KCBQ San Diego in the…
Charlie Tuna, 1520 KOMA Oklahoma City | 1966
As a young kid in the 1970’s, I would lie in bed at night, with my transistor radio next to my ear, listening to clear channel stations from around the country, like WLS, WWL, & WABC. 1520 KOMA in Oklahoma City was one of those clear channel stations, with a protected 750 mile nighttime signal…
Charlie Tuna, KROQ 1500 AM Los Angeles | June, 1973
A slice of L.A. Radio history is heard in this rare recording of the legendary Charlie Tuna (left) on KROQ-AM. A time before the now-legendary K-Rock on FM, this station started out as an original Top 40, KBLA, and after a number of format changes, returned to Top 40 from the ashes of Country station…
“Position 93” Sampler, KHJ Los Angeles | Early 1978
“Position 93, your California JAM Station…” Please scroll down and read an important message Curator’s Notes: Contributor Mike Donovan sent this in about 7 years ago, but it’s as relevant now as it was then. Legendary Top 40 station 93 KHJ still had it’s array of 1970s high-powered jocks, but “The New Sound of KHJ”…
“The Breakfast Bunch” – Charlie Tuna @93.1 KODJ Los Angeles | March 7, 1991
Date of Recording: 03.07.1991 Station: 93.1 KODJ (KNX-FM/KCBS) Los Angeles Format: Oldies Branded: “Oldies 93” Contributor: Russ Horton Featured Air Personality: Charlie Tuna (04.18.1944 – 02.19.2016) (Wikipedia) Total Time: 25:00 (Telescoped) “Hey, did you know this is national procrastination day? (caller:) I’ll call you back This is Aircheck #1,559 Curator’s Notes The Russ Horton collection…
Charlie Tuna, 101.1 KRTH Los Angeles | February 9, 2008
Date of Recording: 02.09.2008 Station: 101.1 KRTH Los Angeles, California Featured Air Talent: Charlie Tuna (08.14.1944 – 02.19.2016) (KGFW, KELO, KOMA, WMEX, KHJ, KROQ, KKDJ/KIIS, KTNQ, KRLA, KODJ, KMPC, KIKF, KLAC, Your Oldies Magazine, Back to the 70s) Contributor: Daniel Coulombe (CKTS, CJMQ, HitOldies.com) Date of Contribution: 10.16.2016 Aircheck Entry: 1,446 “I remember you when…
QuickChexx: Charlie Tuna, 1020 KTNQ Los Angeles | 1979
Good morning, 9:03 with Charlie Tuna, on L.A.’s Original Rock & Roll Radio Station Here’s a very short and somewhat muddy recording that I think was made sometime in 1979. Could have been ’78. Digging around, I (re)found this interesting page on Ten-Q on //www.socalradiohistory.com/. While it doesn’t go into great detail of AM 1020’s…
