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Tag: KRTH
L.A. Top 40 Radio Composite | February, 1983
At 2 minutes in, more proof that CHR radio was so much different in 1983 than now.
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…
1991 K-Earth 101 Station Composite / 101.1 KRTH Los Angeles
Much of the Oldies format at K-Earth 101 from the mid 1980s through the end of the 1990s was centered around the personalities and formatics used at the K-Earth 101’s former sister station, 93/KHJ.
Nancy Plum & John M. Driscoll, KTNQ Ten-Q Los Angeles | September, 1977
Remember JOHNNY DRISCOLL from WCFL Chicago? Here he is, appearing on Ten-Q in 1977!
Jay Coffey, “Top of Pops Weekend”; KRTH K-Earth 101 Los Angeles | November 8, 1986
This is Oldies radio, really at the beginnings of it’s trek to the monster L.A. station that it is today
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…
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…
K-Earth 101 KRTH Los Angeles | June 1976
There was a time when it was common to hear the music of the 1950s on the radio. Back in the 1970s, KRTH Los Angeles was primarily a 50s Oldies station. In 1972, there was a switch to what was then called a “gold” format, featuring older hit songs from the past. At…
