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KSWD 100.3 The Sound, Flips To KKLQ K-Love Los Angeles | November 16 2017

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 Ellis Feaster100.3 KSWD

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[…]

Final Weeks of Top 40 93KHJ Los Angeles | October 1980

October 18, 2019October 6, 2019 Ellis Feaster93/KHJ

It was more than a radio station… It was a big part of Southern California in the 1960s & 70s. 93 KHJ “Boss Radio” became a hit music station in May 1965. For about three years[…]

Wink Martindale, 710 KMPC Los Angeles | June 1976

October 16, 2019October 17, 2019 Ellis Feaster710 KMPC

Chances are you remember Wink Martindale from TV gams shows. He hosted 21 different game shows, including “Trivial Pursuit”, “Can You Top This”, “High Rollers”, “Debt”, “Gambit”, and the long-running “Tic-Tac-Dough”. But if you grew[…]

Humble Harve Miller, 1500 KBLA Los Angeles | December 17 1966

October 15, 2019October 2, 2019 Ellis Feaster1500 KBLA

Humble Harve Miller arrived in Los Angeles in 1965 after some time at stations in Trenton, New Jersey. His first Los Angeles-area station was at “Super 15” KBLA Los Angeles. KBLA was arguably hipper than[…]

K-Earth 101 KRTH Los Angeles | June 1976

October 10, 2019October 11, 2019 Ellis Feaster101.1 KRTH

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,[…]

Batman Batphone Secret Number Promo, 93 KHJ Los Angeles | 1966

October 9, 2019October 11, 2019 Ellis Feaster93/KHJ

Soon after the TV show, Batman, debuted in January 1966, 93 KHJ Los Angeles ran a promotion with the series. As Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) themselves announced on the radio, the lucky[…]

Charlie Tuna on KKDJ 102.7 Los Angeles | May 30 1974

August 15, 2019August 14, 2019 Ellis Feaster102.7 KKDJ

Charlie Tuna was a Los Angeles radio legend. Over the span of his career, he also hosted shows for KBIG-FM, KTNQ, KHTZ, KRLA, KODJ, KMPC, KIKF, KLAC, & KRTH, & at various times working[…]

Rick Dees, KIIS FM 102.7 Los Angeles | Jan 12, 1995

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 Ellis Feaster102.7 KIIS-FM

He spang into the national spotlight in 1976, with his novelty hit, Disco Duck. Rick Dees is a radio icon. From 1981 until 2004, Rick Dees woke Southern California on L.A.’s KIIS FM. With bits[…]

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