OMG brings back as … OMG brings back as a kid, driving with my pop and listening to them oldies on krla .. i remembered them jingles …what a flashback!
ok i just … ok i just remembered the radio station out of pomona was 16kwow and they played oldies…………….lol i knew if i gave myself a min i would remember it
Marvarla, the … Marvarla, the station jingles on KRTH are close to the old KHJ because the station was programmed for years by Bill Drake, the voice you hear on ” A Super 60’s Weekend”. Drake was one of the creators of the original Boss Radio sound, and this was not the only station they programmed as a Boss station, thus the Johnny Mann Singers doing the KGB jingle.
I visited Wolfman … I visited Wolfman Jack (Bob Smith) during his XERB Sunset Blvd. studio days. He used to do a promo about sending stuff to the Melrose Ave. studios of the LA soul station KGFJ. And not with standing “American Graffiti,” he never was a DJ in Fresno.
OK, Wolfman Jack … OK, Wolfman Jack wanted you to send…cash, check or MONEY ORDER to 8228 Sunset Blvd…..HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA! Anyone ever been in the building? Guess the postman was pretty busy on that route!
Okay, I knew my … Okay, I knew my mind hadn’t been playing tricks on me when I told a friend recently that “The KRTH-101 jingle is a total rip from the old KHJ’s!” Also, hearing the Tijuana radio I.D. with the girl’s voice, again, was *brilliant*: I think this was the first sentence I ever learned in Spanish! MARS-103 was a short-lived/great format, as was the ALL heavy metal station (which you missed …but THANK YOU for posting ChuckJPC!!!
chuck, kbla was my … chuck, kbla was my favorite station to. did you go to their listener appreciation party? sonny and cher were there among many great bands. plus they gave away a rolls royce. i know. i was there!
…and I used to … …and I used to get KXO/KBLU/KYEL/KSWT (or whatever they’re called now) channel 13 from Yuma/El Centro in my home town Indio near Palm Springs. But in Feb. 2009, the national Digital TV transition will change everything about the local TV market.
But radio reception in the Palm Springs area wasn’t the best, usually AM is dominated by the Mexican border and certain FM ones are on some radio sets, during certain times or required a weird FM antenna system facing west & south to San Diego. +
Skiggley, AM/FM … Skiggley, AM/FM radio may become bland or mundane, but Southern Cal. has developed multicultural diversity as a result of immigration in the 1970s & ’80s, many Asian-language and an Iranian radio station from the San Fernando valley. Much of the local stations are now in Spanish, either from Mexico or within Sou. Cal. such as KLAX 97.9 and KUNA 96.7 Palm Springs. But what radio companies did in the 60s & 70s brought in “soul” and “blues” music from the Black community into the mainstream.+
Please make more of … Please make more of them (5 minute radio/TV jingle samples), since you tend to only have Los Angeles area radio station call signs or history (and some from San Diego). You can expand on the Riverside-San Bernardino and Palm Springs-El Centro markets (i.e. KXO, KCLB/KCHV, KCMJ, KEZY, KATJ, KFRG/KXFG, KATY/KATJ, KECY, KICO, KSIQ, KNWZ, KAJR, KPSI, KDES and KCAL radio). You’re right about KHJ never was regulary heard in the Central valley, the movie “American Graffiti” was filmed in Modesto. +
Southern California Radio Station Jingle Memories
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
wow…my life from …
wow…my life from 1968-1982.
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
OMG brings back as …
OMG brings back as a kid, driving with my pop and listening to them oldies on krla .. i remembered them jingles …what a flashback!
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
KMET’s was not a …
KMET’s was not a professional radio jingle and instead was a home studio parody. Also I never ran across it.
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Where is “A little …
Where is “A little bit of heaven 94.7 KMET tweedle dee”?
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Thanks for all the …
Thanks for all the jingles from the late 80’s and early 90’s. I heard Pirate Radio in there!
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
I miss krla 1110’s …
I miss krla 1110’s classic car shows.
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
This is KILLER GOOD …
This is KILLER GOOD!!!!!!!!
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Thank you for that. …
Thank you for that…Great.
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
ok i just …
ok i just remembered the radio station out of pomona was 16kwow and they played oldies…………….lol i knew if i gave myself a min i would remember it
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
does anybody …
does anybody rememebr the name of the radio station out of pomona in the 70’s? i know it was on AM
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Marvarla, the …
Marvarla, the station jingles on KRTH are close to the old KHJ because the station was programmed for years by Bill Drake, the voice you hear on ” A Super 60’s Weekend”. Drake was one of the creators of the original Boss Radio sound, and this was not the only station they programmed as a Boss station, thus the Johnny Mann Singers doing the KGB jingle.
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
What?? No Doctor …
What?? No Doctor Demento excerpt? *sniff sniff* too bad
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
I visited Wolfman …
I visited Wolfman Jack (Bob Smith) during his XERB Sunset Blvd. studio days. He used to do a promo about sending stuff to the Melrose Ave. studios of the LA soul station KGFJ. And not with standing “American Graffiti,” he never was a DJ in Fresno.
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
OK, Wolfman Jack …
OK, Wolfman Jack wanted you to send…cash, check or MONEY ORDER to 8228 Sunset Blvd…..HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA! Anyone ever been in the building? Guess the postman was pretty busy on that route!
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
KRTH rocked and …
KRTH rocked and still does
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Okay, I knew my …
…but THANK YOU for posting ChuckJPC!!!
Okay, I knew my mind hadn’t been playing tricks on me when I told a friend recently that “The KRTH-101 jingle is a total rip from the old KHJ’s!” Also, hearing the Tijuana radio I.D. with the girl’s voice, again, was *brilliant*: I think this was the first sentence I ever learned in Spanish! MARS-103 was a short-lived/great format, as was the ALL heavy metal station (which you missed
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Excellent!
Excellent!
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
chuck, kbla was my …
chuck, kbla was my favorite station to. did you go to their listener appreciation party? sonny and cher were there among many great bands. plus they gave away a rolls royce. i know. i was there!
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Now KRLA
KRTH …
Now KRLA
KRTH have both Died RIP
Art Laboe RIP KRTH
The whole Management is bad no more 60’s weekends too much Disco
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Loads of jingles @ …
Loads of jingles @ tartanbaws
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
great so cal memory …
great so cal memory. thanks
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
…and I used to …
…and I used to get KXO/KBLU/KYEL/KSWT (or whatever they’re called now) channel 13 from Yuma/El Centro in my home town Indio near Palm Springs. But in Feb. 2009, the national Digital TV transition will change everything about the local TV market.
But radio reception in the Palm Springs area wasn’t the best, usually AM is dominated by the Mexican border and certain FM ones are on some radio sets, during certain times or required a weird FM antenna system facing west & south to San Diego. +
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Skiggley, AM/FM …
Skiggley, AM/FM radio may become bland or mundane, but Southern Cal. has developed multicultural diversity as a result of immigration in the 1970s & ’80s, many Asian-language and an Iranian radio station from the San Fernando valley. Much of the local stations are now in Spanish, either from Mexico or within Sou. Cal. such as KLAX 97.9 and KUNA 96.7 Palm Springs. But what radio companies did in the 60s & 70s brought in “soul” and “blues” music from the Black community into the mainstream.+
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Please make more of …
Please make more of them (5 minute radio/TV jingle samples), since you tend to only have Los Angeles area radio station call signs or history (and some from San Diego). You can expand on the Riverside-San Bernardino and Palm Springs-El Centro markets (i.e. KXO, KCLB/KCHV, KCMJ, KEZY, KATJ, KFRG/KXFG, KATY/KATJ, KECY, KICO, KSIQ, KNWZ, KAJR, KPSI, KDES and KCAL radio). You’re right about KHJ never was regulary heard in the Central valley, the movie “American Graffiti” was filmed in Modesto. +
March 20th, 2010 at 12:53 am
When I lived down …
When I lived down in Diego County I was able to get most of these stations during the night.