KFAT Radio 94.5
Gilroy, California
KFAT Radio was a classic of its era -
one-of-a-kind. I worked there from 1979 until January 1983 as the
Gilroy studio engineer. I've dug into the archives and found some
goodies. KFAT is gone but not forgotten. Enjoy.
Live broadcast mid-morning
Thursday March 4, 1982 (AAC)
Amy Airheart 1 - 46 minutes
Amy Airheart 2 - 46 minutes
Amy knew I was taping her. I sent 10
cassettes overseas to an Air Force Sergeant in Germany so the troops could
listen to KFAT. Sergeant Downing brought this one cassette back from
Bitburg, Germany years later, and I copied it on the spot. You'll hear
references to Germany on side 1, and this is why.
Fat Frys live at the Keystone in Palo Alto:
Chuck
Wagon and the Wheels live at the Keystone in Palo Alto - 1981
(You
Tube) Fat Fry #1
Fat Fry
#2
(MP3) Peter Rowan live at the Keystone in Palo Alto - 1979
THE KFAT/KPIG
SHRINE - website with pictures and audio
Images and Trivia
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Here's
a rare shot of the people who took over from KFAT after January 1983. The
burlap covered plywood letters are long gone as is the El Paseo de
Saratoga shopping center where this picture was taken. KWSS was in turn
"eaten" by another big corporation in 1991 and became K-FOX. The
KWSS sales manager Dayton Philips and receptionist Shirley Sanchez
standing on the right side have both passed away. GM Palmer Pyle (green
cap/white shirt on the left) played pro-football with the Colts, Vikings,
and Oakland Raiders from 1960-66 - he convinced Nationwide Corporation to keep me on
as engineer after KFAT, so he's my hero.
In the KWSS photo from left to right are
Kevin O'Brien (AE-sales), Palmer Pyle (GM-manager), George Moody (AE-sales),
Mark Durkin (AE-sales), Kim Borden (traffic director), Dave Van Stone
(program director), Robin Kipps - seated (music director), Gordon Pirie
(AE-sales), Bill Kelly (morning team), Al Klein (morning team), Shirley
Sanchez (receptionist), Dayton Philips (sales manager). This photo was on
the KWSS 1983 Christmas card.
See high res image - 387
KB jpg
Other historic radio station information and audio:
KCFR, Denver, Colorado (at the
beginning in 1970)
KSFR, San
Francisco, California (1958-1968)
Links
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Y'all hear now...if you really love
something - radio station, person, era in time, anything - make sure you
love it all the way right then and there because it won't last forever.
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