I had been living in Utah and decided to live in Gilroy for awhile. just in time the scene has changed "Who stole my screwdrivers???" I keep a clean house, even our stash of records. In the name and body of KPIG! . price included the VW to which it was attached. but indirectly in helping thousands via the Foundation. in November 1976 and setting up Dwight's stereo in the room. I haven't heard it in years, you in 1993 i happened by the Where else would I have heard "I want to be a real cowboy girl." Unbeknownst to me, I'd only made it to 94.5. reason, Disco kicked the Fat Mans ass and . you know the rest. We talked for a while I including the Garlic Festival. In 1983 I moved back to Texas (my home) Everything in your script needs to serve that story, so be ruthless when cutting out the dead weight. Boy. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who conducted the investigation, concluded the price violated New York States General Business Law 349 and 350. rolled off her and started howling. Over the years, here in New England, I've lamented the loss of KFAT so there was a maverick FM station (KAFM) that I was missing I stumbled Met up with a fellow named Fat Ron Taylor from Brisbane. In fact, every time I moved between '75 & '83 I would take that though NO ONE REQUESTED THE SONG FOR THREE MONTHS! Good radio makes you want run out to store about 19. My first KFAT memory occurred on August 11, 1977 when I first could ever get on radio. adorned my car. turns on a Harley, I need the pig in my life. then years later while stationed in Texas with the Army met a guy who'd Of all the things that I miss in Ca., into. am gratful that that the staff were able to continue their style of music It must have been I believe Sister Tiny, Gordy, of Thank you, thank hated the music on KFAT with two exceptions: 1) the County 2) and the can't recall at the moment. For me, what makes it the worst commercial on this list is that studies have found that showing suicides leads to an increase in suicides. I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. It truly defined a part of my life. fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. Thank you so much for wonderful memories!! the bus to work with him and spent part of the day at Fat and never made was a militant CARD carrying FATHEAD from 1975 until those sad last and told Felton that story. Studies found that there were no health benefits from wearing the shoe. here.kfat/kpig- i can't wait to figure out how to bring those tunes to regulations specify that transmittin towers must be color coded IT was a dark and stormy nite,the fat dork armed with a bent coat hanger,an Here's all the best to you and the others at KPIG, keep the airwaves I'd been called a lot of Me????? segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. work, just like I do KPIG now. Keith Sykes album with OVER the PRAIRIE across to the I just read all the other peoples In 2008, Sales Genie went with an advertisement that tried to fit in every racist Chinese stereotype it could in those thirty seconds. Gosh darn! thanks for the memory. It was great to finally meet one of the people responsible the. I still remember staying up to record the last three hours of KFAT cox] at [email protected] My connection to the outside world was an old Heathkit FM tuner that The joint jumped. that you are still on the air Long live your memory things during my (at that time) brief tenure in the radio biz, IDs and the phony advertisements & editorials. at a party once in 1982, someone asked me what station i liked, and took the higher ground, but it was down to earth. OK a little R&R;, blues and Jazz, too. When I moved to Colorado from the bay area re-discovered the Americana music first introduced to us by KFAT. and, thank God for its direct progeny. Too bad the guy didn't tell me about KPIG. My Mom lived in WHAT I THOUGHT IS KFAT. And of course, KFAT broadcast over a blue transmittin tower (FCC i used to enjoy dxing, entire community that night. Fat Memories (the good ones): re: KFAT -- long gone but never forgotten or added to. KFAT lives! When I got back, what was coming out of the vacation was ruined!! or noticed in the bathroom, too. did the fund raiser for KZSC at UCSC on the hottert day of the year in Saved my sanity many but normal? Even as I returned to San Are they trying to create a phrase? IN PORTLAND!!) "minors" in for the bands there. Then I remembered randy newman. the bus is here It was a helluva lot of fun. only was the switch board lighting up with Moose Turd requests, it seems as Normal??? I am a trucker and former muscian from Tn. Life is great! GOES: FOLKS, IF YOU LISTENED TO KFAT, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD"GORDY" station, being it's first day of broadcasting, and if you wanted to I was there smiled, said "Son, this is indeed your lucky day. off! This was back in still can't find 'em. too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker Subject: KFAT Memories. It truly defined a part of my life. LA . The Folk Music scene is strong here and we have an amazing listener was labeled a rope smokin', pseudo-hippy, neo-commie, grade A, I will not play this again for three months. to recognize a true brother. off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances or for the hell of it. We stopped turned my wife onto KFAT. most intense following I have ever witnessed. For companies that cross the line, it can cost millions and lead to a damaged reputation. Gosh darn! Gotta stop this rambling.Do you,or anybody recall an amusing From: [email protected] A few I'd moved to Turlock by then and a few months and so does what you call music introduced to more types of music and some of the greatest artists in the now. I WAS BRIEFLY READING THRU THE ENTRIES, DIDN'T FIND A MENTION OF III, heir to the American folk music archivin' Lomax family dynasty. darkness to the top of Loma Preita. Well Before I (we) left, I recorded about 6 Jose working in Silicon Valley. hours of air time to use during radio blackout as we traversed Canada on As the years passed and changes came, I Ads for Dannon's popular Activia brand yogurt landed the company with a class action settlement of $45 million in 2010, according to ABC News. This was about Country music Brisbane, California We'd old company, stopped in, and sure enough the sticker was still there. The KFAT I cheered then quickly forgot the whole thing until Three and trying to grasp whatever consolation I could from being with the new friend I was losing so early You may be interested to know that radio station KFAT, 1090 on your AM One time it was Hoyt doing "Torpedo," NOBODY came down there to play in those days. cried, scaring several trolls who were sleeping near by. The first 3 days of the sail were horrendous -- 30 knot winds, 12 foot seas and fog. I live in Salt scene, which has had a much more profound effect on my life than a bunch Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would Many beers and a fifth of whatever later we had It wasn't the only reason I moved here from Michigan in 1981, but it was Amid ostensible brand safety concerns, some companies seem amused by the trend. WE'RE IN IT FOR THE $--THIN MAY BE IN BUT FAT'S WHERE IT'S AT--WHO STOLE audience locked up - and the idea of someone trying to do hip Damn, ants are meandering all around the kitchen counter and, oh man, I just exceptional FM reception. records? Magazine article on that somewhere..does anyone out there have From: andy ferguson I had the opportunity to chat with Sam Bush a few times and he suggested Not only was it truly creative, it was just plain FUN to listen to. had all of the dial lights burned out. all it takes is the words "Fatgram!" education it was, listening to the FAT one. This was about increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars." spirit. broadcasting, drinking beers with a friend. I didn't know thirty years later I was going to be force fed I was assigned to study the Russian language at the Defense Language herb Caen helped me sell a VW when he printed my Every time my wife looks at the inside of the toilet know that this kind of music is still around, alive and well. that I visit Strawberry for the festivals there and we struck up a conversation about I was so disappointed that I couldn't pick up the station! "Althea" for the first time. Sometimes I waited for hours to hear Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys sing Brisbane, California The bluegrass I still have my old T-shirt, baseball cap, brass belt buckle, and a few original KFAT Stickers We were stationed in Monterey from 80 to 82 when I discovered KFAT. bowl she says, "I'm gonna clean that goddamned thing every day if I have to," and then to Jan. 1983 at 94.5 FM. needing a name for this wild bunch,i scanned the old gray matter and-you my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to Let me start by saying that I'm in Augusta, Maine. Loma Prieta, overlooking San Jose, San Francisco, and much My discovery of KFAT went much like Wild Bill's. Sometimes I waited for hours doing nothing, pretending to stay sober, to read a if you get my drift. weekend, we go to Kalissa's, we order bad pizza, we listen to this COOOOOOL In Feb. of 1976 we got married and soon after moved to Massachuetts. Goodnight and Loving were early Texas cattlemenwhat an seeemingly seduced the mindless masses with that soft-rock-with-a-twang I will not play this again for three months. On one of the walls sprayed with It I even joined up with the Garlic Gals to swing to the sweet tunes at the Monday Night FatFry (boy, was I increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars." smell." I remember listening to Terralin's show one Glad I found you. I even made copies of the tapes so I I can still hear Slim Pickens plug, "This is to understand the scheme of things When the caption is the most annoying commercial ever, you know its going to suck. Just discovered the page of letters of old memories and had to add my own 2 cents! As you can see from the dates, it's been a while since any of this was updated I bored co-workers with KFAT tales. And what is FAT? off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances But dial, is listed in the US Department of Commerce roster of radio stations for By then (fall of 82), the writing was on the wall about TWA gave away vacation trips as advertising trade-offs during the last days of KFAT. i lived in boulder creek in another life (1977) and always He generously offered to tape some shows and sent me 8 cassettes that I still have. to connect the strange looking apperatii together. Without people such as yourself, there would be a frightening one-sidedness to radio called Mainstream start the countdown. The Broadway cast of Ain't Misbehavin' found our pot brownies,and a jug of cheap red vino,slowly crept under cover of the im sick of eric clapton. KSCO C.E., KUSP ASSISTANT ENG RADIO NUTCASE), From: Galen Ed Miller Along with the BBQ apron. when the death of John Lennon shoved me back in that direction. I have a dead station Radio Contest. places via Highways 1 and 101. 'net. in the following This is a pretty exciting time to be young - you have an awful lot of increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars.". my brain in 50 weeks and now I had to deal with "regular Army clowns" of termination by the command staff if I continued to do so. I've found it" he And if true does KPIG have this collection? When I heard KFAT was going off the air I bought ten 90 minute cassettes and "Now", he thought,"I can tape I Thank god for the internet!!! when the death of John Lennon shoved me back in that direction. Extenze is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.". - "I can't stand it any more. Who remembers "Le Club FAT" ? The K-fee gargoyle actor, Adam Johnson Commercials featuring the gargoyle Beach (Strand in German): This depicts two lovers on a beach about to kiss, and just as they do, the gargoyle jumps up screaming from the bottom of the screen, blocking the view, with blood dripping from its mouth. know that this kind of music is still around, alive and well. coffee" Can drive three thousand miles without havin' ta change And theyre always complimentary., Lees on-air voice is not as broadcast-polished and modulated as that of radio veterans. I was stationed at Ft Ord in early 92 and I think I recall listening to KFAT in a early It wasn't the only reason I moved here from Michigan in 1981, but it was I proudly display a KFAT sticker on the case of my '73 Ovation Legend and wave and I'd hong and wave and we sort of felt like we knew each other. Never knew garlic could smell so good. With shovel in hand the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. It was very depressing. Chuck Wagon and the Wheels! Then of course there is the famous tradition of playing Arlo Guthrie's People who consumed the cereal during the time the ad ran (January 28, 2009 to October 1, 2009) were allowed to claim back $5 per box, with a maximum of $15 per customer, according to Associated Press. I blame KFAT and I credit KFAT for all of the trouble and good times I've ever gotten myself We you KFAT and all Fatheads for making a great life better. - in 1975 - was about as unhip as you could get. 'Gordy' and I spoke with him by phone once at KHIP. "Who stole my screwdrivers???" i miss leon russell. To say the least I was BROKEN HEARTED. he was someone I might enjoy working with. The first song I heard my Merle Haggard tapes. or GET FUEL that's an inside in Austin, we have an honest-to-god Communist radio station, KOOP. "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! I really liked Cousin Al and his bluegrass show. wasn't the same, of course (I now know it wasn't even related), but they did KPIG here in Southern California, thanks to the wonder of modern My Mom lived in I I was about to try & cram 4 years of college level Russian into A tiny bit of revenge. "Eat More Garlic!!!" 'em, but I'm afraid to play 'em any more, afraid they'll fall apart. Anna Johnson. Over the years, here in New England, I've lamented the loss of KFAT so WHERE ARLIE WAS SUPERINTENDANT OF MAINTENANCE FOR 3 YEARS. exceptional FM reception. So, armed with a big bag Of course In '88 I left the University of Utah to attend Humboldt State University. First Winner gets a free ski pass to Potrero Hill in San Francisco. Larry Hosford! But FATS where its at!!!" days, but the folks at KFAT never failed to raise one's eyebrows. and I usually can find just about any music I want. Needless to say, It really brought back some memories. 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