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129. Dr. Don Rose !!

Reply to Adsos Letter (Reply #31)

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 01:16 AM

Mar 2014

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dr-Don-Rose-king-of-KFRC-radio-in-70s-2718849.php

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Post here - First radio station you remember listening to and the name of the first DJ you remember [View all] LynneSin Mar 2014 OP

Rock 105 Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #1

Rock 105 from where LynneSin Mar 2014 #2

Jax, Fl Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #5

Boss Radio, KHJ in L.A. in the '60s... Tom_Foolery Mar 2014 #3

At WOLD? malthaussen Mar 2014 #16

Great song... Tom_Foolery Mar 2014 #36

Same here... PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #95

...and KRLA and KEZY... Iggo Mar 2014 #98

Yup, KHJ with Robert W. Morgan. Frank Cannon Mar 2014 #115

It was the best... Tom_Foolery Mar 2014 #116

WCOL (before they wimped out) UncleYoder Mar 2014 #4

Yes, I must be older than you. I listened to WCOL on my transister Boomerproud Mar 2014 #54

'COL used Sunshine of Your Love as theme music. idendoit Apr 2014 #148

WLS out of Chicago with Wolfman Jack. Lars39 Mar 2014 #6

Same here, only with Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards. GoCubsGo Mar 2014 #37

you guys remember Dick Biondi? rurallib Mar 2014 #75

Yes. GoCubsGo Mar 2014 #84

Stay outta trees, dickybird! HereSince1628 Mar 2014 #111

WLS came into my life a little later than WSM and WRUS..Biondi at 9 pm every night yellowdogintexas Mar 2014 #142

Dick Biondi Hula Popper Mar 2014 #123

My vagure memories recall Biondi rurallib Mar 2014 #124

"Lets play baseball1" Hula Popper Mar 2014 #130

Folks with WLS memories might enjoy this site...particularly the section call Bright New Sounds HereSince1628 Mar 2014 #136

Yep. Back in the old days. hobbit709 Apr 2014 #145

WFIL Philly, George Michael malthaussen Mar 2014 #7

The first station I would actually want to listen to is now Christian LynneSin Mar 2014 #9

The first *station* I remember is KDKA, Pittsburgh... malthaussen Mar 2014 #13

A bit of trivia about KDKA Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #19

There were many radio stations on the air before KDKA. Jenoch Mar 2014 #70

My mon always had KDKA on all the time PRETZEL Mar 2014 #23

Jack Buck and Harry Caray calling Cardinals games on KMOX pintobean Mar 2014 #8

I remember in the late 70s listening to Marty Brennamen and Joe Nuxhall do the Reds game LynneSin Mar 2014 #10

Waite Hoyt announcing Reds games and interspersing his stories of No Vested Interest Apr 2014 #151

Me also, pintobean! JohnRogan Mar 2014 #14

wlof 950 am steve2470 Mar 2014 #11

KXOK St Louis Mo, cant remember DJ but he had a voice character Bruno j. Grunion JohnRogan Mar 2014 #12

Did you ever go to K-she's window. pintobean Mar 2014 #139

Yes for tickets and various other winnings! JohnRogan Apr 2014 #143

LA radio antiquie Mar 2014 #15

KRLA also had Bob Eubanks pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #49

Fun times antiquie Mar 2014 #51

Our loss that we didn't have WKRP and Dr. Johnny Fever pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #88

We got Dr. Demento and Bill Ballance, instead. antiquie Mar 2014 #91

KRLA in Los Angeles. DJ was Dave Hull aka LibDemAlways Mar 2014 #106

WABC-AM in New York City; Cousin Brucie. nt LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #17

Loved Cousin Brucie mainstreetonce Mar 2014 #38

Cousin Brucie is still on the air - XM Sirius sattelite radio! mysuzuki2 Mar 2014 #133

Me too. 1963? mnhtnbb Mar 2014 #50

Allison Steele. westerebus Mar 2014 #99

I listened to Cousin Brucie when I was a kid LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #100

I don't know about first - but first significant... lame54 Mar 2014 #18

You are correct. antiquie Mar 2014 #28

Little bit of heaven, ninety-four point seven. Iggo Mar 2014 #114

WGR 55 Buffalo, NY Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #20

WWJ in Detroit Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2014 #21

WIBG - Phila. - Joe Niagra and Hy Lit (Hyrum Litman) HERVEPA Mar 2014 #22

Both of the Philly stations were great during the Top 40 wars malthaussen Mar 2014 #24

WIBG (990) and WFIL (560) both became Christian stations I believe HERVEPA Mar 2014 #25

Yep, WIBG started as a Christian station and has gone back to its roots. malthaussen Mar 2014 #27

Thanks for the history Mal. Interesting. I vaguely remember them broadcasting the Phillies. HERVEPA Mar 2014 #33

CKLW ... Windsor/Detroit Tripper11 Mar 2014 #26

BYRON MCGREGOR WITH 20-20 NEWS!!! kwassa Mar 2014 #57

Yes! Thank you. Tripper11 Mar 2014 #110

Wow...Pure awesomeness Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #132

I was going to mention CKLW, too! nt LumosMaxima Mar 2014 #60

WGAW in Massachusetts MissMillie Mar 2014 #29

WSB from Atlanta and WFLI from Chattanooga (I grew up halfway between) Glorfindel Mar 2014 #30

Dr. Don Rose, 610 KFRC, out of San Francisco n/t Adsos Letter Mar 2014 #31

Me too, early 70s The Second Stone Mar 2014 #34

We had him in Philly first! n/t malthaussen Mar 2014 #92

Dr. Don Rose !! bobduca Mar 2014 #129

98 KUPD in Phoenix blueamy66 Mar 2014 #32

I was just about to post this one! distantearlywarning Mar 2014 #72

Did know that he ended his radio career with a country station in PHX? blueamy66 Mar 2014 #89

WNRK (Newark, DE), Dan Casey woodsprite Mar 2014 #35

KYW (Cleveland) spiderpig Mar 2014 #39

I tought KYW was out of Philly LynneSin Mar 2014 #42

The Cleveland/Philly stations swapped call letters in the 60s spiderpig Mar 2014 #87

KYNO. Fresno CA. DJ was "Sam" something. vanlassie Mar 2014 #40

WETA, Maryland Public Radio Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #41

KRBD fm 105.3 Broken_Hero Mar 2014 #43

WDON AM Wheaton, Md. DJ was Don Dillard Kingofalldems Mar 2014 #44

Gulf 104 in Tallahassee, Florida csziggy Mar 2014 #45

Probably WCAO, Baltimore KamaAina Mar 2014 #46

KDWB, AM 630 (Minneapolis/St. Paul) The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #47

Radio Caroline Skittles Mar 2014 #48

WOW before it went country liberal N proud Mar 2014 #52

I don't remember sakabatou Mar 2014 #53

KOMA out of OKC in the 60's. GentryDixon Mar 2014 #55

Mine was either KOMA or WKY. KatyaR Mar 2014 #65

KIMN in Denver madamesilverspurs Mar 2014 #56

The first FM station, when FM was new and radical: WMMS kwassa Mar 2014 #58

art bell - kdb am radio, santa barbara hopemountain Mar 2014 #59

Ed Murphy - WSYR - Broadway music late at night whistler162 Mar 2014 #61

Ohh crap Ahpook Mar 2014 #62

WHFS, Bethesday MD -- little john, Murray the K, Weasel.... mike_c Mar 2014 #63

Indeed they were, WHFS lasted a long time! JohnRogan Apr 2014 #144

WPOP--1410 in Hartford. peacefreak Mar 2014 #64

Knox Sherman A1 Mar 2014 #66

KRLD Dallas. American Airlines Music Til Dawn Hangingon Mar 2014 #67

WLS with John Records Landecker Kaleva Mar 2014 #68

WABD - Clarksville, Tennessee SkatmanRoth Mar 2014 #69

I once won a Foghat album from a local station LynneSin Mar 2014 #73

I'm not going to name the station or the name of the first radio Jenoch Mar 2014 #71

KOME (SF Bay Area) -- Dennis Erectus (nt) CrawlingChaos Mar 2014 #74

WPAT, Jean Shepherd. elleng Mar 2014 #76

Cincinnati was one of Jean Shepherd's first stops No Vested Interest Apr 2014 #150

this old guy with his radio in the middle of a summers night rurallib Mar 2014 #77

WLS, Chicago, early 1960s... GReedDiamond Mar 2014 #78

WSTW Rock 93.7 Skinner Mar 2014 #79

WARD -- Herb Ruth femmocrat Mar 2014 #80

I am 75 years old and all I can remember RebelOne Mar 2014 #81

Does anyone who listened to radio in 1965 remember this? marzipanni Mar 2014 #82

Early 1960's HeiressofBickworth Mar 2014 #83

Q107 from Toronto, right from the begining. Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2014 #85

I remember listening to KILE ashling Mar 2014 #86

93 KHJ Iggo Mar 2014 #90

I don't remember the first ones, warrior1 Mar 2014 #93

KDKA Pittsburgh warrprayer Mar 2014 #94

Charles Laquidara, WBCN, Boston Miles Archer Mar 2014 #96

Lee Alan on WXYZ in Detroit (very early 60s) Little_Wing Mar 2014 #97

KQV in Pittsburgh............... mrmpa Mar 2014 #101

You know that is where Rush Limbaugh worked as doc03 Mar 2014 #128

Porky Chedwick: 'The daddio of the radio' yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2014 #102

R.I.P., Porky. femmocrat Mar 2014 #104

That might have been one of the people my dad mentioned Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #134

KSFO Russ "Bye-Bye, Baby!" Hodges calling the games Brother Buzz Mar 2014 #103

KILT-AM (the Big 610) and KNUZ. Later KILT-FM 100. Houston. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #105

KUGR, an awful country station in southwest Wyoming. Codeine Mar 2014 #107

Name any big rock/pop FM station in the NYC area from 1971-1976 and I listened to it. Systematic Chaos Mar 2014 #108

WPTR, Albany, New York Rhiannon12866 Mar 2014 #109

KFJZ... sendero Mar 2014 #112

Donnie "The Lovebug" Simpson WJLB MrScorpio Mar 2014 #113

KROQ 106.7 Initech Mar 2014 #117

Two come to mind Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #118

WZAK in Cleveland FM 93.1 ok_cpu Mar 2014 #119

WDGY 1130 AM Minneapolis. geardaddy Mar 2014 #120

Ron Lundy UglyGreed Mar 2014 #121

Pat Pattee on KISN. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2014 #122

KEWB channel 91 AM Oakland California Doc_Technical Mar 2014 #125

Terri Hemmert on WXRT in Chicago. I have 2 older sisters who were rock savvy riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #126

106 KMEL, Chuy Gomez. nt Jamaal510 Mar 2014 #127

In the early 70s Tribalceltic Mar 2014 #131

1380 WAMS treestar Mar 2014 #135

Robert W. Morgan, 93 KHJ LWolf Mar 2014 #137

WJTN, Jamestown, NY av8rdave Mar 2014 #138

WEAM 1390 on your AM dial DFW Mar 2014 #140

toss up WSM in Nashville woke us up every morning with "The Waking Crew" yellowdogintexas Mar 2014 #141

KAAY LIttle Rock Arkansas, from StLouis Mo. AM Skip wave dont you know JohnRogan Apr 2014 #146

From the archives: Wonder how many answers have changed since then? Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #147

CBC News and programs played all the time at our house when we were kids. applegrove Apr 2014 #149