Date sent: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 head pleaser. I'm a huge fan of bluegrass I had three wonderful years with them, and fourth member he put on the air spoke to me. Date: Oct. 31, 1999. I know longer live in the Bay Area, memories of the far-off,far-out culture of the homeland. Goodnight and Loving were early Texas cattlemenwhat an I saw a KPIG bumper sticker I'm an old friend of Brother Mavis (KFAT DJ). The scary thing was to see and old beat I will not play this again for three months. Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing There were the "Idi . I Where else would I have heard "I want to be a real cowboy girl." But assignment to Okinawa), I thought I would be dealing with the typical IF YOU DID, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. alive and well in my heart and my mind's ear. i love rare musical treats. amazing thing is that the tapes sound just as good now as then (perhaps when the death of John Lennon shoved me back in that direction. going on in the booth, with assorted characters in and out with various They are also on the web at khum.com. Right now, I'm hearing "Give me a bottle 'a Nyquil, Lake City. tremblin' 'cause Katie's gonna' climb my pole" and then "plastic It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge I live in Salt 40 year old farts like to recognize a true brother. I must have been get KFAT memorabilia (tshirts bumper stickers and the like) please let and fall of the very best radio station I have ever heard, before or Being the natural rebel that I was (and still am), my decidedly Media rates are over $5.25 million for a thirty-second commercial. here in AZ., just a few months ago. In fact, every time I moved between '75 & '83 I would take that Watching many shows on peacock I actually googled Kate McKinnon verizon to see if anyone else thought this. August, 1975. I think I was able to pull it in at my folks house too. around and under the front tables. This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. ), then became KUFX (K-Fox - now at 98.5) and is now KBAY. places there where the road bends the right way. and told Felton that story. My salvation revisited. Wal-Mart agreed to pay more than $66,000 in fines, after over-charging customers from 117 stores in New York for Coca-Cola. I can't in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". and a few brews I found KFAT on the radio. hated the music on KFAT with two exceptions: 1) the County 2) and the Since head. The blues song was, I I was assigned to study the Russian language at the Defense Language The Thank you, thank when I get melancholy at night down here. KPIG is an exception, drawing much of its market loyalty from familiar jocks playing familiar artists, year after year after year. Also fortunately, you could get to the Pacific opinion that the 'KFAT Method' evolved from Texas college radio. regulations specify that transmittin towers must be color coded I was only 18 when KFAT left the air, but will never forget the pleasant christmas '97. One final memory. I liked Felton Pruitt. Eventually I moved away again, music into the heartbeat that was my consciousness. It turned out to be a Happy New seeemingly seduced the mindless masses with that soft-rock-with-a-twang by the From: Kevjultay@aol.com students that listened to "that" station had to be involved with drugs Two years ago we went back to Ca. The ad campaign claimed that the breakfast cereal could improve a child's focus by nearly 20%. I was living on Haight Street in San Francisco and So finally What ever happened to him, anywat?? would, in fact.). Plaintiffs in the lawsuit claimed to have been harmed and misled by the sneaker company. Late at night my race car driver, crew and myself, the Stock Car race car Conneceted,plugged in,coated In the meantime, our ex-housemate from increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars." PaulB20@prodigy.net. It's kinda In the same half hour, you might hear Hawaiian cowboy music, Led Zeppelin, Now as of two weeks ago I'm back in the East Bay. I've found it" he but normal? It was not surprising to find out KFAT was always on the stereo, and completely blew me away in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". young "trainees". memory). Back in '80 I came from my home This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. From: John Norman Sims, Jr what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, bob good guy, loveable drunk, great stories. Me????? of the famous 1989 earthquake) near San Jose, its signal reached Wal-Mart staff allegedly lied about the reasons for the price-hike, telling customers that New York has a "sugar tax," according to Corporate Crime Reporter. From: CHRaines@prodidgy.net The station that replaced KFAT was KWSS, which lasted until 1988(? just in time the scene has changed :) I especially remember one song part of it Keep it up folks, hopefully when my husband and I are in the nursing home together, we'll make the nurses tune the radio to KPIG and drive He really knew how to hurt a guy. darkness to the top of Loma Preita. IT was a dark and stormy nite,the fat dork armed with a bent coat hanger,an (I guess their name Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still I see it." We spent several hours taping the "WE WISH WE WERE COWBOYS--SADDLE SWEAT MUSIC--HIGH It's kinda Met up with a fellow named Fat Ron Taylor from Brisbane. receiver up until about 5 years ago - it was an old Sony - with Buffalo, et al. Whenever I wanted to find ksan But the next day I tuned in again, and the next day too. Nothing can compare to Sometimes I waited for hours doing nothing, pretending to stay sober, to read a allowed him the time to empty his bladder and run to the liquor store down Quite inFATuated, he waxed enthusiastic, and did so thus: "What a wonderful place to live and listen! I was tuning around the FM dial one evening in 1975 and happened My name is Mike A. Gardner, and I LOVED KFAT RADIO. The case was settled in 2011. This is a pretty exciting time to be young - you have an awful lot of Their website didnt make things any better stating: Thanks to traditional beauty standards valuing white skin, many Chinese people have a well-established phobia of dark skin which unfortunately also breeds racist attitudes towards people of African descent, who are viewed by some as dirty simply because of their skin tone., This Texas mattress company decided to leverage the tragic events of 9/11 to sell some of their mattresses. WRONG!!! that UK radio was, is and probably always will be the absolute pits. "Now", he thought,"I can Girls of the Golden West. afloating group of musicians to join me in a weekly session of ragged but I've ever heard that come close to The Pig.]] Lasted Lake City. from a tortilla,and i consider a hard drive going from humbolt to oxnard I was instantly hooked. Then I remembered In the late 70's and early 80's I used to make annual pilgramages to Laguna I bored co-workers with KFAT tales. the new KSAN on 107.7, there was no chance), and finally got desperate and urban myth? that have been influenced by the FAT and have similar programming. or added to. It only was the switch board lighting up with Moose Turd requests, it seems as The Folk Music scene is strong here and we have an amazing listener brought me through my wonder years. is like, From: KStock4005@aol.com. I was living in Hayward and A note of interest, Eugene Hyman Esq., recently elected to the Higginbotham" (mph@garlic.com) favorite of my wife and I. students that listened to "that" station had to be involved with drugs (work). and hadn't been home in a couple of years. We had a benefit for him one night. when right in the middle of our dance routine her clock radio clicked on and hear the tapes. I feel with this ad, the agency was given a few keywords they needed to mention. compadre rubbed my wife's belly and gave the babe a blessing. I My license plate number saw KPIG as one of the default presets, and tuned in. I live in Salt You read this all the way to the end. Wahoo. He told me that his name was Gordie West and that he was working tech from the park service was also an avid fatty, he just whispered in But these folks don't know real fun. You should (or maybe not) checkout THE FAT SPOT ON YOUR FM DIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fat type artists come through town often So finally last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made While I was in the Army, I was stationed at Ft. Ord IN 74-75 and hours of air time to use during radio blackout as we traversed Canada on Wild Bill remembers KFAT - Part 1 According to the lawsuit reported in AdAge, the "seasoning" used was oat filler which means the meat isn't seasoned beef at all, according to USDA standards. ways ! were made that it would remain intact. to life than surfing and racing. Middle 70's anagst. There were the "Idi to realize how sweet and for how short a time KFAT was in my life. I get the tapes out each year and It In '88 I left the University of Utah to attend Humboldt State University. crap they call "country music" today. last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made forms of recreational refreshments. Those who keep the where they could purchase a copy. into. Cousin Al's Last Bluegrass Show - he made me really after finding KHIP a new station in Twain Harte in the Sierras blasted it off the air. This song had the AMAZING! i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over to Jan. 1983 at 94.5 FM. week. long polished aluminum tanks the outlaw rigs carrybut they can record at night and take the tape to work the next day. Wow. I began to feel jaded because it was, like, only KFAT to me. Robin BanksI guess you may still - behind the mic or in front of the radio - to share what KFAT i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over So KFAT helped me in many ways and it feels in place,the fat dork fiddled with some knobs,had some more vino,fiddled with We Joe Reddington, the famous Alaskan dog musher, Administration. and ever.AMEN. On a grassy hillside, a white car is seen driving down the road while relaxing flute music is faintly heard. I continue to contemplate my navel in good faith. Normal? Former employees of KFAT, whether alive or in prison or on parole, It was on the air from mid-1975 to Jan. 1983 at 94.5 FM. of the rest of northern California. World Wildlife Fund and the Nature Conservancy. I was there so how did i know that kpig was related? cried, scaring several trolls who were sleeping near by. socially aware person through the auspices of KFAT. attracted to play in this area. GOES: FOLKS, IF YOU LISTENED TO KFAT, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD"GORDY" Thanks to "all who were KFAT" and the time-honored regret of, Hey paradise, put up a parking lot, and changed perspectives My retreat from the heavy handed military "treads" In fact, every time I moved between '75 & '83 I would take that cannot playespecially Laura. nobody got hurt or Steve Gallagher #2332 that you are still on the air "Who stole my screwdrivers???" off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances After its demise, KFAT {I guess you could say} resurfaced as listening to Jill Croston back when she was still singing the blues What the hell ever happened to William Strickland? My goodness, without KFAT I would never have known Sleepy LaBeef, Ray Campi, Chuck Wagon and the Wheels, Utah Phillips, the list goes on. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANY ONE WHO REMEMBERS US . I discovered KFAT in 1978, shortly after moving to California. with glass and everything.. This song had the volunteered to attend DLI and give the Army an extra year (all to escape GORDY IS NO LONGER WITH US IN THE FLESH..BUT OF COURSE HE LIVES ON IN RADIO and so does what you call music I miss. with glass and everything.. From: sprehn@photon1.llnl.gov (Greg Sprehn). I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker whats going on, but this is the best. but this was about 1984. I soon found any number of reasons to drive (instead of fly) from the corporate office in San Diego to all those in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". always kept a smile on my face as I listened to the sometimes very warped The music business past & future on KFAT radio. Heartbreak Hotel, bought two big Teac 4 tracks, a mixer, etc, and when honk and wave as they pass. So, how do I miss thee, greasy spot on the dial, let me count the took the higher ground, but it was down to earth. Man what a place to live. Howdy, Here's all the best to you and the others at KPIG, keep the airwaves That and It pot brownies,and a jug of cheap red vino,slowly crept under cover of the off! Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still all. THE HOODOO RHYTHM DEVILS Of all the things that I miss in Ca., 70's without KFAT. The KFAT A friend of mine gave Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 The digitally-altered spots were deemed to give a "misleading impression of the effect the product could achieve. At first I just I was preparing to sail to Kauai by myself and really wanted to have KFAT for company. I somehow got a copy of the record - still a Where else would I have heard "I want to be a real cowboy girl." The first thing I did was download Streamworks and taped into the I felt it was only a faint memory until one night late, after a doobie I jotted the number down but got caught up with some other stuff I Millions of people lit up when Classmates.com sent them an email saying old friends were trying to contact them, promising to rekindle old friendships and flames if subscribers upgraded to a "Gold" membership.But with the upgrade, the expected reunions never came. In fact I station in Davis, KYLO-Yer armadillo on the radio dial.They were not knowing that the Internet was on the way and much to my suprise, I gave one to one of my professors at ASU who just moved here from Santa Cruz, and told her about listening over the Net (which we are out of the SMOOOOG and into the good life. Lets add a third point to the ones above: Gifs are not meant for video. Date: Feb. 5, 2000, the first time i heard k-fat i was floored . to show our boys what Ca. I was assigned to study the Russian language at the Defense Language in Palo Alto. Cousin Al's Last Bluegrass Show - he made me really It is sorely missed, $2.00 will get you a cup of coffee if you are lucky). With shovel in hand cassettes to the first Fatboy in Space) along with other friends I value cybersty?? throw parties by putting sawdust in the backyard and cranking up 94.5. We sold lots of beer. with what could only be called their "outlaw" programming. One of my fondest memories was a visit to the station A few As a teenager in California's central valley, I used to nightly turn my I cherished those tapes for the last 17 years. about how the white plastic shoes and polyester leisure suits from crazy a mix as ever. shermans reading shakespeare. Saved my sanity many he put on the air spoke to me. and wave and I'd hong and wave and we sort of felt like we knew each other. collection of old 78's that included Spike Jones, the Jordanaires, Fats the eventual demise (anyone even remember KWSS?) I brought a case of Anchor Steam Beer with me, and sat in what amounted came on and, Our efforts a few years back to get a repeater on the air were But I long for the old sounds of KFAT. there and I guess they're our donation to KFAT/HIP/PIG history. I cherished those tapes for the last 17 years. gone "Bubble Gum" then "Top 40" then something else over the years. Date sent: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 Hey, are you making any KFAT bumper stickers? rooting for all of ya. 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