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Billy Blast returns to Z90!

R

Radiogeek500

Back in his familar afternoon slot.

Man, Rick Thomas is really getting his stuff together.

Rick, if you're reading this, you should also explore the idea of adding a Late Saturday Night/Sunday Morning Dance mix show(the return of House of Z?) and mabye even do a classic dance mix(think Aqua Net set ala KPWR but customized for San Diego) on Fridays@noon. Z90 does have a lotta heritage in that field, it was a big supporter of Joclyn Enriquez and many other dance artists back in the day. I know Hip Hop is the main concern of Z, but I'm sure people would just love to hear the dance stuff too.<P ID="signature">______________
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One of radio's nice guys

I remember working with Billy at Califormula and unlike so many jocks who thought that being on air gave them the right to be jerks, he was a genuinely nice guy and when some many posers were rappin' BS about "keepin' it real," Billy did in fact actually keep it real. He came straight to Z90 from some station out in Brawley and is probably a shining example of how Z90 grew its own talent over the years instead of just hiring the same old "names" who go from market to market (they did hire a few of them, but they never lasted, whereas BB did almost a decade on air at Z90 the first time and would never have left had it not been for some Dumb S*#t program director.

Those who have written off Z90, watch out: I think Rick Thomas is going to once again kick some serious booty with this station.
 
Before Z-90 There Was...

Billy did in fact actually keep it real. He came straight to Z90 from
> some station out in Brawley and is probably a shining
> example of how Z90 grew its own talent over the years
> instead of just hiring the same old "names" who go from
> market to market (they did hire a few of them, but they
> never lasted, whereas BB did almost a decade on air at Z90
> the first time and would never have left had it not been for
> some Dumb S*#t program director.

I agree with Bob, that PD was a dumbace to lose Billy.

Don't forget that Billy spent a few months driving over on the weekends to work in Tijuana with the ill-fated Power Station 92FIVE a couple years before Z-90.
 
Re: One of radio's nice guys

> I remember working with Billy at Califormula and unlike so
> many jocks who thought that being on air gave them the right
> to be jerks, he was a genuinely nice guy and when some many
> posers were rappin' BS about "keepin' it real," Billy did in
> fact actually keep it real. He came straight to Z90 from
> some station out in Brawley and is probably a shining
> example of how Z90 grew its own talent over the years
> instead of just hiring the same old "names" who go from
> market to market (they did hire a few of them, but they
> never lasted, whereas BB did almost a decade on air at Z90
> the first time and would never have left had it not been for
> some Dumb S*#t program director.
>
> Those who have written off Z90, watch out: I think Rick
> Thomas is going to once again kick some serious booty with
> this station.
>

Written off?
Now that Thomas is back, I expect Z90 to dominate the San Diego market.
It think it's cross roads time for 98-9 and 933.
 
Re: Before Z-90 There Was...

> Billy did in fact actually keep it real. He came straight to
> Z90 from
> > some station out in Brawley and is probably a shining
> > example of how Z90 grew its own talent over the years
> > instead of just hiring the same old "names" who go from
> > market to market (they did hire a few of them, but they
> > never lasted, whereas BB did almost a decade on air at Z90
>
> > the first time and would never have left had it not been
> for
> > some Dumb S*#t program director.
>
> I agree with Bob, that PD was a dumbace to lose Billy.
>
> Don't forget that Billy spent a few months driving over on
> the weekends to work in Tijuana with the ill-fated Power
> Station 92FIVE a couple years before Z-90.
>

I don't remember him being on ThePowerStation, was he using the same name? I remember Nick Fontaine and Spanky Franky Lane on that station...
 
Re: Before Z-90 There Was...

Point of order: nobody's "driven over to work in Tijuana" on 92.5 for decades. Studios were down in National City for YEARS.

- Doc

> Don't forget that Billy spent a few months driving over on
> the weekends to work in Tijuana with the ill-fated Power
> Station 92FIVE a couple years before Z-90.
>
 
Re: Before Z-90 There Was...

> Don't forget that Billy spent a few months driving over on
> the weekends to work in Tijuana with the ill-fated Power
> Station 92FIVE a couple years before Z-90.
>
I'm pretty sure he came from Brawley to weekends at Z90. Remember, 92.5 back in the day did not have Hispanic jocks.
 
Interesting story...

> Point of order: nobody's "driven over to work in Tijuana" on
> 92.5 for decades. Studios were down in National City for
> YEARS.
>
> - Doc
>
> > Don't forget that Billy spent a few months driving over on
>
> > the weekends to work in Tijuana with the ill-fated Power
> > Station 92FIVE a couple years before Z-90.
> >
>

A few years, but not as many as one might think...
Back in 93 or 94 when 92.5 the Flash came on the air, John Lynch and the folks at 91X went to the FCC and filed a complaint, saying that XHRM did not file the proper paperwork to broadcast from the National City studios. Randy Dewitt (sp?) was forced to drive down into TJ and broadcast from there until the situation was straightened out.

I actually got that story by accident, while overhearing a friend of his talk to some lady back at the old Household Bank in Pacific Beach (last I heard, it was a bagel place of some sort).

By the way, when I was working accross the hall from 933, Randy used to refer to the station as "92.5 The Flush."
 
Re: Interesting story...

That's a good one!

Puts me in mind of a couple of Sherman Cohen stories that aren't fit for public consumption ;)

- Doc

> A few years, but not as many as one might think...
> Back in 93 or 94 when 92.5 the Flash came on the air, John
> Lynch and the folks at 91X went to the FCC and filed a
> complaint, saying that XHRM did not file the proper
> paperwork to broadcast from the National City studios. Randy
> Dewitt (sp?) was forced to drive down into TJ and broadcast
> from there until the situation was straightened out.
>
> I actually got that story by accident, while overhearing a
> friend of his talk to some lady back at the old Household
> Bank in Pacific Beach (last I heard, it was a bagel place of
> some sort).
>
> By the way, when I was working accross the hall from 933,
> Randy used to refer to the station as "92.5 The Flush."
>
 
Yes, It Was Tijuana...1989-90.

> I don't remember him being on ThePowerStation, was he using
> the same name? I remember Nick Fontaine and Spanky Franky
> Lane on that station...

Billy Blast was Rey Morales. Dave Chadwick, Nick Fontaine, Wildman Juan Rivera, Jason Garrett, Andy Holiday, Nick Dundee, Don Davis (LeDoux), Frankie Lane, and even original Z-90 night guy Jacko were all there. It was 1989-1990 in Tijuana...long before NC. Rivas family paid everyone under the table. Station went dark for a few weeks, Willie Morrow was rumored to come back into the fold, but ended up eventually going alternative with Sherman Cohen as PD as they moved to National City.
 
Check Your Facts, Bob

> I'm pretty sure he came from Brawley to weekends at Z90.
> Remember, 92.5 back in the day did not have Hispanic jocks.

He and Wildman Juan (Ron) Rivera were the only Latinos on the staff. It was 1989 into early 1990. He was doing weekends in TJ just a few short years before he ended up at Z-90 in a full time capacity.
 
Re: Interesting story...

Ah hell, you've peaked my interest!
Let's hear it?


> That's a good one!
>
> Puts me in mind of a couple of Sherman Cohen stories that
> aren't fit for public consumption ;)
>
> - Doc
>
> > A few years, but not as many as one might think...
> > Back in 93 or 94 when 92.5 the Flash came on the air, John
>
> > Lynch and the folks at 91X went to the FCC and filed a
> > complaint, saying that XHRM did not file the proper
> > paperwork to broadcast from the National City studios.
> Randy
> > Dewitt (sp?) was forced to drive down into TJ and
> broadcast
> > from there until the situation was straightened out.
> >
> > I actually got that story by accident, while overhearing a
>
> > friend of his talk to some lady back at the old Household
> > Bank in Pacific Beach (last I heard, it was a bagel place
> of
> > some sort).
> >
> > By the way, when I was working accross the hall from 933,
> > Randy used to refer to the station as "92.5 The Flush."
> >
>
 
Re: Yes, It Was Tijuana...1989-90.

> > I don't remember him being on ThePowerStation, was he
> using
> > the same name? I remember Nick Fontaine and Spanky Franky
> > Lane on that station...
>
> Billy Blast was Rey Morales. Dave Chadwick, Nick Fontaine,
> Wildman Juan Rivera, Jason Garrett, Andy Holiday, Nick
> Dundee, Don Davis (LeDoux), Frankie Lane, and even original
> Z-90 night guy Jacko were all there. It was 1989-1990 in
> Tijuana...long before NC. Rivas family paid everyone under
> the table. Station went dark for a few weeks, Willie Morrow
> was rumored to come back into the fold, but ended up
> eventually going alternative with Sherman Cohen as PD as
> they moved to National City.
>

Uh, Jason Garrett? I don't remember being on that station!
(Must have been a diff Jason Garrett, LOL :)

I didin't realize that Jacko Adams and Nick Dundee did time over there!
The way I remember the story, Willie Morrow was in charge when the station was the original Hot 92.5, but then something happened where the Mexican owners evicted Morrow for not paying them. The station abruptly dropped the "Hot" Name and became Mainstream CHR as "The Power Station." There was a big controversy in the San Diego Union, with station staff complaining that they weren't paid, while Murrow claimed to have been paying them $25 an hour. That got a big laugh on the air from Nick and the crew.

I also remember the late Howard Chrysler making fun of John Hoffman. In fact, The Power Station took lots of pot-shots at Q106. Didn't seem to matter much, they would often go into dead air erratically, usually in the evenings, and they were plagued by equipment failures and signal problems. A year later, they flipped to 92.5 The Heat, and that was that.
 
Re: Yes, It Was Tijuana...1989-90.

> The station abruptly dropped the "Hot"
> Name and became Mainstream CHR as "The Power Station." There
> was a big controversy in the San Diego Union, with station
> staff complaining that they weren't paid, while Murrow
> claimed to have been paying them $25 an hour. That got a big
> laugh on the air from Nick and the crew.

That station was awful when they changed in 1999. A lot of clipping
in the sound. Treble too high. Just plain unlistenable. A poor imitation of
Power 106 of Los Angeles (which I was listening to the most in 1989.)
They even ripped off "The Power Station" handle from the LA station.
A very unprofessional presentation.

April of 1990 had rocker 90.3 changing to Jammin' Z90, and they took
shots at Q106, but their urban mix brought down Defeat 92.5 in 1993.
Z90 knew what was needed and got the ratings to show for it. I never bothered with 92.5 since Z90 came on (though I began listening to Power 106 a bit less).

d.t.


>
> I also remember the late Howard Chrysler making fun of John
> Hoffman. In fact, The Power Station took lots of pot-shots
> at Q106. Didn't seem to matter much, they would often go
> into dead air erratically, usually in the evenings, and they
> were plagued by equipment failures and signal problems. A
> year later, they flipped to 92.5 The Heat, and that was
> that.
> <P ID="signature">______________
Stuff ignored by the newspapers found at
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</P>
 
Howard Kreisler...

...was an EXCELLENT human being, and a friend to everyone who ever met him. He was also an excellent traffic guy. I miss Howie to this day.

> I also remember the late Howard Chrysler making fun of John
> Hoffman.

Everybody made fun of John Hoffman! ;) I think it was close to a national pastime!

(John, if you're reading this, no offense, buddy - you've still got one of the best sets of pipes in town.)

- Doc
 
Re: Interesting story...

> Ah hell, you've peaked my interest!
> Let's hear it?

No, really - they're not fit for a public forum :) Plus, I hate to speak ill of the dead. And besides, Swill tells them much better than I do!

- Doc
 
Re: Check Your Facts, Bob

> > I'm pretty sure he came from Brawley to weekends at Z90.
> > Remember, 92.5 back in the day did not have Hispanic
> jocks.
>
> He and Wildman Juan (Ron) Rivera were the only Latinos on
> the staff. It was 1989 into early 1990. He was doing
> weekends in TJ just a few short years before he ended up at
> Z-90 in a full time capacity.
>
Sorry about that....

Guess I was thinking more about the Willie Morrow days - Interestingly, not long after Z90 switched to urban, the guy who convinced Victor to make the change bolted over to 92.5 to be their station manager. That was Ed Diaz (no relation to Victor). He was the one who brought Rick Thomas to San Diego.
 
Re: Howard Kreisler...

I guess his name wasn't spelled like the car...
Oops, LOL


> ...was an EXCELLENT human being, and a friend to everyone
> who ever met him. He was also an excellent traffic guy. I
> miss Howie to this day.
>
> > I also remember the late Howard Chrysler making fun of
> John
> > Hoffman.
>
> Everybody made fun of John Hoffman! ;) I think it was close
> to a national pastime!
>
> (John, if you're reading this, no offense, buddy - you've
> still got one of the best sets of pipes in town.)
>
> - Doc
>
 
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