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Ed Stolz
- Thread starter Madmansam
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I'm sure he's still a heck of a guy.
Sorry to hear of his mother's recent passing... she bought him the CP for KWOD in the late '70s for what I hear was $3500.
Sorry to hear of his mother's recent passing... she bought him the CP for KWOD in the late '70s for what I hear was $3500.
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Stage5Clinger
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He used try picking up on me when I was 16 and he was like 35+. I was an intern at the time and it used to really creep me out, so I steered clear. Remember how he would process the station however he did it, and it always sounded like it had too much high end.
Chase said:Tough to beat broadcasting live on KWOD from the Renaissance Tower. KWOD was a much better radio station back when Ed Stoltz owned it.
Nice buildings don't make a great station... If you worked for him in the seventy’s or early to mid-eighties you'd feel different. Cheap equipment, poor salaries, bad engineering by Ed himself. Hitting on every woman he hired. I saw what it was like back then and he was the joke of the town. He must've really improved in the 90's for you to speak so glowingly of him.
Stage5Clinger said:He used try picking up on me when I was 16 and he was like 35+. I was an intern at the time and it used to really creep me out, so I steered clear. Remember how he would process the station however he did it, and it always sounded like it had too much high end.
I do remember listening to KWOD in the mid 90's and noticing it's "punchy" sound...very loud and inconsistent. But that made the station sound unique, distinct, almost indie/amateur. Quite a difference from the present day processing where I usually have to turn the volume up when I change from another station.
calguy said:Chase said:Tough to beat broadcasting live on KWOD from the Renaissance Tower. KWOD was a much better radio station back when Ed Stoltz owned it.
Nice buildings don't make a great station... If you worked for him in the seventy’s or early to mid-eighties you'd feel different. Cheap equipment, poor salaries, bad engineering by Ed himself. Hitting on every woman he hired. I saw what it was like back then and he was the joke of the town. He must've really improved in the 90's for you to speak so glowingly of him.
Every "radio" building in town is nothing but a sales office with studios tossed in as an afterthought... KWOD was live, "off the cuff" radio. Golden every time? No, but exciting and you would never know what would happen next because the freedom was there to let it fly. Can you say that about any of the nicely sanitized stations in the market now? Nope.
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rickradio
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From Stage5Clinger:
From calguy:
My wife was KWOD's payroll processing specialist in '99-'00, and as such, had regular occasion to talk to Ed Stoltz directly. She used to tell me what a mean-spirited, rotten @#$%&@! he was, one time having treated her so horrifically, she called me in tears one day. As their rep, she was supposed to just suck it up and walk it off. I damned near went to KWOD to get in Stoltz's face and see what he would do when they come a little bigger, are male, and are right in front of him. Cooler heads prevailed, however. But now...
To no one's surprise, I'm sure.
Seriously, or sarcastically?
He used try picking up on me when I was 16 and he was like 35+. I was an intern at the time and it used to really creep me out, so I steered clear.
From calguy:
If you worked for him in the seventy’s or early to mid-eighties you'd feel different. Cheap equipment, poor salaries, bad engineering by Ed himself. Hitting on every woman he hired. I saw what it was like back then and he was the joke of the town. He must've really improved in the 90's for you to speak so glowingly of him.
My wife was KWOD's payroll processing specialist in '99-'00, and as such, had regular occasion to talk to Ed Stoltz directly. She used to tell me what a mean-spirited, rotten @#$%&@! he was, one time having treated her so horrifically, she called me in tears one day. As their rep, she was supposed to just suck it up and walk it off. I damned near went to KWOD to get in Stoltz's face and see what he would do when they come a little bigger, are male, and are right in front of him. Cooler heads prevailed, however. But now...
JON BRUCE said:everyone who works for him hates him.
To no one's surprise, I'm sure.
I'm sure he's still a heck of a guy.
Seriously, or sarcastically?
T
Tube Shortwave
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2 KWOD moments stick out in my mind...
1. When 'Sterling and STeel' did the morning show for a short time. That was hilarious! I still don't know who those two clowns were, but they were talented, funny, and tight!
2. The days leading up to the KFRC 25th anniversary dinner when Jerry Cagle was programming KWOD with a KFRC 'in your face' attitude. Wow, that was some good radio, for a change. Didn't last long before Stolz pulled back on the reins. Oh, wait... Maybe I shoudl take that back before Ed sees it and sues me.
1. When 'Sterling and STeel' did the morning show for a short time. That was hilarious! I still don't know who those two clowns were, but they were talented, funny, and tight!
2. The days leading up to the KFRC 25th anniversary dinner when Jerry Cagle was programming KWOD with a KFRC 'in your face' attitude. Wow, that was some good radio, for a change. Didn't last long before Stolz pulled back on the reins. Oh, wait... Maybe I shoudl take that back before Ed sees it and sues me.
Sterling And Steele were CHARLIE SIMONS (as TOM STERLING) and JEFF HUNTER (as TERRY STEELE). They later left KWOD and went to San Jose to work at KHQT-97.7 (now KFFG).Tube Shortwave said:2 KWOD moments stick out in my mind...
1. When 'Sterling and Steele' did the morning show for a short time. That was hilarious! I still don't know who those two clowns were, but they were talented, funny, and tight!
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Tube Shortwave
Guest
I should have known!!
I worked with Charlie Simons at KWG. He was a bona-fide lunatic and a dang good jock.
I think it was him that interviewed our neighbor once. At the old studios on Center Street, we had a house behind us where a drummer lived. Sometimes, he would get so loud, you could hear him in the KWG studio and with all the compression we had, you could hear him throught the mic. Charlie (I think it was him) took a mic downstairs and behind the building LIVE, and talked to the guy on the air! It was hilarious!!
I worked with Charlie Simons at KWG. He was a bona-fide lunatic and a dang good jock.
I think it was him that interviewed our neighbor once. At the old studios on Center Street, we had a house behind us where a drummer lived. Sometimes, he would get so loud, you could hear him in the KWG studio and with all the compression we had, you could hear him throught the mic. Charlie (I think it was him) took a mic downstairs and behind the building LIVE, and talked to the guy on the air! It was hilarious!!
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Stage5Clinger
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Jeff Hunter used to give me a ride to work when I did that internship. He was a great guy. Does anyone know where he's at now. I'd like to get in touch.
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brifi8500
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hammerpants said:Every "radio" building in town is nothing but a sales office with studios tossed in as an afterthought...
It's been a while, but the last time I was at 5345 Madison Av. they had top drawer studios---rivaling the majors.
Stage5Clinger said:Jeff Hunter used to give me a ride to work when I did that internship. He was a great guy. Does anyone know where he's at now. I'd like to get in touch.
Last I heard Hunter was working in Hawaii. Don't think he ever made it back to the mainland.
brifi8500 said:hammerpants said:Every "radio" building in town is nothing but a sales office with studios tossed in as an afterthought...
It's been a while, but the last time I was at 5345 Madison Av. they had top drawer studios---rivaling the majors.
Not really talking about the physical appearance of the studios… I’m talking about the resources that are allocated to what goes on inside those pretty studios. Each building has shrinking on air staffs and each building grows out its number of sales drones every year.
They’ll probably be putting sales cubicles in some of those fancy studios before long.
Tube Shortwave said:2 KWOD moments stick out in my mind...
1. When 'Sterling and STeel' did the morning show for a short time. That was hilarious! I still don't know who those two clowns were, but they were talented, funny, and tight!
One of them was Charlie Simons, I used to work with him at Columbia School of Broadcasting...wonder what happened to him....anyone know?
John Walker said:One of them was Charlie Simons, I used to work with him at Columbia School of Broadcasting...wonder what happened to him....anyone know?
He's here!
http://www.csimons.net/
{sidebar: he's always spelled his first name as Charlee 'sted of Charlie...}
I knew him during my Stockton years in the early-1980s; seems like he's residing
in Benicia (North Bay Area), last I heard...
Charlee's a good guy, and a funny one, too!...
--jay
Hey...you wouldn't happen to know Steve Michaels would you? The jay sounds familiar
John Walker said:Hey...you wouldn't happen to know Steve Michaels would you? The jay sounds familiar
Affirmative - Steve and I worked at the defunct Magic 101 (KHYL), now V-101.1...
he's having a blast at KCEZ, Los Molinos/Chico, spinning the oldies at Oldies 102.1 FM,
now in his sixth year there...
--jay
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