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Happy Birthday KFYI!
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Victoria Jones, Mickey Pedorr....
Earl Baldwin, Brian Williams, Bill Giese, Maryann Watkins, Jack Cole, Leykis, Mohan, Barry Komando, John "Cough hack!" Dayl, Austin Hill, Tom Liddy, Duke Shirlaw and the "Middle of the Damn Night" show.....
Earl Baldwin, Brian Williams, Bill Giese, Maryann Watkins, Jack Cole, Leykis, Mohan, Barry Komando, John "Cough hack!" Dayl, Austin Hill, Tom Liddy, Duke Shirlaw and the "Middle of the Damn Night" show.....
It was John Giese...not Bill. Don't forget Tom Leykis in the afternooon. I believe he was p.d. there for a while.
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AZFLAGGUY
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Denis Martin , Dean James, Pati Urias, Doug St. James, and don't forget JD Hayworth's "Calling All Sports"!
...News Every Hour, Bulletins At Once. On The Talk Station, Nine-Ten... k-FYI.
...News Every Hour, Bulletins At Once. On The Talk Station, Nine-Ten... k-FYI.
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dr.akbar
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Miss the R E V E R B, long jingles and heterodyne whistle of nine~10! Oh..and Nurse Jeff misses The Amazing Herbie as featured on Grant Wood's show 
jeeezus, I had managed to block out the Grant Woods trauma.
Its all flooding back to me, the sappy music, the woody awards.....
Arrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh!
Its all flooding back to me, the sappy music, the woody awards.....
Arrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh!
The first KFYI lineup consisted of (trying from memory only here).
Charlie Van (name which cannot be printed due to ridiculous computer slang filter, but he's VERY famous) and Bob Grossfeld in the AM drive. Alan Rappaport did middays. He was a channel 3 consumer reporter and his radio show was kind of like a Dave Ramsey with an edge schtick. Dewey Hopper was in the mix, too. I can't recall who did PM drive, but it wasn't Leykis or Mohan. They still had John Moynihan doing sports talk, I think. John Geise, who had been a big AM driver with Bill Andres on KDKB, pulled down late evenings. I can't remember what came on for overnights.
Joe Adams was in the newsroom, Maryann Watkins was probably there, too. Lori Shepard, Dave Hampton and Diana Stauffer were there or on the way soon.
None of this lasted long. Within a year or so, Leykis was hired for PM drive (he did program the place for a long while, too.) Stan Major was hired for midday, but was replaced by Bob Mohan. Barry Young came at about the same time as Mohan and did AM drive.
The "classic" lineup, if you will, would be circa roughly 1986-1987:
5 - 9 AM - Barry Young
9 - Noon - Mohan
Noon - 3 - Jami McFerren
3-6 - Leykis
7 - 10 - Earl Baldwin
Traffic with Mark Jeffrey, of course.
The newsroom lineup would be people like Ed Walsh, Brian Rackham (now back at KTAR, apparently), Joe Adams, Doug St. James, Maryann Watkins, and Dave Hampton. Later newsies worth mentioning are Mitch Strohman, Denis Martyn and Ron Kilgore - among others.
Lots of talented people passed through the doors of 631 N. First Av.
Charlie Van (name which cannot be printed due to ridiculous computer slang filter, but he's VERY famous) and Bob Grossfeld in the AM drive. Alan Rappaport did middays. He was a channel 3 consumer reporter and his radio show was kind of like a Dave Ramsey with an edge schtick. Dewey Hopper was in the mix, too. I can't recall who did PM drive, but it wasn't Leykis or Mohan. They still had John Moynihan doing sports talk, I think. John Geise, who had been a big AM driver with Bill Andres on KDKB, pulled down late evenings. I can't remember what came on for overnights.
Joe Adams was in the newsroom, Maryann Watkins was probably there, too. Lori Shepard, Dave Hampton and Diana Stauffer were there or on the way soon.
None of this lasted long. Within a year or so, Leykis was hired for PM drive (he did program the place for a long while, too.) Stan Major was hired for midday, but was replaced by Bob Mohan. Barry Young came at about the same time as Mohan and did AM drive.
The "classic" lineup, if you will, would be circa roughly 1986-1987:
5 - 9 AM - Barry Young
9 - Noon - Mohan
Noon - 3 - Jami McFerren
3-6 - Leykis
7 - 10 - Earl Baldwin
Traffic with Mark Jeffrey, of course.
The newsroom lineup would be people like Ed Walsh, Brian Rackham (now back at KTAR, apparently), Joe Adams, Doug St. James, Maryann Watkins, and Dave Hampton. Later newsies worth mentioning are Mitch Strohman, Denis Martyn and Ron Kilgore - among others.
Lots of talented people passed through the doors of 631 N. First Av.
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desertv
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Bob Mohan and his "croquet balls" episode.
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desertv
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Blow Out the Phones with Catwoman, Curly, etc.
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Rubbernecker
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Actually, we didn't have any listeners back in 1985 when we started..thanks for everyones support..Mark "Rubbernecker" Jeffrey
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dr.akbar
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What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports was The Beer Baron thinkin' when he put Jack Cole and his piano on in PMD? KFYI at 9~ten came close to kickin' KT'R in the ass with Limbaugh, but their big move was in the Fall of 2006 when the station moved to 5~fifty. Nurse Jeff and I recall the times Mohan bitched about being on after 7pm when the station was at 9~ten. He wasn't into that nightime pattern at all. Come to think of it...Mohan bitched a lot about nothing. Kinda like the Nearly Bald One, huh ??? 8)
Thanks for the good stories so far. I moved to Phx in 2000 and I remember the switch from 910 to 550. Also cool to hear from Rubbernecker. You are a pro, keep up the good work!
My interesting memory is when KFYI tried doing traffic & weather "every ten minutes on the fives." While Heidi and Heywood would do it religiously, I could tell that Goyette hated it because it interrupted his flow. Once Jacobs started morning it quietly went away. Now it's more like traffic & weather between Jacobs and Barry's rants!
My interesting memory is when KFYI tried doing traffic & weather "every ten minutes on the fives." While Heidi and Heywood would do it religiously, I could tell that Goyette hated it because it interrupted his flow. Once Jacobs started morning it quietly went away. Now it's more like traffic & weather between Jacobs and Barry's rants!
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airchic
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Teeny tiny trivia...
Two board op's about two years ago...
Willy's son, of KNIX's Tim and Willy (another Clear Channel station)--and Phil Gordon's daughter (from first marriage)
This afternoon, heard Michael Anthony filling in for Ted with Heidi on KTAR--and Jim Sharpe's and Melody Birkett's voices on KFYI...
Which station is which???!!!
Two board op's about two years ago...
Willy's son, of KNIX's Tim and Willy (another Clear Channel station)--and Phil Gordon's daughter (from first marriage)
This afternoon, heard Michael Anthony filling in for Ted with Heidi on KTAR--and Jim Sharpe's and Melody Birkett's voices on KFYI...
Which station is which???!!!
Yeah, but Mohan was fun to listen to.
Barry Komando is just an arrogant loser who barely even tries to put on a good show.
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Barry Komando is just an arrogant loser who barely even tries to put on a good show.
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KFYI weekends:
Nothing better than Duke Shirlaw and the Middle of the Damn Night program. Callers Gabe, Carol, Tom from Mesa, and the characters like Ramon the Disco Terrorist and Daryll (Yodelly yodellay, Duke). Ben Tyler, The Great Gubernatorial Debate, Mark Williams, Brian Donelly, Pat North, Joe Abodeely, Herb Kalish, Matt Gannis, Barbara Villa, Chia the psychic, Jerry "feed your fern some beer" Baker.
Oh and the jingles! ...News and Talk, Hottest talk in the Val-ley, FYI Ra-di-o, Nine-Tennnnnnn!
Happy Birthday, KFYI!!
Nothing better than Duke Shirlaw and the Middle of the Damn Night program. Callers Gabe, Carol, Tom from Mesa, and the characters like Ramon the Disco Terrorist and Daryll (Yodelly yodellay, Duke). Ben Tyler, The Great Gubernatorial Debate, Mark Williams, Brian Donelly, Pat North, Joe Abodeely, Herb Kalish, Matt Gannis, Barbara Villa, Chia the psychic, Jerry "feed your fern some beer" Baker.
Oh and the jingles! ...News and Talk, Hottest talk in the Val-ley, FYI Ra-di-o, Nine-Tennnnnnn!
Happy Birthday, KFYI!!
Cue music and Lawrence Welk singers...
Who's got the news throughout the day?
When you need to know.
Who's going to tell you how long it will take?
From east to west, Valley traffic flow.
In Arizona its weather-changin,
Politics that keep re-arrangin.
Whatever you think, just give us a call,
the hottest talk, we cover it all.
News and talk, hottest talk in the Valley,
F-Y-I, Ra-di-o, Nine-ten!!!
-KFYI Jingle, circa mid-to-late 80s
Who's got the news throughout the day?
When you need to know.
Who's going to tell you how long it will take?
From east to west, Valley traffic flow.
In Arizona its weather-changin,
Politics that keep re-arrangin.
Whatever you think, just give us a call,
the hottest talk, we cover it all.
News and talk, hottest talk in the Valley,
F-Y-I, Ra-di-o, Nine-ten!!!
-KFYI Jingle, circa mid-to-late 80s
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PaulBWalkerJr
Guest
Barry Young is stil with the station right? And isn't he also with The Kim Komando Show?
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dr.akbar
Guest
Cue music and Lawrence Welk singers...
Who's got the news throughout the day?
When you need to know.
Who's going to tell you how long it will take?
From east to west, Valley traffic flow.
In Arizona its weather-changin,
Politics that keep re-arrangin.
Whatever you think, just give us a call,
the hottest talk, we cover it all.
News and talk, hottest talk in the Valley,
F-Y-I, Ra-di-o, Nine-ten!!!
A classic, no doubt! However Nurse Jeff and I recall the infamous "Rush Sandwich" which promoted two hours of Dr Laura, three of Rush and the final hour of Dr Laura. No wonder the Nearly Bald One walked out to Circle K and didn't come back. YIKES!
Who's got the news throughout the day?
When you need to know.
Who's going to tell you how long it will take?
From east to west, Valley traffic flow.
In Arizona its weather-changin,
Politics that keep re-arrangin.
Whatever you think, just give us a call,
the hottest talk, we cover it all.
News and talk, hottest talk in the Valley,
F-Y-I, Ra-di-o, Nine-ten!!!
A classic, no doubt! However Nurse Jeff and I recall the infamous "Rush Sandwich" which promoted two hours of Dr Laura, three of Rush and the final hour of Dr Laura. No wonder the Nearly Bald One walked out to Circle K and didn't come back. YIKES!
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airchic
Guest
HUGE change a comin' at KFYI...To be announced within a few days...
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