I still listen to ' Disco Saturday Night ' every week.

[failsafe]

On 104.3 MyFm. ;D
Mark Kriski has been doing a fine job since being added to the show. Although I still believe certain songs shouldn't be in the line up. ' Atomic Dog ' by Clinton? Sorry.

 

[JR1967]

When living in SoCal in 1995, I remember the great work that Rick Diego did with "Disco Saturday Night".
Anyone know what happened to him?

 

[calguy]

Rick Diego was good, and I think he also had Carolyn Gracie as a co-host. Doc Bailey was really quite good at it, but he didn't do it for long. Then there was Archer who did it for quite a while. I think he was the best and letting him go was a huge mistake.

Kriski and St. John? Passable I suppose, but it’s a better show when the same person does it all of the time....

 

[oldies76]

JR1967 When living in SoCal in 1995, I remember the great work that Rick Diego did with "Disco Saturday Night".

The theme song / jingle to D.S.N. then in the mid-late 90's was memorable too...catchy! Also back then, it seemed the songs mostly aired in the same sequence..you'd always hear "Love is in the Air" after "Funkytown"...etc..

Rick Diego did do a good job!!

 

[calguy]

JR1967 When living in SoCal in 1995, I remember the great work that Rick Diego did with "Disco Saturday Night".

The theme song / jingle to D.S.N. then in the mid-late 90's was memorable too...catchy! Also back then, it seemed the songs mostly aired in the same sequence..you'd always hear "Love is in the Air" after "Funkytown"...etc..

Rick Diego did do a good job!!

Actually song selection and mixing has always been handled by Ray Rhodes. Joe Vinyl usually fills in. They were also two of the mixers on the old Boogie Nights show. The announcers never handle any mixing or song selection.

 

[scooty430]

I don't know who does the mixing or what, but during the last year or two they have done a much less impressive job of blending the songs together. In the past, they'd match beats and musical themes quite seamlessly. They did a better job too of transitioning into commercials back then. The announcer (forget the name) who hosted up until a year or so ago was also superior to the guy they have now.

What I want to know is......What is the name of that song they always play: "Mondolay" (or something like that.) It has a Latino flavor, and I never heard it growing up in Boston in the disco days.

 

[airpab]

scooty430-

It's Mandolay by La Flavour....Probably one of many fun tunes I'm betting East Coasters don't get to hear or have never heard!

 

[calguy]

I don't know who does the mixing or what, but during the last year or two they have done a much less impressive job of blending the songs together. In the past, they'd match beats and musical themes quite seamlessly. They did a better job too of transitioning into commercials back then. The announcer (forget the name) who hosted up until a year or so ago was also superior to the guy they have now.

It's the same people mixing. Ray Rhodes is usually the mixer, Joe Vinyl fills in every once in a great while. The host you're thinking of who was so good was Archer.

 

[JR1967]

scooty430-

It's Mandolay by La Flavour....Probably one of many fun tunes I'm betting East Coasters don't get to hear or have never heard!
[/quote]

You are correct. I have lived back east here (Atlanta) since '98 and there are many great songs
you never hear on the radio here. A lot of the great classic hits that Art Laboe features on his
"killer oldies" show, for example, hardly get any airplay in this area, or in this region. One great
classic that comes to mind that I can only hear over the internet is Malo's "Suavecito", which
is still played a lot in SoCal.

 

[955wdhf]

Since Archer left whom I thought was a great host on that program. Mark Kristi is a great fit in for the show.
Full of energy. BTW, he has great radio pipes!

 

[calguy]

Since Archer left whom I thought was a great host on that program. Mark Kristi is a great fit in for the show.
Full of energy. BTW, he has great radio pipes!

Kriski has improved, but he's still not at the top of my list. Then again, it's hard to get really good when you're not even on every weekend.
I don't find much variance in his delivery and style. He just kind of blasts through the show at one speed, one energy level. I still would go with Archer.

I also don't agree that the mixers aren't as good as they used to be . The problem for them is to take the same songs every week and do a show that's something like 9 hours long. You can't do the same segue's every week, so some shows are better than others. They do a very good job and really are the guys that all the others have been measured against for quite some time.

 

[scooty430]

scooty430-

It's Mandolay by La Flavour....Probably one of many fun tunes I'm betting East Coasters don't get to hear or have never heard!


You are correct. I have lived back east here (Atlanta) since '98 and there are many great songs
you never hear on the radio here. A lot of the great classic hits that Art Laboe features on his
"killer oldies" show, for example, hardly get any airplay in this area, or in this region. One great
classic that comes to mind that I can only hear over the internet is Malo's "Suavecito", which
is still played a lot in SoCal.

Yes.....Suavecito is one of the few good things about K-Earth, especially when they whip out the really looooong version. If you're lucky, that song will pop up as you're driving along the beach - perfect SoCal moment.

 

[oldies76]

Scooty430 What I want to know is......What is the name of that song they always play: "Mondolay" (or something like that.) It has a Latino flavor, and I never heard it growing up in Boston in the disco days.

Maybe a local hit in L.A. (early 1980?), never charted nationally on Hot 100 and I don't ever remember hearing it on air either. Plenty of other disco then..but not Mandolay.

 

[oldies76]

Scooty430 Suavecito is one of the few good things about K-Earth, especially when they whip out the really looooong version. If you're lucky, that song will pop up as you're driving along the beach - perfect SoCal moment

Yeah...great song...but that and "Ventura Highway"...the only hits they play from 1972 it seems.

 

[SuperRadioFan]

One great classic that comes to mind that I can only hear over the internet is Malo's "Suavecito", which
is still played a lot in SoCal.

Yes.....Suavecito is one of the few good things about K-Earth, especially when they whip out the really looooong version. If you're lucky, that song will pop up as you're driving along the beach - perfect SoCal moment.

Yet, one more post about "Suavecito"..... I also heard it yesterday playing on .......... 100.3 The Sound KSWD 8)

 

[radiofreqk1]

I still listen to "Disco Saturday night". But NOT on K-big. Movin 93.9 has a lot better program -- 7 days a week. Every station has jocks that are idiots. 93.9 has Rick Dees -- the sleeze of the LA airwaves. and now K-big has Mark Kiski -- a jerk on the radio as he is on TV. He can't stop talking -- mostly about what HE likes and doesn't like. Mark Kiski and Garth Kemp are the two biggest jerks in LA Broadcasting. I'll listen to Movin 93.9 -- over K-big any time.

 

[Garrett]

But NOT on K-big. Movin 93.9 has a lot better program -- 7 days a week. Every station has jocks that are idiots. 93.9 has Rick Dees -- the sleeze of the LA airwaves. and now K-big has Mark Kiski -- a jerk on the radio as he is on TV. He can't stop talking -- mostly about what HE likes and doesn't like. Mark Kiski and Garth Kemp are the two biggest jerks in LA Broadcasting. I'll listen to Movin 93.9 -- over K-big any time.

What is this "K-big" you speak of? Hasn't it been MyFM for a year now?

 

[calguy]

But NOT on K-big. Movin 93.9 has a lot better program -- 7 days a week. Every station has jocks that are idiots. 93.9 has Rick Dees -- the sleeze of the LA airwaves. and now K-big has Mark Kiski -- a jerk on the radio as he is on TV. He can't stop talking -- mostly about what HE likes and doesn't like. Mark Kiski and Garth Kemp are the two biggest jerks in LA Broadcasting. I'll listen to Movin 93.9 -- over K-big any time.

What is this "K-big" you speak of? Hasn't it been MyFM for a year now?

Technically its still KBIG as far as the FCC is concerned as the station's call letters were never changed..