KGIL 94.3 AOR?

[thebeach33445]

Hey Guys:

Was KGIL 94.3 ever an AOR station in the late 70's?

Thanks

T.J.

 

[OCradiodude]

Around 1976-1977 they simulcasted the AM during the final days of the KGIL music MOR format. Not sure if they also simulcasted during the talk phase.

 

[michael hagerty]

Hey Guys:

Was KGIL 94.3 ever an AOR station in the late 70's?

Thanks

T.J.

T.J.

Nope. It was KVFM, an MOR station, until 1976, when it became KGIL, and simulcast the AM's MOR/AC format. In summer 1979, both AM and FM flipped to a format they called "Ballads, Blues and Big Bands Too". Found a Billboard article of the time which quoted PD Mike Lundy as saying that the format would include contemporary artists like ABBA and go back as far as 100 years (!).

http://books.google.com/books?id=nC...4nmCpaWNcG0qKEM&cd=3#v=onepage&q=KVFM&f=false

 

[jonbruce]

I was living in the city of San Fernando in 1958 when KVFM 94.3 signed on. The studios were located on the top floor of a 2 story building that housed a Thrifty drug store below at the corner of San Fernando Rd. and Brand Blvd. The antenna was on the roof of the building. Later, across the street KSFV 106.3 hit the air circa 1965-66 with a Top 40 format. That station went broke and 106.3 was deleted. The frequency was later allocated to Lancaster.

 

[michael hagerty]

Hey Guys:

Was KGIL 94.3 ever an AOR station in the late 70's?

Thanks

T.J.

T.J.

Nope. It was KVFM, an MOR station, until 1976, when it became KGIL, and simulcast the AM's MOR/AC format. In summer 1979, both AM and FM flipped to a format they called "Ballads, Blues and Big Bands Too". Found a Billboard article of the time which quoted PD Mike Lundy as saying that the format would include contemporary artists like ABBA and go back as far as 100 years (!).

http://books.google.com/books?id=nC...4nmCpaWNcG0qKEM&cd=3#v=onepage&q=KVFM&f=false

I've been gently, privately corrected by someone who was there at the time. From 1976-1979, KGIL-FM was automated and while the PD wanted it to evolve into an AOR, it really was more of a soft-rock station with AOR-ish overtones.

 

[thebeach33445]

Re: KGIL 94.3 AOR? KVFM BEAUTIFUL MUSIC?

Hey Guys:

Thanks for all of that perfect info!!

Question: Was KVFM a Beautiful Music format when it signed on in 1958?

Hey Michael what kind of MOR was KVFM? MOR standards or MOR/AC?

Thanks

T.J.

 

[michael hagerty]

Re: KGIL 94.3 AOR? KVFM BEAUTIFUL MUSIC?

Hey Guys:

Thanks for all of that perfect info!!

Question: Was KVFM a Beautiful Music format when it signed on in 1958?

Hey Michael what kind of MOR was KVFM? MOR standards or MOR/AC?

Thanks

T.J.

MOR standards, I believe. When Ira Cook got shoved out of KMPC, he went to KVFM.