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Hi all. Been very busy with my wife's health issues, mine too, and various family issues, two jobs, etc. Didn 't even know this site was back up till a week or so ago!
sorry I didn't have a chance to take part in the KFI discussions with Mr. Landing. I knew the answer to one question was Don Wilson. I have a copy of the Stuart Blond ECA bio, too. I would guess Mr. Landing knows more overall about KFI than I do, while I have tried to learn a bit about every L.A. AM station that was licensed from 1920-1945. I wonder if he knew Newcomb Weisenberger, who died last year? He was a good friend, who was ECA's youngest engineer when hired at KFI in 1947. Newcomb was at KFI until 1980 when he retired. Also, I own a lot of old radio memorabilia, but I think our friend David Gleason is the champion!! His site has everything I would dream of owning. I see he has some Radio Doings there now, which I started collecting in 1983, and have maybe 24 issues or copies of issues in some cases.
Radio World's Blog site has written an intro on my latest article, "KGFJ-The Original 24 Hour Station" (now KYPA-1230). It is revised from my 2002 article on the same topic, but much expanded with extra graphics, etc. Here's the link to their take on my article:
http://www.radioworld.com/default.aspx?tabid=75&entryid=997
To go directly to my article, click here:
http://jeff560.tripod.com/kgfj.html
And, Jeff Milller's site has many of my other essays/articles, including my attempt to debunk the myth of the Aimee Sample McPherson telegram to Herbert Hoover in the 1920s:
http://jeff560.tripod.com/broadcasting.html
I also see my long history of KPPC-1240 AM (1924-1996) is still out there:
http://www.laradio.com/kppchistory.htm
Happy 2014 to everybody. Don't have as much time for this or radio history lately, but will try to take part now and then, as time permits.
Jim Hilliker
Monterey, CA
sorry I didn't have a chance to take part in the KFI discussions with Mr. Landing. I knew the answer to one question was Don Wilson. I have a copy of the Stuart Blond ECA bio, too. I would guess Mr. Landing knows more overall about KFI than I do, while I have tried to learn a bit about every L.A. AM station that was licensed from 1920-1945. I wonder if he knew Newcomb Weisenberger, who died last year? He was a good friend, who was ECA's youngest engineer when hired at KFI in 1947. Newcomb was at KFI until 1980 when he retired. Also, I own a lot of old radio memorabilia, but I think our friend David Gleason is the champion!! His site has everything I would dream of owning. I see he has some Radio Doings there now, which I started collecting in 1983, and have maybe 24 issues or copies of issues in some cases.
Radio World's Blog site has written an intro on my latest article, "KGFJ-The Original 24 Hour Station" (now KYPA-1230). It is revised from my 2002 article on the same topic, but much expanded with extra graphics, etc. Here's the link to their take on my article:
http://www.radioworld.com/default.aspx?tabid=75&entryid=997
To go directly to my article, click here:
http://jeff560.tripod.com/kgfj.html
And, Jeff Milller's site has many of my other essays/articles, including my attempt to debunk the myth of the Aimee Sample McPherson telegram to Herbert Hoover in the 1920s:
http://jeff560.tripod.com/broadcasting.html
I also see my long history of KPPC-1240 AM (1924-1996) is still out there:
http://www.laradio.com/kppchistory.htm
Happy 2014 to everybody. Don't have as much time for this or radio history lately, but will try to take part now and then, as time permits.
Jim Hilliker
Monterey, CA