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November 20: This Day in TV History

...for however many pair o' pennies it's worth, I have to say that the reason KRLA lost in the Top 40 Wars to KHJ was simple -- KRLA had the most duds among their disc jockeys (Bob Eubanks and Casey Kasem primary among them; I can't think of a single one KHJ had from '65 onwards). Plus, KRLA was stupid enough to fire Emperor Bob Hudson (why on Earth did HE not get a TV show of his own?!?) because Hud refused to stop promoting his own records! And let's not forget KBLA, with Humble Harve Miller (he shoulda gotten his own TV show too), Dave Diamond and Tom Clay...
 
Ultimajock said:
...for however many pair o' pennies it's worth, I have to say that the reason KRLA lost in the Top 40 Wars to KHJ was simple -- KRLA had the most duds among their disc jockeys (Bob Eubanks and Casey Kasem primary among them; I can't think of a single one KHJ had from '65 onwards). Plus, KRLA was stupid enough to fire Emperor Bob Hudson (why on Earth did HE not get a TV show of his own?!?) because Hud refused to stop promoting his own records! And let's not forget KBLA, with Humble Harve Miller (he shoulda gotten his own TV show too), Dave Diamond and Tom Clay...
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I'm not sure this is the right board or thread to talk about LA Top 40 radio circa 65-70, but I'd disagree with that. KRLA had many fine DJs (though I'll agree that Eubanks and "The Caser" weren't two of them. We used to make fun of Casey because we felt he was so corny and square).

But KRLA had some good periods where they experimented, and counter-programmed KHJ very nicely with some innovative programming - The Rabbit's 69-70 album-rock show comes to mind. Don't forget Johnny Hayes, Bob Dayton, Russ O'Hara. We "hip" teens thought KRLA was the hipper alternative, and KHJ was the "teeny-bopper" station. The problem with KRLA was inconsistency. Any time they got into a good groove for a few months, the PD would leave, and the new PD would change everything, tighten or loosen the format, fire good jocks, etc. Meanwhile, KHJ delivered the same slick highly formatted product for years, with very few changes.
 
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