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Mr. Mike said:
Not that I wouldn't (in fact, I like doing so very much indeed!) but, in this case, I wasn't -- not so much as I was the vocal branding, anyway. I would miss the station pretty much regardless of what replaced it, though (maybe a PBP-heavy FM, a possibility in the pre-DBacks days, would have dulled the sting, but little else).
1060 around 1994-95. KOOL Gold 960. Also KOOL-FM around 1994-95, with Camelback Jack, MG Kelly, Angela Allen and Lee Sims.
KTWC, the music (not the something-to-think-twice-about PSAs.) 1010 as Air America and also when they carried The News Channel from the Associated Press.
KZZP circa 1996 or so. Y-95, which I much preferred over Power 92.
105.9 as Young Countryand, yes, Wild Country 103.5. (That's a frequency to think twice about.)
KYOT's party music. 103.9 under Jerry Clifton "looking for Steve in the desert."
KZON, both as AAA and the hot AT/alt hybrid.
And, heard elsewhere but from Phoenix, KUPD circa 1971, KCAC and KRUX, both as a rocker and an affiliate of NBC's News And Information Service.
a long list,
KTWC, the music (not the something-to-think-twice-about PSAs.) 1010 as Air America and also when they carried The News Channel from the Associated Press.
KZZP circa 1996 or so. Y-95, which I much preferred over Power 92.
105.9 as Young Countryand, yes, Wild Country 103.5. (That's a frequency to think twice about.)
KYOT's party music. 103.9 under Jerry Clifton "looking for Steve in the desert."
KZON, both as AAA and the hot AT/alt hybrid.
And, heard elsewhere but from Phoenix, KUPD circa 1971, KCAC and KRUX, both as a rocker and an affiliate of NBC's News And Information Service.
a long list,
I forgot to mention KSTM, they were a cool station. I was so young when they went off the air, I forgot about them.
I'm pretty content with the way things are now 
ACTUALLY, NO. I SOMEWHAT TAKE THAT BACK!
I do miss Energy and don't care for Dave Ramsey to be on during the week on KTAR!
103.9 used to be the obsession and lost love I could never get over, but no more now that we have 101.5!
With that being said, other than the Energy and Dave Ramsey thing, I'm pretty content living in a city that now has a bunch of stations I always wished and dreamed for, but don't have time to listen to because I'm constantly stuck on KZON and KPKX.
I may not be Alanis Morissette, but that surely is ironic. Where were these two format styles when I needed them most?
I do miss Energy and don't care for Dave Ramsey to be on during the week on KTAR!
103.9 used to be the obsession and lost love I could never get over, but no more now that we have 101.5!
With that being said, other than the Energy and Dave Ramsey thing, I'm pretty content living in a city that now has a bunch of stations I always wished and dreamed for, but don't have time to listen to because I'm constantly stuck on KZON and KPKX.
I may not be Alanis Morissette, but that surely is ironic. Where were these two format styles when I needed them most?
KSTM, the best.
Great music, real DJ's, the Nooner, entire albums played each night.
Alternative to the top 40 bilge.
I miss it.
Great music, real DJ's, the Nooner, entire albums played each night.
Alternative to the top 40 bilge.
I miss it.
K-DIL
Probably the only one who misses this one...
KRDS 105.3 Wickenburg-Phoenix
A local, commercial radio station that actually played good contemporary Christian music. Signal was a bit challenged due to being a rimshot, especially on I-10 near the airport, but it was a lot better than K-Love that came along later.
KRDS 105.3 Wickenburg-Phoenix
A local, commercial radio station that actually played good contemporary Christian music. Signal was a bit challenged due to being a rimshot, especially on I-10 near the airport, but it was a lot better than K-Love that came along later.
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The Edge when it used to take over the airwaves in the middle of the night on KZZP.
Well, I was the 7-Midnight jock at KRDS AM, just a few years before they got the weak rimshot FM. I got to play a lot of Phil Keaggy, Amy Grant, Servant, Imperials, Allies, etc. (And U2's "Pride: In the Name of Love" was in rotation too.)
It was a great sounding CCM station and we had a small, but loyal audience. It was even smaller at night when the pattern protected much of Scottsdale and the east valley. Great place for a minor-league talent like me to get better.
When they went FM (after an ill-fated satellite-fed format that came from the parent station in Anaheim) it was too bad they had to settle for the 105.3 signal out of Wickenburg. It just didn't reach enough of the metro area.
I agree KRDS was superior to K-LOVE if only because it was never generic, and we had fun.
It was a great sounding CCM station and we had a small, but loyal audience. It was even smaller at night when the pattern protected much of Scottsdale and the east valley. Great place for a minor-league talent like me to get better.
When they went FM (after an ill-fated satellite-fed format that came from the parent station in Anaheim) it was too bad they had to settle for the 105.3 signal out of Wickenburg. It just didn't reach enough of the metro area.
I agree KRDS was superior to K-LOVE if only because it was never generic, and we had fun.
When I was at KRDS in 1985-86, our studios were at 8611 N. Black Canyon Hwy across from Metrocenter. We leased office space and it was actually not too bad.
The transmitter shack was usable as a studio, but all we did was run a 60 min. midday talk show (we were otherwise music the rest of the day and night), and our overnight guy actually lived in the shack (which was actually a small brick and stucco building). He also made sure the midday show got on the air. One day the show failed to come on, and we tried to call our guy at the shack but got no answer. We actually called Tolleson PD to do a welfare check. The overnight guy was fast asleep. The cops woke him up and we got the show on.
Studios remained at 8611 N. Black Canyon well after KRDS flipped to other formats, but the current studios are somewhere else.
The transmitter shack was usable as a studio, but all we did was run a 60 min. midday talk show (we were otherwise music the rest of the day and night), and our overnight guy actually lived in the shack (which was actually a small brick and stucco building). He also made sure the midday show got on the air. One day the show failed to come on, and we tried to call our guy at the shack but got no answer. We actually called Tolleson PD to do a welfare check. The overnight guy was fast asleep. The cops woke him up and we got the show on.
Studios remained at 8611 N. Black Canyon well after KRDS flipped to other formats, but the current studios are somewhere else.
It was my pleasure to be on Tolleson's 1190 back in 1962 when the call letters were KZON -- no connection with the call that was resurrected decades later. 250 mighty watts -- the owner, E.O.Smith branded it "The Mighty 1190" -- but the signal was pretty thin across the valley.
He brokered me three hours every Saturday morning -- Trader's Furniture sponsored the show -- and I went by Bob Louis. Thank goodness I had a full time job in banking to put food on the table. My contract with the station was voided when Smith flipped to Spanish.
PS: At a BC party at Bud Brown's Barn I got a slightly enebreated Frank Pollack to do my intro and exits for me. KOOL 960 wasn't very happy about that.
He brokered me three hours every Saturday morning -- Trader's Furniture sponsored the show -- and I went by Bob Louis. Thank goodness I had a full time job in banking to put food on the table. My contract with the station was voided when Smith flipped to Spanish.
PS: At a BC party at Bud Brown's Barn I got a slightly enebreated Frank Pollack to do my intro and exits for me. KOOL 960 wasn't very happy about that.
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