The Death of Call Letters

[davideduardo]

Around the same time, the three-way Top 40 battle to the north in Phoenix had Krux, Krizz and Cupid as players. And the playing field had Kameo and Kool FM in good positions, too.

Don't forget KOPA!

That one did not "happen" until around '78 or '79 IIRC. It first appears in the Broadcasting Yearbook in the '79 edition.

 

[KeithE4]

Around the same time, the three-way Top 40 battle to the north in Phoenix had Krux, Krizz and Cupid as players. And the playing field had Kameo and Kool FM in good positions, too.

We also had K-Dot and K-Buzz fighting with Kameo over the elevator music-loving crowd. Then there was Cards Country vs K-Hat, Command, and K-Tuff for the country music listeners on AM. And K-14 was the home of the Phoenix Suns for several years.

 

[davideduardo]

Around the same time, the three-way Top 40 battle to the north in Phoenix had Krux, Krizz and Cupid as players. And the playing field had Kameo and Kool FM in good positions, too.

We also had K-Dot and K-Buzz fighting with Kameo over the elevator music-loving crowd. Then there was Cards Country vs K-Hat, Command, and K-Tuff for the country music listeners on AM. And K-14 was the home of the Phoenix Suns for several years.

I have a KRDS letterhead from 1963 at http://www.davidgleason.com/1958-1964-DX.htm although it does not have the KRDS logo I saw later where the call letters were in an Ace, a Club, a Spade and a Diamond.

How about Dick Gilbert's "Kind" KYND?

 

[davideduardo]

I have a KRDS letterhead from 1963 at http://www.davidgleason.com/1958-1964-DX.htm although it does not have the KRDS logo I saw later where the call letters were in an Ace, a Club, a Spade and a Diamond.

Oops... posted the wrong link...

http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive Arizona/DFG-Arizona-Veries-from-CLE.pdf has some AZ nostalgia.

http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive Cleveland/California Verification Optimized.pdf has some ones from CA.

 

[KeithE4]

http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive Arizona/DFG-Arizona-Veries-from-CLE.pdf has some AZ nostalgia.

You probably have the oldest and furthest-away verification of the famous Lumberyard 1440 in existence. ;D

Hearing KRDS in Cleveland is an even better catch, since they ran 250 watts at the time.