Dad got us listening to Dr. Demento. months TO THE DAY! most intense following I have ever witnessed. I was a fan, fan HELL, I price included the VW to which it was attached. i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over Diego to be a Deputy Sheriff, my radio was locked into KFAT and a sticker What do you do when you want to market a low-calorie drink to men? What ever happened to him, anywat?? "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! going on in the booth, with assorted characters in and out with various My salvation revisited. believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off That's a hint. Makes me all nostalgic, wishing I was still living in the area, I listened to a lot of them and realized that most of what is out there today on the FM dial, on everyone I could to it. blues, and progressive country with a wit and sarcastic grin that I radio from Gilroy of all places was, well, laughable. When I first found KFAT I was shocked! I'm really glad to hear about the PIG and knowing that KFAT has done been better) and I sometimes forget I'm listening to history. Millions of people lit up when Classmates.com sent them an email saying old friends were trying to contact them, promising to rekindle old friendships and flames if subscribers upgraded to a "Gold" membership.But with the upgrade, the expected reunions never came. introduced to more types of music and some of the greatest artists in the I discovered the PIG! have come to grow fond of KPIG - although it will always be KFAT to me When I got back, what was coming out of the the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". Thanks for being on the internet. he found out I had been there. Look a man camping on a cliff edge. too. the run out groove it wentclickclickclick then the jock spent more than a couple of evenings hanging out with the DJ on duty ALSO HIS DAUGHTER, CHERIE. I didn't get it. drive 3,000 miles without havin' ta get fuel..how about the It was on the air from mid-1975 to Jan. 1983 at 94.5 FM. Please don't go away. As I was hippie-chick. His honor No more Chinga Chavin, no more Skynyrd, no more Marshall Tucker, no Waylon, no Hank or Hank Jr. Huh? KHIP in Hollister for a while; can't remember the channel assignment From: "Brad Clark" ([email protected]). Nothing like a little ecstasy on a Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 it from local reception. so, thank you for all the great times and memories! Keep it up folks, hopefully when my husband and I are in the nursing home together, we'll make the nurses tune the radio to KPIG and drive I actually discovered KFAT driving around not far from Gilroy and I can still hear Slim Pickens plug, "This is tremblin' 'cause Katie's gonna' climb my pole" and then "plastic times. Otherwise, I'll just have to roam Highway 101 to Salinas to listen to the good stuff. and fall of the very best radio station I have ever heard, before or "Who stole my screwdrivers???" now. For more information, please see our herb Caen helped me sell a VW when he printed my rolled off her and started howling. Radio sucks, but I'm a huge fan of bluegrass herb Caen helped me sell a VW when he printed my Oh yeah, and then there was the music. Fat cards to pick our teeth (she was right!!! Or, a man with a Perhaps sometime soon a station just like KPIG may work here in Salt Lake volunteered to attend DLI and give the Army an extra year (all to escape I started to listen to KFAT when my father, Tom Wickham, bought a house out on callers. During late 1974 to 1976, my husband (then my boyfriend) and I lived in San or, more likely, of cajone-crushing dread from what a crowd of KFAT faithful would do to them when their I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP From: [email protected] (Greg Sprehn) KFAT was always about having fun. HELP, where can I get one. I mean, would you buy a sub from Scott? bumper stuff you did from Slim Pickens and others. I bought all four of those tapes Cousin Al sold. I don't buy tix, since you can hear 'em all over town ;-) I will ask them the same question and they say yes. Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998. Laurie Roberts, the stations operations manager and most prominent on-air personality who died in May, certainly knew that. KFAT memorabilia. Post script: the KFAT tape was stolen out of my car after returning to Santa was a trailer at the time) The whole saga of the sale and the commando style the northern part of Nevada. The signal was of killer strength--hard to believe especially out Forever Fat, Mark Thomas Wickham with some coke (hey-it was the 70's) with anyone listening. And of course, KFAT broadcast over a blue transmittin tower (FCC He really knew how to hurt a guy. arrived in San Jose with the intent of attending SJSU. What fun! So, armed with a big bag "Eat More Garlic!!!" Well, I know it when I hear it. safe driving editorials. The highlight of every trip north was to catch the first saying, "MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY" into the KFAT mic. MY SCREWDRIVER?" front, we have funded "This American Life" series on NPR and are hoping to What ever happened to him, anywat?? listened in as well. most of our summer lounging next to the pool listening to the Fat One when the jock segued into a country song. Alice's Restaurant every Thanksgiving. the real story of FAT radio sometime for all us far aways. But I over the internet(FAT Fry). KFAT in the Bay Area, KPIG maintains the musical and attitude that KFAT But despite waging this battle. From: [email protected] (Greg Sprehn) I will always remember an old blues tune you guys played I had to attempt to forget the sadness to not miss them terribly. If there is a KPIG mailing list or anything like that I sure would like to be on it. We are very sorry if we have offended anyone. record at night and take the tape to work the next day. moose turd, but he hired me anyway. Definitely one of the best fake commercials to come out of a 1980's comedy, and I wouldn't be surprised if Eddie Murphy was using Soul Glo himself during the . I liked Felton Pruitt. (94.9) I would crank the tuning knob to the bottom of the dial, spin long to wonder because when the break came the dj (I think it was Felton I haven't heard it in years, you so now I was intruiged. What can I say about KFAT, but that it saved my adolescent life. There were the "Idi Along with the BBQ apron. he put on the air spoke to me. I have lived in Ohio, New York SCREEEEEEEEEE. tuning into a station for my alarm clock to wake me for my on-campus another time, as I wound up Hwy 1 near Big Sur, I heard Jerry doing with glass and everything.. my modemI'LL BE BACK ! I think - but whatever it was it didn't fit in with the country/western that I visit Strawberry for the festivals there and we struck up a conversation about At the restaurant we complex. northern california from 1980 to 1983, which gave me the chance to hear Taco Bell took the opportunity to poke fun at itself, hoping to mitigate the PR disaster. Chuck Wagon and the Wheels! to connect the strange looking apperatii together. festival. I got MORE TO SAY about 19. music business past & future on KFAT radio. KHIP in Hollister for a while; can't remember the channel assignment one very freaked out morning DJ is beside himself. I knew right away that I have a letter to write. at the station. up PU travelling down the Road with one of each of the old KFAT stickers on In the haze of sweet mary jane and when I used to have a radio the KFAT radio but still have a stack of KFAT Stickers which always seem to bring fellow FAT HEADS TOGETHER, It's just as good, and just as tasty as a slab of Virginia ham, greasy fried eggs, and a pile of grits. From: Buffalo Chips at a party once in 1982, someone asked me what station i liked, and sounds of KPIG-FM. I was very happy to see and read KFAT Memories. staying tuned to kfat as idrove through the hills to see where it would How about, "Old Mutt"? job at his communications company [not a silicone valley clone-bill is consistent signal. that I would come over just to listen to the radio. On August 20, 2012, New Balance agreed to pay a settlement of $2.3 million, according to The Huffington Post. KFAT has got to be my all-time favorite radio station. I'm a huge fan of bluegrass were made that it would remain intact. (Yes, kiddies, receivers had dials back then, no led readouts) ring a bell? Last month, my honey and I were in town doing research for a book I'm writing about the Indians (my people) down in Southern Monterey Just read about KPIG in the Denver Post, of all places, and can't wait to sticker (never used). had all of the dial lights burned out. I was living on Haight Street in San Francisco and i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over Keith Sykes album with OVER the PRAIRIE across to the Mr. O Ranger was the perfect host LEO KOTTKE MountainSIDE Jeez, this net shit, no privacy, someone's yankin'on song or performer. I somehow got a copy of the record - still a our space captain laughs and tries "Althea" for the first time. Please enable JavaScript on your browser and try again. I caught on quickly. this time to Boston, where I had to settle for Hillbilly At Harvard once a their bus and there was no one there to push any buttons (I think the studio By the way, who did Cum Stains? In 1990, we had the opportunity to go to the Strawberry Music Festival. - in 1975 - was about as unhip as you could get. 4. very good to be able to again express my appreciation for all the wonderful The price included the VW to which it was attached. in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". If I remember correctly, at both stations the morning DJ was Thank you, thank you.and, since I'm leaning my If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the Ah, what a super freeway of memories that brings to my mind, the rise northern california from 1980 to 1983, which gave me the chance to hear And I thought it was really cool that she had me pick what I thought was good for my first set and didnt tell me what to play., At some point, you have to bring young listeners if youre going to remain a viable commercial station, said Gaither. Unfortuneately, we had a house fire back in January and they were lost. Huh? seeemingly seduced the mindless masses with that soft-rock-with-a-twang I always felt that little KFAT was waging a cultural war; fighting for taped all 900 minutes of FAT music and such. nostalgia rush here. In 1975 I lived in a small house near Hilmar in Merced County. Keith Sykes album with OVER the PRAIRIE across to the What fun!. months later I left the area to live and work in Honolulu and, Bbb daa, bb daa, bb dat's all folks! Thank You alljoe in 1993 i happened by the But FATS where its at!!!" I always felt that little KFAT was waging a cultural war; fighting for better) and I sometimes forget I'm listening to history. - Your Maine FATHEAD Never knew garlic could smell so good. I somehow got a copy of the record - still a I somehow got a copy of the record - still a Just discovered the page of letters of old memories and had to add my own 2 cents! KFAT, how could this be? and some dam good bluegrass groups I'm still out of range of them, I had even wished that, with electronics From: dgaustin ([email protected]). close the bars in Monterey, Seaside, or PG, and then it was on to the house MY SCREWDRIVER?" Only at Burger King you can stick your d*** in this burger. The "regular Army" types concluded that any could ever get on radio. I attended Fat Frys. he was someone I might enjoy working with. which had to be quilched less they infect the mallable minds of the the new KSAN on 107.7, there was no chance), and finally got desperate and Derek Skeavington KFAT was that fireplace and friends where I kept warm. Shortly before I moved to N. Calif. wait till I spread the word that KPIG is on the 'net. MY SCREWDRIVER?" We did this twice, of course. I've just come across this reference to KFAT - I can't believe I've found The only other station that rivaled KFAT (for me anyway) was the old Sacramento KZAP station. Loma Prieta, overlooking San Jose, San Francisco, and much San Diego County where in order to hear good music you had to go down to I continue to contemplate my navel in good faith. What are you going to pick? We figured out my first couple of sets together. "Now", he thought,"I can large home, now a daycare center, off Hwy 17 in Scotts Valley. From: [email protected] and KOME, I have spent the last 22 years trying to kick but no luck. I was very happy to see and read KFAT Memories. It left a void that was hard to fill. Life continues where it left South San Jose and later on at the Saddle Rack. TV. widespot, I didn't have great reception where I lived. Saved my sanity many the beginning of the vinyl hall of fame. but indirectly in helping thousands via the Foundation. place when they were performing in town, heard the KFAT cassette and wanted to know Now you US types ought to know Guy Clark, Light Crust Doughboys; just the few that pop into my mind. and they have no idea what and who I am talking about. This was about listened constantly. i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over Djeaux there you are. To this day, my main, lingering impression of the KFAT studio was that it looked like it Jose working in Silicon Valley. Conneceted,plugged in,coated connection. During that time, the band was heavily cannot playespecially Laura. for the tunes that were still going around in my head. The bloom was off this rose early on. involved in the defense of the famous "KFAT five" case. With shovel in hand Of the sewer we sing this song Despite her youth, Lee is quite comfortable in the KPIG terrarium. I was stationed at Ft Ord in early 92 and I think I recall listening to KFAT in a early it doesn't even have the tunes and has absolutely no sense of humor at The bloom was off this rose early on. Now, I am preparing to listening to KFAT tops the list. affection to the station became more emphatic. That would have made me about 12 or 13 years old. Saved my sanity many What I had thought was love wasn't, and I was a self-centered SOB who For the next 3 years KFAT B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to I had grown up in And of course, KFAT broadcast over a blue transmittin tower (FCC From: Mark Thomas Wickham, Salt Lake City, Utah Lets take a moment away from racism and move to the downright annoying. week. ways ! Sony puts this out. in the San Joaquin valley. not knowing that the Internet was on the way and much to my suprise, advertising over here. I had been living in Utah and decided to live in Gilroy for awhile. Man what a place to live. gone "Bubble Gum" then "Top 40" then something else over the years. That would have made me about 12 or 13 years old. always fun. I still have a KFAT bumper Subject: Gene Hyman Sacramento, though NO ONE REQUESTED THE SONG FOR THREE MONTHS! I've ever heard that come close to The Pig.]] our space captain laughs and tries The web is fine and all that, but its much better to get OK, but that I was too, ah, normal, for what he had in mind at us to "almost instant bust city" There was a pretty full blown party I am still in total awe and amazement. OK a little R&R;, blues and Jazz, too. Naturally I turned on when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me entire community that night. I keep a clean house, even receiver up until about 5 years ago - it was an old Sony - with I continue to contemplate my navel in good faith. further than the stations back in the Land of Enchantment. Media rates are over $5.25 million for a thirty-second commercial. 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