Damn!! What a great post🎉 . Its amazing what the brain can do? Total recall on those radio days listening to KGFJ in the 70's in L.A.? Just a great time to be alive? ❤
We listened to KRLA , KHJ and for soul music KGFJ ! I'm a native Southern Californian and remember listening to a lot of Jackson 5 records on KGFJ and the Osmond Brothers One Bad Apple was played a lot on this station. These AM jocks would totally destroy today's radio broadcasters!
Yeah, I listen them, too. I even listen to Bob Ewbanks, Bill Balance (before he became sexist radio host) on KFWB. This was before they became a 24 hr. news station. But in 1966, there was the call of the "WOLFMAN" on XERB. He was a good friends of Magnificent Montague on KGFJ. Aww, man! Those were good days of AM radio.
Dear mayorslide, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!! DON TRACY!!! YOU [& your great voice!] were the one who brought the greatest music of the world into my little world when I was young, and nobody would understand why I was "addicted" to AFN @ 21.00 monday thru friday!!! Great memories! THANK YOU for the great musical influence! I'll be FOREVER GRATEFUL!!!
These were absolutely WONDERFUL DAYS..I am so thankful to have been part of this wonderful crew of guys!! Johnny Soul, mentioned in the commercial is now in Texas with his wonderful wife Gayla...plus I wanna also share this with who ever is out there...these were exciting, great and wonderful days...all these guys were such wonderful people...Roland Bynum is still cookin it up on KJLH...Jim Wood R.I.P. is no longer with us...Bob Howard retired from KFWB a few years ago...these guys were my brothers...Jim Randolph was a father to me...protected me against the wolves.. miss you Jim...both of you...Thanks for posting @mayorslide
Thanks for mentioning Jim Wood. My stepfather. I've been looking around on here for clips of his career at the various stations he worked at in LA and in Houston. Not able to find a lot but thank you so much for remembering him and your kind words.
wow!...the radio station of my youth...KGFJ...Don Tracy, The Boss Tom Cross, Larry McCormick KGFJ Soul!...any clips of the top ten countdown????...whooo!
R&B radio was far more exciting on those days. The DJs connected to the audience and in these airchecks (I can't stand the scoped ones), you hear a lot of rare and forgotten songs, as well as getting a flair for the local cultures of these cities. Today, R&B radio has been reduced to a few nationally syndicated shows by Joyner, Steve Harvey, and a handful of others and local R&B tales are almost a thing of the past.
GREAT REPRESENTATION OF KGFJ BACK IN THE DAY. I WAS THERE, I KNOW. KGFJ SOUL MAGAZINE WAS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE L.A. FREE PRESS IN YOUR LOCAL LIQUOR STORE.
Wow! What memories! I can't tell you how long I waited to win on that "key card" promotion...never did. I remember having the opportunity to visit the station once as my Mom was an associate/friend to Larry McCormick. What an experience! KGFJ...thanks for some beautiful memories.
I met Montague in a doctor's office back in the day. He later went to Palm Springs, the elephant graveyard of LA DJ'S = Alan Freed ended up there and Marvelous Marv Miller, the wife killer, too.
These radio station recordings have a lot of history from radio winners to fundraisers to street names , to night clubs concerts . I can't believe MLK Blvd was once called Santa Barbara Blvd . I'm very surprised they announced the winners name and address on live radio she won $60. Buck's which was a lot of money back then . Nowadays if they were to say the winners named and address on live broadcast this person will be getting harassed for their winnings. How times have changed . Great piece of history of Los Angeles radio.
Yes Santa Barbara Before MLK Like Rodeo Is Now Obama Blvd, That was a different time fasho, What do you mean "Harassed" Im From L.A. & They wouldnt harass them nowdays they would Rob them & just take the prize maybe pull out a Gun.
Wow hearing these guys again...memories...youre right mayorslide, actually you hear Don Tracy (announcing), then Roland Bynum (Sly Stone commercial), then Bob Howard (newscaster...also great guy)...And Jim Wood..(use to groan and growl in the studio all the time) LOL..Jim Randolph, who Jim Wood mentions, was GM, who had just passed away (he was a sweety)... Although all of the guys...were great...Jim was my favorite... Thanks mayorslide for this tidbit of a fantastic era of radio gone by!!
I really like the jingles of KGN Jake Los Angeles I live in San Jose but for a while in the mid-70s early 80s I used to always listen to KGN say we need more stuff like that so we could hear what it was like back in the game I love KGF Jay too bad it's not around excuse my dictation but I really do like KG FJA back in the game
I'm surprised the FCC issued licenses to two radio stations so close to each other both geographically AND in frequency. KGFJ 1230 and KPPC-AM 1240 in Pasadena were RIGHT NEXT to each other on the dial, and I'm wondering how the latter of the two stations got their frequency assignment. I'm guessing KGFJ was first because KPPC-AM was assigned an operating power of only 100 watts. Usually, local frequency stations were non-directional because of their low power of 1,000 watts day, 250 at night, but in LA, it would've made sense to do that because of the proximity of KGFJ and KPPC-AM. KPPC-FM (106.7 FM) would become LA's KROQ (K-ROCK). KPPC AM & FM were originally put on the air by the Pasadena Presbyterian Church, which is where the PPC letters came from.
Just watched that episode with Mary Wilson R.I.P Thats what brought me here, seeing what happened to all the dates on the panel & how they lives turned out.
Back in the day , the local newspapers used to print a person's home address. It didn't matter if it was a crime story , a charity event , a marriage , someone in the military or teacher and students. It was a different world back then , but it wouldn't happen today.
Damn!! What a great post🎉 . Its amazing what the brain can do? Total recall on those radio days listening to KGFJ in the 70's in L.A.? Just a great time to be alive? ❤
Had to be there to hear this is amazing we were little and L A was an entire different place!!
We listened to KRLA , KHJ and for soul music KGFJ ! I'm a native Southern Californian and remember listening to a lot of Jackson 5 records on KGFJ and the Osmond Brothers One Bad Apple was played a lot on this station. These AM jocks would totally destroy today's radio broadcasters!
Yeah, I listen them, too. I even listen to Bob Ewbanks, Bill Balance (before he became sexist radio host) on KFWB. This was before they became a 24 hr. news station. But in 1966, there was the call of the "WOLFMAN" on XERB. He was a good friends of Magnificent Montague on KGFJ. Aww, man! Those were good days of AM radio.
I lived in East Los Angeles at the time . Those were great radio stations of my youth.
I still have a cassette tape from 1991 before they went off the air
It's a Saturday, KGFJ! 1580 K-DAY, K-DAY all day!Good times!
So true ❤🎉
Grew up with it on afrnts europe. Don Tracy show every workday at 8pm. Good memories. Thanks a lot.
Me too man!
Me too in the 80s AFN Frankfurt, ans AFN München i Love his Voice !!💕💞💓💗💖💘
Dear mayorslide,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!
DON TRACY!!! YOU [& your great voice!] were the one who brought the greatest music of the world into my little world when I was young, and nobody would understand why I was "addicted" to AFN @ 21.00 monday thru friday!!! Great memories!
THANK YOU for the great musical influence! I'll be FOREVER GRATEFUL!!!
AFN at Würzburg/Germany - I loved his radio Shows that much!!
This is the way We/They did it in the 70's folks.........End of Lesson...
These were absolutely WONDERFUL DAYS..I am so thankful to have been part of this wonderful crew of guys!! Johnny Soul, mentioned in the commercial is now in Texas with his wonderful wife Gayla...plus I wanna also share this with who ever is out there...these were exciting, great and wonderful days...all these guys were such wonderful people...Roland Bynum is still cookin it up on KJLH...Jim Wood R.I.P. is no longer with us...Bob Howard retired from KFWB a few years ago...these guys were my brothers...Jim Randolph was a father to me...protected me against the wolves.. miss you Jim...both of you...Thanks for posting @mayorslide
Thanks for mentioning Jim Wood. My stepfather. I've been looking around on here for clips of his career at the various stations he worked at in LA and in Houston. Not able to find a lot but thank you so much for remembering him and your kind words.
The radio station of my childhood. Thank you for this
Me Too.
wow!...the radio station of my youth...KGFJ...Don Tracy, The Boss Tom Cross, Larry McCormick KGFJ Soul!...any clips of the top ten countdown????...whooo!
this brings back memories! I was six years old and yes I love music. soul music!
I was only 12 back then. Fifty years later, that music is still great!
Oh man! Now this takes me back! Thanks!
Bringing back memories!!!
Radio DJ legend Don Tracy ;-)
This show today would kick a lot of morning shows arses if they ever brought the boss radio format back
R&B radio was far more exciting on those days. The DJs connected to the audience and in these airchecks (I can't stand the scoped ones), you hear a lot of rare and forgotten songs, as well as getting a flair for the local cultures of these cities. Today, R&B radio has been reduced to a few nationally syndicated shows by Joyner, Steve Harvey, and a handful of others and local R&B tales are almost a thing of the past.
Oh, and I forgot add bring this station back please!
GREAT REPRESENTATION OF KGFJ BACK IN THE DAY. I WAS THERE, I KNOW. KGFJ SOUL MAGAZINE WAS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE L.A. FREE PRESS IN YOUR LOCAL LIQUOR STORE.
Hungry Harolds Homeboy off Crenshaw
Wow! What memories! I can't tell you how long I waited to win on that "key card" promotion...never did. I remember having the opportunity to visit the station once as my Mom was an associate/friend to Larry McCormick. What an experience! KGFJ...thanks for some beautiful memories.
Carole Cypress Larry was a great talent as a DJ and a newsman.
6 months before I was born...oh hell yeah, Funky and The Jackson 5 ruled the airwaves :)
kgfj Johnny Soul Tyrone Boogie Nelson Roland Bynum Jim Wood Don Tracy the boss Tom cross the Magnificent Montague Alvin John Waples
I met Montague in a doctor's office back in the day. He later went to Palm Springs, the elephant graveyard of LA DJ'S = Alan Freed ended up there and Marvelous Marv Miller, the wife killer, too.
thanks I've been looking for this!
These radio station recordings have a lot of history from radio winners to fundraisers to street names , to night clubs concerts . I can't believe MLK Blvd was once called Santa Barbara Blvd . I'm very surprised they announced the winners name and address on live radio she won $60. Buck's which was a lot of money back then . Nowadays if they were to say the winners named and address on live broadcast this person will be getting harassed for their winnings. How times have changed . Great piece of history of Los Angeles radio.
Yes Santa Barbara Before MLK Like Rodeo Is Now Obama Blvd, That was a different time fasho, What do you mean "Harassed" Im From L.A. & They wouldnt harass them nowdays they would Rob them & just take the prize maybe pull out a Gun.
The good old days!
Yep
Never come back.
Wow hearing these guys again...memories...youre right mayorslide, actually you hear Don Tracy (announcing), then Roland Bynum (Sly Stone commercial), then Bob Howard (newscaster...also great guy)...And Jim Wood..(use to groan and growl in the studio all the time) LOL..Jim Randolph, who Jim Wood mentions, was GM, who had just passed away (he was a sweety)... Although all of the guys...were great...Jim was my favorite... Thanks mayorslide for this tidbit of a fantastic era of radio gone by!!
I love kgfj Los Angeles
The great days of hot top 40 radio .
I really like the jingles of KGN Jake Los Angeles I live in San Jose but for a while in the mid-70s early 80s I used to always listen to KGN say we need more stuff like that so we could hear what it was like back in the game I love KGF Jay too bad it's not around excuse my dictation but I really do like KG FJA back in the game
MISS THOSE DAYS
Am radio sure does bring back alotta memories......
My mom Marianne inguanti was on a TV show on ch 13 kcop
Don Tracy sounds a bit like Greg Mack of KDAY fame.
IS DON TRACY STILL HERE ON THIS PLATEAU?!!
OR HAS HE PASSED ON,,, RIP,,, AMEN🙏🙏🙏!!!
???!!!
Ch 13, kcop Hollywood Los Angeles USA
I'm surprised the FCC issued licenses to two radio stations so close to each other both geographically AND in frequency. KGFJ 1230 and KPPC-AM 1240 in Pasadena were RIGHT NEXT to each other on the dial, and I'm wondering how the latter of the two stations got their frequency assignment. I'm guessing KGFJ was first because KPPC-AM was assigned an operating power of only 100 watts. Usually, local frequency stations were non-directional because of their low power of 1,000 watts day, 250 at night, but in LA, it would've made sense to do that because of the proximity of KGFJ and KPPC-AM. KPPC-FM (106.7 FM) would become LA's KROQ (K-ROCK). KPPC AM & FM were originally put on the air by the Pasadena Presbyterian Church, which is where the PPC letters came from.
素晴らしい！彼は天才。日本でも有名です。
My favorite is "K G F J....HERE # 1......"
"HERE'S # 1"
🥰👍🎶🎤📻☮
wow! i grew up with the AFN in berlin! thank you don - to make an white ass going black! love you!
Hi, ich kenne ihn seit Mitte der 80er, wohnte damals in Würzburg. Die Kassetten mit Aufnahmen seiner Radioshow laufen nach fast 40 Jahren immer noch!
I knew Jim at KBLA!
Do you have any KKTT?
1580 k day
He appeared on The Dating Game with Mary Wilson lost out to Actor Lee Weaver
Just watched that episode with Mary Wilson R.I.P Thats what brought me here, seeing what happened to all the dates on the panel & how they lives turned out.
Really? Giving away someone's address on the air?
Back in the day , the local newspapers used to print a person's home address. It didn't matter if it was a crime story , a charity event , a marriage , someone in the military or teacher and students. It was a different world back then , but it wouldn't happen today.
AFRTS