and other pioneer rockers. 1 1. pictured: happy hare. New emphasis was placed on rock histories, documentaries, quasi documentaries, and promotions. Harry Martin (Happy Hare) Thanks to George Junak of California Aircheck. So I thought, Okay. KCBQ's power until 1958 was 5,000 watts non-directional day and 1,000 watts non-directional night. [10] The FM transmitter's power is 0.25 kilowatts directional, and is only received in the North County area, in order to avoid co-channel interference with KYDO, which has used the 96.1 frequency since 2013. Share. CREEPY OLD GUY GOES TO A RAVE - For a tutorial in rave culture, I first read the message board archives at socal-raves. He was a complex being who chose to lead and love a simplelife, said Mike Cook, host of Hooked on Trivia on KCBQ-AM, whotalked to him at length the night before he died. KCBQ is now sharing antennas with 910 KECR, another former AM top 40 competitor of KCBQ's in the first half of the 1960s. Presley introduced Berle, dressed as Elvis (world's first Elvis impersonator? He asked forlittle and put everything he had into his radio work to help makeradio a better, decent place for all of us.. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/aug/21/viejas-pays-20k-to-local-cover-band-plus-casb74f5f/,          Concerts Are Making You Deaf -- The research is done and the results are in - your ears are f-ucked! Though consistently successful, it has never achieved the success of the ground-breaking years of the 50s or the period in the late 60s and early 70s. He came to KGB from from KFRC San Francisco in July to become Program Director and do the afternoon shift, (perhaps knowing it was a caretaker role). Research has shown that our News Talk . Mark Richards (Mark Spears) (Noon-3PM) arrived in April from Texas for a brief stay. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. When last this column checked in with Los Angelesall-news station KNX, executives had canceled the popular nightlyold-time drama hour, supposedly to make way for more news coverage.Promises, promises. 9-12 PM Jesse Bullett . I reached the million-point mark five different times, but I only broke two million once. She was trained by Bob Baffert and has raced for Baoma Corp, and was bred in Kentucky, United States by Waymore LLC. "His Cadillac was covered with obscene messages, and two sailors were arrested for masturbating during the show from watching the antics. After the concert, the police arrested 12 girls running nude through the halls of the El Cortez Hotel, looking for Elvis., I introduced him [to the stage], says longtime local DJ Happy Hare Martin, and he rushed out and sang the first chorus of Hound Dog, which I could not hear above their primal screams. He saw in them a fondness for the iconography and rituals endemic to church tradition (crosses, candles, incantations, etc. Those studios are dedicated in 1957 with a live broadcast from an outdoor stage featuring the music of Bill Green's Big Band. A detailed Wikipedia article can be found here. The group philosophy stresses individualism and a come-as-you-are acceptance of all who enter. I had caught him., In contrast to his black head of hair was a golden wheat-colored tuft [down below]. 2023 San Diego Reader. DARK METAL IN SAN DIEGO - Glorifying Satan (portrayed as an actual anthropomorphic being) is a popular motif and marketing axis for many groups, amusing rock critics as much as it horrifies the PMRC. This Saturday there will be an opening reception before The Dragons show. KCBQ achieved greatness--industrywide recognition--not once but twice. Jan 6, 2009 #1 Harry "Happy Hare" Martin died Monday morning (Jan. 5), 2009. '", Grant Reinero of the Focus Group likes how the tabletop Ms. Pac-Man allows players to battle head-to-head. That thing was up to a few hundred bucks, when someone traded a motorcycle for it. The weekly survey became an un-numbered KGB 30 to promote the station identity. UNDERAGE SWING DANCERS BATTLE LOCAL LAW - The San Diego Municipal code defines a teenage dance as any event open to the public that allows dancing by teenagers. Then SEC. Colorful photos of San Diego places and events. Being booted from the Beatles seems to finally be paying off. The next two nights, both of Presley's concerts at the San Diego Arena on 8th and Harbor Drive (aka Glacier Garden ) were sold out and police presence was heavy. . 33.1585: It is unlawful for any person to allow a minor who is thirteen years of age but less than eighteen years of age to be on the premises where there is a teenage dance being held unless such person is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/aug/28/underage-swing-dancers-battle-local-law. John, who gave so much to the world, murdered for what?". The station began broadcasting from its first studio at 5th and Ash (later to become the studios of KFMB AM-FM-TV). DJs pictured (counterclockwise): Happy Hare, Lee Simms, Gary Allyn, Nelson Ross, Thom Devine, Ron Thompson, Robert L. Collins, and Scotty Day. San Diego Radio Battle. For the disc jockeys, it was a 24-hour job; their identities both on and off the air were linked to the station. Contact Us Online When I first met Buzz Bennett, he was Program Director at WTIX in New Orleans. these are not glossies! Goes Out newsletter, with the week's best events, to help you explore and experience our city. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. [8] K260CG was then relocated to San Diego. The stunt started Monday -- including threeseparate versions of All Along the Watchtower and will end laterthis month. KCBQ Dex Allen - 1968 / Happy Hare - November 1969 / composite. The former Santee transmitter site now bears a monument to its famous 50-year tenant. Some hours on weekdays and weekends are reserved for brokered programming. KCBQ Vet Ralph James is featured with a Lambada gag before Ralph The Rapper and Harry The Hipper perform a "rap". This recording was made easier due to Sheridans longtime keyboard player Wolfgang Grasekamp living in La Mesa, another recent transplant to San Diego. Too late. For decades it was one of San Diego's leading radio stations, featuring radio personalities that are legendary, including "Shotgun Tom" Kelly and Charlie Tuna. Like this blog? The ghosts finally cornered and killed me, and I screamed out loud. Music selection and format remained the same. He remains a close friend of Bobby Ocean to this day. What would fixed charges on electricity bills mean for rooftop solar customers? Charlie & Harrigan, the morning drive comedy team, were as knowledgeable and business-savvy as any professionals I ever met, and I remembered the experience of being in their classes long after much of the rest had faded. Includes former Grateful Dead/Owsley sound guy Jimbo James, Jeff Kelley of Price of Dope and more. It reverted to oldies rock in 1986. Thenhe began wiggling and rotating his pelvis. After two years of nipping at the tail of country music giantKSON, Clear Channel is going for the gusto. She was sired by Street Sense out of the Giant's Causeway mare On My Way. Charlie Van Dyke took over as Program Director. The Radha Krsna Temple is a 1971 album of Hindu devotional songs recorded by the UK branch of the Hare Krishna movement - more formally, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) - who received the artist credit of "Radha Krishna Temple (London)". He went to 93 KHJ in 1972, was one of only seven to have worked for the three big Boss Radio Stations, and the only one to be PD of all three. Beginning in 1955, he was an almost constant local presence, alongside such other fondly remembered characters from the Silver Age of Radio like Jim McInnes ("JM in the PM"), Shadoe Stevens, Gabriel Wisdom, Gary Allyn, etc. He was pacing buck naked in the dressing roomSeeing me, he grabbed his gold Lam suit and covered himself. A local boy had done good. Staff changes occurred regularly. I nodded a firm no, and that was that. Mainly remembered for his morning DJ stint on KCBQ, he was 81. "I've had enough complaints from parents to assure me that twerp is not doing the kids any good." The Board of Regents will vote to enact a ban at next week's meeting, the state Education Department said. Happier is a 6 year old filly and has raced from 2020 to 2021. The station returned to 50,000 watts on Monday, June 4, 2007. The disc includes two tracks featuring Tony Sheridan on guitar. that night. Three weeks later, "Heartbreak Hotel" hit number one. Gene West returned in August. In October 2016, Salem Communications purchased K260CG, an FM translator station in Mohave Valley, Arizona. The public is invited, and a free sock hop will top off the day from 8 p.m. to midnight at the hotel. KCBQ was put up for sale in late 1995, and Salem Media Group acquired it the following summer. A South L.A. Latino kid, connecting with 2,000 young Anglosit was historic. She didn't want to donate one of her bras, even though it was for charity (how lame is that?) It was amazing how their personalities contrasted with their on-air personas, though I guess no one who was really that nuts could hold a job for long. Change). However, at the parties attended by your humble-and-humbled forty-something narrator, an unmistakable dress code was evident, with certain constants seeming to be at least preferred, if not required.. WHERE IS THE READER'S HIP-HOP COVERAGE? - Rap isnt synonymous with hip-hop, Im told by DJ EVS (real name Evan McGinnis), of the three-piece Mission Infinite. You aint gonna tell nobody, are ya? he asked, almost pleading. Things were loose and open, both on and off the air. He followed Charlie Van Dyke as Program Director, 'programming' the station from a telephone booth in the Fort Ord stockade between cleaning barracks, moving lockers, painting, etc. Monument to historic radio station KCBQ in Santee. Age discrimination, How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Rainn Wilson, Ahmad Jamal, innovative and influential jazz pianist, dies at 92, Rapper E-40 removed from Kings-Warriors game, cites racial bias, How to watch Saturdays history-making Blackpink set at Coachella, Blackpink and boygenius rule Day 2 at Coachella 2023. Happy vishu . Chuck (Magic) Christian recalls taking the stations dune buggy to the beach for a summer promotion and seeing waves of people flock to the water when the station announced his location on the air. The 1991 release Chant and Be Happy! ], 2009 REELRADIO, Inc. All Rights Reserved, TOP STREAM 450Kbps (G2 compatible REALVIDEO), Happy Hare, KCBQ San Diego, March 1, 1990 (VIDEO), Happy Hare, KCBQ San Diego, March 1, 1990 (AUDIO). Happier has raced at Del Mar, Santa Anita with wins at Del Mar, Santa Anita . A perfect Pac-Man score is 3,333,360. In December, the station was purchased by Adams Communications, which decided to emphasize the stations history, dropping the Eagle 105 moniker in favor of concentrating on the KCBQ call letters in all marketing campaigns. Surveys often had a DJ photo. Most notably among these is Happy Hare (Harry Martin) who was a titan of the airwaves of KCBQ in the 1950s, 60s, an early 70s. The Jurassic Park and Guns N' Roses pinball machines were pretty popular for a long time. In 1978, with music-formatted radio becoming dominated by FM stations, KCBQ dropped top 40 in favor of an adult contemporary format, to be followed in 1980 by a switch to country music. . Humphries also tried to get one-time Beatles drummer Pete Best to participate in the 38 Days recording, since Best was in town at the same time for a BeatleFair. Around $300 each (per bra, not per cup), plus $20 shipping, She says she was inspired to create boob-art by fans who constantly ask to purchase her used bras and panties. He actually beat everybody he played that night. By 1975 he was station program director. 1360 kilocycles on the dial will no longer produce a Top 40 sound. KHJ The Real Don Steele 12-31-65 (s)added 3 months ago; KHJ Los Angeles - The Real Don Steele 12-22-65added 3 months ago; KCBQ aired a tribute to Flowers, whose real name was Phil Boles,and both friends and colleagues remembered him as a consummateprofessional devoted to an aunt (who died recently), a houseful ofcats and the business of broadcasting. KCBQ was still difficult to hear more than about 20 miles to the north at night. This would not be the only tour with KGB or KCBQ for Shotgun. With the rooftop of Mariposa Ice Cream on Adams Avenue doubling as the Saville Row offices of Apple Records, and DJ Dave Mason making introductions, the Baja Bugs recreated the Beatles infamous rooftop concert, throwing in an extra set's worth of their tunes, while the Dave Humphries Band entertained played material from their various albums, as well as some choice covers from the Beatles' solo years. to which Osh replied 'You'd have me killed because of my hair?' The antenna site was sold amidst urban development in the area, and is now a shopping center, anchored by a Kohl's and a Lowe's. by Bart Mendoza. [1] By day, KCBQ operates at 50,000 watts, the maximum power for American AM stations. The last couple of years, we would talk radio and family over coffee/bagel at the Pt. KCBQ San Diego / Dex Allen - 1968 / Happy Hare - November 1969 - YouTube AboutPressCopyrightContact usCreatorsAdvertiseDevelopersTermsPrivacyPolicy & SafetyHow YouTube worksTest new features. You can follow Cool San Diego Sights via Facebook or Twitter! The Principal called and asked me to do something for the new kids, Martin told me in March 2008. This groundbreaking AM radio station has had a complicated history, its many different owners moving the studio about from time to time and playing everything from contemporary music to country music. Announced through radio mentions on the Walrus and a few online postings, an appreciative crowd watched from the street below, as well as the parking lot across the street. "Some girls broke into the bathroom of Elvis's dressing room and stole the toilet seat," recalled KCBQ disc jockey Don Howard in a 1979 interview with localKicks Magazine. It was a great time in my life, and as you might have gathered, I had a. A HISTORY OF DEATH METAL - Comic strip by JAS and Kiss Comics artist Scott Pentzer GOTHS FOR JESUS: PASTOR DAVE'S CHRISTIAN GOTHS - From the start, Pastor Dave was interested in starting a ministry for goth kids. The year ended on a sad note for longtime fans of San Diegoradio. He was really energetic, but he still seemed "normal," at least normal for a radio guy. Today, the station broadcasts almost complete wall-to-wall syndication, however, the station still has sales offices in the University City area. Rule 1: Its never my fault. The station called itself family radio., People often ask me what there was with KCBQ, said James, who went on to a successful career as one of Hollywoods most recognized voices. Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceSign Up For Our NewslettersSite Map, Copyright 2023, The San Diego Union-Tribune |, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Oh, boy, right in my wheelhouse! US 95.7, whose logo looks like aninterstate highway sign, is playing up patriotism and familyvalues: Its nickname is pronounced U.S., not us., (And its new call letters, KUSS, are pronounced? I kept his secret for many years, until I learned that he had been outedWhen I entered the dressing room, I was flustered to see that the King had no clothes. It has to be a sit-down table version, and it has to be fast. In 1958, here at 9416 Mission Gorge Road, then owner Lee Bartell built the KCBQ AM 1170 radio broadcast facility with its 50,000 watt transmitter and six two-hundred foot towers. Thanks to George Junak of California Aircheck. The titular host of NBC's Milton Berle Show [aka Texaco Star Theater] introduced Elvis Presley to a live audience on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hancock, docked at the Naval Station in San Diego bay. Professional_Spot_26 2 hr. They will broadcast from the Marriott Mission Valley, where marketing and promotional paraphernalia representing 35 years of the stations history will be on display. He also was on staff at KCBQ in 1972. Who's buying car horns that sound like machine gun fire? Get our L.A. To me, it was a very community-oriented station. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. It is owned by Salem Media Group and airs a conservative talk radio format. This any many other airchecks are available on the Classic Issue C-8 CD available from California Aircheck. Because KCBQ is not a clear-channel station, it must reduce its power at night to 2900 watts to avoid interfering with Class A stations KTSB in Tulsa, Oklahoma and WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia, both clear-channel stations. The studios were featured in Life Magazine in 1958. Ron Jacobs was hired as program director in March 1972 to move the station from dead last in the market to a ratings winner. 13:06. Johnny Mitchell (Paul Stelljes) (3-6 PM) arrived in March from KYNO Fresno where he had been PD and did the afternoon drive shift under the name of Harry Miller. Hotels near Lucky Hare Brewing Company: (1.16 mi) Single Island Shores (2.85 mi) Magnolia Place Bed & Breakfast (1.96 mi) Sunrise Landing Bed and Breakfast (4.06 mi) The Lodge at Grist Iron (5.19 mi) 1897 Beekman House; View all hotels near Lucky Hare Brewing Company on Tripadvisor The Answer San Diego, syndicating the best minds in talk radio today: Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Eric Metaxas, Dennis Prager, Larry Elder, and Michael Medved. Elvis' sexually-charged "singing style" was no joke to San Diego police, however. (DJ Dave Mason popping in; and a visit from the Blue Meanies). . It was an unbelievable feeling that that many people listened to that much radio, said Christian, now doing morning shows for KLCY-FM in Salt Lake City. At the school, all of the students were in the yard, because they were still painting the new auditorium. Of course we'd had deaths in the family, but this was different, it felt as if my youth had been torn away. Chuck Browning (9-Midnight) arrived in July following a stint as the morning man at KCBQ when Shotgun Tom Kelley went to KCBQ, (a trade of sorts). After 10 years at KSON, 30somethings Tony Randall and KrisRochester -- Tony & Kris -- are heading the daily lineup onUS 95.7, which is aiming to reach you-know-what-kickers in EastCounty and North County. . "I'm a Ms. Pac-Man snob," says singer-songwriter Marie Haddad. 2. pictured: Happy Hare (Harry Martin) Happy Vishu to you & your family . You can report your observations using our Furbearer Sighting Survey or by e-mailing us. The dedication was attended by more than 400 people. Districts will have until the end of the 2024-25 school year to comply. Speaking of bras being sold, in 1993, my morning show auctioned off a bra from our afternoon DJ Shanon Leder. Software Full Name: Adobe Premiere Pro 2023. Maybe. With my last turn I lost myself in the maze, becoming the insatiable yellow creature on the screen. As a former professional boxer, his favorite past time was going bowling, getting drunk, then taking on Marines that looked at him funny. I later learned that Tony Curtis was his idol. fortune telling). Ticket sales for the two 1956 concerts (with his new backing band the Jordanaires) reportedly totaled $17,250, with 11,250 fans attending. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KCBQ&oldid=1141076699, (New Inspiration Broadcasting Company, Inc.), This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 06:31. It was originally created for Ultimate Radio Bootleg Vol. Doubtless, hundreds more listened throughout the community. //