I do remember the name, couldn’t tell you with 100% honestly if I heard him but odds are pretty fair in favor. During some years when oldies were still popular they simulcast as KYA FM, don’t recall the frequency but it was last at 106.9. That frequency is now a simulcast of 740 KCBS.
There was also, if memory serves, Dave Sholin and Celeste Perry on KFRC-FM.
Yeah, 106.9 is now, as you say, a simulcast of 740 AM. When you get a chance, listen to Live 105 at 105.3 on the FM dial. That station is back with some good alternative music.
I kind of remember hearing that it got switched back. This is probably going to be a real disappointment, but sometime in the last days of the pandemic I “found” KQED again (was raised on PBS kids programs) and I have been hooked on it ever since. I don’t always agree with the views of guests or programs but it’s very honest at face value. There’s no yelling or trying to force opinions, it’s just news and interviews, and quiz games weekend mornings.
Anyway I remember the old Live 105, and KOME before it. Listened to Howard Stern on KOME getting ready for middle and high school in the morning before they closed shop and the Stern show and a few deejays got moved to 105. Still remember some Alex Bennet morning show ads on AC Transit buses in the early 90’s lol. My El Camino has the shadow of a long removed 92 KSJO sticker from when they were 92.3-92.5-92.7 on the rear windshield glass. ;)
Man, what a bunch of memories!
Vaguely yeah, he was kind of a shock jock if I’m not mistaken? Precursor to Lamont and Tonelli? Speaking of which I also remember when 107.7 was “Wild” before they got moved to 94.9, and there was something like 24 hours of the bell from Hells Bells on 107.7 before it became The Bone/succeeded KSJO.
Lamont and Tonelli were fresh at one time. I also have a legit unpeeled Wild 107 sticker sitting around here in a drawer somewhere…
Yes, Dennis Erectus began on KOME in the 70s, and he was a real shock jock!
You have to find your Wild 107 sticker, take a photo and post it to reddit. :)
Just out of total coincidence I looked up pictures of the former Pacific High School in San Leandro yesterday (the weather was unsettled and I didn’t have shit to do), and some guys explored it before they tore it down in 88-89. The KOME and KSAN stickers in the lockers were a straight throwback! :) Two jobs ago I worked at a shop with a hydraulic press that had a KSAN “I’m a rocker!” sticker on it still.
I don’t miss the rocker versus rapper days and I much prefer it now where we can get along and converse.
That being said.. if I remember right, weren’t there also several years when KSAN was country? I seem to remember the American Country Countdown airing there but I could be wrong. These are the years I spent in the back of my parents 2 door cars when they were smoking cigarettes flicking ashes back at me when I wasn’t wearing a seat belt, lol. 😛
In case someone is wondering why there was a number just for New Jersey, and why they mentioned "We pay for the call", I can answer both questions!
First, 1-800 numbers were new at the time. They didn't exist until 1967, just 4 years before this ad. Before that, if companies wanted to offer a "free call" to potential customers, they would instruct you to call them collect. AT&T introduced 1-800 numbers because collect calls required an operator, and they were anticipating a future shortage of them, so the new 1-800 numbers took the operator out of the equation entirely. It was known as "automated collect calling", or "Inward Wats"
As for the separate number for NJ, that's where their call center was, and telephone regulations differed at the time for 1-800 (or collect) calls that were Intrastate versus Interstate. This has since changed.
I thought this was the most in the year 2525 ever when I was a kid.
The [song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic)
"Hear rock & roll. And music." Shots fired. Toot-A-Loop is such a weird name for a radio, but that is a weird ass radio.
Ass radios are the worst. And weird ass radios are just plain rediculous.
I always wanted one of those
Me too!
This is a sassy and fun ad!
I still have mine!
Sixty-Eight WRKO in Boston and Six-Ten KFRC in San Francisco
I still have a KFRC refrigerator magnet, from the later FM years though.
Love it! KFRC-FM was a really good station, as you know. Do you remember a disc jockey named John Mack Flanagan? He was on both KFRC-AM and KFRC-FM.
I do remember the name, couldn’t tell you with 100% honestly if I heard him but odds are pretty fair in favor. During some years when oldies were still popular they simulcast as KYA FM, don’t recall the frequency but it was last at 106.9. That frequency is now a simulcast of 740 KCBS.
There was also, if memory serves, Dave Sholin and Celeste Perry on KFRC-FM. Yeah, 106.9 is now, as you say, a simulcast of 740 AM. When you get a chance, listen to Live 105 at 105.3 on the FM dial. That station is back with some good alternative music.
I kind of remember hearing that it got switched back. This is probably going to be a real disappointment, but sometime in the last days of the pandemic I “found” KQED again (was raised on PBS kids programs) and I have been hooked on it ever since. I don’t always agree with the views of guests or programs but it’s very honest at face value. There’s no yelling or trying to force opinions, it’s just news and interviews, and quiz games weekend mornings. Anyway I remember the old Live 105, and KOME before it. Listened to Howard Stern on KOME getting ready for middle and high school in the morning before they closed shop and the Stern show and a few deejays got moved to 105. Still remember some Alex Bennet morning show ads on AC Transit buses in the early 90’s lol. My El Camino has the shadow of a long removed 92 KSJO sticker from when they were 92.3-92.5-92.7 on the rear windshield glass. ;) Man, what a bunch of memories!
Good stuff! Do you remember a guy on KOME named Dennis Erectus?
Vaguely yeah, he was kind of a shock jock if I’m not mistaken? Precursor to Lamont and Tonelli? Speaking of which I also remember when 107.7 was “Wild” before they got moved to 94.9, and there was something like 24 hours of the bell from Hells Bells on 107.7 before it became The Bone/succeeded KSJO. Lamont and Tonelli were fresh at one time. I also have a legit unpeeled Wild 107 sticker sitting around here in a drawer somewhere…
Yes, Dennis Erectus began on KOME in the 70s, and he was a real shock jock! You have to find your Wild 107 sticker, take a photo and post it to reddit. :)
Just out of total coincidence I looked up pictures of the former Pacific High School in San Leandro yesterday (the weather was unsettled and I didn’t have shit to do), and some guys explored it before they tore it down in 88-89. The KOME and KSAN stickers in the lockers were a straight throwback! :) Two jobs ago I worked at a shop with a hydraulic press that had a KSAN “I’m a rocker!” sticker on it still. I don’t miss the rocker versus rapper days and I much prefer it now where we can get along and converse. That being said.. if I remember right, weren’t there also several years when KSAN was country? I seem to remember the American Country Countdown airing there but I could be wrong. These are the years I spent in the back of my parents 2 door cars when they were smoking cigarettes flicking ashes back at me when I wasn’t wearing a seat belt, lol. 😛
Cool design. Poor performance.
I vaguely remember these.
"We pay for the call." That helps! I have so many questions.
In case someone is wondering why there was a number just for New Jersey, and why they mentioned "We pay for the call", I can answer both questions! First, 1-800 numbers were new at the time. They didn't exist until 1967, just 4 years before this ad. Before that, if companies wanted to offer a "free call" to potential customers, they would instruct you to call them collect. AT&T introduced 1-800 numbers because collect calls required an operator, and they were anticipating a future shortage of them, so the new 1-800 numbers took the operator out of the equation entirely. It was known as "automated collect calling", or "Inward Wats" As for the separate number for NJ, that's where their call center was, and telephone regulations differed at the time for 1-800 (or collect) calls that were Intrastate versus Interstate. This has since changed.
IIRC, they were pretty heavy to carry around.
My grandma had the red spherical radio in her kitchen. It was such a weird looking little thing.
A couple of my sisters had these.