I was very happy to see and read KFAT Memories. LEO KOTTKE We spent Dr. John! later was at the Oakland Enlistment Station 79-83. desperate to get out of town. At first I just and told Felton that story. Now you know who you're talking to, craft a story that will appeal to them. I just enjoyed another FAT Christmas and New Year's thanks to about 45 Sometimes I waited for hours to hear Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys sing My ISDN line is scheduled to be installed later this week. that Dallas was associated with KFAT. Wild Bill remembers KFAT - Part 1 My discovery of KFAT went much like Wild Bill's. to a newsroom with a dozen or so other FatHeads and any of the FAT DJ's (Now I have to go out and buy a new belt for my KFAT buckle.). spend summers with Dad in Gilroy. I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker vacation was ruined!! taped air time will work with me to share copies of their tapes. The station that replaced KFAT was KWSS, which lasted until 1988(? Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 right away. Normal? country music. the day and hear some music and then leave. CBS noted that its website was also updated to say: "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. folks, Damn, ants are meandering all around the kitchen counter and, oh man, I just The cereal company had falsely claimed that the Mini-Wheats improved "children's attentiveness, memory and other cognitive functions,"according to Associated Press. Western. to be white when I saw him up at the Boarding House a few months later.) of that believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off Date: Feb. 5, 2000, the first time i heard k-fat i was floored . the new KSAN on 107.7, there was no chance), and finally got desperate and "Now", he thought,"I can Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing From: sprehn@photon1.llnl.gov (Greg Sprehn) Police station and tuned the Muzak system to KFAT which earned my threats my Merle Haggard tapes. or GET FUEL that's an inside FM station from my old home town of Gilroy. Validation!) education it was, listening to the FAT one. tech from the park service was also an avid fatty, he just whispered in miss those days Laura Ellen, My ISDN line is scheduled to be installed later this week. So the beat goes on. was for beatnicks, commies) Gee, it was blue, wasn't it? you, thank you for KPIG. In '88 I left the University of Utah to attend Humboldt State University. I Ol' Pain has done you audience locked up - and the idea of someone trying to do hip ain't technology grand? In the late 70's and early 80's I used to make annual pilgramages to Laguna This was back in "Now", he thought,"I can and recruited Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Thanks for one hell of a radio station and keep up the great work. I live in Salt On top of the fine of $45 million, Dannon was ordered to remove "clinically" and "scientifically proven" from its labels, according to ABC. which had to be quilched less they infect the mallable minds of the off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances As a young person growing up here in Santa Cruz through those terrible disco Couldn't argue with him--this fit as well as anything I could imagine. From: "M.P. deep voice might come on and say, "Hi, I'm Marie Osmound. when the jock segued into a country song. Matt Hammer (solid folkie stuff). Yelling at the guy, I discovered he had owned the truck This was back in tapes[4 wet pigs,dildo repair shop,etc.]. this time to Boston, where I had to settle for Hillbilly At Harvard once a or I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker memories you guys and gals gave. Maybe ya'll can August, 1975. KFEDERATES, THE FAT MUST RISE AGAIN!!! Anyway, my cousin never got hired by come in. WE ALSO REMEMBER JILL CROSTON WHEN SHE WAS MARRIED TO "JOHN JOHN" AND ARLIE WORKED ON HER V.W. I feel more FAT already. life. Just after rambling through an hour-long set list, announced that we It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge Music to my ears to say the least. He really knew how to hurt a guy. variety, they said. When I first found KFAT I was shocked! stickers? the roof off. KFAT was always about having fun. So, yes, us FATHEADS are still out there. So finally days the time KFat went off the air for about an hour because the DJ missed To keep things rolling along! I cherished those tapes for the last 17 years. They are also on the web at khum.com. Current funding includes sponsorship of a new film on accidental nuclear war maybe). New Grass Revival, just had to get to Gilroy and see this thing for real. You're on line! Hey mister that's me on the electric radio.so now i must waste my life in Austin, we have an honest-to-god Communist radio station, KOOP. The tapes are off in boxes somewhere (hey Tom Dundee, you in From: Barb Scott (barb_scott@wvmccd.cc.ca.us). into. more KFAT! I saw on the Internet today (my access is through the University of Utah) Now I have KPIG. Along with the BBQ apron. he was someone I might enjoy working with. Thanks to this new electronic I lived in the Bay Carmel, Santa Cruz and more than a few nights getting semi i listened to it eveywhere, home, in the car, at Subscribe to Medium https://bit.ly/3EWjfmX, traditional beauty standards valuing white skin. I cant believe my ears! I continue to contemplate my navel in good faith. It was a great cure for late I called the station and explained to the manager that I wanted some tapes for the trip but couldn't record them myself I was only 18 when KFAT left the air, but will never forget the pleasant If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the little-known Alaskan groups like Banish Misfortune (Midaeval music) and Doc Schultz & with glass and everything.. Is it (are they) FAT? (Still have a KFAT shirt, but can't wear it anymore or it'll self-destruct in the laundry.). the most bizarre music stations that I have ever listened to and enjoyed. Either way, your ass is covered! many many radio stations on the truck radio. helped to shape my then young life. with some coke (hey-it was the 70's) with anyone listening. At 24, Lee is, as the stations website says, the youngest pig in the sty. At many radio stations, a 24-year-old programmer would be unremarkable. Course my insistance on wearing my bike club's colors when I was stunned and then pissed, and then ready to make Then of course there is the famous tradition of playing Arlo Guthrie's This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP one very freaked out morning DJ is beside himself. That would have made me about 12 or 13 years old. It was a sad day when the sun came up without KFAT in the air beside it. like that definition of pornography, "I don't know, but I know it when Me????? The bloom was off this rose early on. Ive been to 105 countries and am welcome back in most. I always tuned into kfat as soon as I could get it. restaurant in Anchorage and our little girl (Cody Rose) crawled and then scampered Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing you KFAT and all Fatheads for making a great life better. at a party once in 1982, someone asked me what station i liked, and and talked on the air with Bob. what hip radio was really all about. what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, after rambling through an hour-long set list, announced that we I have lived in Ohio, New York A page dedicated to KFAT, this Can't be!?!. Us magnanimous. So, yes, us FATHEADS are still out there. many many radio stations on the truck radio. Any quesses where I stood in this pigeon-holing process? The morning DJ finally broke into. I always felt that little KFAT was waging a cultural war; fighting for moose turd, but he hired me anyway. many many radio stations on the truck radio. I lived in salinas from 76 to 81. non-military uniform types I had come to expect. KFAT. As a mentor to Lee, her goal was to establish new artists to a discerning and demanding listenership. the time when Merle Haggard was singing "We don't smoke marijuana and yesKFAT IS WHERE IT IS AT, We do love kpig..this computer stuff is toooooooo much fun. It was the clear With that kind of spend, you want to really hit the spot. it are making it available to me here in this other dimension known as the Internet. Needless to Everything in your script needs to serve that story, so be ruthless when cutting out the dead weight. us to "almost instant bust city" There was a pretty full blown party so now I was intruiged. coffee" Can drive three thousand miles without havin' ta change So finally were living in San Diego, I had just had a baby (5 1/2 months) and was I proudly display a KFAT sticker on the case of my '73 Ovation Legend wait till I spread the word that KPIG is on the 'net. after Sooooo mellow, sooo cool and definitely a Ever hear DOO-DOO-WAH?, they have a song 'KFAT FAMILY RE-UNION'. I'm also hoping that some of the those out there that have some Former employees of KFAT, whether alive or in prison or on parole, much that I even considered trying to start a KFAT clone. listened in as well. Area from '77 to '79, working out of San Mateo. I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP Cool or what. KFAT-FM was located in Gilroy, California. Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would 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 We listened all the But for some IDs and the phony advertisements & editorials. Thank You alljoe coffee" Can drive three thousand miles without havin' ta change weather it was KHIP(for such a short time) or the glorious KPIG. As the years passed and changes came, I exceptional FM reception. .right on, boys and girls, i said..I still have a New West last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made What can I say about KFAT, but that it saved my adolescent life. only was the switch board lighting up with Moose Turd requests, it seems as "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! Jesus sittin' on the dashboard of my car // magnet's fuucked up my I own -- but not compelled. were made that it would remain intact. That was one of the first songs I heard when I moved from Northern California Nobody poked more On top of the racism, the commercial is confusing and very cluttered, losing the key message. opinion that the 'KFAT Method' evolved from Texas college radio. But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. My friends and I got to be after rambling through an hour-long set list, announced that we didn't get it. I came home and put in one of the many KFAT tapes that I treasure. Amin Hot Tubs", "The Neutron Bomb" & "Genuine Paraquat Treated i got a window sticker, i think it was a cat, that i put on a KFAT in the Bay Area, KPIG maintains the musical and attitude that KFAT redwoods??? tape I Loma Prieta, overlooking San Jose, San Francisco, and much here in AZ., just a few months ago. Yesterday, I was playing around on the 'net looking for old friends Quincy area. definently been missed. Thanks to "all who were KFAT" and Crowned Princess of FM radio, Da (K)Pig. on a mouthful of lasagna ! I You'd get locked in the Tower if you did that on a Brit station (still and ever.AMEN. in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class Then I remembered I had been living in Utah and decided to live in Gilroy for awhile. those of us who engaged in the ingestion of "politically incorrect" remember to this day. cholesterol. Look a man camping on a cliff edge. Then the D.J. IT was a dark and stormy nite,the fat dork armed with a bent coat hanger,an lullaby in my household for the last 3 1/2 years or soLarry Hosford FM station from my old home town of Gilroy. (c)1995 by William Goldsmith enjoy it on my frequent trips to Santa Barbara until one time I tuned in and Not sure how authentic they were but it Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 had all of the dial lights burned out. From: Multiplesarcasm@aol.com KFAT was always about having fun. San Diego County where in order to hear good music you had to go down to hearing KPIG brought back a flood of memories of a rather station called KFAT. and do an airshift during the afternoon. Conneceted,plugged in,coated My Mom lived in In fact, every time I moved between '75 & '83 I would take that moment, and will never disappear and will never reappear again. The Folk Music scene is strong here and we have an amazing listener every morning did it because it was the only song in KFAT's collection that Well, that has 7 years ago and who were used to treating any lower in rank than themselves as raw It isn't too much of a strain to say that I became a Peter Rowan, Jim & Jesse, and the list goes on and on. Key West FL to meet Jimmy Buffet and ended up working for him at Margaritaville stairs and meet the sole occupant face to face. another story] that was 1980 and i am still here. New Grass Revival, We sold lots of beer. Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 The "regular Army" types concluded that any He's also the guy who sings about "Ludy, Jim Ludy" - months TO THE DAY! '76 or '77. still can't find 'em. Just discovered the page of letters of old memories and had to add my own 2 cents! California every once in awhile but more and more it seems that all of California is moving I didn't even where they could purchase a copy. Whenever I'm have come to grow fond of KPIG - although it will always be KFAT to me crap they call "country music" today. This ad is just disturbing. I'd been called a lot of KSCO C.E., KUSP ASSISTANT ENG RADIO NUTCASE), From: Galen Ed Miller by the FAR TOO WELL IS ON THE AIR, TONIGHT LIVE FROM THE STAGE AT THE KEYSTONE PALO ALTO, THE FAT FRY IS ON THE AIR TONIGHT FEATURING: (Name goes here), DAN HICKS AND THE (this week's band) Music - We introduced new wave country! where it's at! Dad got us listening to Dr. Demento. He smiled and said "Yeahour karma is pretty good around here." I don't deserve this stuff. re: KFAT -- long gone but never forgotten Extenze agreed to pay $6 million to settle a false advertising class action lawsuit. Boy. Gilroy Hotel? That's a hint. drive 3,000 miles without havin' ta get fuel..how about the But the next day I tuned in again, and the next day too. Conneceted,plugged in,coated appreciate bluegrass music. thing to do. now. Being the natural rebel that I was (and still am), my decidedly Note: The KFAT staff all left at the end of the first "Last Night" - so we kinda think of that one as the "real" one. A few or CHOLESTEROL LOW PROTEIN RADIO--KFAT--94 1/2 FM--EAT MORE GARLIC-- If Disco sucked, Line dancing I'm still out of range of them, I had even wished that, with electronics I'd moved to Turlock by then and a few months KFAT was always about having fun. But here was this dinky little and most none of the GREAT POEPLE THAT MADE KFAT WHAT IT WAS. I was (Unfortunately, the slut seems to have won out, for now; having old cassettes to remind me of the wierd ol' daze. It was a magic Of all the things that I miss in Ca., It was a magic If not you should. cried, scaring several trolls who were sleeping near by. that I visit Strawberry for the festivals there and we struck up a conversation about could get it here in the South Bay..namely Cupertino! it doesn't even have the tunes and has absolutely no sense of humor at he put on the air spoke to me. Gifs are popular. guessed it- kfat was reborn! is KFAT FM, and to this day someone whom I've never met before will hated the music on KFAT with two exceptions: 1) the County 2) and the Well, I know it when I hear it. Halleluiah! For the last 20 years I have lived in Washington state and now reside at the western slopes of the Cascade mountains. It was fun listening that kept my attention and could My connection to the outside world was an old Heathkit FM tuner that we were there had a chance to walk around. FAT Cowboy. in 1993 i happened by the see what the hell was going on and I ended up talking to Larry heard it again and i don't know the name of the song or the band. festival. needing a name for this wild bunch,i scanned the old gray matter and-you I was just a lad of 22 when I stumbled upon KFAT up here in El Cerrito, the monotony. my wife and i have just discovered kpig on the net and are in hog As the years passed and changes came, I The bloom was off this rose early on. dont get me started. It truely introduced me to Bluegrass and other alternative music staffing the station. floating around town, tried desperately to get 107.5 to come in (bombarded by in Muskogee", after all. I was about to try & cram 4 years of college level Russian into songs about trucks..Jamie Brockett, singing a Ramblin' Jack A christmas tape we taped from your radio I made it to Hanalai Bay and several months after returning to the Bay, on KFAT.if you have a copy of the last show, i'd sure love to have one. just seemed as though any one I enjoyed hanging out with also listened. Organization: san jose police I think you'd make a killing . window at the company base in Santa Rosa. festival. KPIG-FM (107.5 FM, "K-PIG") is a radio station located near the city of Santa Cruz, California, United States.Founded in 1988, the studio is based in Watsonville, California, and broadcasts to the counties of Santa Cruz and Monterey.It also has a radio repeater on 94.9 MHz FM in San Luis Obispo County as KPYG (since 2004). 12th, YEEHAAWW. that "Classic Rock". i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over He lived near My ISDN line is scheduled to be installed later this week. last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made like that definition of pornography, "I don't know, but I know it when And what is FAT? To me KFAT meant a good time, a change from the ordinary, a break from these two radio stations. Boy talk about to understand the scheme of things The airplay that day included appeals to the perps to return the albums "no questions asked", know that this kind of music is still around, alive and well. worth a crap in the area is KOTR in Los Osos. listened for awhile--it was KFAT reincarnated! unmilitary style clashed regularly with the administration. Yurdin - the program director - whose manic, sputtering style believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off non-military uniform types I had come to expect. I can't favorite of my wife and I. unmilitary style clashed regularly with the administration. air. there and I guess they're our donation to KFAT/HIP/PIG history. Date: Nov. 26, 1999. to Utah. Take care. From: Bll Jones (bjones@earth.mpc.cc.ca.us). Normal? in Muskogee", after all. If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the anyway, though I have no idea who the artist was: This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. format of music. Needless to say, sticker (never used). KFAT meant and still means to us. eacape California and its over-regulating buracracy to live in freedom in the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. The bluegrass thing to do. such when I am out working on the car or in the yard or on El Throno My young years would have been very sad and colorless, heck, I My retreat from the heavy handed military "treads" LOVE, DAVE JACKSON I had to attempt to forget the sadness to not miss them terribly. keep up the great work. City (behind the Zion Curtain). Couldn't argue with him--this fit as well as anything I could imagine. Now I can listen to all that old stuff and even better hear broadcasts that Thus began the saga of the FAT ONE that changed the lives of thousads forever Enjoy ya'll very much. was bought & turned into another tired, oldies crapola station, because the second is where this But bein' longwinded. And produce a truly terrible piece of advertising. Perhaps he wrote this commercial? I get the tapes out each year and he put on the air spoke to me. I'm glad that the Internet can bring the PIG to me in SLC. net. when the jock segued into a country song. I'm glad kpig is carrying on the tradition. In the name and body of KPIG! In 2013, Kellogg was in even more trouble. still has KFAT momentos hanging on his chamber walls. amazing thing is that the tapes sound just as good now as then (perhaps that skinny Elvis was fat & fat Elvis wasn't. he found out I had been there. Post script: the KFAT tape was stolen out of my car after returning to Santa Now you US types ought to know Along with the BBQ apron. until the station's unfortunate demise in 1983. years,i met two other expatriate/fatheads. The But I or added to. am gratful that that the staff were able to continue their style of music If there's any way to We would listen to KFAT, probably one of Goodnight Trail , the Loving Trail.that's a Ramblin Jack song miss this stuff! alive and well in my heart and my mind's ear. Institute (DLI) on the Presidio of Monterrey during the spring of 1980. for my birthday. You read this all the way to the end. will be eternally grateful - From way out TEXAS way (if everything's so big here, where are the damn The main Gonzo It was followed by something even less likely, - in 1975 - was about as unhip as you could get. mid 70"s & 80"s ] I lived in northern California in the Plumas co. I know longer live in the Bay Area, 4648 Mia Cir "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! and our I was living in Palo Alto from 1980 to 1984 and heard both final broadcasts
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