He was believed to be 70 years old. From left to right, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and Rick Wright.. Mick Avory, Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Pete Quaife of the British rock band the Kinks standing on a London rooftop.. American rock 'n' roll singer, songwriter and guitarist Charles 'Chuck' Berry, one of the biggest influences on pre-Beatles pop.. Angela King weds Eric Burdon, singer of British pop group The Animals.. He was truly the nicest man in the radio and music business Id ever met. Things to do in Seabrook: A guide to Washington's cozy 5 farmhouses to book for an agritourism getaway, Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). He lasted there 14 years, longer than he was at any radio station. Flanagan would introduce a song, like Lyin Eyes by the Eagles, by saying, She lives in a fine mansion on top of the hill. The Beatles in a television studio for the filming of a global broadcast of their song "All You Need is Love.". The guy on the radio can become your invisible friend and John turned that up some.. The pay was top-shelf dollars, with actual performance bonuses, phat talent fees and contracts to boot. When word came down last week that Bonneville Broadcasting was going to trade The Sound (KSWD, 100.3 FM) to Entercom Communications in exchange for a cluster of stations in Denver, I assumed the worst. August 4, 2022 (81 years old) View obituary. She had recently moved to Michigan to be closer to her family. Another great jock I admired was Tony Taylor at OR-FM in New York in 1968, so smooth. Remembering Harry Nelson - RAMP - Radio and Music Pros There, in a room used for sewing classes, Flanagan described his induction as the greatest thing thats ever happened to me. (For audio from Dr. Dons first day on KKIS, scroll to the bottom of this page.). (Others included Pat McCormick performing Charley and Humphrey, and Bob Wilkins as Captain Cosmic over on KTVU.) (A few audio level drops occur near the start of the recording, but dont mar the overall listening experience. June 6, 2021 Harry Nelson. "Also for the first time," said Grubb, "we are reserving the right to require psychiatric and lie-detector tests for all police applicants.". Sam Whiting has been a staff writer at The San Francisco Chronicle since 1988. He was 88 years old. If you were a kid in the Bay Area in the, 70s, he was it, said former listener Brian Murphy, now a co-host on the KNBR morning show. From left to right, they are John Sebastian, Joe Butler, Zal Yanovsky and Steve Boone, 1966.. Glenn Adams at KFRC was the greatest all night jock in America in 1967 and Bobby Oceans Last Show (Again) on KFRC, August 8, 1986 (50 minutes)JB, Rockin Renel Lewis on KFRC, August 10, 1986 (4 minutes). For talk lovers, KFRC-FM - Bay Area Radio 106.9 FM, the station is the best companion. Atkins remained at KFRC until the Spring of 1970, when he went to KHJ/Los Angeles and was replaced byPaul Drew. They may have to carry me out on a stretcher.. American musician Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970) performs onstage, late 1960s. discs, featured rapid-fire clips of KFRCs stellar air staff including Dr. Don Rose, Tom Parker, Bob Anthony, John Mack Flanagan, Robin Bailey, Don Sainte-Johnn, Rick Shaw and Harry Nelson, plus brief snippets of news reports from Paul Fredericks, Jo Interrante, Connie Gordon, John Winters, Mike Colgan and Robert McCormick on the first disc, while the second highlighted the production side, leading off with the Clio Award-winning, Paul Frees-voiced Close Encounters promo which found KFRC offering eight seconds of radio silence to allow extra-terrestrial beings to use the 610 frequency to contact Earth. SOURCE: Photograph of the Big 610 Men (top of page) from the centerfold of the San Francisco premiere edition of I.D. I first met her after she arrived in L.A., at what was then the Top 40 powerhouse 93 KHJ-AM, where I handled morning news. He was fired by the station four weeks later. Grubb said there are 37 openings in the department now. Email rwagoner@socalradiowaves.com. It currently simulcasts sister station KCBS, which carries an all-news format. For more about K.O. BAR Courtesy of Barry Salberg. Former Chicago, San Francisco Radio Host Dan Sorkin Dies At 89 So fun. Drew stayed until 71, whenSebastian Stonecame in from WOR-FM/New York. He was bigger than life and I was delighted the day he called to ask if he could stop by when I was programming in NH, just over two years ago. With special guest Charlie Van Dyke, visiting from 93/KHJ in Los Angeles to pay off a World Series wager by pushing Dr. Don around Union Square in a wheelbarrow. DDR Show #2925: a wistful Doctor Don begins winding down 610/KFRCs Top 40 era as The Amazing AM, days before the switch to Magic 61, with nearly wall-to-wall jokes and sound effects, plus news with Robert McCormick. After departing KFRC following an extraordinary thirteen-year run, its DDRs first morning on the Contra Costa County station, from an in-studio recording. He was offered a raise, but it was too little and too late, so he quit KFRC. Going through the garage the other day I found a little leather pouch stamped KFRC the Big 610. We did not have iPods, MP3s, DVDs, DVRs, PVRs, PDAs, PCs, SatRad, online radio, cell phone radio, TiVo, Satellite TVs, 500+ channels, or other New Media marvels. Pop singer David Jones, later to find fame as David Bowie.. Let's take a look back at some of the musicians who made rock, pop and folk a powerful force in the 1960s. All rights reserved. BTW, while working (playing) at 6-10, we were given the company-preferred discount when purchasing General Tires (the station was owned by RKO-General). Radio Waves They are (left to right) David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Jim McGuinn, Michael Clarke and Gene Clark.. American electric folk hero Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) and singer, songwriter Joan Baez in Embankment Gardens, London.. Members of the psychedelic pop group Pink Floyd. June 1, 2014. All rights reserved.