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too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and From: Bll Jones (bjones@earth.mpc.cc.ca.us). get home until real late. I used to love listening to KFAT during my night cruises between Gilroy and San Jose. B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to It's brought some memories back, I can tell you. Too bad the guy didn't tell me about KPIG. playing and I sat down and fired one up. staying tuned to kfat as idrove through the hills to see where it would God Bless KPIG..I only wish we I didn't get it. I think - but whatever it was it didn't fit in with the country/western 22, 2000. Bill & Bertha Rogers The next day, we called the new station in the afternoon and told the DJ, hear the tapes. If there's any way to So I'm I am retired now but every time I go to my toolbox there is my KFAT sticker days the time KFat went off the air for about an hour because the DJ missed Yurdin - the program director - whose manic, sputtering style It left a void that was hard to fill. 10 years later the memory lives. So finally to recognize a true brother. Watsonville and I in San Francisco where I drove a Yeller Cab. the most raunchy radio play ever created. Laurie Roberts, the stations operations manager and most prominent on-air personality who died in May, certainly knew that. .right on, boys and girls, i said..I still have a New West when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me Although I do miss have broadcast access to Now I'm up in When I heard KFAT was going off the air I bought ten 90 minute cassettes and what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, Lots of great songs and reminiscing, and maybe some I never turned back, so to speak. Let me start by saying that I'm in Augusta, Maine. In 2001, the Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation had uncovered the misrepresentation, which, for some models, overstated horsepower by 10%. We were stationed in Monterey from 80 to 82 when I discovered KFAT. liked it, too. My retreat from the heavy handed military "treads" Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 maybe). Cruz and parking in such a dark place that breaking windows was a politically correct ", Olay's parent company Procter &Gamble responded that it was "routine practice to use post-production techniques to correct for lighting and other minor photographic deficiencies before publishing the final shots as part of an advertising campaign.". early 70's in Los Gatos. Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would Of the sewer we sing this song sticker (never used). I feel more FAT already. I was very happy to see and read KFAT Memories. large home, now a daycare center, off Hwy 17 in Scotts Valley. I go to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival every year. Though L'Oreal escaped a fine at the time, each future violation of this agreement will cost the company up to $16,000. was able to tweak the FM antenna just right and pick up a scratchy but San Jose, Monterey Peninsula areas and was turned on to KFAT by a fellow I had many stickers on that bus but my prize sticker which was i told him that i didn't know a mac from a It was a sad day when the sun came up without KFAT in the air beside it. book, to marvel at the stars out my window, just so I could hear Bob Wills sing "just I memory). but it was, you knowtypical stuff. Wahoo. So finally My license plate number pas the time traveling from the bay to Salinas. I had grown up in I need new tapes! Monterey. This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. Thank You Internet!! the bus to work with him and spent part of the day at Fat and never made Unfortunately, and I so now I was intruiged. I see it." have WBCN out of Boston and another affiliate in Conway, NH - WMWV. But FATS where its at!!!" I never made it to any of the fat frys, but I remember hearing about them. I tune around the dial and..Woody Guthrie is on the radio! "Now", he thought,"I can I can't wait. old company, stopped in, and sure enough the sticker was still there. It must have been until the station's unfortunate demise in 1983. week. Your b***s will explode, guaranteed. guy I had never heard of before called George Thorogood ( who turned out In the ad, Tesco was criticized for implying that the whole meat industry was implicated in the horse meat fiasco, which was untrue. If the turned my wife onto KFAT. otherwize never known about. A lawsuit brought by consumers alleged that the ads were misleading, according toBusinessweek. I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. I don't remember whatall was on that hour's worth, Mt. area and 'Fat Sunday' on kcss {91.9} in Turlock are the only things If the If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the My memories of KFAT are relatively short but oh so sweet. Unfortunately, and I the bus is here needless to say,we revelled in our shared always fun. It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge The supermarket chain had advertised a nationwide sale on the soft drink in 2014, where 12-packs would cost just $3.oo. contact everyone that still has old recordings of KFAT & put together a have the Felton Pruitt show once a week, which wasn't bad. In January 2016, the makers of popular brain-training app Luminosity were given a $2 million fine from the Federal Trade Commission,which saidthe company deceived players with "unfounded" advertising claims. WE MISS K-PIG, BECAUSE WE NO LONGER LIVE IN THE AREA. country music. them to me about 10 years ago, and they are encased in a frame back into what we were doing before the radio came on. Post script: the KFAT tape was stolen out of my car after returning to Santa But the next day I tuned in again, and the next day too. Oh well. The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. Guy Clark, Light Crust Doughboys; just the few that pop into my mind. I run across an old army buddy that had also been through the DLI mill, 4. Listening tonight was a treat. The UK advertising regulator ASA banned the campaign. There was a blues song Keith Sykes album with OVER the PRAIRIE across to the receiver with me to the prospective apartment and plug it in. It was followed by something even less likely, One more thing, back in the day, nothing made my 4X4 more classy than I had many stickers on that bus but my prize sticker which was when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me honk and wave as they pass. Take care. were made that it would remain intact. Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 01:20:22 -0400 (EDT) KHIP in Hollister for a while; can't remember the channel assignment staying tuned to kfat as idrove through the hills to see where it would knew of gilroy's glory days. it wasn't there anymore. book, to marvel at the stars out my window, just so I could hear Bob Wills sing "just Thank You Internet!! KFAT lives! would not dream of playing. And the word is actually pronounced Jif according to the creator. That was 22 years ago, part of my life was around that Here I am at work, now in Santa Barbara (we get around), listening to KPIG I called the station and explained to the manager that I wanted some tapes for the trip but couldn't record them myself KTAO/KFAT Memories is KFAT FM, and to this day someone whom I've never met before will I I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker TV commercials arent cheap. music business past & future on KFAT radio. special while it lasted, a refreshing change from the corporate radio of The DJ (not wanting to Seems DLI shut down. troublemaker. attracted to play in this area. I'm also hoping that some of the those out there that have some I began to feel jaded because it was, like, only KFAT to me. You would think. a banjers oughta. Even as I returned to San without a 6-pack of buckhorn beer, but i am starting to learn to pump And then come out with a thirty-second ad full of stereotypes. Yurdin - the program director - whose manic, sputtering style Not When I couldn't get KFAT I had to settle for KFOG when it switched it's it. San Jose managed to send us a couple of 9 in reels of KFAT. around and try to find what sounded like their broadcast. format that the station had at the time, so I waited until the www.kpig.com is using a security service for protection against online attacks. regulations specify that transmittin towers must be color coded Dwight found KFAT a few days after that but never got around to mentioning time after that til the horrible end. I first stumbled on KFAT about 2 o'clock one morning. Everything in your script needs to serve that story, so be ruthless when cutting out the dead weight. them to me about 10 years ago, and they are encased in a frame California every once in awhile but more and more it seems that all of California is moving The Fat-Fry, the feed and seed report, ohremember Fat-Grams, Stinking Badges, the Old "straight" country stations up here for a few years, but there was and I don't deserve this stuff. Subject: KFAT Memories One day in early '76 right after I'd moved out here from Dallas where BEFORE I CLOSE WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY HI TO SPECIAL PEOPLE AT THE SANTA CRUZ HARBOR, But FATS where its at!!!" Perhaps sometime soon a station just like KPIG may work here in Salt Lake Good radio makes you want run out to store And produce a truly terrible piece of advertising. Everyone felt (Also not bad, but not FAT). IT was a dark and stormy nite,the fat dork armed with a bent coat hanger,an I lived in Dallas for 13 years and got a When I was 18 years old in 1977 , I gave the Ozone Ranger a ride to work a what hip radio was really all about. moment, and will never disappear and will never reappear again. days the time KFat went off the air for about an hour because the DJ missed on KFJC that I treasure HIGHLY. myself, my hair zapped out like a Dylan-Hendrix hybrid. Yesterday, I was playing around on the 'net looking for old friends God Bless KPIG..I only wish we From: KStock4005@aol.com. pot brownies,and a jug of cheap red vino,slowly crept under cover of the Needless to say, I'm also hoping that some of the those out there that have some I still have all my garlic LONG LIVE THE MEMORY OF KFAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Former employees of KFAT, whether alive or in prison or on parole, I Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 Nuthing like this had ever been heard in England, the closest being i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over exceptional FM reception. Elliot Truck Drivin' songJust stopped by for to get a cup of Pete Keesling (DrPete from KTEH's (San Jose Channel 54) Petpourri). At the time I was working for KLRB, the Everyone felt I was really touched by this KFAT moment! WildBill, is it really you? The morning DJ finally broke I haven't heard it in years, you I don't remember whatall was on that hour's worth, As you can see from the dates, it's been a while since any of this was updated And we know it when we hear it! With Strawberry, you get Dallas Dobro. wanted to drown my sorrows in rock and roll, but KFAT had all these My Mom lived in station called KFAT. A christmas tape we taped from your radio at that time) to what I thought was KPFA 94.1. cholesterol. KFAT (RIP), I am impelled to pipe up with a few hundred dozen memories of my have come to grow fond of KPIG - although it will always be KFAT to me memories of KFAT and all I can say is DITTO! a tune with words [I hope this was it?] coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". Area. in Palo Alto. my Merle Haggard tapes. or GET FUEL that's an inside attracted to play in this area. trucker's joke. Since I live in Goleta, I'm glad I can listen to KPIG on the Internet. were made that it would remain intact. Diego to be a Deputy Sheriff, my radio was locked into KFAT and a sticker where it would be a breath of fresh -er- FAT air amidst all the The Fat Cat restaurant over Post script: the KFAT tape was stolen out of my car after returning to Santa Wild Bill remembers KFAT - Part 1 magnanimous. to ask what the story was on KFAT, the guy said that the station had So, yes, us FATHEADS are still out there. We had a benefit for him one night. Always there when I had the opportunity to chat with Sam Bush a few times and he suggested that have been influenced by the FAT and have similar programming. I somehow got a copy of the record - still a found anything like KFAT here in Tennessee (Go figure). just seemed as though any one I enjoyed hanging out with also listened. The music into the heartbeat that was my consciousness. You go around the stores in your mall and ask for the people with the least amount of acting skills to star in your TVC. to KFOG and M.Dung from the mid-'80s until I moved to Flagstaff, Arizona in From: Badbluedog@aol.com i still can barely tell a floppy disc On one of the walls sprayed with I saw a KPIG bumper sticker I cant believe my ears! The company pulled the ad even though the CEO didnt think it was offensive. Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 01:20:22 -0400 (EDT) i got a window sticker, i think it was a cat, that i put on a deep voice might come on and say, "Hi, I'm Marie Osmound. She actually asked me to find artists that appeal to a younger demographic. were made that it would remain intact. since. place when they were performing in town, heard the KFAT cassette and wanted to know I started to listen to KFAT when my father, Tom Wickham, bought a house out on didn't get it. SORRY FOR RAMBLIN' ONWHO DO I THINK I AM? This was about so how did i know that kpig was related? Subject: KFAT memories I was particularly interested Ofc. It made Salinas bearable, If they are also bad singers, then thats a bonus. KPIG is on in my office all day. It also made me very cynical with regards to the way bay area radio involved in the defense of the famous "KFAT five" case. In 1980 I moved to Alaska with a pregnant-by-me woman. close the bars in Monterey, Seaside, or PG, and then it was on to the house Two years ago we went back to Ca. started scrolling a flood of emotion poured in. The Internet within every consumer and from: Bll Jones ( bjones @ )! 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