Richard Wagone writes each week about radio in Southern California.
that I listened to growing up and discovering radio, as it were. All AM at the time, due in part to the fact that all of my radios were AM — be they transistor portables or plug-in tube radios. But AM was where it was at back then, anyway, at least as far as popular music. Most of the top stations were on AM; it would still be a few years before FM truly became a thing.
It was here that I found KKDJ and K-100 . I can’t say that I was “hooked,” as I played around with the tuner for a while and then put it away. But I was intrigued. From San Diego, I discovered KFMB-FM and a few others. But it was when Chuck Martin launched The New K-WEST in the summer of 1981 that I was hooked. This was truly KHJ on FM, and I loved it. Unfortunately, it didn’t last; just about the time that it changed to Magic 106 in 1983, KIIS-FM relaunched as top-40 and set the world on fire. By this time with rare exception, there was really nothing left to listen to on AM anyway.
I bring all of this up for no other reason than to spark your own memories. My plan is to periodically feature a remembrance of stations that either are no longer here, or were of a different focus than today … and I want your ideas so it’s not just a history of my own listening. It can be FM or AM, popular or not. Let me know and I’ll do my best to uncover fun facts about your favorites in addition to my own.“Always like to read your column.
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