It feels comforting to hear this 1960s jingle that KJR used to play during the holidays every year. Other KJR “All American” jingles from the same era can be heard by clicking on this earlier post.
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Student engineer at pioneer Nathan Hale radio station KNH 1210 in 1970 (prior to KNHC). Also attended North Seattle Community College and L.H. Bates in Tacoma (KTOY-FM). Sam’s career began as a KJR request line operator in 1970, with his first on-air job at KRKO in 1972. In 1976 he segued to overnights at KTAC as Cory Landon, then weekends at KING. In 1978 he moved to Lewiston, Idaho for afternoons on KOZE and KRLC. Throughout the ‘80s he was an announcer and/or engineer at “the best mix and biggest variety” of Spokane radio stations; including 97KREM, KZUN, KGA, KKER (The Sam & Pam Show), KZZU, PD of KJRB, 98 KISS-FM, and the voice of KAYU-TV. In 1989 he moved to Los Angeles as Assistant Chief Engineer and weekends at KZLA/KLAC. Also engineered for KBIG, KFI, Premiere Radio Networks, CBS Radio, and others. After avoiding any actual work for nearly 45 years, now happily retired and very appreciatively back in the great Pacific Northwest!
I met Sam back in the KTAC era. I was the chief engineer and did weekend on air shifts. Sam is great guy and a real Broadcaster.
Other than the “Merry Christmas from Payless, Merry Christmas” jingle, this is the only jingle from radio that stayed in my memory banks. https://qzvx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MerryChristmas-Payless-Jingle.mp3