***KJR Golden Years Airchecks***
59th Anniversary aircheck (1:19:08) 25 years into the Top 40 format – composite Sky Walker, Klem Daniels compiled audio and produced the 2-day special scripts, old news and KJR aircheck snippets.
HISTORY OF KJR (Video) Video from 2002
Frank Thompson newscast December 1976 CKLG 730/Vancouver
Lets Play Go_Go
Digging deep into the archieves is this “Let’s Play Go Go” contest open and close. The closing jingle does not sound like a PAMS creation. To me, it sounds like it’s from the company that produced the KAYO jingle packages. Mr. Music Man, Duane Smart
KJR sister station 790 KNEW/Spokane Radio Go-Go and other jingles. (4:34)
KJR Series 29 PAMS Jingles
KJR Reunion featuring Kevin O’Brien, Burl Barer, Gary Shannon
KJR News – From the mid 60’s here is a news open that KJR used, voiced by Pat O’Day. Mr. Music Man, Duane Smart
KJR Jazzy 1965 jingle – Here is a KJR jingle, from 1965, done in the style of Ramsey Lewis. It’s a dub from a tape cart at KJR. I don’t know if this was a PAMS creation or if Ramsey Lewis was commissioned to record this jingle. Mr. Music Man, Duane Smart
April 1976 Charlie Brown (11:12)
Ichabod Caine March 1977 (14:22)
Pat O’Day substituting for Ross Shafer 1986 (37:25)
KJR Seattle Channel 95 jingles (1:51) [Tim Shook Collection]
AIRCHECKS: (Courtesy of Ron Erak) Charlie Brown – KJR 1977 (6:02)
These are a few promos I produced while I was production director at KUBE 93 FM Seattle in the 80’s. Charlie and Ty ruled morning drive. The first promo is completely faked, we edited together Lionel Richie to make him say what he said. I’m not even sure where Charlie got the audio but we turned it into a promo that made it sound like he and Charlie were best friends. Then the song Charlie and Ty are singing about the zoo and elephants was when I had just bought a new Yamaha DX7 keyboard. So broke it in one morning and played the music in real-time and they came in and sang the Pacaderm song. Charlie was not only an amazing talent and radio legend he was a brilliant, creative, and sweet-spirited soul. Like so many others who know CB I love Charlie and will miss him. — RON ERAK
Charlie Brown – KUBE 1986 (4:55)
Moldie Oldie Jingles from acetate
These are worn acetate disc to tape dubs. With an assist from Chuck Bolland, one Sunday night, we transferred these to tape in the then antique production room, 1963 or 1964… It’s some nice radio history. Running time is close to 5.5 minutes. THE BIG K – KJR from acetates “BIG RADIO” {*is that the KJR tones – or the NBC chimes in one of the first of these jingles???} Duane Smart says: I can only take a wild guess. Late 50’s or early 60’s. Another guess is they probably were not from Pams. Also, since they were on acetates it might suggest KJR didn’t have cart machines.The disc to tape transfers probably used the wrong stylus size. Many acetates used a 3 mil sylus and I would guess now these were played back with a 1 mil stylus, and I know in the early 60’s KJR had RCA cart machines. KAYO used ATC cart machines (with vacuum tubes!) KOMO and KIRO used RCA and the FM station I worked at in 1964 had tube type ATC’s. Strangely, I think all the RCA machines used transistors. KOMO and KJR once upon a time were NBC Red and NBC blue, but that goes way, way back.
Don Courtenay (Grimmer)
Don Courtenay Grimmer Don Courtenay was in the sales department at KJR, at least in the 60’s. He had a great voice and did radio commercials and some TV commercials. I recall him doing Safeway commercials on television. The tag line was “Shop Safeway, You’ll see.” The audio I am sending is Don doing some KJR IDs and News intros. They were recorded directly from tape cartridges at KJR. Running time is about 1:10. courtesy of Duane Smart.
Larry Lujack November 1966 (19:36)
KJR/Courtenay & Roberts – January 1964
Duane Smart’s post of those Don Courtenay voice intros jogged my memory about this aircheck… Here’s an on-air sample of KJR’s big voice guy Don Courtenay doing a news intro for a KJR newscast by Lan Roberts in January, 1964. This provides a full taste of that somewhat eerie news background sounder KJR was using in late ’63 and ’64. This aircheck was from early afternoon with jock Mike Phillips, who you’ll hear at the end. KJR was a real powerhouse at this time, ruling the market and without competitive challenge until KOL cranked it up 16 months later. The KJR on-air lineup at the time: Lan Roberts 6-9, Lee Perkins 9-noon, Mike Phillips noon-3, Pat O’Day 3-6, Dick Curtis 6-9, Jerry Kay 9-midnight, J J Valley overnight. That also was the year Larry Lujack and Chuck Bolland arrived. Running time about 1:06.
— Ron DeHart (Did anyone else pick up the irony of the first item in Lan Robert’s newscast?)
From “request line operator” to radio DJ. Sam Lawson Bio & Airchecks
Gas & Groz interview Pat O’Day, the Godfather of Seattle Top 40 radio…1968 aircheck / 2010 interview
John Stone – KJR November 1960
Lineup in 1960: Lee Perkins 6a- Dave Clark 9a- Chuck Bras 12n- John Stone 3p- Pat O’Day 6p- Ron Bailie 9p- Russ Rebel 12m
Pat O’Day – KKMI
KJR Cash Call with Lan Roberts
Gary Shannon – KJR
Mike Phillips – KJR
95 KJR Jingle Montage
Norm Gregory – KPUG 1967
Tom Murphy May 1967 (16:41)
Norm Gregory montage KJR 1969-1971
Norm Gregory – KJR 1971
Ichabod Caine at KJR (1977)
Lineup in 1971: Emperor Smith 6a- Lan Roberts 10a- Tom Murphy 2p- Norm Gregory 6p- Gary Shannon 9p- John Maynard 12m
Norm Gregory – KZOK 1980
Charlie Brown – KJR early-1980s
Ichabod Caine – KJR (1976)
Excerpt of final Pat Cashman show on KJR 3-18-2005
Roy Otis aircheck [John Maynard]
Tom Murphy GoodGuyRadio first day/KISN/Portland tribute station
Sam Lawson’s Audio Vault – Robert O. Smith KJR 1967
KNEW picture from Philco Bill’s website SPOKANE RADIO HISTORY
KJRB Golden Weekend 1969 and KJR 60th Celebration 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s
I agree with Bill Taylor that the “KJR Concerto” was one of their best. From PAMS Series 18. I am attaching the KJR
and CFUN Concerto.
I believe CFUN changed formats and call letters in 1967. The sound quality is quite good. Duane Smart
Radio London, on the air from December ’64 to August ’67 was a pirate radio station was the brain child of a Texan. He originally thought of using KLIF radio, in Dallas as his model and was going to play tapes of KLIF on Radio London. But, realized programming need to be done live to suit the British audiences. RCA outfitted the the studio and probably the transmitter in the United States. They even used some PAMS jingles. So, what we called The KJR Concerto, was know there as the Sono Waltz, obviously named after the Sonovox and the unique sound it made. The Sonovox goes back to the 40’s. Most of us will remember many KJR PAMS jingles used the Sonovox.
Here are about 11 minutes of Old Gold 77 KXA Jingles, including the KXA “Concerto”. I don’t ever recall KXA playing it. Enjoy this nice blast from the past. –Mr. Music Man Duane Smart
96 KYYX Jingles
Tommy Morgan 770 KXA
THE STORY LADY A vignette that aired daily on KJR and Top 40 stations across the nation – STORY LADY. The stories were a twist on how we may have originally been told the tale.
Story Lady presents “Princess Edna And The Knight”
Now you can do your own story lady or man stories with the theme. It’s from an Audio Fidelity Sound effects LP. —Mr. Music Man Duane Smart
