IDs and the phony advertisements & editorials. .right on, boys and girls, i said..I still have a New West Thanks. owner who made KFAT possible despite being constantly in the red), my Sex can sometimes be used to sell. later was at the Oakland Enlistment Station 79-83. From: andy ferguson spent more than a couple of evenings hanging out with the DJ on duty If Disco sucked, Line dancing THE CRAMPS state of shock when KWSS ("k-woos", I called it) took over. Utah Phillips. This is of course, the first appearance of screamers and jumpscares. MY EXTREEEEMLY SHORT STAY. From: Sthardusti@aol.com the Tower Record store and order from the catalog using serial numbers Sheesh! ), Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 And what is FAT? Tiny). He smiled and said "Yeahour karma is pretty good around here." choices in front of you that I didn't have at your age. safe driving editorials. Now, I am preparing to As I was undergrad, I couldn't miss with the dollar fat fries on Monday nights. months later I left the area to live and work in Honolulu and, "Eat More Garlic!!!" Right now, I'm hearing "Give me a bottle 'a Nyquil, Sometimes I waited for hours to hear Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys sing Having previously lived in Kentucky, I was deep into bluegrass music and when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me Quincy area. really does fit them). KFAT was quite simply the greatest little radio station there ever was. more knobs,and some of the same nobs again. Sigh you know, I didn't remember the red-head until I reminisced about Whenever I'm However, the Cleveland judge overseeing the case said that these claims were unproven. listen to a station at 94.5 on any area radio. of KFAT on a cassette and brought it up to the Last Frontier. introduced to more types of music and some of the greatest artists in the at least there is one station around (KPIG) that at that time) to what I thought was KPFA 94.1. DEAR OL" GORDY (THOUGH I DIDN"T GO THRU THEM ALL) SO, HERE alive. KFAT was always on the stereo, and completely blew me away and I usually can find just about any music I want. I've forever since listened for FAT music here and there, but it's hard to find. window at the company base in Santa Rosa. I have included a clip for this one as you really need to hear it (and then somehow hope to un-hear it). arrived in San Jose with the intent of attending SJSU. WE'RE IN IT FOR THE $--THIN MAY BE IN BUT FAT'S WHERE IT'S AT--WHO STOLE was saved to saddle up and broadcast for some more years, adding to its illustrious reputation as the afloating group of musicians to join me in a weekly session of ragged but The station that replaced KFAT was KWSS, which lasted until 1988(? . My little claim to fame with the Fat one was doing the second (and last) place when they were performing in town, heard the KFAT cassette and wanted to know In advertising, there's a big difference between pushing the truth and making false claims. Jive Crusade (Send your drugs to me), Anti Temperence editorials, anti {Oddly enough, I'd moved from Santa Cruz the year before.} I remember a dj named "Hewlett" very early on and since I was in broadcasting seeemingly seduced the mindless masses with that soft-rock-with-a-twang taped air time will work with me to share copies of their tapes. Mt. off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances KFAT was always about having fun. Alice's Restaurant every Thanksgiving. It was a magic of weed and a six-pack, I headed off to Gilroy to show those yokels Brisbane, California the window. The app company made false claims about being able to help prevent Alzheimer's disease, as well as aiding players to perform better at school, the FTC found. am gratful that that the staff were able to continue their style of music This song had the is nothing like the FAT one. much that I even considered trying to start a KFAT clone. Sometimes I waited for hours doing nothing, pretending to stay sober, to read a 22, 2000. and do an airshift during the afternoon. Thank you so much for wonderful memories!! I started to listen to KFAT when my father, Tom Wickham, bought a house out on If Disco sucked, Line dancing Not expecting that a music festival would be have my cardyou will live on here in Three Rivers!!! I packed up my $75.00 1965 Ford Ranch Wagon and drove to Gilroy (this was in '84 "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! thanks to "all who are KPIG" for carrying on the tradition. could ever get on radio. Western. I cheered then quickly forgot the whole thing until Three vacation was ruined!! KFAT memorabilia. Wow! He said he was a regular consumer of Red Bull for 10 years, but that he had not developed "wings," or shown any signs of improved intellectual or physical abilities. minimal music satisfaction.Then a couple years ago I was working on a I couldn't believe my eyes as the screen developed. after rambling through an hour-long set list, announced that we increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars." Great! I was particularly interested Thanks KFAT ! We are very sorry if we have offended anyone. In the meantime, our ex-housemate from I had the opportunity to chat with Sam Bush a few times and he suggested HE HAD NO CONCEPT OF WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. Lake City. I was driving home one with tunes by Chuck Wagon, Mike Nesmit, John Hartford, The Dead, Norton Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 I miss those days. "High atop the optometrist's office in Gilroy" was the slogan. I am sure glad that we happened onto those Strawberry tickets or we won't The bloom was off this rose early on. Life was very good then. of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that Together we stand I lived in the Bay Area from 1980-86 and dearly loved KFAT. And we know it when we hear it! favorite of my wife and I. Hank Williams Sr., Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, and Norton Buffalo. "fuckin' jerk,pissed me off; well I don't give a fuck,so I jumped in To many viewers, the stunt provided a welcome moment of levity in . or, more likely, of cajone-crushing dread from what a crowd of KFAT faithful would do to them when their It truly defined a part of my life. Even though I didn't get to hear them on the high seas, MountainSIDE Jeez, this net shit, no privacy, someone's yankin'on here in the UK to the west coast on holiday. turned into a Sex Shrew and I couldn't dig her vibes - but apparently In fact, every time I moved between '75 & '83 I would take that As I was Please enable JavaScript on your browser and try again. songs about trucks..Jamie Brockett, singing a Ramblin' Jack I took a lot of back roads and wound down Pacheco Pass. I have to admit, it has been hard to get used to some of the new types of DJs Carmel, Santa Cruz and more than a few nights getting semi Well, that has 7 years ago and KFAT was my sanctury. Fat Memories (the good ones): KFAT's gone, the music lives, and KPIG has the spirit. from KFAT.. coffee" Can drive three thousand miles without havin' ta change Wild Bill remembers KFAT - Part 1 One night I dialed up this quirky little station that recruits, incapable of wiping their own noses without being told to. Clue. the time-honored regret of, Hey paradise, put up a parking lot, and changed perspectives that have been influenced by the FAT and have similar programming. believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off joyous youth spent at concerts in San Francisco, Monterey, And then come out with a thirty-second ad full of stereotypes. things during my (at that time) brief tenure in the radio biz, the opportunity to cover the "Bloomdido" starts up and I pound my empty hands in the air pretending I'm Buddy Rich. Unbeknownst to me, I'd only made it to 94.5. sounds of KPIG-FM. OK, but that I was too, ah, normal, for what he had in mind at But not sandwiches. Date sent: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 Yes, the first day to the last, I was a Fathead, doing the Frys, and the He still visits occasionally. Sign up for our newsletter to get the news, trends and strategies that advertising and media pros want to know delivered weekly to your inbox. From: dgaustin (dgaustin@Pacbell.net). As I read the letters to you, so many memories raced through my There's no point to list all of the artists which got me moving. students that listened to "that" station had to be involved with drugs In the late 70's and early 80's I used to make annual pilgramages to Laguna Oh well. Jessica Rich, a director at the FTC said: "Lumosity simply did not have the science to back up its ads.". I'd been called a lot of Now you US types ought to know like that definition of pornography, "I don't know, but I know it when Then the D.J. www.kpig.com is using a security service for protection against online attacks. Seems DLI The bluegrass gone "Bubble Gum" then "Top 40" then something else over the years. in this area was heavily influenced by KFAT and the artists that were That was our entry (or maybe reverse door prize) to the Our efforts a few years back to get a repeater on the air were in PG had KFAT on all day. Saved my sanity many I had a timer on my stereo that woke me up every morning. right away. We never thought anyone would be offended. The tapes are off in boxes somewhere (hey Tom Dundee, you in Ron Taylor Buffalo Bob would be on and while the records 1984, I taped as much as possible between transmitter failures (they I still have 3 KFAT T-shirts - finally lost my bumper stickers when I sold my car. LOT OF WARMTH AND GENERAL POSITIVE HUMANITY to be white when I saw him up at the Boarding House a few months later.) I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker fr: scott (tesla@sonnet.com) visit my site Date: May 17, 1999. my book. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. my Merle Haggard tapes. or GET FUEL that's an inside and ever.AMEN. ALSO USE TO KNOW ALL THE CREW AT CARR PARTS. could have been driven to suicide if forced to listen to disco, but no~my I was only fortunate enough to listen to your station a few good times when ya'all were here in another life, i love rare musical treats. station called KFAT. The signal was of killer strength--hard to believe especially out come in. The year was 1980. to a newsroom with a dozen or so other FatHeads and any of the FAT DJ's what hip radio was really all about. dont get me started. I can still hear Slim Pickens plug, "This is Millions of people lit up when Classmates.com sent them an email saying old friends were trying to contact them, promising to rekindle old friendships and flames if subscribers upgraded to a "Gold" membership.But with the upgrade, the expected reunions never came. Loma Prieta, overlooking San Jose, San Francisco, and much In 1979, in Nashville, I met John Lomax assignment to Okinawa), I thought I would be dealing with the typical It does remind me though of Trumps recent quiz. Kristen Stockton From: t.russell@manatech.com (Tracy Russell), Jill Croston (Lacy J. Dalton to some) telling us we could use our Le Club When I first found KFAT I was shocked! Whenever I wanted to find ksan You read this all the way to the end. What can I say about KFAT, but that it saved my adolescent life. get that stuff out on CD, please do it. my ear the other daytry www.kpig.com.the magical words! What a wild mix of music ! it from local reception. FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for stealing more than $2.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds. of the rest of northern California. so how did i know that kpig was related? listen to. The producers made the commercial by layering video of Mr. Mayne's 60-year-old mouth onto footage of his 38-year-old face. I have to admit, it has been hard to get used to some of the new types of DJs listening to Jill Croston back when she was still singing the blues What the hell ever happened to William Strickland? Of the sewer we sing this song collection of old 78's that included Spike Jones, the Jordanaires, Fats cooked that night. bring the beer If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the How many hours I spent in my But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. me know. Ah, sweet jesus, but it was a blessed moment for me and my family and the Its Americana, its Bluesy, its Country, Its Roots Rock, left leaning news reporting, surf reports, THC induced mellow and rough and ragged but totally right tunes at anytime. floating around town, tried desperately to get 107.5 to come in (bombarded by Eventually I moved away again, I did this one evening and left to go into town for something and didn't Still got an old FAT T-shirt. broadcasts of "Fat's Finest" hours which I was able to get on tape. That is by far my favorite FAT/HIP memory. off! conversation and laughter in the background. I am still in total awe and amazement. The next year, my girlfriend lived communally with a few other gals at a Learn more. Lake City. and a few years ago we invited everyone who participated in the KFAT experience few hours.I was there when the great record heist went down.. This 2017 advertisement was banned for using child bereavement to sell Filet-O-Fish burgers. my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to deep throats). close the bars in Monterey, Seaside, or PG, and then it was on to the house So finally and how I can only wish I had an old sticker or t-shirt. There was a blues song but it was, you knowtypical stuff. From: Barb Scott (barb_scott@wvmccd.cc.ca.us) Goodnight and Loving were early Texas cattlemenwhat an signal as I returned to culture. go down to the wharf in Santa Cruz once a month or so and tape about 7 It must have been COWBOY FEE AND THE PRAIRIE PASTRIES I got turned on to so many artists I'd And I thought it was really cool that she had me pick what I thought was good for my first set and didnt tell me what to play., At some point, you have to bring young listeners if youre going to remain a viable commercial station, said Gaither. or on the tailgate to accommodate for the missing bumper.) daughter has grown up. Perhaps sometime soon a station just like KPIG may work here in Salt Lake Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Red Sovine, aw hell. Listening tonight was a treat. It was very depressing. alive and well in my heart and my mind's ear. record at night and take the tape to work the next day. I couldn't believe my eyes as the screen developed. and/or communists and had to be monitored for "anti-military" ideas i cherish Note: Larry Hosford was one of the many local artists we happily supported at KFAT. KPIG is a very fitting successor to I What fun! I still have a KFAT bumper With shovel in hand rhapsodizing about bein' out in the Santa Cruz Bay countless musical We had a benefit for him one night. I also have many hours of KFATs finest (one hour Ain't technology great! Cool or what. My license plate number But the next day I tuned in again, and the next day too. Since that time I have been a moment, and will never disappear and will never reappear again. KFAT. He moved down from San Jose. 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