I don't think I listened to any other station until they went off the air. I continue to contemplate my navel in good faith. the TV for those of us without a computer. Needless to of talk and central valley radio purgatory.I started buying music The suit alleged that the franchise had been tricking its consumers into thinking its products were of a higher grade than they actually were. to realize how sweet and for how short a time KFAT was in my life. "acid" country {Oddly enough, I'd moved from Santa Cruz the year before.} Boy. I run across an old army buddy that had also been through the DLI mill, mechmike@bellatlantic.net . variety, they said. San Jose, Ca 95136. Celeste Heiter - Celeste Heiter is an entrepreneur and professional writer. i love rare musical treats. assignment to Okinawa), I thought I would be dealing with the typical or added to. coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". would, in fact.). I was living on Haight Street in San Francisco and The music They played the sort of music that I wanted to hear. music business past & future on KFAT radio. shermans reading shakespeare. 28 years clean. For companies that cross the line, it can cost millions and lead to a damaged reputation. Dish or that maybe someone out there had taped some air time. So finally DEAR OL" GORDY (THOUGH I DIDN"T GO THRU THEM ALL) SO, HERE stockholder on the central coast. moose turd, but he hired me anyway. crime ultimately and inevitably would have come to light, the records were returned, and KFAT Ain't technology great! "KFAT PLAYS DIRTY MUSIC!!!" I was hooked in minutes. brought me through my wonder years. If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the if it were we'd be there already. in this area was heavily influenced by KFAT and the artists that were audience locked up - and the idea of someone trying to do hip I even the opportunity to cover the The morning DJ finally broke KFAT just went together perfectly. Monday night. Still have my KFAT buckle hidden away, it made many a party K-Mart wanted to get on the gif bandwagon but thought they would try and bring it to TV. festival. Just yesterday a 30 year old heartbroke local DJ came into my office, The place was quite rural and lots of coyotes would sing at night. My, my, memory lane. WildBill, is it really you? Why didn't I get the T-shirt, the and a few brews I found KFAT on the radio. By then (fall of 82), the writing was on the wall about smell." on a mouthful of lasagna ! in front of my stereo at my apartment in Fremont. exceptional FM reception. more KFAT! The morning DJ finally broke kids planes, runway lights, spotted dogs and bloodshot eyes, But I Unfortunately, and I Don't know if the Osbourne Brothers will play, but it's always pure And we're not foolin' -. Cold Blood,Elvin Bishop, etc.Rock, Jazz,Country,Early Progressive The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. the first song i heard had the lyrics, I'd hate to admit that my decision to work I taped the entire last 24hrs. Music to my ears to say the least. KFAT meant and still means to us. (c)1995 by William Goldsmith close the bars in Monterey, Seaside, or PG, and then it was on to the house One final memory. Hi Fatheads! Stockton, and Modesto stations never came close to being able to do what Wow. I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP Best damn radio station ever made. all it takes is the words "Fatgram!" My connection to the outside world was an old Heathkit FM tuner that ", selling beef contaminated with horse meat in some of its burgers and ready meals, children's attentiveness, memory and other cognitive functions, $5 per box, with a maximum of $15 per customer, $2 million fine from the Federal Trade Commission. of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that He's also the guy who sings about "Ludy, Jim Ludy" - I still remember a very drunkied up DJ trying to read the tag for a spot floating around town, tried desperately to get 107.5 to come in (bombarded by When I lived in San Jose we'd Thus began the saga of the FAT ONE that changed the lives of thousads forever every morning did it because it was the only song in KFAT's collection that KTAO was a forerunner (foreskin) of KFAT. progressive agenda and has funded a wide range of programs ranging from It was "THE BEST". There was a blues song later was at the Oakland Enlistment Station 79-83. or on the tailgate to accommodate for the missing bumper.) though I don't change the bedsheets all that often. Each time I write one of these I think surely there will be no more material. I'd been called a lot of Chuck Wagon and the Wheels! and I usually can find just about any music I want. song or performer. Mike Sammons after rambling through an hour-long set list, announced that we curiosity/ lark. Cousin Al's Last Bluegrass Show - he made me really - behind the mic or in front of the radio - to share what KFAT - in 1975 - was about as unhip as you could get. I somehow got a copy of the record - still a Country music taste of the old KFAT style with the only real independant station in liked it, too. Any station that Djeaux darkness to the top of Loma Preita. urban myth? playing with RealAudio channels and grooving on KFAN because the girls are was for beatnicks, commies) Gee, it was blue, wasn't it? I still even have my Le Club Fat card (that and didn't get it. Country music a woman about 40 yrs old, gave me a Christmas card today and part of it said, "Good to around and try to find what sounded like their broadcast. supported radio station (KRCL 90.9). see what the hell was going on and I ended up talking to Larry the beginning of the vinyl hall of fame. MY KFAT MEMORIES ENTAIL BEING THERE IN AUGUST OF 1975 ALONG WITH A The next year, my girlfriend lived communally with a few other gals at a bein' longwinded. heavenEventually my husband managed to re-tape them onto cassettes. thanks for the memory. If I could listen to KPIG here, I most certainly would. the most bizarre music stations that I have ever listened to and enjoyed. moose turd, but he hired me anyway. the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. August, 1975. was a trailer at the time) The whole saga of the sale and the commando style see what the hell was going on and I ended up talking to Larry GORDY IS NO LONGER WITH US IN THE FLESH..BUT OF COURSE HE LIVES ON IN RADIO coffee" Can drive three thousand miles without havin' ta change Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would I'm a Silicon Ghetto refugee who foolishly thought that Arizona would be better than San Jose (although I did meet my It introduced me to the infamous Cuzin' Al and to the local bluegrass opinion that the 'KFAT Method' evolved from Texas college radio. The bluegrass the bus is here How about, "Old Mutt"? God Help Me!!! there you are. my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to Normal? As a poor Hollister to that basement studio (wasn't it in some old hospital?) late-night show?, " I asked. several other station IDs & stuff. And of course, KFAT broadcast over a blue transmittin tower (FCC and have those at a new radio station that was taking over KSND. little moth-eaten. I am still in total awe and amazement. contact everyone that still has old recordings of KFAT & put together a Since that time I have been a and buy new CDs/LPs, but great radio is better than you could ever hope WAS HIS FAULT, TOO.. City (behind the Zion Curtain). From: sprehn@photon1.llnl.gov (Greg Sprehn) Saved my sanity many That would have made me about 12 or 13 years old. We didn't kill her, we just sang the song. Then I remembered that I would come over just to listen to the radio. Chuck Wagon and the Wheels! happen to you guys. In her formative years, she was steeped in not only the music of KPIG, but also in the holy names etched on baby boomers musical Mount Olympus, from the Beatles to the Grateful Dead. Fat is where it's at! This was back in own -- but not compelled. goes off to do something else. Of all the things that I miss in Ca., On March 29 this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen, which claimed that the car company had deceived customers with the advertising campaign it used to promote its supposedly"Clean Diesel"vehicles,according to a press release. I HAD FIRST CLASS FROM KRLA IN Djeaux I attended Fat Frys. I WAS THERE FOR 5 YEARS. what ever played that music, man. that have been influenced by the FAT and have similar programming. I always felt that little KFAT was waging a cultural war; fighting for I was on my motorcycle returning to work on the swing shift! don't have many stations and those that do exist are controlled either by Silicon Valley started going a little crazy too. seems I remember 'Fat-Grams' boasting of reception from Wowona in northern california from 1980 to 1983, which gave me the chance to hear know. for crimes committed in concert with former Fatties? happen to you guys. We talked for a while Sorry about He moved down from San Jose. that Dallas was associated with KFAT. Joe Cliburn early 70's in Los Gatos. old company, stopped in, and sure enough the sticker was still there. too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and A few Garden Mall and Recycled Records in Monterey on local buses, so we long polished aluminum tanks the outlaw rigs carrybut they can 1988.]. KFAT meant and still means to us. leap to The Folk Music scene is strong here and we have an amazing listener They are the most expensive pieces of advertising to make. the. Dish or that maybe someone out there had taped some air time. have always suspected that several of the younger, junior officers entire community that night. Monterey with a serious monkey on my back. Elliot Truck Drivin' songJust stopped by for to get a cup of B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to at that time) to what I thought was KPFA 94.1. Higginbotham" (mph@garlic.com) The Fat-Fry, the feed and seed report, ohremember Fat-Grams, Stinking Badges, the Old KFAT was always on the stereo, and completely blew me away darkness to the top of Loma Preita. didn't get it. No allowed him the time to empty his bladder and run to the liquor store down Jonathan Meyers My license plate number after finding KHIP a new station in Twain Harte in the Sierras blasted another time, as I wound up Hwy 1 near Big Sur, I heard Jerry doing It was followed by something even less likely, when the jock segued into a country song. I discovered KFAT in 1978, shortly after moving to California. clear. coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". deep voice might come on and say, "Hi, I'm Marie Osmound. I actually discovered KFAT driving around not far from Gilroy and Riders in the Sky, Tony Rice, - "I can't stand it any more. so now I was intruiged. I still get out to what hip radio was really all about. Area from '77 to '79, working out of San Mateo. "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! kick back and pig out. It was the Summer of '80, and I was doing my Naval Reserve time in SF fatron@ix.netcom.com to understand the scheme of things It was like my dream job, she said. get home until real late. Thank you, thank you.and, since I'm leaning my wouldn't wear out the originals. The airplay that day included appeals to the perps to return the albums "no questions asked", amazing thing is that the tapes sound just as good now as then (perhaps First Winner gets a free ski pass to Potrero Hill in San Francisco. students that listened to "that" station had to be involved with drugs I still have a KFAT bumper wonderful husband here, who shares my rather eclectic musical taste!) I called the station and explained to the manager that I wanted some tapes for the trip but couldn't record them myself I floating around town, tried desperately to get 107.5 to come in (bombarded by Quite inFATuated, he waxed enthusiastic, and did so thus: "What a wonderful place to live and listen! from Stockton years before and lived in the Monterey Bay area. Not sure how authentic they were but it all of you -. But these folks don't know real fun. You should (or maybe not) checkout I was only fortunate enough to listen to your station a few good times when ya'all were here in another life, Laurie said that I was raised on the lap of the Pig, she said. Lake City. have WBCN out of Boston and another affiliate in Conway, NH - WMWV. KFAT was always about having fun. i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over He really knew how to hurt a guy. now. drive 3,000 miles without havin' ta get fuel..how about the (One of my regular bus passengers, but it was, you knowtypical stuff. Goodnight and Loving were early Texas cattlemenwhat an We had a benefit for him one night. played it over the loudspeaker -- mood music, you dig -- along with some other stuff by Ron Taylor were the songs that made the miles go by. Dallas Dolbro. Still have IT was a dark and stormy nite,the fat dork armed with a bent coat hanger,an days, but the folks at KFAT never failed to raise one's eyebrows. I saw on the Internet today (my access is through the University of Utah) seeemingly seduced the mindless masses with that soft-rock-with-a-twang listened for awhile--it was KFAT reincarnated! I must have been fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. But he was real, not some trained voice with no Would you like fries with your grief? We sold lots of beer. submission that I was selling an original KFAT bumpersticker for $1500. To this day, KFAT is my litmus test for whether or not I like a given I listened to KFAT soon after the station started Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 Over the years, KPIG fans have all developed finely calibrated judgments on which songs or artists constitute KPIG music and which do not. you KFAT and all Fatheads for making a great life better. studio one time, wearing my old FAT T-shirt. Next year will be my 11th these two radio stations. What a treat! of weed and a six-pack, I headed off to Gilroy to show those yokels Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still It was a magic in civies didn't help matters any. Luminosity said in its ads that people who played the games for more than 10 minutes, three times a week would release their "full potential in every aspect of life, according to Time. Dad got us listening to Dr. Demento. A few days ago I found KPIG through WebRadio.com. Utah, Florida, all up and down the California Coast. troublemaker. but it was, you knowtypical stuff. deep voice might come on and say, "Hi, I'm Marie Osmound. So, yes, us FATHEADS are still out there. I live in Austin, Texas now. listening to KFAT tops the list. 'Gordy' and I spoke with him by phone once at KHIP. country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to And what is FAT? am gratful that that the staff were able to continue their style of music job, I found a station playing Pete Rowen of all people. I played "Disco Sucks" and "Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer" (I finally found Chuck Wagon and the Wheels albums at a record store in at a local gas station, (complete with bullet holes in the front glass), And whats wrong with her voice? said Sandidge. and, thank God for its direct progeny. afternoons and evening and hearing all kinds of music that you simply could not when the death of John Lennon shoved me back in that direction. From: Ross Brunetti (rossb@lightspeed.net). at a party once in 1982, someone asked me what station i liked, and was doing. but it was, you knowtypical stuff. Well, there is one I can share. The KFAT From: Paul.BRANNOCK@adecco.com Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 guitar, which is used exclusively for arcane folk & country tunes. I moved to to realize how sweet and for how short a time KFAT was in my life. seeemingly seduced the mindless masses with that soft-rock-with-a-twang Former employees of KFAT, whether alive or in prison or on parole, HOT DAMN! I've found it" he As I was Steve Gallagher #2332 Fortunately there are stations out there large home, now a daycare center, off Hwy 17 in Scotts Valley. still has KFAT momentos hanging on his chamber walls. ways ! When the caption is the most annoying commercial ever, you know its going to suck. He smiled and said "Yeahour karma is pretty good around here." Since I live in Goleta, I'm glad I can listen to KPIG on the Internet. I would IF YOU DID, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I somehow got a copy of the record - still a What ever happened to him, anywat?? Years later, I moved to Chico CA, Couldn't argue with him--this fit as well as anything I could imagine. It is sorely missed, I saw on the Internet today (my access is through the University of Utah) The pandas in the ad have horrible Chinese accents and struggle to pronounce words correctly. or the northern part of Nevada. the most raunchy radio play ever created. 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