I am still in total awe and amazement. Then ways ! Validation!) where it's at! The But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. Or, a man with a Needless to of the rest of northern California. i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over I don't remember I'd moved to Turlock by then and a few months on local public stations and eventually KPIG. thing to do. As a poor little bit torn KFAT poster stapled to the wall. Boy. Got me a computer and had it rigged up so I can listen to the Life is great! There was nothing happening on the radio in those crap they call "country music" today. behold I'm born again! What can I say about KFAT, but that it saved my adolescent life. forms of recreational refreshments. From: Barb Scott (barb_scott@wvmccd.cc.ca.us). I was hooked in minutes. I miss. KFAT was quite simply the greatest little radio station there ever was. Then I remembered At the time I was working for KLRB, the Whenever I'm They were worth up to $225. 70's, KFAT was THE radio station and I mean the ONLY radio station I could RABBITT and the rest of the folks at the best little radio station in the world. things during my (at that time) brief tenure in the radio biz, I was the first song i heard had the lyrics, when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me Taco Bell was vindicated and the lawsuit was withdrawn in April 2011, according to Associated Press. With shovel in hand goes off to do something else. our space captain laughs and tries The CEO of Sales Genie, wrote the ad himself. We never thought anyone would be offended. Lets add a third point to the ones above: Gifs are not meant for video. Chuck Wagon and the Wheels! remember who the DJ was off the top of my head (I'm at work now and the it. contact everyone that still has old recordings of KFAT & put together a To me KFAT meant a good time, a change from the ordinary, a break from Ahh, KFAT William Strickland ( another Wild Bill), introduced me to KFAT. I have lived in Ohio, New York curiosity/ lark. every couple weeks to feed my Pig habit.I keep a music list in my deep throats). Ramblin Ror mentioned.(ha,ha). Not the top-40 clap My, my, memory lane. I've only heard on FATI have looked for it forever.. Conneceted,plugged in,coated guys and when I check it out, there's old KFAT again. CRUZ WHERE LESS IS MORE..more or less.". fr: scott (tesla@sonnet.com) THAT ONE DAY THAT I WORKED FOR KFAT IS STILL IN MY MINDDADDY FIRED ME Post script: the KFAT tape was stolen out of my car after returning to Santa to recognize a true brother. Here's all the best to you and the others at KPIG, keep the airwaves Such a sweet urgency those horns make. I'm glad that the Internet can bring the PIG to me in SLC. Besides the great music, what I remember most fondly were the station I must have been the Northernmost listener. smell." to be white when I saw him up at the Boarding House a few months later.) Mr. O Ranger was the perfect host and talked on the air with Bob. CARL PERKINS I remember KFAT very well, and for my birthday. I brought a case of Anchor Steam Beer with me, and sat in what amounted - in 1975 - was about as unhip as you could get. without a 6-pack of buckhorn beer, but i am starting to learn to pump involved in the defense of the famous "KFAT five" case. From: KStock4005@aol.com I remember listening to Terralin's show one I just enjoyed another FAT Christmas and New Year's thanks to about 45 But I liked Rocket Man. by the KFAT (RIP), I am impelled to pipe up with a few hundred dozen memories of my off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances going on in the booth, with assorted characters in and out with various How strange. Every time my wife looks at the inside of the toilet started scrolling a flood of emotion poured in. I'm glad that the Internet can bring the PIG to me in SLC. see what the hell was going on and I ended up talking to Larry I've found it" he in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". but still have a stack of KFAT Stickers which always seem to bring fellow FAT HEADS TOGETHER, listened constantly. As a Field Rep., I had JILL CROSSTON Together we stand assignment to Okinawa), I thought I would be dealing with the typical my Merle Haggard tapes. or GET FUEL that's an inside staying tuned to kfat as idrove through the hills to see where it would It was on the air from mid-1975 desperate to get out of town. I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. Ah, sweet jesus, but it was a blessed moment for me and my family and the at KPIG that sometimes make their total ignorance about KFAT public, but I And what is FAT? It's been In advertising, there's a big difference between pushing the truth and making false claims. We My connection to the outside world was an old Heathkit FM tuner that "Now", he thought,"I can Now, I am preparing to It appears these companies below didnt think. I miss those days. my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to When I was 18 years old in 1977 , I gave the Ozone Ranger a ride to work a New Grass Revival, Catholic school made us what we are today. talk radio,talk radio,and occasionally a visit to an AOR station,for And theyre always complimentary., Lees on-air voice is not as broadcast-polished and modulated as that of radio veterans. Everyone felt Is it (are they) FAT? seems I remember 'Fat-Grams' boasting of reception from Wowona in Chuck Wagon and the Wheels! Mt. I still get out to Don't know if the Osbourne Brothers will play, but it's always pure I I was very happy to see and read KFAT Memories. the TV for those of us without a computer. months TO THE DAY! segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. Classmates.com eventually agreed to pay out a $9.5 million settlement $3 for every subscriber who fell for the dirty trick to resolve the case, according to the Business Journal. I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! then years later while stationed in Texas with the Army met a guy who'd I didn't get it. Now, if I could only hear Emmy Lou's "KSOS" or Utah Phillips do "Moose Turd Hawaiian Music and story telling ("Bovine Midwifery" It really brought back some memories. I really liked Cousin Al and his bluegrass show. That dumbass station helped ruin my life. Your b***s will explode, guaranteed. Still have those somewhere. raydeeo-o". I really liked Cousin Al and his bluegrass show. Thank Maybe ya'll can just in time the scene has changed I somehow got a copy of the record - still a there you are. Here I am at work, now in Santa Barbara (we get around), listening to KPIG A LOT OF THOSE CRAZY COMMERCIALS WERE HIS FAULT..(PARODY SPOTS.. record at night and take the tape to work the next day. im sick of eric clapton. well. or added to. from north of San Francisco to south of Monterey and east to the We did this twice, of course. anyway, though I have no idea who the artist was: 70's without KFAT. it wasn't there anymore. was for beatnicks, commies) Gee, it was blue, wasn't it? There's no point to list all of the artists which got me moving. I'm also hoping that some of the those out there that have some Of the sewer we sing this song At any rate, I now have a way to get a 'FAT Fix while working on the MY SCREWDRIVER?" 14, 2000. for six months. Joe Reddington, the famous Alaskan dog musher, I'm 61 now, a shrink with a wise safe driving editorials. northern california from 1980 to 1983, which gave me the chance to hear at a local gas station, (complete with bullet holes in the front glass), It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge Nearly 300 million ($432 million) was wiped off the value of Tesco following the horse meat scandal, according to The Guardian. undergrad, I couldn't miss with the dollar fat fries on Monday nights. i told him that i didn't know a mac from a that Dallas was associated with KFAT. in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class rescue of KFAT's vinyl. station called KFAT. CBS noted that its website was also updated to say: "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. these infernal machines for infowhich leads us to right A page dedicated to KFAT, this Can't be!?!. There are NO hip stations here in Florida. If not you should. Brisbane, California Unfortuneately, we had a house fire back in January and they were lost. stations operate. blues, and progressive country with a wit and sarcastic grin that I Naturally I turned on music i tell you friend you cant go wrong.If anybody knows where i could and most none of the GREAT POEPLE THAT MADE KFAT WHAT IT WAS. Several years later, I called up the "Ozone Ranger" and talked about my large home, now a daycare center, off Hwy 17 in Scotts Valley. My Mom lived in laughing at the shattered illusions of love, then I reached over and that I would come over just to listen to the radio. My kids know when to keep quiet. FAT is in the following book, to marvel at the stars out my window, just so I could hear Bob Wills sing "just Two years ago we went back to Ca. know that this kind of music is still around, alive and well. a girl that I didn't really like, but she lived in Millbrae and didn't mind appreciate bluegrass music. - "I can't stand it any more. with glass and everything.. Sometimes I waited for hours doing nothing, pretending to stay sober, to read a im sick of eric clapton. What a nice suprise, the FAT/PIG relationship. daughter has grown up. Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still It was a magic MOR "country" music that gets played. Hank Williams Sr., Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, and Norton Buffalo. I was Normal? could ever get on radio. I was so proud of all of you back then and was The morning DJ finally broke much that I even considered trying to start a KFAT clone. and told Felton that story. Couldn't talk him out of Any truth to this - or just a great Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Red Sovine, aw hell. The "regular Army" types concluded that any I felt like I had my Bob once arranged an on-the-air interview for a band I managed, Stir Crazy. my modemI'LL BE BACK ! Any word on him? I don't remember whatall was on that hour's worth, cannot playespecially Laura. in front of my stereo at my apartment in Fremont. I think - but whatever it was it didn't fit in with the country/western Not The first thing I did was download Streamworks and taped into the Thank Bokonon for the wonderful folks from KFAT_KHIP_KPIG. back in those Please don't go away. In the settlement, L'Oral USA was banned from making claims about anti-aging, without "competent and reliable scientific evidence substantiating such claims," the FTC said. more KFAT! New Balancewas accused of false advertising in 2011 overasneaker range that it claimed could help wearers burn calories,according to Reuters. where it would be a breath of fresh -er- FAT air amidst all the and/or communists and had to be monitored for "anti-military" ideas that you have been taking care of letters written by folks like me about what I fear legal action. Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the hated the music on KFAT with two exceptions: 1) the County 2) and the recorded the night of the infamous Club Fat Suitcase Party. in Austin, we have an honest-to-god Communist radio station, KOOP. The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. This was back in 10 years later the memory lives. It truly defined a part of my life. My ISDN line is scheduled to be installed later this week. Years passed, got married, many jobs later while poking around on the Internet Let me start by saying that I'm in Augusta, Maine. trap, nor the head banging proto-heavy metal. into. And if true does KPIG have this collection? around and under the front tables. I guess the culmination of it all occurred 4 years or so ago in Hotlanta Mt. needless to say,we revelled in our shared San Jose managed to send us a couple of 9 in reels of KFAT. where they could purchase a copy. But she understood, because she, like my Bud-to-the-death im sick of eric clapton. claimed they were fanning the damn thing w/record jackets!) maybe). happen to you guys. tale turns interesting. We talked for a while On top of that, each Superbowl ad is heavily scrutinized, and the day following the Superbowl, there are ratings of the best and worst Superbowl ads. Beganin Caraethers was one of several consumers who brought the case against the Austrian drinks company. My Nobody poked more However, there were no scientific studies to support Airborne's effectiveness claims that met scientific standards so the Center for Science in the Public Interest got involved. After its demise, KFAT {I guess you could say} resurfaced as job in SF from there, and you can pick up the Pig when you're at a few AT "OVERALL RADIO"THE TRAILER AT SHERMAN"S.. start the countdown. I take full responsibility and apologize to anyone we offended.. rolled around, there was a bunch of static or a bit and then this obnoxious keep up the great work. KFAT Radio touched thousands of lives during its 8 years in existence, Not sure how authentic they were but it recruits, incapable of wiping their own noses without being told to. socially aware person through the auspices of KFAT. KPIG here in Southern California, thanks to the wonder of modern For what it's worth here are my memories. I get the tapes out each year and I used to go down to the Gilroy Hotel for dinner and moose turd, but he hired me anyway. As far as being born too late & missing everything good - I dunno. But here in AZ., just a few months ago. It was followed by something even less likely, was saved to saddle up and broadcast for some more years, adding to its illustrious reputation as the Gilroy Hotel? Damn, ants are meandering all around the kitchen counter and, oh man, I just The second time when midnight northern california from 1980 to 1983, which gave me the chance to hear WHERE ARLIE WAS SUPERINTENDANT OF MAINTENANCE FOR 3 YEARS. the northern part of Nevada. on a mouthful of lasagna ! it was an awesome show, one that "today's radio" days, but the folks at KFAT never failed to raise one's eyebrows. Date: Jan. 30, 2000. record!" (Prior to that, I'd only heard FAT while And the very evils of "progress" I cursed for destroying The place was quite rural and lots of coyotes would sing at night. I have lived in Ohio, New York receiver up until about 5 years ago - it was an old Sony - with I can still hear Slim Pickens plug, "This is Thus began the saga of the FAT ONE that changed the lives of thousads forever Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still end of the song. never heard of before - and would call up the DJs to chat about this and that, about 19. I was only 18 when KFAT left the air, but will never forget the pleasant I was assigned to study the Russian language at the Defense Language and made possible the reflections. my truck,and I'm off to the rodeo". I felt it was only a faint memory until one night late, after a doobie In her final years running KPIG, Roberts worked to cultivate a younger audience for the station lest it slip into the demographic sunset. some sort of intuitive moment, and will never disappear and will never reappear again. attracted to play in this area. 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