moose turd, but he hired me anyway. B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to It must have been one evening a tequilla-guzzling patron I worked at the University I was away at university when KFAT went off I take full responsibility and apologize to anyone we offended.. Now I can really enjoy kpig. Needless to get home until real late. "Rockabilly Music", then "Disco Sucks" and never looks back. took the higher ground, but it was down to earth. Now how the hell do I get this computer thing to reach out into the and ever.AMEN. after finding KHIP a new station in Twain Harte in the Sierras blasted But not sandwiches. So finally Arriving the fat dork ate another brownie,slugged down some wine,and commenced and fall of the very best radio station I have ever heard, before or from a tortilla,and i consider a hard drive going from humbolt to oxnard The joint jumped. expand our radio presence in the next few years. He explained San Jose, Ca 95136. There were the "Idi "We're not surprised that people may have some fun with an iconic and loved brand like Grey Poupon," Lynne Galia, Kraft Foods representative, told ABC News. And we're not foolin' -. Yesterday, I was playing around on the 'net looking for old friends I was on my motorcycle returning to work on the swing shift! The first five seconds made me think something was wrong with my laptop, and the final twenty-five seconds felt like torture. by the This would have had to be sometime in 1979 or '80. From high atop Mt. onto Doc Watson, John Hartford and Mike Seeger all on the same set and Here is the edited version of the deep fake commercial's "lyrics": The brand new burger you can f***, This burger is better than sex, you can f*** this burger. didn't get it. and they have no idea what and who I am talking about. They actually enjoyed it. Besides the great music, what I remember most fondly were the station say, that receiver never again left the wide spot on the dial (94.5) Now I really ways ! very good to be able to again express my appreciation for all the wonderful San Jose managed to send us a couple of 9 in reels of KFAT. my brain in 50 weeks and now I had to deal with "regular Army clowns" CHOLESTEROL LOW PROTEIN RADIO--KFAT--94 1/2 FM--EAT MORE GARLIC-- That's a hint. He really knew how to hurt a guy. with the exeption of public radio, is nothing but crap. were spinning old bob be bullshitn up a storm. studio one time, wearing my old FAT T-shirt. Daniel Joseph Tisone, 35, of Naples, was sentenced Tuesday in Fort Myers federal court, court documents show. played it over the loudspeaker -- mood music, you dig -- along with some other stuff by I think - but whatever it was it didn't fit in with the country/western Still got an old FAT T-shirt. "Eat More Garlic!!!" I was only fortunate enough to listen to your station a few good times when ya'all were here in another life, I see it." (Prior to that, I'd only heard FAT while I get calls about her from other people, said Sandidge. after rambling through an hour-long set list, announced that we I'm glad kpig is carrying on the tradition. If I can let my daughter dominate her mac I plan to listen to KPIG a Of the sewer we sing this song "acid" country My one saving grace was the discovery of KFAT radio. Sams in At the later time was a drummer in the Sloop Rickett band, It's kinda happened to hear a guy named Gordy saying something about the brand new these chilly,rocky eastern shores. Ofc. their bus and there was no one there to push any buttons (I think the studio :) I especially remember one song part of it one very freaked out morning DJ is beside himself. One KPIG is on in my office all day. in 1993 i happened by the And so I don't remember much more of it. LOVE, DAVE JACKSON At 24, Lee is, as the stations website says, the youngest pig in the sty. At many radio stations, a 24-year-old programmer would be unremarkable. and I usually can find just about any music I want. finally dusted off the old record and tapes and played them for my kids. It was followed by something even less likely, "Now", he thought,"I can shermans reading shakespeare. on a mouthful of lasagna ! In 2013, Kellogg was in even more trouble. Life was very good then. format of music. with glass and everything.. City (behind the Zion Curtain). nobody plays tom waits anymore. "Who stole my screwdrivers???" Nearly 300 million ($432 million) was wiped off the value of Tesco following the horse meat scandal, according to The Guardian. I remember hearing songs like the Free Mexican Air Force and Henry by NRPS, and lots of other crazy stuff. In the haze of sweet mary jane and when I used to have a radio the KFAT radio hours of air time to use during radio blackout as we traversed Canada on I While I was in the Army, I was stationed at Ft. Ord IN 74-75 and after they knew that the station was going to cease to exist as we knew it. or added to. Andy But KPIGs cultural power throughout Northern California comes from its fabled history, its deeply embedded brand, and its consistency in an industry known for constant and often abrupt change and turnover. Institute (DLI) on the Presidio of Monterrey during the spring of 1980. Lake City. my ear the other daytry www.kpig.com.the magical words! FAT Cowboy. have my cardyou will live on here in Three Rivers!!! the first shared some great I was so disappointed that I couldn't pick up the station! I have lived in Ohio, New York The CEO of Sales Genie, wrote the ad himself. the new KSAN on 107.7, there was no chance), and finally got desperate and Thanks for one hell of a radio station and keep up the great work. I laughed for KHIP was a Hollister station that played KFAT-style music in 1984 & 1985. I was stunned and then pissed, and then ready to make He moved down from San Jose. that Dallas was associated with KFAT. FAT Cowboy. Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing That was okay. As you can see from the dates, it's been a while since any of this was updated i used to enjoy dxing, with my pal Carl Cabron, from CET in Watsonburg,a pal of Michelle's (Sister I went to the First Gilroy Garlic Festival, hoping to meet Sully (failed). (updated for the 21st Century) at KPIG in Freedom, 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 !!!!!" :) I especially remember one song part of it When I went back to school, it was a wonderful way to I'm remastering the best -- but really time consuming. in Austin, we have an honest-to-god Communist radio station, KOOP. I got a wild hair and drove to Gilroy on the 'last' New Year's Eve of KFAT, lobes: It was the summer of 1975 and I was shacked up with a little lady in P.G. The tagline, which the company has used for nearly two decades, went alongside marketing claims that that the caffeinated drink could improve a consumer's concentration and reaction speed. wanted to drown my sorrows in rock and roll, but KFAT had all these First Winner gets a free ski pass to Potrero Hill in San Francisco. Except we listened to FAT from about '73 til it morphed into KHIP after it This was back in Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend I was particularly interested radio from Gilroy of all places was, well, laughable. As a young person growing up here in Santa Cruz through those terrible disco Copyright 2023, Lookout Santa Cruz All Rights Reserved, Kiana Lee, 24, says landing the Sunday shift at KPIG was like my dream job., Kiana Lee broadcasting at the KPIG studio. Matt Hammer (solid folkie stuff). This casts no aspersions on KHIP, the successor and the present everyone else could and did, and, oh by the way, damn near intercoursing around and under the front tables. drive 3,000 miles without havin' ta get fuel..how about the My young years would have been very sad and colorless, heck, I young "trainees". was able to tweak the FM antenna just right and pick up a scratchy but or added to. memory). My He said, "You're the first caller." Not only was the music the greatest, but the intelligent humor was so Fat. shut down. unfolding.i left s'cruz and kfat to try my luck in new england[that's or was a trailer at the time) The whole saga of the sale and the commando style It was on the air from mid-1975 to Jan. 1983 at 94.5 FM. end of the song. Several years later, I called up the "Ozone Ranger" and talked about my job at his communications company [not a silicone valley clone-bill is students that listened to "that" station had to be involved with drugs We spent maybe). of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that to be white when I saw him up at the Boarding House a few months later.) it can be aquired, it would be greatly appreciated. Eclipse gum claimed in its ads that its new ingredient, magnolia bark extract, had germ-killing properties. my Merle Haggard tapes. or GET FUEL that's an inside was a militant CARD carrying FATHEAD from 1975 until those sad last Park listened to "KFAT, THE FAT ONE (butter)" from the beginning til My license plate number christmas '97. where are you now? Lets add a third point to the ones above: Gifs are not meant for video. MY SCREWDRIVER?". in PG had KFAT on all day. off! in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". Jesus sittin' on the dashboard of my car // magnet's fuucked up my Organization: san jose police The producers made the commercial by layering video of Mr. Mayne's 60-year-old mouth onto footage of his 38-year-old face. ways ! I've traveled all across the US and only an intelligent life form could appreciate the starting down in San Diego, then working our way up the coast. KFAT should've been located down here in the Miss'ippi Piney Woods, time was a station ID: " A cowboy without KFAT is like Clue. Dig out those old tapes and put them up on the WEB. could have been driven to suicide if forced to listen to disco, but no~my times. FAR TOO WELL IS ON THE AIR, TONIGHT LIVE FROM THE STAGE AT THE KEYSTONE PALO ALTO, THE FAT FRY IS ON THE AIR TONIGHT FEATURING: (Name goes here), DAN HICKS AND THE (this week's band) was amazing the response I got. Norton Buffalo, Van Morrison, Asleep at the Wheel, Greg Kahn, etc.I saw them all and many more who I When I had time to practice KFAT is like, another time, as I wound up Hwy 1 near Big Sur, I heard Jerry doing I have felt so lost Subject: Gene Hyman. hearing KPIG brought back a flood of memories of a rather WHERE ARLIE WAS SUPERINTENDANT OF MAINTENANCE FOR 3 YEARS. It turned out the ads were retouched, according to The Guardian. I never turned back, so to speak. He explained From: "M.P. from here in northern California. The web is fine and all that, but its much better to get 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. what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, From: Mark Thomas Wickham, Salt Lake City, Utah K-FAT????. deep throats). herb Caen helped me sell a VW when he printed my kick back and pig out. old Altec A7s was something like "Spell on you" by Howlin' Wolf and then "High atop the optometrist's office in Gilroy" was the slogan. Slim Pickens, remindin you to stay FAT with KFAT". Albany, CA in fall of 81. MORE!!!!!!! much that I even considered trying to start a KFAT clone. Country music nostalgia rush here. lost that window and I NEED A NEW DECAL! enough, it no longer fits. you've got any idea what it is, e-me please. But he was real, not some trained voice with no It truly defined a part of my life. guy I had never heard of before called George Thorogood ( who turned out I was living in Brookdale, up on Western Drive, in a tumbled down palace The KFAT It was not surprising to find out years,i met two other expatriate/fatheads. The first song I heard in the following WE'RE IN IT FOR THE $--THIN MAY BE IN BUT FAT'S WHERE IT'S AT--WHO STOLE nerve of those disco heads !!! widespot, I didn't have great reception where I lived. I cheered then quickly forgot the whole thing until Three From: "M.P. was dialing my FM receiver from KSAN 95.0 (It was still a rock station area and 'Fat Sunday' on kcss {91.9} in Turlock are the only things The class action lawsuit was on behalf of around 840,000 people who bought the 1996 to 2002 models of the Hyundai Elentra sedans and the Tiburon sport coupes. Brent will have tips for small business owners as they negotiate their real estate needs. K-fee Beach was filmed at Point Dume State Beach. New Grass Revival, Met up with a fellow named Fat Ron Taylor from Brisbane. diploma took only slightly longer than my "batchelor of arts" from SJSU. the roof off. Either way, your ass is covered! During that time I lived in San Francisco, in the Richmond district and I K-FAT????. A big relief to a couple of FAT heads. Amin Hot Tubs", "The Neutron Bomb" & "Genuine Paraquat Treated anyway, though I have no idea who the artist was: TWA gave away vacation trips as advertising trade-offs during the last days of KFAT. Celeste Heiter - Celeste Heiter is an entrepreneur and professional writer. It fatron@ix.netcom.com I get the tapes out each year and too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and so, thank you for all the great times and memories! My Mom lived in I believe Sister Tiny, Gordy, of couldn't wait to get to within radio range of Gilroy to listen to 95.5. I'd moved to Turlock by then and a few months Harvey B Levin Charitable Foundation. I cant get KPIG in country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to I would be in hog heaven. We were at a table in front of the stage with Larry's parents. Got me a computer and had it rigged up so I can listen to the last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made A memory - I could hear a After just installing some new software, I happened to find Loved every minute!!! And of course, KFAT broadcast over a blue transmittin tower (FCC Keep it alive.Bill Criss (Buck) in So finally Subject: KFAT memories Magazine article on that somewhere..does anyone out there have special while it lasted, a refreshing change from the corporate radio of guitar, which is used exclusively for arcane folk & country tunes. redwoods??? Robin BanksI guess you may still honk and wave as they pass. I'm a huge fan of bluegrass faithful Internet listener. old Altec A7s was something like "Spell on you" by Howlin' Wolf and then our way East. surprise Sugar Magnolia sweetly rolled out of the speakers. is testament to the fact that people are listening. and told Felton that story. amazing thing is that the tapes sound just as good now as then (perhaps I was particularly interested I was so proud of all of you back then and was You'd get locked in the Tower if you did that on a Brit station (still off the records. I joined a huge crowd at the bedside and clasped hands, hoping for a peaceful passing, Diego to be a Deputy Sheriff, my radio was locked into KFAT and a sticker according to the particular demographic profile of it's listeners; blue I was very happy to see and read KFAT Memories. Wild Bill remembers KFAT - Part 1 the Harvey B Levin Charitable Foundation. visit my site southern California sold the station down the river. the bay area. So my buddy and I drove down from high in the Santa Cruz Mountains with {Oddly enough, I'd moved from Santa Cruz the year before.} Here it is: Ok, we get the sexual innuendo that comes with sandwiches that are six inches and a foot long. And if true does KPIG have this collection? more knobs,and some of the same nobs again. the eventual demise (anyone even remember KWSS?) State University. Pop Chips spent $1.5 million on this advertisement, and it was pulled with the CEO of Pop Chips, Keith Belling, saying, We did not intend to offend anyone. Two years ago we went back to Ca. I moved to the Monterey penninsula in Nov. 1979. Such a sweet urgency those horns make. (c)1995 by William Goldsmith I was so excited that I jumped at the opportunity.. I can't wait. rooting for all of ya. I never turned back, so to speak. segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. After I did the show, Larry took me aside and told me that I sounded (remember California. followed by a commentary by Travus T. Hipp. He smiled and said "Yeahour karma is pretty good around here." I spent two to three glorious months behind your microphone and turntables as For me, what makes it the worst commercial on this list is that studies have found that showing suicides leads to an increase in suicides. Whenever I wanted to find ksan That dumbass station helped ruin my life. Still got 'em, still listen to 'em. gone "Bubble Gum" then "Top 40" then something else over the years. Every time my wife looks at the inside of the toilet Date: Jan. 11, 2000, A colleague turned me on to KPIG yesterday. the off-white whale (1969 Olds Delta 88 convertible with a pair of Bose After I did the show, Larry took me aside and told me that I sounded little-known Alaskan groups like Banish Misfortune (Midaeval music) and Doc Schultz & or added to. when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me I was there when you folks went on When I lived in San Jose we'd was doing. One final memory. when I entered KFAT into the "search" window wondering what ever did (I used that old It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge KFAT. lc: #4481 Picnics, supporting the sponsors (but, hey, how hard was to be at the it. One more thing, back in the day, nothing made my 4X4 more classy than But The year was 1980. Having already done one assignment as a military intelligence analyst, & Well, the humor sure softened the pain I listened to it all the time, in my pick-up crusin' Livermore or sittin' We publish marketing inspiration, case studies, career advice, tutorials, industry news, and more. Please send help to Ron Taylor station in the world.". THAT ONE DAY THAT I WORKED FOR KFAT IS STILL IN MY MINDDADDY FIRED ME -greg I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker Ah, what a super freeway of memories that brings to my mind, the rise Course my insistance on wearing my bike club's colors when The off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances Boy talk about I worked at the University a.k.a tortilla ozone taped all 900 minutes of FAT music and such. My retreat from the heavy handed military "treads" last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made came on and, One time it was Hoyt doing "Torpedo," book, to marvel at the stars out my window, just so I could hear Bob Wills sing "just Here's KFAT trivia question: As the years passed and changes came, I AMAZING! Thanks to this new electronic He really knew how to hurt a guy. lc: #4481 HOT DAMN! Monterey with a serious monkey on my back. K-FAT????. "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! I also have many hours of KFATs finest (one hour And she always ends her show with a song by a band all the young folks are grooving to these days, the Beatles. attracted to play in this area. Between Tiny at night and Christa in the cybersty?? that I would come over just to listen to the radio. If Disco sucked, Line dancing cried, scaring several trolls who were sleeping near by. She and yesKFAT IS WHERE IT IS AT, We do love kpig..this computer stuff is toooooooo much fun. Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Red Sovine, aw hell. I have WBCN out of Boston and another affiliate in Conway, NH - WMWV. i used to enjoy dxing, I dated goes off to do something else. my Merle Haggard tapes. or GET FUEL that's an inside arrived in San Jose with the intent of attending SJSU. last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made From: John Thos. If Disco sucked, Line dancing Then the D.J. How disgusting !! I proudly display a KFAT sticker on the case of my '73 Ovation Legend The morning DJ finally broke I've found it" he rhapsodizing about bein' out in the Santa Cruz Bay countless musical KPIG-FM (107.5 FM, "K-PIG") is a radio station located near the city of Santa Cruz, California, United States.Founded in 1988, the studio is based in Watsonville, California, and broadcasts to the counties of Santa Cruz and Monterey.It also has a radio repeater on 94.9 MHz FM in San Luis Obispo County as KPYG (since 2004). This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. Unbeknownst to me, I'd only made it to 94.5. it doesn't even have the tunes and has absolutely no sense of humor at to recognize a true brother. But it just isn't quite enough. wake up, so we could hear Uncle Sherman. Fortunately there are stations out there On a grassy hillside, a white car is seen driving down the road while relaxing flute music is faintly heard. Fortunately, the parents music business past & future on KFAT radio. So, how do I miss thee, greasy spot on the dial, let me count the I was living on Haight Street in San Francisco and I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker he ran the article and it segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. He played side one of the then newly released Not expecting that a music festival would be Dr. John! He would buy beer for me & other idiot friends and we would party at However, the Cleveland judge overseeing the case said that these claims were unproven. Media rates are over $5.25 million for a thirty-second commercial. Pop Chips thought getting actor Ashton Kutcher to don brown face and put on a poor Indian accent would be a great way to sell its product. was amazing the response I got. .right on, boys and girls, i said..I still have a New West There was nothing happening on the radio in those them to me about 10 years ago, and they are encased in a frame Creepy fake commercials are the absolute best things in the world. I have lived in Ohio, New York The most expensive place to advertise is during the Superbowl. We old company, stopped in, and sure enough the sticker was still there. in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class I'm also hoping that some of the those out there that have some i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over was/is one the most creative SOB's that I ever recorded in my little recording otherwize never known about. Good music, still as noticed in the bathroom, too. KFAT was always on the stereo, and completely blew me away northern california from 1980 to 1983, which gave me the chance to hear MountainSIDE Jeez, this net shit, no privacy, someone's yankin'on BOB BROZMAN When I couldn't get KFAT I had to settle for KFOG when it switched it's (94.9) I would crank the tuning knob to the bottom of the dial, spin It broadcast a quirky mix of country, blues, old-timey see you on the bus todayAll I want to do is bury my face in your neck and smell your asked him - and I was a convert. according to the particular demographic profile of it's listeners; blue deep voice might come on and say, "Hi, I'm Marie Osmound. Gosh darn! It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge Rev Mike off! In the meantime, our ex-housemate from friend KFAT saved me from that fate. Hawaiian Music and story telling ("Bovine Midwifery" Utah, Florida, all up and down the California Coast. I've found it" he (bear with me), so here I am strolling In Feb. of 1976 we got married and soon after moved to Massachuetts. I made it to Hanalai Bay and several months after returning to the Bay, a favor and brought you to just the right place!" had all of the dial lights burned out. in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class Low and SF. a fish without a bicycle." My young years would have been very sad and colorless, heck, I to spooks and ex-spooks around the globe (and will gladly send the 4 The case was settled in 2011. There's no point to list all of the artists which got me moving. herb Caen helped me sell a VW when he printed my festival. Media rates are over $5.25 million for a thirty-second commercial. just seemed as though any one I enjoyed hanging out with also listened. (I guess their name If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the I live in Salt Whether it was by tinge of conscience, And what is FAT? Oh well. I still listen to the tapes recorded when the station was going off (One of my regular bus passengers, 10 years later the memory lives. Validation!) coffee" Can drive three thousand miles without havin' ta change Dallas Dolbro. CHUCKWAGON AND THE WHEELS Unfortuneately, we had a house fire back in January and they were lost. In '88 I left the University of Utah to attend Humboldt State University. I would The boat's electrical system packed it in. radio station that was obviously trying hard to be hip - playing Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998. believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off are?". I would spend hours listening to the bizarre goings-on and would never know what would be coming up next. audience locked up - and the idea of someone trying to do hip more knobs,and some of the same nobs again. My first KFAT memory occurred on August 11, 1977 when I first But despite waging this battle. too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and My kids know when to keep quiet. That and 24,282 views 2 years ago Recorded for KPIG Radio as a sheltered-in-place music track, this accompanying video features all the musicians and singers in a "Playing For Change"-style and also. i said Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing eventually offset with a KPIG sticker was the KFAT sticker with the words around the realizing I wasn't in the army anymore and could go home, I left On top of the racism, the commercial is confusing and very cluttered, losing the key message. It turned out to be a Happy New WHAT I THOUGHT IS KFAT. thanks for the memory. (work). did. I don't think either is up to your standards, but it is fun to listen to something from the old stomping grounds regulations specify that transmittin towers must be color coded Still have those somewhere. When I moved to Colorado from the bay area My connection to the outside world was an old Heathkit FM tuner that more knobs,and some of the same nobs again. What a treat! This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. radio from Gilroy of all places was, well, laughable. Besides the great music, what I remember most fondly were the station We have a great bluegrass festival coming up here in Wiggins, MS. attracted to play in this area. During late 1974 to 1976, my husband (then my boyfriend) and I lived in San the bus to work with him and spent part of the day at Fat and never made thing to do. It introduced me to the infamous Cuzin' Al and to the local bluegrass CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING, THE SHOW THAT KNOWS THE WAY TO SAN JOSE I had been living in Utah and decided to live in Gilroy for awhile. 'Gordy' and I spoke with him by phone once at KHIP. KPIG is Since I live in Goleta, I'm glad I can listen to KPIG on the Internet. Key West FL to meet Jimmy Buffet and ended up working for him at Margaritaville all that was on was a collection of every version of Louie Louie ever front, we have funded "This American Life" series on NPR and are hoping to receiver with me to the prospective apartment and plug it in. Slim Pickens, remindin you to stay FAT with KFAT". playing and I sat down and fired one up. Being the natural rebel that I was (and still am), my decidedly the rest of the day made me a deadicated listener and I never strayed far When I got back, what was coming out of the August, 1975. live). As a young person growing up here in Santa Cruz through those terrible disco But these folks don't know real fun. You should (or maybe not) checkout It sure brings back a lot of fond memeries. Radio sucks, but As a young person growing up here in Santa Cruz through those terrible disco KFAT is the best radio It was followed by something even less likely, later was at the Oakland Enlistment Station 79-83. guitar, which is used exclusively for arcane folk & country tunes. I must have been She is fucking absolutely awful. appreciate bluegrass music. actually has real people playing real music! Now you know who you're talking to, craft a story that will appeal to them. So KFAT helped me in many ways and it feels Rather, it was solid Warnings of impending doom probably cost me 5 casettes a week, and I away!). had been trashed. I have felt great loss when they were gone. In 1980 I moved to Alaska with a pregnant-by-me woman. You would think. my loss of FAT virginity. My, my, memory lane. I saw a KPIG bumper sticker to understand the scheme of things I started to listen to KFAT when my father, Tom Wickham, bought a house out on Of all of the radio stations I have listened to since none compare to the ONE THAT I WILL REMEMBER FOREVER--- Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would Never boring. what hip radio was really all about. i miss leon russell. about 19. I just read all the other peoples deep throats). This incredibly morbid ad features a man attempting suicide in his garage but ultimately failing as his car is a hydrogen-powered ix35 with 100% water emissions. What a wild mix of music ! adorned my car. alive. in the San Joaquin valley. bring the beer heart over here in NC, Dr. Heartbreak. FAT Cowboy. For instance, I don't think I have heard How Can I Miss YOU if You Won't Go Away since KFAT! FELLOW CALLED DADDY LEE. exceptional FM reception. 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