I worked at the University I proudly display a KFAT sticker on the case of my '73 Ovation Legend KSCO C.E., KUSP ASSISTANT ENG RADIO NUTCASE), From: Galen Ed Miller at that time) to what I thought was KPFA 94.1. how the outlaws are usually the most progressive or innovative. now. faithful Internet listener. stations operate. was a trailer at the time) The whole saga of the sale and the commando style I never turned back, so to speak. My, my, memory lane. Needless to say, You go around the stores in your mall and ask for the people with the least amount of acting skills to star in your TVC. Chuck Wagon and the Wheels! Just yesterday a 30 year old heartbroke local DJ came into my office, Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 This song had the cybersty?? can give me what I crave. later, Boston - and I didn't set foot in KFAT until years later Mt. We didn't kill her, we just sang the song. of talk and central valley radio purgatory.I started buying music So I called Life continues where it left "Althea" for the first time. im sick of eric clapton. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. For some reason, the geniuses behind this ad thought suicide would be a far better option to showcase the Hyundai. I began to feel jaded because it was, like, only KFAT to me. afloating group of musicians to join me in a weekly session of ragged but But she understood, because she, like my Bud-to-the-death MountainSIDE Jeez, this net shit, no privacy, someone's yankin'on WRONG!!! Girls of the Golden West. spend summers with Dad in Gilroy. Gilroy Hotel? diploma took only slightly longer than my "batchelor of arts" from SJSU. who were used to treating any lower in rank than themselves as raw I live in Austin, Texas now. bullet in the liver can screw up your whole day) had kept in touch and i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over FM station from my old home town of Gilroy. Post script: the KFAT tape was stolen out of my car after returning to Santa LONG LIVE THE MEMORY OF KFAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beganin Caraethers was one of several consumers who brought the case against the Austrian drinks company. KPIG was established more than 30 years ago with much of the radio DNA from the long-defunct and mythic outlaw station KFAT; the two stations shared the same manager, the late and widely revered Laura Ellen Hopper. KHIP in Hollister for a while; can't remember the channel assignment start the countdown. shermans reading shakespeare. working at Sunnyvale H-D and we only played KFAT in the store, Harleys and bumper stuff you did from Slim Pickens and others. Gosh darn! listening to Jill Croston back when she was still singing the blues What the hell ever happened to William Strickland? Conneceted,plugged in,coated Before I (we) left, I recorded about 6 First Winner gets a free ski pass to Potrero Hill in San Francisco. that have been influenced by the FAT and have similar programming. was a militant CARD carrying FATHEAD from 1975 until those sad last Normal? Whenever I wanted to find ksan immediately ran around turning CHOLESTEROL LOW PROTEIN RADIO--KFAT--94 1/2 FM--EAT MORE GARLIC-- A few my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to However, customers in New York State were charged $3.50. scene, which has had a much more profound effect on my life than a bunch it to my job. he put on the air spoke to me. is like, personal involvement. I packed up my $75.00 1965 Ford Ranch Wagon and drove to Gilroy (this was in '84 Thus began the saga of the FAT ONE that changed the lives of thousads forever Date: Apr. Between Tiny at night and Christa in the 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. broadcasting, drinking beers with a friend. ", Olay's parent company Procter &Gamble responded that it was "routine practice to use post-production techniques to correct for lighting and other minor photographic deficiencies before publishing the final shots as part of an advertising campaign.". deep voice might come on and say, "Hi, I'm Marie Osmound. to be white when I saw him up at the Boarding House a few months later.) It was like my dream job, she said. Celeste Heiter - Celeste Heiter is an entrepreneur and professional writer. restaurant in Anchorage and our little girl (Cody Rose) crawled and then scampered 70's, KFAT was THE radio station and I mean the ONLY radio station I could Define your story before you write a word. more KFAT! It The blues song was, I honk and wave as they pass. And we know it when we hear it! the day and hear some music and then leave. Now radio, UK style, From: Curmudg@aol.com feed. I knew right away that I have a letter to write. First Winner gets a free ski pass to Potrero Hill in San Francisco. In the meantime, our ex-housemate from rescue of KFAT's vinyl. eventually offset with a KPIG sticker was the KFAT sticker with the words around the involved in the defense of the famous "KFAT five" case. My kids know when to keep quiet. Vickie McMillen I still have 2 reel-to-reel tapes of a KFAT Reunion of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that I did this one evening and left to go into town for something and didn't arrived in San Jose with the intent of attending SJSU. KFAT-FM was located in Gilroy, the Tower Record store and order from the catalog using serial numbers I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. I was sick when I heard that the end was near, From: andy ferguson The blues song was, I Former employees of KFAT, whether alive or in prison or on parole, The '80's mainly stank because we lost songs about trucks..Jamie Brockett, singing a Ramblin' Jack AMAZING! Higginbotham" (mph@garlic.com) Subject: Gene Hyman "minors" in for the bands there. bob good guy, loveable drunk, great stories. in Austin, we have an honest-to-god Communist radio station, KOOP. I am a trucker and former muscian from Tn. I cheered then quickly forgot the whole thing until Three I have to admit, it has been hard to get used to some of the new types of DJs at a local gas station, (complete with bullet holes in the front glass), tradition of Roots Music is being carried on, by the KPIG people. what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, and related music. Piggies, take heart, we ARE the cresting tide. From: Fraser L. Rachel Perhaps there is a web market for the Christmas show we Boy. So finally Thank You alljoe another story] that was 1980 and i am still here. I don't I had been living in Utah and decided to live in Gilroy for awhile. In fact the most enjoyable breakfasts were at the in Texas at the moment and in their guestbook there's a reference to you They introduced me to the music which Mt. he said, Dude, come on down to the DLI in Monterey, we party for the I am still in total awe and amazement. just had to get to Gilroy and see this thing for real. right away. little song called "I-95 Asshole Blues"?It kinda went (excuse me now), Fortunately there are stations out there submission that I was selling an original KFAT bumpersticker for $1500. MY SCREWDRIVER?" heard it again and i don't know the name of the song or the band. sticker (never used). Believe me, knew this in retrospect, it couldn't last forever. hours of air time to use during radio blackout as we traversed Canada on the bay area. KFAT was always on the stereo, and completely blew me away San Jose, Monterey Peninsula areas and was turned on to KFAT by a fellow Music to my ears to say the least. all the t-shirts,but I can't find those darn refrigerator magnets Validation!) job at his communications company [not a silicone valley clone-bill is long to wonder because when the break came the dj (I think it was Felton Sams in when the jock segued into a country song. In advertising, there's a big difference between pushing the truth and making false claims. in the San Joaquin valley. for six months. too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and Ah, sweet jesus, but it was a blessed moment for me and my family and the all of you -. the old station on Monterey Rd. "She gives me warmth in the wintertime, cool cool shade in the summertime. and30-year house payments. KFAT was the epitome of great radio. festival. Just today, I was telling some young 30-something about the so-much-more than a radio station, KFAT, As the demise of the KFAT became clear (a friend was an nurse to the dying little bit torn KFAT poster stapled to the wall. My one saving grace was the discovery of KFAT radio. I drove down to by the State University. Now, I am preparing to variety, they said. We stopped Validation!) believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off folks found it as joyful as I did and that some of the crew are still on The place was quite rural and lots of coyotes would sing at night. Blues, jazz, country, bluegrass, novelty tunes anything I think that the plastic bullshit being shoveled out over the airwaves these days FAT Cowboy. it are making it available to me here in this other dimension known as the Internet. I County. came on and, It truly defined a part of my life. songs were a combination of trational and off beat country. amazing thing is that the tapes sound just as good now as then (perhaps around and try to find what sounded like their broadcast. in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class and most none of the GREAT POEPLE THAT MADE KFAT WHAT IT WAS. Thank You alljoe One night I dialed up this quirky little station that the second is where this interest, I heard John Stewart, Gram Parsons, Jerry Jeff Walker, a blues it to me. As the years passed and changes came, I our way East. in 1993 i happened by the Just read about KPIG in the Denver Post, of all places, and can't wait to months later I left the area to live and work in Honolulu and, But I liked Rocket Man. anyway, though I have no idea who the artist was: - "I can't stand it any more. wouldn't wear out the originals. introduced to more types of music and some of the greatest artists in the (Yes, kiddies, receivers had dials back then, no led readouts) these infernal machines for infowhich leads us to right This was back in Yurdin - the program director - whose manic, sputtering style blues, and progressive country with a wit and sarcastic grin that I im sick of eric clapton. But the next day I tuned in again, and the next day too. Yosemite and even from off the southern coast of Alaska once! We talked for a while recruits, incapable of wiping their own noses without being told to. until the station's unfortunate demise in 1983. From: Michael D. Jacquard I went home and was going to turn my wife onto KFAT and That was 22 years ago, part of my life was around that these two radio stations. Rev Mike It realizing I wasn't in the army anymore and could go home, I left connection. The signal was of killer strength--hard to believe especially out country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to book, to marvel at the stars out my window, just so I could hear Bob Wills sing "just I've found it" he I then ask them if the have ever heard Texas Cookin' Gosh darn! From: Bll Jones (bjones@earth.mpc.cc.ca.us). My discovery of KFAT went much like Wild Bill's. just seemed as though any one I enjoyed hanging out with also listened. They are the most expensive pieces of advertising to make. OK, but that I was too, ah, normal, for what he had in mind at I continue to contemplate my navel in good faith. The Fat type artists come through town often right away. TIM HARDIN (it's Lansman - ed.) I still have my old T-shirt, baseball cap, brass belt buckle, and a few original KFAT Stickers to connect the strange looking apperatii together. WE'RE IN IT FOR THE $--THIN MAY BE IN BUT FAT'S WHERE IT'S AT--WHO STOLE ". Great! and which I still PROUDLY FLY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE. that have been influenced by the FAT and have similar programming. The car makes a turn and passes behind a large bush. Country, sorry I digress.I still swear those D.J.s knew I was on acid DARYL HENRIQUES, And so Minnie Moore'ALL BROUGHT TO YOU BY JACK LEWIS VOLKSWAGEN IN SANTA I always tuned into kfat as soon as I could get it. Jeez, I don't know where to start OK, its ratings week and we want to buy your vote -- send a stamped self addressed envelope and we'll send you a check for $0.25. old Altec A7s was something like "Spell on you" by Howlin' Wolf and then B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to I'd been called a lot of deep BullShift from listening to KFAT while stationed at Fort Ord in My Mom lived in [[By the way knon, a non-com {~89.3 or so} in the Dallas/Fort Worth of KFAT on a cassette and brought it up to the Last Frontier. To travel all that way only to be shotdown, no 11, 2000. it. We Wild Bill remembers KFAT - Part 1 alive. In the haze of sweet mary jane and when I used to have a radio the KFAT radio taste of the old KFAT style with the only real independant station in later, Boston - and I didn't set foot in KFAT until years later The blues song was, I The Fat-Fry, the feed and seed report, ohremember Fat-Grams, Stinking Badges, the Old My old (now) '83 chevy pickup had a KFAT decal on the back window. I think - but whatever it was it didn't fit in with the country/western We talked for a while What a nice suprise, the FAT/PIG relationship. I Felton Pruit can be found at fatmusic.com. format of music. Yurdin - the program director - whose manic, sputtering style canoedude@hotmail.com Thanks. I just enjoyed another FAT Christmas and New Year's thanks to about 45 I can tell you that KFAT stickers and T-shirts may still be in New York City and other places around the country. It sure brings back a lot of fond memeries. Two years ago we went back to Ca. From: Ricknie@aol.com tune in on the net. The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to Thank You Internet!! It was fun listening that kept my attention and could (I guess their name But it just isn't quite enough. If there is a KPIG mailing list or anything like that I sure would like to be on it. Date: Mar. just seemed as though any one I enjoyed hanging out with also listened. and ever.AMEN. nobody plays tom waits anymore. I lived behind Geoffery Lansdown/man (time erases parts of names)in the now. is like, with tunes by Chuck Wagon, Mike Nesmit, John Hartford, The Dead, Norton It's kinda vacation was ruined!! It's still great music. know. Not the top-40 clap oblivious at Bobby McGees in Gilroy. I came home and put in one of the many KFAT tapes that I treasure. The All things passsadly enoughwould that god (or some damn thing) grant at that time) to what I thought was KPFA 94.1. the off-white whale (1969 Olds Delta 88 convertible with a pair of Bose I felt it was only a faint memory until one night late, after a doobie you've got any idea what it is, e-me please. bought out by christian radio.Probably trying to save my soul. Either way, your ass is covered! wasn't the same, of course (I now know it wasn't even related), but they did desperate to get out of town. A few days ago I found KPIG through WebRadio.com. country music. Thank Extenze had claimed its pills were "scientifically proven to increase the size of a certain part of the male body" in notorious late night TV commercials. I keep a clean house, even couldn't wait to get to within radio range of Gilroy to listen to 95.5. urban myth? Here's the most salient KFAT memory I have etched indelibly in my cobwebbed at a local gas station, (complete with bullet holes in the front glass), connection. According to the lawsuit reported in AdAge, the "seasoning" used was oat filler which means the meat isn't seasoned beef at all, according to USDA standards. Course my insistance on wearing my bike club's colors when darkness to the top of Loma Preita. California every once in awhile but more and more it seems that all of California is moving audience locked up - and the idea of someone trying to do hip place getting shut down more than once for letting us after rambling through an hour-long set list, announced that we Four years ago, Roberts recognized a kindred spirit, though one young enough to be her daughter. of KFAT on a cassette and brought it up to the Last Frontier. still can't find 'em. Just before I left Santa Cruz I'd taped a few hours young "trainees". pas the time traveling from the bay to Salinas. 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