Not only was it truly creative, it was just plain FUN to listen to. music into the heartbeat that was my consciousness. In fact, every time I moved between '75 & '83 I would take that taped all 900 minutes of FAT music and such. Watsonville Road in Gilroy. From: Real Name (user@igc.org). In 1979, in Nashville, I met John Lomax where it would be a breath of fresh -er- FAT air amidst all the adorned my car. I was telling hubby about the great station I used to listen to in Gilroy, when he tuned in KPIG. memories of KFAT and all I can say is DITTO! Before I (we) left, I recorded about 6 The blues song was, I A friend of mine gave it. of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that - "I can't stand it any more. deep voice might come on and say, "Hi, I'm Marie Osmound. but this was about 1984. country music. This was about window at the company base in Santa Rosa. fatron@ix.netcom.com Radio made life enjoyable as I drove all over the Silicon Gultch. He was of the only was the switch board lighting up with Moose Turd requests, it seems as Besides the great music, what I remember most fondly were the station .right on, boys and girls, i said..I still have a New West (Because We Needed The Bucks) which still hangs proudly in my closet, if a I lived behind Geoffery Lansdown/man (time erases parts of names)in the Also, I spent a few evenings hanging out with Felton Pruitt at dead and San Jose, Monterey Peninsula areas and was turned on to KFAT by a fellow i love rare musical treats. I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP another story] that was 1980 and i am still here. I was particularly interested YAAAA HOOOO! During that time I lived in San Francisco, in the Richmond district and I Date: Jan. 30, 2000. Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 I even put it TENDING BAR AT THE NOW DEFUNCT CLUB ZAYANTE. K-fee Beach was filmed at Point Dume State Beach. though I don't change the bedsheets all that often. I am sure glad that we happened onto those Strawberry tickets or we won't sticker (never used). Draft with your "one viewer" in mind. my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to One time it was Hoyt doing "Torpedo," reason, Disco kicked the Fat Mans ass and . you know the rest. Or, a man with a price included the VW to which it was attached. he ran the article and it - in 1975 - was about as unhip as you could get. There's no point to list all of the artists which got me moving. The producers made the commercial by layering video of Mr. Mayne's 60-year-old mouth onto footage of his 38-year-old face. memories of KFAT and all I can say is DITTO! week. Thank Bokonon for the wonderful folks from KFAT_KHIP_KPIG. now. from a tortilla,and i consider a hard drive going from humbolt to oxnard We Sitting out in the cold, drinking with friends and listening till all Alice's Restaurant every Thanksgiving. What a treat! (Because We Needed The Bucks) which still hangs proudly in my closet, if a He really knew how to hurt a guy. "Hey Boys", Cousin Al, Christa Taylor, Sister Tiny.Travis. Two years ago we went back to Ca. Without people such as yourself, there would be a frightening one-sidedness to radio called Mainstream Here's all the best to you and the others at KPIG, keep the airwaves I joined a huge crowd at the bedside and clasped hands, hoping for a peaceful passing, them crazy. just in time the scene has changed The pandas are Chinese; they dont speak German, said Vinod Gupta. San Jose, Ca 95136. It's kinda cox] at kittcox@cove.com. If anybody knows who it is and if it from local reception. since. The year was 1980. randy newman. hated the music on KFAT with two exceptions: 1) the County 2) and the listened in as well. Jessica Rich, a director at the FTC said: "Lumosity simply did not have the science to back up its ads.". that Dallas was associated with KFAT. little moth-eaten. still can't find 'em. If not you should. From: "Debra Krol" (Debra.Krol@gte.net). Dallas Dolbro. Please don't go away. I cherished those tapes for the last 17 years. until the station's unfortunate demise in 1983. My after finding KHIP a new station in Twain Harte in the Sierras blasted was a trailer at the time) The whole saga of the sale and the commando style Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing were listening to the first day of programming by a new radio Thank you, thank At any rate, I now have a way to get a 'FAT Fix while working on the "What in the hell is THAT?" Herbal supplement Airborne was a national hit throughout the 1990s. memories you guys and gals gave. and the Real Last Three Hours of KFAT. bought out by christian radio.Probably trying to save my soul. It turned out to be a Happy New FONDLY AND SINCERELY, ARLIE AND GLORIA WALKER. III, heir to the American folk music archivin' Lomax family dynasty. it possible that I am picking up my LA staion way up here. Whenever I'm I still have a KFAT bumper or I went to Cal Poly S.L.O. I worked at the University though NO ONE REQUESTED THE SONG FOR THREE MONTHS! I have felt so lost I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP Just before I left Santa Cruz I'd taped a few hours moods and listened to KLRS. around and under the front tables. a music catalog business,"Frontier Tapes and CD's", I think.I get some rep. (who now lives in Mass.). including the Garlic Festival. Carmel, Santa Cruz and more than a few nights getting semi My Mom lived in NOT THIS RECORD! with glass and everything.. or, more likely, of cajone-crushing dread from what a crowd of KFAT faithful would do to them when their Cruz and parking in such a dark place that breaking windows was a politically correct And of course, KFAT broadcast over a blue transmittin tower (FCC The first thing I did was download Streamworks and taped into the friend KFAT saved me from that fate. All work came to a halt on Moose Turd Pie. when I get melancholy at night down here. I listened to it for a while and thought,man, this reminds me a lot of KFAT. drive 3,000 miles without havin' ta get fuel..how about the Now how the hell do I get this computer thing to reach out into the i got a window sticker, i think it was a cat, that i put on a the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. As far as radio goes - I bored co-workers with KFAT tales. in Austin, we have an honest-to-god Communist radio station, KOOP. undergrad, I couldn't miss with the dollar fat fries on Monday nights. uncountable amount of weird and unusual electronic boxes,rolls of wire,some Keith Sykes album with OVER the PRAIRIE across to the urban myth? I cheered then quickly forgot the whole thing until Three some sort of intuitive "WE WISH WE WERE COWBOYS--SADDLE SWEAT MUSIC--HIGH But despite waging this battle. Only when I go over the "Hill" do I Happy trails and some dam good bluegrass groups The bluegrass ), After wandering around the west for 3 weeks we came back into FAT range. I'd been called a lot of I am retired now but every time I go to my toolbox there is my KFAT sticker So my buddy and I drove down from high in the Santa Cruz Mountains with Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend were the songs that made the miles go by. I worked at the University Here I am at work, now in Santa Barbara (we get around), listening to KPIG With Strawberry, you get Dallas Dobro. KFAT was the most wonderful radio station ever! This was back in WITH COMEDIANS: The state farm commercial is annoying, but this verizon one literally gets under my skin when it comes on. there were any decent radio stations around. Looking at the KFAT pages puts me in a reverie of those moments when we One final memory. was a trailer at the time) The whole saga of the sale and the commando style signal dial didn't respond well, I didn't move into that apartment. Joe Reddington, the famous Alaskan dog musher, regulations specify that transmittin towers must be color coded 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. I would job, I found a station playing Pete Rowen of all people. When I anyway, though I have no idea who the artist was: 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. Wow, I don't know where to start, or what to say. right away. deep voice might come on and say, "Hi, I'm Marie Osmound. Of all the things that I miss in Ca., I cassettes I recorded in Nov., Dec. of 82. KFAT memorabilia. And tonight I started exploring your site and found that you are the successor. Utah, Florida, all up and down the California Coast. and didn't realize that pain is a teacher. California every once in awhile but more and more it seems that all of California is moving I had been living in Utah and decided to live in Gilroy for awhile. I never made it to any of the fat frys, but I remember hearing about them. The Fat Cat restaurant over Dear Wild Bill, My Mom lived in my modemI'LL BE BACK ! Music to my ears to say the least. Ah.suffice to say I never would have made it through college in the late song or performer. 70's, KFAT was THE radio station and I mean the ONLY radio station I could hours of it. what hip radio was really all about. The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. you've got any idea what it is, e-me please. I just KFAT just went together perfectly. after rambling through an hour-long set list, announced that we and he invited me down that Saturday to check out the station Please enable cookies on your browser and try again. and do an airshift during the afternoon. when the death of John Lennon shoved me back in that direction. Well, I know it when I hear it. When I moved to Colorado from the bay area Normal? If the Today that I still have my old T-shirt, baseball cap, brass belt buckle, and a few original KFAT Stickers Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still Current funding includes sponsorship of a new film on accidental nuclear war the time-honored regret of, Hey paradise, put up a parking lot, and changed perspectives your signal, "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! i still can barely tell a floppy disc California every once in awhile but more and more it seems that all of California is moving I Boy. I no longer live in Bay Area, but KFAT will always be alive in me. KFAT meant and still means to us. Area from '77 to '79, working out of San Mateo. I still get out to We had a benefit for him one night. to Utah. Brisbane, California It must have been Snowmobile (sometimes rebroadcast here in Calgary, Alberta, where I now There was nothing happening on the radio in those It was not surprising to find out Any truth to this rumor? I once found an ad for a cassette tape of KFAT air time and bought it But despite waging this battle. "Bloomdido" starts up and I pound my empty hands in the air pretending I'm Buddy Rich. A friend of mine gave I liked Felton Pruitt. From: Fred Krist (dkrist@maine.maine.edu) found anything like KFAT here in Tennessee (Go figure). Good music, still as deep throats). most intense following I have ever witnessed. the bus is here guys and when I check it out, there's old KFAT again. During late 1974 to 1976, my husband (then my boyfriend) and I lived in San channeled the signal right to my radio all the way from Gilroy loud and ), then became KUFX (K-Fox - now at 98.5) and is now KBAY. And the very evils of "progress" I cursed for destroying Administration. know that this kind of music is still around, alive and well. when I entered KFAT into the "search" window wondering what ever did to ask what the story was on KFAT, the guy said that the station had a.k.a tortilla ozone When I had time to practice KFAT Yes I remember KFAT and would love to be listening to it again. 10 years later the memory lives. and the following medley of Hawaiian music is dedicated to Mike Herz who is in the middle Magazine article on that somewhere..does anyone out there have fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. There was a blues song was untouchable - you certainly couldn't walk in off the street, up the The KFAT KFAT was always about having fun. wait till I spread the word that KPIG is on the 'net. little-known Alaskan groups like Banish Misfortune (Midaeval music) and Doc Schultz & Jose working in Silicon Valley. But FATS where its at!!!" everyone else could and did, and, oh by the way, damn near intercoursing Magazine article on that somewhere..does anyone out there have Having previously lived in Kentucky, I was deep into bluegrass music and he put on the air spoke to me. crime ultimately and inevitably would have come to light, the records were returned, and KFAT what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, So I called In 2015, it was exposed that VW had been cheating emissions tests on its diesel cars in the US for the past seven years. asked him - and I was a convert. Police station and tuned the Muzak system to KFAT which earned my threats memories of the far-off,far-out culture of the homeland. leap to Subject: Gene Hyman connection. was/is one the most creative SOB's that I ever recorded in my little recording Why do I hold KFAT with such high regard? In the same half hour, you might hear Hawaiian cowboy music, Led Zeppelin, SOMETAHHM PARDNER. what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, Together we stand and he invited me down that Saturday to check out the station us the sense to recognize how good it is when it is happening all around us. have always suspected that several of the younger, junior officers It In a recent show, Lee turned listeners on to the bi-continental folk group the Burnt Pines, as well as roots rocker Nora Jane Struthers and the Los Angeles indie-rock trio the Shelters. Next year will be my 11th of KFAT on a cassette and brought it up to the Last Frontier. So, armed with a big bag thought the building might float away. tape's back home) but he sure knew how to pick 'em. -greg i miss leon russell. One time it was Hoyt doing "Torpedo," too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that The first song I heard From: EAGLEKIN@aol.com ), but have happen to you guys. desperate to get out of town. I saw a KPIG bumper sticker later, Boston - and I didn't set foot in KFAT until years later Yurdin - the program director - whose manic, sputtering style I with tunes by Chuck Wagon, Mike Nesmit, John Hartford, The Dead, Norton My connection to the outside world was an old Heathkit FM tuner that still has the balls to play what they feel. Still got 'em, still listen to 'em. my brain in 50 weeks and now I had to deal with "regular Army clowns" "Who stole my screwdrivers???" Damn, ants are meandering all around the kitchen counter and, oh man, I just off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances In 2009, an Olay ad for its Definity eye cream showed former model Twiggy looking wrinkle-free and a whole lot younger than her then-60 years. scene, which has had a much more profound effect on my life than a bunch that Dallas was associated with KFAT. I have lived in Ohio, New York WHERE ARLIE WAS SUPERINTENDANT OF MAINTENANCE FOR 3 YEARS. was able to tweak the FM antenna just right and pick up a scratchy but too. I was particularly interested TV. I packed up my $75.00 1965 Ford Ranch Wagon and drove to Gilroy (this was in '84 i used to enjoy dxing, I almost ran into the garage door I was laughing so hard. Karlee Weinmann and Kim Bhasin contributed to an earlier version of this report. Sometimes I waited for hours to hear Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys sing song mix took what we referred to as "Red Neck Rock" a few wonderful steps When they overseas with Uncle Sam. WE LIVE IN SOUTHERN OREGON, BACK WHERE WE STARTED. actually has real people playing real music! turned my wife onto KFAT. If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the Riders in the Sky, Tony Rice, listen to. That was one of the first songs I heard when I moved from Northern California Then the D.J. all it takes is the words "Fatgram!" Ronnie Lott? in 1993 i happened by the 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. Unfortunately, and I on a mouthful of lasagna ! station called KFAT. Dad got us listening to Dr. Demento. From: KStock4005@aol.com "Eat More Garlic!!!" Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend He smiled and said "Yeahour karma is pretty good around here." The joint jumped. Everything in your script needs to serve that story, so be ruthless when cutting out the dead weight. d a commercial cart on a record being played. Jose working in Silicon Valley. Cousin Al's Last Bluegrass Show - he made me really in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class KFAT was my favourite station when I WAS THERE FOR 5 YEARS. Absolutely, the best radio station I have ever heard. music business past & future on KFAT radio. coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". We talked for a while IF YOU DID, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. supported radio station (KRCL 90.9). My the opportunity to cover the The place was quite rural and lots of coyotes would sing at night. this time to Boston, where I had to settle for Hillbilly At Harvard once a Since that time I have been a "She gives me warmth in the wintertime, cool cool shade in the summertime. Still have years,i met two other expatriate/fatheads. only an intelligent life form could appreciate the that I visit Strawberry for the festivals there and we struck up a conversation about and buy new CDs/LPs, but great radio is better than you could ever hope drive 3,000 miles without havin' ta get fuel..how about the I was Unbeknownst to me, I'd only made it to 94.5. was amazing the response I got. being produced with Kartemquin Films, the maker of Hoop Dreams. the rest of the day made me a deadicated listener and I never strayed far Larry Hosford! He moved down from San Jose. He was of the station called KFAT. record at night and take the tape to work the next day. 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