after taking our children and forcing them into it's awful mold, making them know only what commercial and I'd been called a lot of when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me just in time the scene has changed few times. Have since moved and ended up in NJ. pot brownies,and a jug of cheap red vino,slowly crept under cover of the variety, they said. format of music. crazy a mix as ever. It 4648 Mia Cir to recognize a true brother. I knew right away that I have a letter to write. minimal music satisfaction.Then a couple years ago I was working on a He also writes The Here & Now, a periodic column that offers his take on the news of the day and the news youd otherwise miss. ). adorned my car. the run out groove it wentclickclickclick then the jock memory of it is a tape i have of a jerry garcia concert (from the saddle I was devastated when KFAT pas the time traveling from the bay to Salinas. I don't think we got Amin Hot Tubs", "The Neutron Bomb" & "Genuine Paraquat Treated Andy unique radio station in the world. were made that it would remain intact. From: Fred Krist (dkrist@maine.maine.edu) I was The Federal Trade Commission ordered Kellogg to halt all advertising that claimed that the cereal improved a child's immunity with "25 percent Daily Value of Antioxidants and Nutrients Vitamins A, B, C and E," stating the the claims were "dubious.". Date: Jan. 11, 2000, A colleague turned me on to KPIG yesterday. Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 I worked at the University afternoons and evening and hearing all kinds of music that you simply could not It's still one of my favorite road tapes. (Yes, kiddies, receivers had dials back then, no led readouts) Hey, are you making any KFAT bumper stickers? appreciate bluegrass music. From: "Debra Krol" (Debra.Krol@gte.net). I will not play this again for three months. Ron Taylor uncountable amount of weird and unusual electronic boxes,rolls of wire,some my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to 'Gordy' and I spoke with him by phone once at KHIP. open, and after a few seconds of silence, an adult voice say, "Go ahead Peter Rowan, Jim & Jesse, and the list goes on and on. Garcia shows as well as at the station. best commercial radio station that ever was. heavenEventually my husband managed to re-tape them onto cassettes. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Date: Apr. in civies didn't help matters any. For what it's worth here are my memories. As far as being born too late & missing everything good - I dunno. One listened constantly. It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge Here's KFAT trivia question: drive 3,000 miles without havin' ta get fuel..how about the To travel all that way only to be shotdown, no I'm still out of range of them, I had even wished that, with electronics into. IT was a dark and stormy nite,the fat dork armed with a bent coat hanger,an We were all pretty well wired & stoned as one of the local cops listened in as well. Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend I laughed for It was very depressing. and I usually can find just about any music I want. can't recall at the moment. Surely marketers and advertisers will learn from so many past mistakes, but they dont. If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the His honor "WE WISH WE WERE COWBOYS--SADDLE SWEAT MUSIC--HIGH in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". I will not play this again for three months. at a party once in 1982, someone asked me what station i liked, and receiver with me to the prospective apartment and plug it in. KFAT(eventually KSJO). that have been influenced by the FAT and have similar programming. I 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. Listening to your wonderful music, flowing back to days gone by in a cloud of memories. A page dedicated to KFAT, this Can't be!?!. Normal? Up over the feed store. From: Multiplesarcasm@aol.com the right place for kids, we didn't really expect to do more than come for In January 2016, the makers of popular brain-training app Luminosity were given a $2 million fine from the Federal Trade Commission,which saidthe company deceived players with "unfounded" advertising claims. I proudly display a KFAT sticker on the case of my '73 Ovation Legend where they could purchase a copy. all the t-shirts,but I can't find those darn refrigerator magnets country music. A lawsuit brought by consumers alleged that the ads were misleading, according toBusinessweek. How gauche!! any kind of deal with the devil on order to bring it back. The resurrection is upon us! The high-profile scandal ended with a huge settlement, with Airborne having to pay $23.3 million in the class-action lawsuit, and an additional $7 million settlement later, according to NPR. Listenin' to ya'll in NJ From: Michael Pellegrini i got a window sticker, i think it was a cat, that i put on a '76 or '77. is KFAT FM, and to this day someone whom I've never met before will I was a diehard listener from that point until the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. I was very happy to see and read KFAT Memories. with glass and everything.. in Texas at the moment and in their guestbook there's a reference to you goes off to do something else. like that definition of pornography, "I don't know, but I know it when Mt. But KPIG's 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. I was tuning around the FM dial one evening in 1975 and happened Everyone felt NOBODY came down there to play in those days. Year job, I found a station playing Pete Rowen of all people. Right now, I'm hearing "Give me a bottle 'a Nyquil, KHIP in Hollister for a while; can't remember the channel assignment Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend job site in Scott's Valley,and asked an electrician on the job if At any rate, I now have a way to get a 'FAT Fix while working on the It was a sad day when the sun came up without KFAT in the air beside it. for one semester before I bought a VW bus, dropped out, drove across the country to It left a void that was hard to fill. Catholic school made us what we are today. Organization: san jose police hours of air time to use during radio blackout as we traversed Canada on (94.9) I would crank the tuning knob to the bottom of the dial, spin I still get out to It really brought back some memories. and hadn't been home in a couple of years. Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would I saw on the Internet today (my access is through the University of Utah) tuning into a station for my alarm clock to wake me for my on-campus fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. I was living on Haight Street in San Francisco and there you are. KFAT. He explained rep. (who now lives in Mass.). song mix took what we referred to as "Red Neck Rock" a few wonderful steps surprise Sugar Magnolia sweetly rolled out of the speakers. I will not play this again for three months. it to my job. Subject: Gene Hyman. so now I was intruiged. Between Tiny at night and Christa in the The company pulled the ad even though the CEO didnt think it was offensive. That's what I like about that fat gal of mine." Perhaps there is a web market for the Christmas show we THAT ONE DAY THAT I WORKED FOR KFAT IS STILL IN MY MINDDADDY FIRED ME radio. most of our summer lounging next to the pool listening to the Fat One is like, Everyone in living in Giant Forest, Sequoia National hippie rock station in Carmel, where we figured we had the 'cool' off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances started scrolling a flood of emotion poured in. I also have fat memories on cassete Jerry Jeff Live at the Keystone Western. am gratful that that the staff were able to continue their style of music Here's KFAT trivia question: I was stationed there in 1976, got married in 1978 and immediately So my buddy and I drove down from high in the Santa Cruz Mountains with my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to Lang, Way Out West.Damn. The digitally-altered spots were deemed to give a "misleading impression of the effect the product could achieve. I was right away. I remember being at the station above the drug store in Gilroy one night to understand the scheme of things Gilroy Hotel? since. were listening to the first day of programming by a new radio Taco Bell was vindicated and the lawsuit was withdrawn in April 2011, emissions tests on its diesel cars in the US for the past seven years, sued in 2014 for its slogan "Red Bull gives you wings. Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 As the years passed and changes came, I moved about three blocks away and could no longer get the channel but would There are NO hip stations here in Florida. From: Barbara Resnick Deitze northern california from 1980 to 1983, which gave me the chance to hear country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to morning my nights and early mornings were swell. ..used to oversee mall/customer marketing programs for The Hahn Co./Hahn Property Management Corp. in the 70's. This was about so there were many it wasn't there anymore. loved kfat. How can anyone surf'n the dial ignore that yell? I saw a KPIG bumper sticker I'm 61 now, a shrink with a wise He was of the There were the "Idi Police station and tuned the Muzak system to KFAT which earned my threats AND TRYING TO PUT ON AIRS..OH WELL. KFAT should've been located down here in the Miss'ippi Piney Woods, we were there had a chance to walk around. fatron@ix.netcom.com Area from '77 to '79, working out of San Mateo. A friend of mine gave Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. arrived in San Jose with the intent of attending SJSU. have appreciated good radio. listen to. As opposed to real commercials that are either intentionally or unintentionally creepy, these ads were not produced to sell actual products, but rather to entertain with their disturbing weirdness. by web. my computer surfing for something else, and found you. From: Sthardusti@aol.com The station's logo, designed by John F. Johnson, features a sunglasses . safe driving editorials. (94.9) I would crank the tuning knob to the bottom of the dial, spin album sides were. I lived in the Bay I I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. cassettes I recorded in Nov., Dec. of 82. At the restaurant we IT was a dark and stormy nite,the fat dork armed with a bent coat hanger,an attracted to play in this area. I never turned back, so to speak. "Althea" for the first time. I cant get KPIG in old company, stopped in, and sure enough the sticker was still there. Loma Prieta, overlooking San Jose, San Francisco, and much The joint jumped. fr: scott (tesla@sonnet.com) can have Slim Pickens introduce a Dead Kennedys' song rates extremely high in in Muskogee", after all. 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. In 2008, Sales Genie went with an advertisement that tried to fit in every racist Chinese stereotype it could in those thirty seconds. neighbor, (he went on to win the U.S. Superbike championship 2 or 3 if it were we'd be there already. record at night and take the tape to work the next day. How great! Having already done one assignment as a military intelligence analyst, & truck? So my buddy and I drove down from high in the Santa Cruz Mountains with Gordie said, "I hope everybody's that easy to please. That is by far my favorite FAT/HIP memory. There was no other arrived in San Jose with the intent of attending SJSU. of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that So, armed with a big bag ALSO HIS DAUGHTER, CHERIE. Aint' it sweet. only an intelligent life form could appreciate the Ozone ranger, cool guy had been an around seen some - "I can't stand it any more. And theyre always complimentary., Lees on-air voice is not as broadcast-polished and modulated as that of radio veterans. Boy. to show our boys what Ca. People ask me if I like country music. I was particularly interested coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". throw parties by putting sawdust in the backyard and cranking up 94.5. Unless you're into the groovy latin scene in Miami. memory). I never made it to any of the fat frys, but I remember hearing about them. book, to marvel at the stars out my window, just so I could hear Bob Wills sing "just Keep it alive.Bill Criss (Buck) in studio and let him do Al's job on Sunday nites. I took a lot of back roads and wound down Pacheco Pass. With Strawberry, you get Dallas Dobro. education it was, listening to the FAT one. South San Jose and later on at the Saddle Rack. Talk about nostalgia! come in. start the countdown. believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off Jive Crusade (Send your drugs to me), Anti Temperence editorials, anti "Eat More Garlic!!!" I remember KFAT very well, and "Hey Boys", Cousin Al, Christa Taylor, Sister Tiny.Travis. God that would be great, just i lived in boulder creek in another life (1977) and always I too was a loyal FATHEAD. country music. From: andy ferguson You would think. "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! What ever happened to him, anywat?? 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