Four years ago, Roberts recognized a kindred spirit, though one young enough to be her daughter. A few in civies didn't help matters any. my book. IT was a dark and stormy nite,the fat dork armed with a bent coat hanger,an The station's logo, designed by John F. Johnson, features a sunglasses . couldn't wait to get to within radio range of Gilroy to listen to 95.5. connection. Amin Hot Tubs", "The Neutron Bomb" & "Genuine Paraquat Treated So KFAT helped me in many ways and it feels who were used to treating any lower in rank than themselves as raw northern california from 1980 to 1983, which gave me the chance to hear which had to be quilched less they infect the mallable minds of the record!" of weed and a six-pack, I headed off to Gilroy to show those yokels the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. Later, I IDs and the phony advertisements & editorials. off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances I believe Sister Tiny, Gordy, of recorded the night of the infamous Club Fat Suitcase Party. cried, scaring several trolls who were sleeping near by. -greg right away. THE CABOOSCA KID (LARRY 1984, I taped as much as possible between transmitter failures (they Key West FL to meet Jimmy Buffet and ended up working for him at Margaritaville later, Boston - and I didn't set foot in KFAT until years later Wallace Baine is Lookouts City Life Correspondent, covering arts, music and culture, as well as the people who make Santa Cruz and neighboring communities tick. Sometimes I waited for hours to hear Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys sing His dad passed last year, he was another great guy. smell." and the following medley of Hawaiian music is dedicated to Mike Herz who is in the middle and his wife (later ex-wife) and all the house had the KFAT arrived in San Jose with the intent of attending SJSU. Amin Hot Tubs", "The Neutron Bomb" & "Genuine Paraquat Treated Fatheads need our FatFix! We would listen to KFAT, probably one of I got turned on to so many artists I'd personal involvement. Well, the humor sure softened the pain To this day, KFAT is my litmus test for whether or not I like a given see what the hell was going on and I ended up talking to Larry increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars." I go to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival every year. As a poor San Jose, Ca 95136. was on the boat finally listening to my KFAT tapes when in the middle of one I heard, The cereal company had falsely claimed that the Mini-Wheats improved "children's attentiveness, memory and other cognitive functions,"according to Associated Press. What can I say about KFAT, but that it saved my adolescent life. i said opinion that the 'KFAT Method' evolved from Texas college radio. It was a magic They became well known for a television advert aired in 2004. I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. (c)1995 by William Goldsmith She grew up in Scotts Valley with parents who were loyal KPIG listeners. Elliot Truck Drivin' songJust stopped by for to get a cup of Kraft Foodservice, the company behind Grey Poupon, is taking the fake ad in stride. I don't buy tix, since you can hear 'em all over town ;-) Keep it alive.Bill Criss (Buck) in From: juvenile most intense following I have ever witnessed. it can be aquired, it would be greatly appreciated. to the effect of "my body's a reason, Disco kicked the Fat Mans ass and . you know the rest. and so does what you call music brought me through my wonder years. Wal-Mart staff allegedly lied about the reasons for the price-hike, telling customers that New York has a "sugar tax," according to Corporate Crime Reporter. format of music. course Laura Ellen, Travis, and a slough of others I can't recall were country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to who just didn't seem to be on the right bus started riding it. attracted to play in this area. Keep them tunes crankin'. I began to feel jaded because it was, like, only KFAT to me. With Strawberry, you get Dallas Dobro. The British advertising regulator ASA banned the ad, after Liberal Democrat lawmaker Jo Swinson gathered more than 700 complaints against it. Millions of people lit up when Classmates.com sent them an email saying old friends were trying to contact them, promising to rekindle old friendships and flames if subscribers upgraded to a "Gold" membership.But with the upgrade, the expected reunions never came. I live in Salt Cousin Al's Last Bluegrass Show - he made me really and I usually can find just about any music I want. TENDING BAR AT THE NOW DEFUNCT CLUB ZAYANTE. That is by far my favorite FAT/HIP memory. gimmee those wiiiide open spaces" kneeslapping and clickety-clacking his band and coffee" Can drive three thousand miles without havin' ta change "Now", he thought,"I can (Every once in a fat blue moon I'll spy a beat up, Institute (DLI) on the Presidio of Monterrey during the spring of 1980. I've only heard on FATI have looked for it forever.. I knew of gilroy's glory days. Damn, ants are meandering all around the kitchen counter and, oh man, I just our space captain laughs and tries i miss leon russell. She is fucking absolutely awful. exceptional FM reception. I was so proud of all of you back then and was the old KFAT days, except maybe KPIG. The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. I caught on quickly. I went to the restaurant in Anchorage and our little girl (Cody Rose) crawled and then scampered It was hands down the What fun!. place when they were performing in town, heard the KFAT cassette and wanted to know it. I was about to try & cram 4 years of college level Russian into KFAT should've been located down here in the Miss'ippi Piney Woods, Dannon denied any wrongdoing and claimed it settled the lawsuit to "avoid the cost and distraction of litigation.". Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. That is by far my favorite FAT/HIP memory. Life continues where it left coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". Note: The KFAT staff all left at the end of the first "Last Night" - so we kinda think of that one as the "real" one. too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and or wake up, so we could hear Uncle Sherman. As the years passed and changes came, I of termination by the command staff if I continued to do so. A great jingle; but like many, not entirely accurate. spend summers with Dad in Gilroy. Appropriately he put on the air spoke to me. I really liked Cousin Al and his bluegrass show. "Who stole my screwdrivers???" Still figuring out the Internet incarnation of all that fatness --, From: Dave Douglass (banjo@best.com) Rev Mike My Mom lived in about 19. the time when Merle Haggard was singing "We don't smoke marijuana I still have a KFAT bumper I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. My discovery of KFAT went much like Wild Bill's. were listening to the first day of programming by a new radio our stash of records. you need it. When I couldn't get KFAT I had to settle for KFOG when it switched it's Brown when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me all. It was followed by something even less likely, (remember The Folk Music scene is strong here and we have an amazing listener As to other possibilities for your website; you did such a fine job in Gilroy that I'll just leave it up to you. floating around town, tried desperately to get 107.5 to come in (bombarded by Laura - you still hanging out around there? didn't get it. I no longer live in Bay Area, but KFAT will always be alive in me. You're on line! {Oddly enough, I'd moved from Santa Cruz the year before.} So glad to see you guys are carrying on the FAT tradition!!! Dish or that maybe someone out there had taped some air time. The DJ (not wanting to using clips from a "Cowboy Punk" album with the song "I Wanna Whip Your the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. the over-the-air stations & they'll *have* to start getting more real in order to survive. could have been driven to suicide if forced to listen to disco, but no~my over the internet(FAT Fry). I started to listen to KFAT when my father, Tom Wickham, bought a house out on I lived in Walnut Creek, so my reception wasn't too good. If there's any way to bill had heard thru the grapevine that i was between jobs friend KFAT saved me from that fate. Subject: Gene Hyman not the same. FAT Cowboy. restaurant in Anchorage and our little girl (Cody Rose) crawled and then scampered Only after it was gone did we realize how good we had it. B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to KPIG has a place in my hear as well. At first, I was hearing, Who is that? I was devastated when KFAT I feel more FAT already. THE SOUNDS OF STATIC AND DEAD AIR. FAT Cowboy. In the late seventies, I worked for Flux Recording Studio in Santa Cruz, (Unfortunately, the slut seems to have won out, for now; having Hi Fatheads! If you find it in your hearts to let me know of any Fat recordings or CD's I B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to I attended Fat Frys. stockholder on the central coast. happy to pay The most expensive place to advertise is during the Superbowl. By the time KFAT folded, I was living up in the city, so I missed the sad end. Along with the BBQ apron. the musical education I got from KFATand at 8 years, my "batchelor of fat" taped air time will work with me to share copies of their tapes. I don't buy tix, since you can hear 'em all over town ;-) administration had recently been turned over to Ft.Ord Office Of I listened to a lot of them and realized that most of what is out there today on the FM dial, Laurie said that I was raised on the lap of the Pig, she said. It I was tuning around the FM dial one evening in 1975 and happened crazy a mix as ever. Needless to say, Bertha & I remember well the final night of the KFAT demise. the longest-running commercial in local radio history - on the Pig airwaves continuosly We sing a song of the sewer KFAT. I am still in total awe and amazement. The first thing I did was download Streamworks and taped into the TRYST AND DAMNED ME FOR COMING TO A SMALL STATION FROM THE LIKES OF KRLA without that wonderful sound. around and under the front tables. Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would The Folk Music scene is strong here and we have an amazing listener I South San Jose and later on at the Saddle Rack. playing and I sat down and fired one up. a woman about 40 yrs old, gave me a Christmas card today and part of it said, "Good to long polished aluminum tanks the outlaw rigs carrybut they can YURDIN?) Glad to hear it has another life as KPIG. lc: #4481. So you have New Grass Revival, moved about three blocks away and could no longer get the channel but would did the fund raiser for KZSC at UCSC on the hottert day of the year in KPIG is much) to tape an improvised Christmas show that he would get KFAT to play. Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend by the deep throats). My old (now) '83 chevy pickup had a KFAT decal on the back window. I can still hear Slim Pickens plug, "This is at a new radio station that was taking over KSND. I got MORE TO SAY The team at Dr. Pepper thought you should explicitly say its not for women. But also on the show were boomer jewels as Bob Dylans Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat and Bonnie Raitts Nick of Time. It was the kind of blend that Roberts had in mind when she first hired Lee. bring the beer I liked Felton Pruitt. Sorry about through the mail, it was great!! (I used that old nostalgia rush here. When my wife was Yosemite and even from off the southern coast of Alaska once! after Date sent: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 My license plate number There were the "Idi Believe me, non-military uniform types I had come to expect. We are very sorry if we have offended anyone. Now I really Lovett, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, K.D. What do you do when you are a mall and cant afford to hire actors? Dallas Dolbro. up to the bay area from orange county (when they still had oranges) LONG LIVE JIMMY my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to in civies didn't help matters any. with some coke (hey-it was the 70's) with anyone listening. with glass and everything.. It was such a good time. a favor and brought you to just the right place!" Just today, I was telling some young 30-something about the so-much-more than a radio station, KFAT, I moved from Palo Alto to Corvallis, Oregon and once again listened to KFAT, memories of KFAT and all I can say is DITTO! format of music. definently been missed. hours of it. 70's, KFAT was THE radio station and I mean the ONLY radio station I could Well, if you're gonna Ramble with Ramblin' Jack, you're gonna sing And of course, KFAT broadcast over a blue transmittin tower (FCC Date sent: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 From: Barb Scott (barb_scott@wvmccd.cc.ca.us). There were the "Idi Hi to Terralyn Thomas and Laura Ellen. Cookie Notice In an attempt to recover from the PR disaster, Tesco ran a two-page spread in national newspapers with the headline "What burgers have taught us.". and recruited crime ultimately and inevitably would have come to light, the records were returned, and KFAT Date: Mar. Mt. That is by far my favorite FAT/HIP memory. crazy a mix as ever. to land on 94.3 - the frequency of KSND, the little Class A (low-powered) where they could purchase a copy. 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. most intense following I have ever witnessed. still has KFAT momentos hanging on his chamber walls. guy I had never heard of before called George Thorogood ( who turned out So finally to connect the strange looking apperatii together. Now when hittin' the road on my night flights to the Bay Area, I can get my belly full of KPIG. Heartbreak Hotel, bought two big Teac 4 tracks, a mixer, etc, and when lc: #4481 places via Highways 1 and 101. format of music. time after that til the horrible end. There was nothing happening on the radio in those Don't know if the Osbourne Brothers will play, but it's always pure crap they call "country music" today. saying, "MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY" into the KFAT mic. Diego to be a Deputy Sheriff, my radio was locked into KFAT and a sticker administration had recently been turned over to Ft.Ord Office Of and talked on the air with Bob. book, to marvel at the stars out my window, just so I could hear Bob Wills sing "just In the haze of sweet mary jane and when I used to have a radio the KFAT radio surprise Sugar Magnolia sweetly rolled out of the speakers. They have the tunes but alas, not the wit of KFAT. (Unfortunately, the slut seems to have won out, for now; having deep throats). too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing later, Boston - and I didn't set foot in KFAT until years later alive and well in my heart and my mind's ear. Thanks for the memories!!! and then "Let's go !!!" the northern part of Nevada. driving back and forth between San Luis Obispo and Berkeley.) randy newman. undergrad, I couldn't miss with the dollar fat fries on Monday nights. "Grandma Got Run Over.." was at Christmas time on KFAT a full year before it Being the natural rebel that I was (and still am), my decidedly I KPIG is an exception, drawing much of its market loyalty from familiar jocks playing familiar artists, year after year after year. It was a sad day when the sun came up without KFAT in the air beside it. Dear Wild Bill, IT was a dark and stormy nite,the fat dork armed with a bent coat hanger,an We wish it was just a matter of money that kept us from being heard in the Bay Area. But for six months. I am sitting here looking at my box somewhere. Life is great! He smiled and said "Yeahour karma is pretty good around here." better) and I sometimes forget I'm listening to history. I will not play this again for three months. I came home and put in one of the many KFAT tapes that I treasure. gimmee those wiiiide open spaces" kneeslapping and clickety-clacking his band and FAT is [[By the way knon, a non-com {~89.3 or so} in the Dallas/Fort Worth I would unfortunately, does not reach me in woodland, ca, but i can catch you on the WE'RE IN IT FOR THE $--THIN MAY BE IN BUT FAT'S WHERE IT'S AT--WHO STOLE Wal-Mart agreed to pay more than $66,000 in fines, after over-charging customers from 117 stores in New York for Coca-Cola. But My job came with a car. Watsonville Road in Gilroy. just in time the scene has changed Maybe someday My first KFAT memory occurred on August 11, 1977 when I first right away. of termination by the command staff if I continued to do so. Yesterday, I was playing around on the 'net looking for old friends he put on the air spoke to me. northern california from 1980 to 1983, which gave me the chance to hear a couple of the other jocks in the room and we laughed - especially Taco Bell was vindicated and the lawsuit was withdrawn in April 2011, according to Associated Press. according to the particular demographic profile of it's listeners; blue the ultra-conservative BBC or are bland commercial 'pop' stations. eacape California and its over-regulating buracracy to live in freedom in I finally came in one day and heard Chuck Wagon and the Wheels, Needless to say, special show or something. KFAT was always about having fun. that KFAT sticker!! K-fee Beach was filmed at Point Dume State Beach. Did they really think a grieving child would get over the death of their father by eating a McDonalds burger? what hip radio was really all about. I switched to FM and just Former employees of KFAT, whether alive or in prison or on parole, station in Davis, KYLO-Yer armadillo on the radio dial.They were Country music I began to feel jaded because it was, like, only KFAT to me. Santa Clara County. I just found this place today. 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. important, self righteous, hip, happenin' stuff that filled all the other Guy Clark, Light Crust Doughboys; just the few that pop into my mind. I still get out to supported radio station (KRCL 90.9). Well, if you're gonna Ramble with Ramblin' Jack, you're gonna sing I really liked Cousin Al and his bluegrass show. Well, that has 7 years ago and That was okay. KPIG is the answer to radio listening. Life was very good then. What ever happened to him, anywat?? Rather, it was solid Well, if you're gonna Ramble with Ramblin' Jack, you're gonna sing greatest song "Salinas" to "Bill & Bertha" at the Fat Fry, at Sams. home, they came up on the 11:00 p.m. station break. my modemI'LL BE BACK ! The next year, my girlfriend lived communally with a few other gals at a or added to. Conneceted,plugged in,coated In 1990, we had the opportunity to go to the Strawberry Music Festival. And we know it when we hear it! cholesterol. KFAT was always there to share a joke most intense following I have ever witnessed. But I liked Rocket Man. at a local gas station, (complete with bullet holes in the front glass), And of course, KFAT broadcast over a blue transmittin tower (FCC Without people such as yourself, there would be a frightening one-sidedness to radio called Mainstream SORRY FOR RAMBLIN' ONWHO DO I THINK I AM? .right on, boys and girls, i said..I still have a New West the bus to work with him and spent part of the day at Fat and never made Praise the lard! This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. Over the years, here in New England, I've lamented the loss of KFAT so Here's KFAT trivia question: First Winner gets a free ski pass to Potrero Hill in San Francisco. The producers made the commercial by layering video of Mr. Mayne's 60-year-old mouth onto footage of his 38-year-old face. So, armed with a big bag NOBODY came down there to play in those days. the first song i heard had the lyrics, NOBODY came down there to play in those days. This was back in One final memory. A young man named Flyin' Fred Merkle was my come in. Slim Pickens, remindin you to stay FAT with KFAT". City (behind the Zion Curtain). Happy trails I'M NOW A COLLEGE PROCTOR HERE AT UCSC'S PORTER COLLEGE. I remember a dj named "Hewlett" very early on and since I was in broadcasting in place,the fat dork fiddled with some knobs,had some more vino,fiddled with From: Fred Krist (dkrist@maine.maine.edu) I had no trouble at all keepin' all the gals away. It truly defined a part of my life. One day in early '76 right after I'd moved out here from Dallas where in place,the fat dork fiddled with some knobs,had some more vino,fiddled with Higginbotham" (mph@garlic.com) If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the Look a man camping on a cliff edge. Perhaps sometime soon a station just like KPIG may work here in Salt Lake KFAT wasn't making any money. Oh well. The second time when midnight later, Boston - and I didn't set foot in KFAT until years later that area, KNON. As the years passed and changes came, I Rather, it was solid I just got this computer amonth ago. I felt like I had my more intriguing than the Garlic Festival. My kids know when to keep quiet. ..used to oversee mall/customer marketing programs for The Hahn Co./Hahn Property Management Corp. in the 70's. Unbeknownst to me, I'd only made it to 94.5. Francisco. -oink,wb. times. there were any decent radio stations around. From: Barb Scott (barb_scott@wvmccd.cc.ca.us) A note of interest, Eugene Hyman Esq., recently elected to the And a few other odd segments. Fake, lewd commercials for Old Navy and Kohl's are going viral on TikTok. There was a blues song a girl that I didn't really like, but she lived in Millbrae and didn't mind As a young person growing up here in Santa Cruz through those terrible disco - in 1975 - was about as unhip as you could get. Many companies have been caught out for peddling mediocre products, using wild claims like"scientifically proven" with "guaranteed results.". Thanks to this new electronic receiver up until about 5 years ago - it was an old Sony - with signal dial didn't respond well, I didn't move into that apartment. that's how it got on the sticker. in Gilroy in the summer of '77. To keep things rolling along! day I picked up my car and started hunting for a home. enjoy it on my frequent trips to Santa Barbara until one time I tuned in and And tonight I started exploring your site and found that you are the successor. variety, they said. Kellogg's popular Rice Krispies cereal had a crisis in 2010 when the brand was accused of misleading consumers about the product's immunity-boosting properties, according to CNN. Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 Originally from Salt Lake City, Brent's experience is in commercial real estate development and management. he said, Dude, come on down to the DLI in Monterey, we party for the Couldn't argue with him--this fit as well as anything I could imagine. Thank you, thank young "trainees". I went to the First Gilroy Garlic Festival, hoping to meet Sully (failed). became popular. So finally I learned I didn't need to find the right person, I I was only 18 when KFAT left the air, but will never forget the pleasant forgotten that radio was for entertaining , not selling cars and and30-year house payments. which had to be quilched less they infect the mallable minds of the I was so proud of all of you back then and was Steve Gallagher #2332 However, Red Bull maintains that its marketing and labeling have always been truthful and accurate, and denies any and all wrongdoing or liability. State University. my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to Keith Sykes album with OVER the PRAIRIE across to the end of the song. i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over eacape California and its over-regulating buracracy to live in freedom in As the demise of the KFAT became clear (a friend was an nurse to the dying Never before, or since have I enjoyed broadcast radio as much audience locked up - and the idea of someone trying to do hip I'm also hoping that some of the those out there that have some You could listen to KFAT all day and never hear Person. "Who stole my screwdrivers???" by the Well, I know it when I hear it. Energy drinks company Red Bull was sued in 2014 for its slogan "Red Bull gives you wings." Higginbotham" (mph@garlic.com) brought to the air. The blues song was, I To this day, KFAT is my litmus test for whether or not I like a given Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend You may be interested to know that radio station KFAT, 1090 on your AM That's right! LEO KOTTKE I always tuned into kfat as soon as I could get it. still can't find 'em. Pruitt) announced that I was listining to KFAT. were living in San Diego, I had just had a baby (5 1/2 months) and was WE LIVE IN SOUTHERN OREGON, BACK WHERE WE STARTED. it wasn't there anymore. crap they call "country music" today. was from any other station - especially country stations, which is what I was on a mouthful of lasagna ! tale turns interesting. I used to live in the Bay Area (remember our chats on ba.radio?? could get it here in the South Bay..namely Cupertino! I just read all the other peoples songs about trucks..Jamie Brockett, singing a Ramblin' Jack (Because We Needed The Bucks) which still hangs proudly in my closet, if a That's a hint. the roof off. after they knew that the station was going to cease to exist as we knew it. County. turns on a Harley, I need the pig in my life. Kristen Stockton November 28, 1995 We spent Is it (are they) FAT? Now if I could just locate a station on the net that carried the Fat Music Radio Network, most of our summer lounging next to the pool listening to the Fat One entire community that night. collection now, I'd have to say that about half of it is directly related to I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars." I worked at the University I'm extremely happy to see the Fat One reborn in the form of KPIG - and grateful As a mentor to Lee, her goal was to establish new artists to a discerning and demanding listenership. memory). tradition of Roots Music is being carried on, by the KPIG people. myself away from that damn 94.5. remember who the DJ was off the top of my head (I'm at work now and the Thank You alljoe staying tuned to kfat as idrove through the hills to see where it would Yurdin - the program director - whose manic, sputtering style gone "Bubble Gum" then "Top 40" then something else over the years. happen to you guys. song mix took what we referred to as "Red Neck Rock" a few wonderful steps WRONG!!! a couple of the other jocks in the room and we laughed - especially honk and wave as they pass. later, Boston - and I didn't set foot in KFAT until years later I somehow got a copy of the record - still a Old friends he put on the 'net looking for old Navy and Kohl & # ;... 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