KFXM and K/men July 19, 1963

Lovers-Blendtones #1
Highest debut Danke Shchoen-Wayne Newton #30There's that Supremes song again debuting at #40, with another abbreviated title

"Wax To Watch"
How about The Martian Hop-Ran-dells? Was always a favorite on The Dr Demento Show
Secret Surfin' Spot-Dick Dale





K/men also brought Lovers-Blendtones to #1
New to the top ten Judy's Turn to Cry-Leslie Gore

Note at the bottom of the survey THE K/MEN WISH ALOHA TO DONN TYLER Who will replace him 9-Noon?
New Frankie & Johnny-Sam Cooke

KFXM and K/men July 17, 1970

#1 Close To You- Carpenters
Highest debut Linda Ronstadt #24 Long Long Time Hit Bound
Wigwam-Bob Dylan No lyrics in this Bob Dylan song. It's a catchy little tune, with Bob Dylan mumbling through the song, but with no actual words.
Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett. Second time around, but interesting it's a hit again in July.

#1 Close To You-Carpenters
Highest debut signed Sealed delivered-Stevie Wonder #27

Future Hits

In The Summertime-Mungo Jerry

K/mentertainer July 13, 1968

#1 Hurdy Gurdy Man-Donovan
Highest debut #18 Lover's Holiday-Peggy (Scott)& Jo Jo (Benson)

Hit Bound

Happy-Nancy Sinatra What I remember about this song is that I bought a copy at Macs Electronics on Waterman for a nickel.

Soul Limbo-Booker T & The MGs I always liked their late sixties instrumentals. This one and Hang 'Em High Time Is Tight

Mr. Businessman-Ray Stevens Not his usual novelty record

KFXM and K/men July 12, 1963

Up from #22 to #1 Lovers-Blendtones
Easier Said Than Done-Essex up to #2
Highest debut When A Boy Falls In love-Mel Carter #21
From Me To You-Beatles up to #7

"Wax To Watch"
Blue Surf-Temptations don't think it's the Motown group
How about Neil Diamond-At Night





Wipeout/Surfer Joe-Surfaris #1
Highest Debut-Baja-Astronauts #4
From Me To You-Beatles up to #9

New this week
not really much except I (Who Have Nothing)-Ben E. King

KFXM Tiger Mag July 12, 1968

Sherman Mason and Don McCoy at the Riverside Plaza

#1 Hello I Love You/Love Street-Doors
#21 Born to Be Wild-Steppenwolf highest debut

Beach Boys with a new one Do It Again

1971 lineup on KFXM

Some answers to the KFXM lineup questions in 1971

4 Comments:
Anonymous said...
Did Jonny Kaye do weekends till mid 1971? I remember Bob E Blue evenings in the Summer of 71. Then Jonny took over that.

KFXM Tiger Radio & K/MEN 129 in Doug's Stuff Room said...
On the 10/23/71 Tiger Survey, Bob B. Blue disappeaed and Jonny Kaye was listed as evenings

Anonymous said...
Jonny Kaye replaced Bob B. Blue evenings Who replaced JK weekends on 10/71? Bruce Chandler replaced who (other than the "no show" guy). Who did BC replace on 10/71? Rather shaky end of 71

Anonymous said...
Bob B Blue had been around since the infamous JONES BOY Sera that started late October 1968. Forgot what JONES name he was. So that means he was there for 3 years, to the month.

According to the lineup on the surveys
January 1, 1971
6-9 Doug Colllins
9-Noon Chuck Clifford
12-3 Chris Roberts
3-7 Don Mann
7-Midnight Bob B. Blue
Mid-6 Bob Brooks
January 15, 1971
Midnight -6 Jonny Kaye replacing Bob Brooks
February 19, 1971
Al Adams mentioned as a Big 59 Jock, but no picture or other info except birthday of 3/27
April 9, 1971
6-9 Doug Colllins
9-12 Chuck Clifford
12-3 Chris Roberts
3-7 Thom Devine (replacing Don Mann with a picture of both shaing hands!)
7- Midnight Bob B. Blue
Mid-6 Johnny Kaye
May 21, 1971
6-10 Doug Colllins
10-2 Chris Roberts
2-6 Thom Devine
6-Midnight Bob B. Blue
Mid-6 Jonny Kaye
Weekends Al Brooks
July 30, 1971
No time slots listed, but a a picture of Ed O'Brien replaced Al Brooks, with a comment inside that stated that Thom is now on 12-3pm and Ed is on 3-7pm
August 17 (20), 1971
Chris Roberts mentioned as being on 9-Noon
August 27, 1971
Al Brooks listed as Weekends, Ed O'Brien's picture is gone.
October 22, 1971
Afternoons Bruce Chandler
Bob B. Blue is gone
Jonny Kaye is now Evenings
All Night Long-Thom Devine
December 17, 1971
Weekends-Vic Moreno
Al Brooks is gone.
This lineup stayed the same until June 9, 1972, when Thom Devine left and Ron Christian returned for the All Night Long shift.
Amazing as it seems, this was the lineup through the rest of 1972.

K/mentertainer July 13, 1962

#1 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do-Neil Sedaka also 409/Surfin' Safari-Beach Boys #4
Some new entries:
Beyond the Surf/Bustin'Surfboards-Tornandoes
You'll Lose A Good thing-Barbara Lynn
Summertime Summertime-Jamies
Devil Woman-Marty Robbins

K/men Jukebox From...

This week over at http://www.kmen129.com/ they are playing The Jukebox From Hell. So what doesthis mean? I've heard songs like Seasons In The Sun, Feelings, Billy Don't Be A Hero, Disco Duck. I've also heard songs that I didn't were so bad, but nothing I really like, so the choices have been pretty accurate. Right now I'm hearing Rupert Holmes-Escape (The Pina Colada Song) It fits......

KFXM and K/men July 10, 1970

Jackson 5 once again #1 on K/men



Is that Johnny Helm at the bat?

The Carpenters once again #1 on KFXM

A welcome to Jonny Kaye on KFXM (no picture yet) Jonny is currently working at KRTH

The top ten on each station isn't exactly the same except for #10 Canned Ham-Norman Greenbaum

K/mentertainer July 6, 1968

Once again, The K/MEN lineup with their pictures.

Robert E. Walker and Donovan

Hurdy Gurdy Man-Donovan #1 . It took a few weeks longer to hit the top than on KFXM

Highest debut The Autumn Of My life-Bobby Goldsboro #26 I guess this was the followup to Honey

Hitbound

Anyway That You Want Me-American Breed I always like this song. Many people tried to make a hit out of it, but nobody did. My favorite was by Evie Sands, who would release her version in 1969

A new Stevie Wonder song You Met Your Match. A good song, but he will hit it big with his next two singles, For Once In My Life and My Cherie Amour

KFXM Tiger Mag July 5, 1968

KFXM PRESENTS...RAY CHARLES

Second week on the survey and #1 Hello I Love You/Love Street-Doors. You still hear Hello I love You on the radio, but not Love Street. I liked Love Street

Highest debut #23 Classical Gas-Mason Williams straight from The Smothers Brothers Show

Personal Picks

The original Mr. Bojangles-Jerry Jeff Walker

I always thought of And Suddenly-Cherry People as one of the Ultimate bubble gum songs.

Funny Man-Ray Stevens a rerelease from the early sixties back on the charts.

and the answer is.....

One of these three djs Al Anthony, Bob Griffin or Barry Boyd....

In an earlier post, I had mentioned that before Bruce Chandler went from K/men to KFXM, there was someone else who had earlier gone from KFXM to K/men then back to KFXM. I received two correct answers, one from Bill Earl and one from Bruce Chandler himself.

Bill said Bob Griffin, and was correct.

Bruce's response.
Doug...just checked your blog...in answer to your question about who went from KFXM to K/men back to KFXM....I think it was BOB GRIFFIN...funny guy! I loved his act...he was one of my favorite jocks...I started listening to KFXM in late December, 1960.....and fell in love with radio by January, 1961!!! By then, I knew I wanted to spend my life in broadcasting....take care....Bruce

Bob Griffin started at KFXM (June 1961-Sept 1963) worked at K/men Middle of 1965 for about 6-7 months, and then back to KFXM early 1966 for about 6-7 months.

Bob Griffin was at the K/men induction into the Route 66 Hall Of Fame in San Bernardino. He one of the eight people sitting at the same table where I was sitting, and I didn't know who he was, until they called off his name, and he went to the front of the room with the other K/men. I missed an opportunity to talk to him

KFXM (Not K/mentertainer) July 6, 1962

Usually for 1962 you are taking a look at the first year of the K/mentertainer. Well, I'm missing this week the issue ending the week July 6, 1962, but............I do have the KFXM survey, so let's see what the "Fabulous 59" is doing this week.


#1 Theme From Dr. Kildare-Richard Chamberlain kncking off last week's #1
Wah-Watusi-Orlons down to #4
Highest debut #27 Twist & Shout-Isley Brothers

"Wax To Watch"

KFX-clusive Your Nose Is Gonna Grow-Johnny Crawford

Trying to hit the charts again #47 How Do I Tell My heart-Glen Campbell

A Listener From 1963

A K/men listener in 1963 had a comment about K/men playing The Beatles, and what he heard on K/men that year.

"I remember lying in bed one Saturday morning back in '63 and hearing ChuckClemans say, "We've officially run out of names. Here's a group called TheBeatles." Of course, I thought he was right. Until the next year, that is. "

KFXM and K/men July 5, 1963

#1 Wipeout/Surfer Joe-Surfaris on both KFXM and K/MEN although on K/MEN Surfer Joe is only a Honorable K/mention
The Beatles up to #17 with From Me To You Highest debut Lovers-Blendtones #22
Two big hits debuting
#34 Devil In Disguise-ElvisPresley
#36 Blowing In The Wind-Peter, Paul & Mary
"Wax To Watch"
A song I rediscovered a few years ago. I remember hearing this and liking it in the sixties, but didn't remember it until I found a copy and played it, and I still really llike the song. I Want To Stay Here-Steve & Eydie #48
How about a song by Tim Considine-Take It From Who Knows at #52 Wasn't he one of "My Three Sons"?
Is Keep On Dancing-The Avantis #56 the same song The Gentrys did a couple years later?

K/MEN
Highest debut in the top ten Not Me-Orlons at #6, but for the first time in the The Inland Empire The Beatles in the top 10 at #10 From Me To You
New this week, a good song Till Then-The Classics
Daughter-The Blenders, another one of those songs I forgot and rediscovered when I bought a copy of the single.

K/men advertising the SCAVENGER HUNT on the back of their survey.

KFXM and K/men July 3, 1970

#1 Close To You-Carpenters
Highest Debut #14 Loveland-Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
But notice it's falling off the K/men 30 Future Hits
Lay A Little Lovin On Me-Robin McNamara
Ooh Child-Five Stairsteps
actually all five of the songs are really different from each other. Only Pearl-Tommy Roe didn't do that well on the charts


#1 The Love You Save-Jackson 5
Highest Debut Big Yellow Taxi-Joni Mitchell #25

Hitbound

I always liked Silver Bird-Mark Lindsey

October 1971 Bruce Chandler....... Moving Across Town

DJs since 1962 went back and forth between KFXM and K/men throughout the years. One of he most unusual situations was with Bruce Chandler going from K/men to KFXM. It was usually the other way around, but what was unusual was the way it happened.
In Bruce's own words, this is what happened. Here ya go, Doug...right from the radio-info board....love your blogsite by the way...I check into it a few times a month! As Elvis would say: "Memories.......pressed between the pages of the internet...." or something to that effect. Best....Bruce

Hey, y'all....just happened to stumble upon this....BC here...no extenuating circumstances with me moving from K/men to KFXM.


One night in 1971, after getting off the air at K/men and after KFXM whipped us in the "Pulse" again, I figured that there was no future at K/men. I wasn't crazy about the direction the station was going. I thought "Hey, why not go across the street??" To make a long story fairly short, KFXM had hired an afternoon drive guy named "Jay Milla" who just didn't SHOW UP for his first show!!!! The opening was still available.


I drove to KFXM and met with Al Anthony and Doug Collins. Al said he'd listen to me that night on K/men as kind of an "on air" audition (I was on 6-9pm) and then he'd get back to me. Well, I passed the test and was summoned down to the Holiday Inn the next day and hired.
My last night on K/men was a Friday night in the fall of '71...and my first afternoon on KFXM was the following Monday 2-6pm. KFXM was already promoting me on the air while I hadn't even signed off on K/men.


I gave very little notice; in fact, NO notice. I was EXTREMELY fortunate to have been looking for a job. The current K/men PD at the time just happened to inform me that I was going to be on the outside looking in as part of a big change at K/men that was due to happen on about the same day I said I was leaving!!


The San Bernardino Sun-Telegram ran a story that I was the first DJ to go from K/men to KFXM. I never lost a rating in the 2 years I was at KFXM. Afternoons got a 23 share my first "book" and K/men had a 13. The next book, KFXM had a 22 in the afternoon and K/men had a 10. By the way, the K/men PD was let go on the day I debuted on KFXM (that Monday...) Ah, radio!!!



For the week ending October 21, 1971 take a look at the lineup. Others left when Bruce Chandler left. After this week only Mark Ford, Dusty Morgan and Bill McKinney would remain on the roster.

Now for the week of October 22, 1971. Al Anthony spent no time promoting Bruce Chandler.

Looking at the two surveys, it looks like he was on both stations at once. Mighty fast trip between stations.

Bruce stated that Sun-Telegram reported he was the first to go from K/men to KFXM....but there was another jock in 1965 who had a similar experience. The difference is he started at KFXM (June 1961-Sept 1963) worked at K/men Middle of 1965 for about 6-7 months,

and then back to KFXM early 1966 for about 6-7 months.. Anyone with a guess, or who actually knows?

K/mentertainer June 29, 1968

Johnny Helm article Richard Harris, Jim Webb and William F Williams
#1 Jumping Jack Flash-Rolling Stones
Highest debut #18 Hello I love You-Doors

Hit Bound

Eyes Of A New York Woman-B.J. Thomas

Sounds like his next hit---or is that Hooked On A Feeling?
Most Requested but not charting Iron Butterfly Theme-Iron Butterfly It has been going up the charts over at KFXM, but since at this time it's just an album cut, it's not charting on K/MEN