From the missing TigerRadio website Craig Sea
Friday, January 11, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
1978 Again
No KFXM year end survey for 1978, but based on the surveys I have this is what I had come up with for the year. Something to compare with the K/MEN top 129.
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
K/MEN Top 129 Hits of 1978
At the end of 1978 K/men played their Top 129 of the year. They didn't publish it, so I requested a copy and they gave me one. They weren't publishing a weekly top hits, so I don't know what they based this on. They may still had their weekly top thirty, but just not printing it up for the public.
I don't have a KFXM year end, and I don't remember if they played the top hits of 1978. If I requested a copy, I didn't get one. KFXM published their weekly hits until the beginning of 1985, but no year end countdown after 1977. Or at least I didn't get one after 1977.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Top Hits of 1975 and 1977 on KFXM
By Request: The Top Hits of 1975 and 1977 on KFXM
As far as I know there were no Top Hits of the year printed by KFXM after 1977.
Again, you would think they could have done a Top 100
Monday, January 07, 2013
Today in KFXM Surveys January 7, 1977---Top Hits of 1976
Yes, it is the January 7, 1977 survey, even though the 7 is missing. These were the days of disco, there are a lot of songs on the survey that are definitely not disco. But come on KFXM! Couldn't you have done a Top 100?
Friday, January 04, 2013
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
KFXM TigerRadio Craig Powers
From the missing TigerRadio website Craig Powers
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Happy New Year!! January 1, 1969 The Hits of 1968
Happy New Year
from 1968 to 2013
The top hits played on January 1, 1969 on K/MEN
along with the top hits of 1968
Top 100 of 1968 on K/MEN
The Hitmakers of 1968
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Today in KFXM K/MEN Surveys December 29, 1967---Top Hits of 1967
By the way #74 I'm A Man should be The Spencer Davis Group version
Friday, December 28, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Comparing KFXM and K/MEN 1965
Had compared the year end greatest hit of 1965 for KFXM and K/MEN. They had 67 songs in common. That means KFXM had 33 songs on their top 100 for 1965 that didn't make the year end survey on K/MEN. But since K/MEN had a top 129 you had 62 songs that KFXM didn't list. Go back to the posting before this to see both surveys. Amazing at some of the titles that didn't make each other's lists.
K/MEN also listed these songs among those didn't make the KFXM cut. She's Just My Style-Gary Lewis/I Got You-James Brown/Just A Little-Beau Brummels/You Didn't Have To Be So Nice-Lovin' Spoonful/Tell Her No-Zombies/Love Potion #9-Searchers/I Knew You When-Billy Joe Royal/Rescue Me-Fontella Bass/I Want Candy-Strangeloves
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
KFXM TigerRadio "The Doctor" Don Murray
From the missing TigerRadio website Don Murray
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Monday, December 24, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Rhett Walker on KFXM 1964-1965
Just a note from one of my blog readers
Hi Doug
Just a quick note to let you know that Rhett Walker - KFXM circa 1960s - passed away in Victoria, Australia last week.
Rhett was born in New Zealand. His mother was American. His father was British. He began his radio career in Australia. He then went to the US for a number of years where he worked at various West Coast stations as an on air talent and programmer before returning to Australia in the late 1960s.
A few memories of Rhett Walker's early Australian and, later Stateside career...... (not sure where KFXM fitted into this time line ?)
Getting the ball rolling as night time DJ and sometime pop star at station 2UW in Sydney - circa late 1950/ early ' 60s
Across the Pacific to his mother's homeland.... and ....
Early days at KOL - AM in Seattle... (Rhett apparently third from the left.. hangin' out of the KOL - AM woodie wagon..)
Moving up by moving down to KRLA in Southern California (see page 11).. where he eventually replaced Casey Kasem !
Rhett doing the full celebrity DJ bit at KRLA
Rhett appears on Donovan's 1967 live album. doing the stage intros in Anaheim, CA
... And then onto KRUX in Phoenix as PD..
From there, it was just about back to Australia... in fact, back to 3DB (?) in Melbourne.... then 3AK..... and on and on he went through 6PR, 3KZ, Fox.. etc
Finally, a recap of his career (up to the mid - 1970s) as published in America's 'Billboard' music industry magazine in September, 1974
Rhett quit radio years ago and became an academic, eventually rising to the position of Professor of Business at La Trobe University in Victoria, Australia.
All the best
Bruce Corneil
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