Friday, January 07, 2011

This is what I sounded like in 1977

Great Big Radio, despite my restraining order and seventeen injunctions, is playing one of my radio shows tonight from 8-9 PST, 11-12 EST.  It's from 1977 when I was Beaver Cleaver on KTNQ (The New TenQ), Los Angeles. Not sure what I was on besides speed and helium, but I was completely out of my mind in those days. And the music! I hope somebody at the station was getting well paid to play this stuff.

There will also be an encore from 11-12 PST, 2-3 am EST. 

You can hear it on Great Big Radio here. If you dare.

14 comments :

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lucifervandross said...

Wow, I am amazed how much it sounds like a recent station playing oldies, except the live ads by Ken between songs.

Now i want strawberry soda.

Jeffrey Leonard said...

Ken...If you compare the music you were playing on the radio in 1977 to what crap they play today, Debby Boone, Carole King and the Commodores actually sound pretty good. By the way, did you ever end up getting your picture on the Ten-Q music menu? I still have some of those. No "Beaver" on any of the ones I have except maybe Nancy Plum!

Howard Hoffman said...
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Howard Hoffman said...

Wait. Wait. I thought of something better.

And it's all brought to you by Dentrix Spamming blogs with bullshit for 3 days!

He sounds great, doesn't he? We're thinking of hiring him but we can't find what street corner he's working.

RCP said...

You sound great, Ken - and I enjoyed Brown Sugar!

rock golf said...

Carole King: "The Jewish Queen of Soul"?

Craig L. said...

"music from the movie of the year... Abbott and Costello meet Charles Manson... rated PG, bring the family". I ROFLMAO'd when I heard you say it in '77 and tonight I ROLMAO'd again.

YEKIMI said...

Damn, I thought I was the only DJ in the world who had a PD that made me play the disco version of "Baby Face". And Ken, you might want to update your info on 440: Satisfaction, your radio info seems to stop in 1995 when you were doing pbp for the Padres. Anyways, really enjoyed the blast from the past!

Horaceco said...

I'm 14 again! I can feel the pimples coming on.

Bob Oscar Johnson said...

Jeffrey Leonard, as far as I know, there were no KTNQ surveys with the Beav on them; here's a link to a rare KYA survey from 1974 that has a picture of "Beaver Cleever" on it (misspelling...again, Ken, can you tell the story behind this misspelling at KYA? Did they think it would prevent them from getting sued? Or did some dumb gofer screw up the spelling?)
http://www.classictop40radio.blogspot.com/

Bob Oscar Johnson said...

Link didn't fully print to the Beaver KYA survey..here it is again..
http://www.classictop40radio.blogspot.com

VP81955 said...

Ken...If you compare the music you were playing on the radio in 1977 to what crap they play today, Debby Boone, Carole King and the Commodores actually sound pretty good.

Is that indicative of how desperate we've become? Even back then, we sensed the golden age of Top 40 had died about 1974 or so.

By Ken Levine said...

I'm going to post the KYA survey picture later today on the blog (with links back to where I got it) along with an explanation for the mis-spelling.