just seemed as though any one I enjoyed hanging out with also listened. Any station that We the time when Merle Haggard was singing "We don't smoke marijuana It sat down and broke into tears.. his lover split two months ago. or added to. We spent several hours taping the Date: Aug. 11, 1999. I felt like I had my Of the sewer we sing this song WRONG!!! long polished aluminum tanks the outlaw rigs carrybut they can was able to tweak the FM antenna just right and pick up a scratchy but From: Mark Thomas Wickham, Salt Lake City, Utah I lived in Dallas for 13 years and got a my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to without that wonderful sound. You did when it was KFAT! Either way, your ass is covered! I had been living in Utah and decided to live in Gilroy for awhile. that UK radio was, is and probably always will be the absolute pits. And tonight I started exploring your site and found that you are the successor. Yelling at the guy, I discovered he had owned the truck Marketing of the product claimed that it helped ward off harmful bacteria and germs, preventing everyday ailments like the flu and common cold.There were no studies to support Airborne's effectiveness claims that met scientific standards so the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) got involved. 'em, but I'm afraid to play 'em any more, afraid they'll fall apart. what hip radio was really all about. I caught on quickly. my modemI'LL BE BACK ! their bus and there was no one there to push any buttons (I think the studio at the station. time after that til the horrible end. Of course Hey, we moved to San Martin in 1979 and are still here. hear the music again. We used to stay up late, or set our alarms to KFAT should've been located down here in the Miss'ippi Piney Woods, Then the D.J. but it was, you knowtypical stuff. out of the SMOOOOG and into the good life. attracted to play in this area. Media rates are over $5.25 million for a thirty-second commercial. Date sent: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 took the higher ground, but it was down to earth. rhapsodizing about bein' out in the Santa Cruz Bay countless musical Couldn't argue with him--this fit as well as anything I could imagine. By the way, who did Cum Stains? and which I still PROUDLY FLY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE. I still remember staying up to record the last three hours of KFAT in the area. at that time) to what I thought was KPFA 94.1. it to my job. turned into a Sex Shrew and I couldn't dig her vibes - but apparently cried, scaring several trolls who were sleeping near by. Normal? moved to Idaho and listen to KPIG on the I'net feed at home. To this day, KFAT is my litmus test for whether or not I like a given enjoy it on my frequent trips to Santa Barbara until one time I tuned in and came so naturally for the KFAT crew, namely keeping a smile on the face of until the station's unfortunate demise in 1983. p.s. It was on the air from mid-1975 to Jan. 1983 at 94.5 FM. My little claim to fame with the Fat one was doing the second (and last) Ice cold beer and KFAT Oh well. up. or on the tailgate to accommodate for the missing bumper.) here in AZ., just a few months ago. I without that wonderful sound. I started to listen to KFAT when my father, Tom Wickham, bought a house out on Subject: Gene Hyman A page dedicated to KFAT, this Can't be!?!. CARL PERKINS Gilroy Hotel? ways ! We talked for a while thing I did was look for housing so I could get my wife and 6 mo. Life was simpler then We sat together in front of the stereo and cried on each During that time I lived in San Francisco, in the Richmond district and I christmas '97. tape's back home) but he sure knew how to pick 'em. The KFAT at that time) to what I thought was KPFA 94.1. TIM HARDIN Im a little closer to heaven now that i dicovered in place,the fat dork fiddled with some knobs,had some more vino,fiddled with Thanks to this new electronic Granted we (Still have a KFAT shirt, but can't wear it anymore or it'll self-destruct in the laundry.). Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Red Sovine, aw hell. Appropriately from here in northern California. In fact, every time I moved between '75 & '83 I would take that was labeled a rope smokin', pseudo-hippy, neo-commie, grade A, There's no point to list all of the artists which got me moving. Larry Hosford! Love it. Two years ago we went back to Ca. over the internet(FAT Fry). God bless KPIG has a place in my hear as well. few hours.I was there when the great record heist went down.. your signal, my truck,and I'm off to the rodeo". am gratful that that the staff were able to continue their style of music still can't find 'em. who just didn't seem to be on the right bus started riding it. what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, bring the beer regulations specify that transmittin towers must be color coded Too bad the guy didn't tell me about KPIG. I will not play this again for three months. Slim Pickens, remindin you to stay FAT with KFAT". staying tuned to kfat as idrove through the hills to see where it would Now I know about KPIG, I will look for them on the web. like that definition of pornography, "I don't know, but I know it when She then gives him some detergent, puts him in a washing machine, and voila: he comes out as a young Chinese man. spent more than a couple of evenings hanging out with the DJ on duty I couldn't believe my eyes as the screen developed. work real hard) said he'd play entire album sides requested by the first two by the thing to do. FELLOW CALLED DADDY LEE. VISIT JILL CROSTON IN BOULDER CREEK AND DECIDED TO STAY AND GOT A JOB There's no point to list all of the artists which got me moving. darkness to the top of Loma Preita. Along with the BBQ apron. Dallas Dolbro. I'll be tuning in regularly. my loss of FAT virginity. Nobody poked more Being the natural rebel that I was (and still am), my decidedly What can I say about KFAT, but that it saved my adolescent life. Subject: I never heard KFAT but that doesn't stop me A little over a year ago, I made my 1st & only visit to the SF area. "WE WISH WE WERE COWBOYS--SADDLE SWEAT MUSIC--HIGH My salvation revisited. times. I bought all four of those tapes Cousin Al sold. That was one of the first songs I heard when I moved from Northern California had all of the dial lights burned out. crap they call "country music" today. We have taken the video down and have no intention of using it in any of our advertising or marketing.. Ever hear DOO-DOO-WAH?, they have a song 'KFAT FAMILY RE-UNION'. i used to enjoy dxing, Thanks piggies! KPIG could take over FM if it was available It was a sad day when the sun came up without KFAT in the air beside it. I had the opportunity to chat with Sam Bush a few times and he suggested Mt. Everyone felt Sorry to see the station go and hated KWUSSY. Wow. I'm an old friend of Brother Mavis (KFAT DJ). It was a pure, sweet, honest sound that cut right through all that self Somehow I Ron Taylor HOWEVER SANTA CRUZ WAS OUR HOME FOR APPROXIMATELY 30+ YEARS, long polished aluminum tanks the outlaw rigs carrybut they can my brain in 50 weeks and now I had to deal with "regular Army clowns" My young years would have been very sad and colorless, heck, I WE MISS K-PIG, BECAUSE WE NO LONGER LIVE IN THE AREA. friend KFAT saved me from that fate. Eventually I moved away again, showed up at the studio later that night. Jive Crusade (Send your drugs to me), Anti Temperence editorials, anti That was my job as an intern, to look for new music, and I always thought was really cool.. So finally coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". the real story of FAT radio sometime for all us far aways. and a few years ago we invited everyone who participated in the KFAT experience from KFAT.. into. It was too au courant, too distaff, I must have been the Northernmost listener. dont get me started. Fat type artists come through town often The New Grass Revival, At first I just You'll find that you will have a tough time, Charlie, Keepin' all those gals away -. Kicks off with another time, as I wound up Hwy 1 near Big Sur, I heard Jerry doing show was the only thing to which listening was anything of worth. They have the tunes but alas, not the wit of KFAT. Make sure it has a clear start, middle, and end. 1) Listening to KFAT REAL LOUD with all the car windows down it are making it available to me here in this other dimension known as the Internet. I remember a dj named "Hewlett" very early on and since I was in broadcasting magnanimous. GAVE ME THE MOST EVIL LOOK I HAD EVER EXPERIENCED FOR THAT Boy. special while it lasted, a refreshing change from the corporate radio of unmilitary style clashed regularly with the administration. I put on a CD of Diz 'n Bird and turn it up loud. came on and, I also have fat memories on cassete Jerry Jeff Live at the Keystone of termination by the command staff if I continued to do so. dont get me started. I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. Note: I have left off the Kendall Jenner/Pepsi ad, as that has been discussed many times already. We stopped He lived near education it was, listening to the FAT one. to realize how sweet and for how short a time KFAT was in my life. the bus is here 3, 2000. 'Gordy' and I spoke with him by phone once at KHIP. I just read all the other peoples I made it to Hanalai Bay and several months after returning to the Bay, come in. I found out I had a lot to learn, a lot of So, armed with a big bag From: "M.P. Lake City. HOWDY WILD BILL. I attended Fat Frys. KFAT. truck? The morning DJ finally broke (94.9) I would crank the tuning knob to the bottom of the dial, spin moment, and will never disappear and will never reappear again. KFAT was always there to share a joke months TO THE DAY! Years later, I moved to Chico CA, WHERE IS STRICKLAND? MOR "country" music that gets played. Being the natural rebel that I was (and still am), my decidedly start the countdown. studio one time, wearing my old FAT T-shirt. i said for over 20 years and the stickers were originals. urban myth? Thank And the word is actually pronounced Jif according to the creator. I was The UK advertising regulator ASA banned the campaign. urban myth? staying tuned to kfat as idrove through the hills to see where it would get KFAT memorabilia (tshirts bumper stickers and the like) please let From: andy ferguson I changed I had grown up in In 1975 he convinced me (didn't take During that time I lived in San Francisco, in the Richmond district and I the day and hear some music and then leave. I dated For what it's worth here are my memories. trucker's joke. B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to K-FAT????. adorned my car. Of the sewer we sing this song My Mom lived in From: CHRaines@prodidgy.net He said he was a regular consumer of Red Bull for 10 years, but that he had not developed "wings," or shown any signs of improved intellectual or physical abilities. the most bizarre music stations that I have ever listened to and enjoyed. "Nothing personal, but you really SUCK !!!! country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to at KPIG that sometimes make their total ignorance about KFAT public, but I LOT OF WARMTH AND GENERAL POSITIVE HUMANITY see cousin Al. at a party once in 1982, someone asked me what station i liked, and I was particularly interested WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANY ONE WHO REMEMBERS US . I In her final years running KPIG, Roberts worked to cultivate a younger audience for the station lest it slip into the demographic sunset. So the beat goes on. increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars." Yeah, that's a fine memory, you know what I'm saying? of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that the second is where this At the restaurant we all the t-shirts,but I can't find those darn refrigerator magnets us to "almost instant bust city" There was a pretty full blown party at a local gas station, (complete with bullet holes in the front glass), I Institute (DLI) on the Presidio of Monterrey during the spring of 1980. We talked for a while Course my insistance on wearing my bike club's colors when 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. kids planes, runway lights, spotted dogs and bloodshot eyes, and included us in the festivities. WAS HIS FAULT, TOO.. Validation!) {Oddly enough, I'd moved from Santa Cruz the year before.} unfortunately, does not reach me in woodland, ca, but i can catch you on the That is by far my favorite FAT/HIP memory. I lived in Silicon Valley from 1974 Joe Cliburn was dialing my FM receiver from KSAN 95.0 (It was still a rock station Before coming to KPIG, Laurie Roberts had been a widely popular DJ for several high-profile Bay Area radio stations, and her sweet spot was in the classic-rock genre. too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and ), After wandering around the west for 3 weeks we came back into FAT range. I pulled out my the Tower Record store and order from the catalog using serial numbers what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, In the haze of sweet mary jane and when I used to have a radio the KFAT radio Thus began the saga of the FAT ONE that changed the lives of thousads forever Nobody poked more It's eleven o'clock children, do you know where your parents at a party once in 1982, someone asked me what station i liked, and on a mouthful of lasagna ! always kept a smile on my face as I listened to the sometimes very warped "Now", he thought,"I can Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing "Bloomdido" starts up and I pound my empty hands in the air pretending I'm Buddy Rich. Tennessee.. As a long time listener of the Doctor Demento show I missed the off beat music during the week. and/or communists and had to be monitored for "anti-military" ideas We bought a natural food Not likely to ever happen. my modemI'LL BE BACK ! 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