– Michael Jackson death – Farrah Fawcett death – June 25, 2009 – Further evidence this day in history has been busier than most. Hard to believe it’s been fifteen years since the tragic news came that Pop Icon Michael Jackson had died. An already troubled figure working on what
If you owned a car this May 9th in 1979, you were no doubt preoccupied with what number your license plate ended in. Because gas rationing was being enforced and was strictly limited to odd numbered or Personalized license plates on this day. And of course it was topic A
The Burgie Big Beat featuring King Porter And his All-Stars with Jack McVea and The Platters – KNX-CBS Radio – May 10, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The early days of Rock n’ Roll were something of a free-for-all as far as bands and music were concerned. Still
Here’s a snapshot of what radio was like in Los Angeles in 1952, featuring names and voices which were popular at the time, but all but forgotten today.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – KNX-AM – Michael Jackson Show – Hour 2 – January 4, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The writing was on the wall as far back as the early 1960s; Talk Radio was a wildly popular genre in the medium of
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Bob Crane Show – Feb. 24, 1960 In retrospect, it really wasn’t that long ago that radio was a veritable hotbed of Personalities – every station and every format seemed to have those people whom the audience stuck to like glue and
