"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
KHJ-KABC-KXLA – Dec. 30-31, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you were a kid, growing up in Los Angeles in the 1950s, chances are you weren’t born here. In the 1950s it was “the great trek west” a…
KMET – B. Mitchel Reed – June 25, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 1970 – Summer School has started. You heard that if you crammed as many classes between the end of June and August, you could…
KNX-AM/FM – The Michael Jackson Show with Bishop C. Fain Kyle – October 11, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Civil Rights movement was a hot button issue all across America in 1965. Los Angeles wasn’t immune –…
September 10, 1955 – KNX Celebrates 35 years – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 10, 1955 – That was the day and the month KNX (now KNX 1070 Newsradio) got started in a small building (later to become KMPC…
Pomona Fairgrounds – Leonard Cummings Interviews J.C. Agajanian and Tony Bettenhauser – Feb. 24, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Car Culture – an integral part of our Society since someone had the brilliant idea of matching up the…
KNX Radio – Megalopolis At Night: A Visit To The Potted Pigeon – June 8, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – L.A. nightlife in the early 60s. A lot going on and no shortage of restaurants and night clubs.…
September 1, 2001 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September1, 2001 – A reasonably quiet day, unless you were in Sioux City Iowa, in which case, you were reeling over the grisly murder which took place…
Los Angeles and West Coast Radio Commercials – 1950s-1970s – Various places and products – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although I am one who actively shuns “the good old days” when talking about the past, there are times when…
Jaime Laredo, Violin with The Los Angeles Philharmonic – Sixten Ehrling, Guest Conductor -July 27, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another rare and historic concert this week. From the 1965 Hollywood Bowl season, a concert with the Los…
Clifford Clinton Commentaries – Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts – August 20, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Everyone who has seen the legendary film Chinatown often wonders if L.A. was really such a corrupt place in the…