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KDAY – Earl Trout – May 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – We got bills to pay and mouths to feed: Become a Patron! You have to admit, May 1970 is no fun. The world has become an insane place. It doesn’t help matters any that you feel like...
KNX-AM/FM – March 27, 1957 – Bob Crane Program – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It may not seem like a lot to you, but . . .Become a Patron! If you ever lived in a house in Los Angeles built before 1957 and wondered why there was what looked...
Become a Patron! The older you get, the faster time goes by – there’s clinical proof someplace. You remember a time when a week felt like a month and a month felt like a century. You remember New Year’s Eve 1969 and you remember exactly where you were when it...
WOR-AM – The Barry Gray Program -2:00 am – 2:30 am – December 12, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Five bucks a month, or even a buck a month makes all the difference in the world: Become a Patron! If you were one of those people who subscribed...
CBS Radio – Blueberry Hill (preview/audition broadcast) – March 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – We’re here because of you (hint-hint): Become a Patron! Had there not been World War 2, this program might have gone unnoticed and largely forgotten. Why it came about isn’t clear, but it marked...
Mike Roy’s Weekend Cooking Show – KNX – August 26, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If we helped take your mind of things, you might want to chip in:Become a Patron! Chef Mike Roy was a fixture in L.A. Popular culture from the 1950s up until his death...
KHJ – Charlie Tuna – February 23, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! If you were a teenager and lived in L.A. and it was anywhere from late November 1968 to March 1969, chances were you had the flu. Not just any flu, but the dreaded...
KMPC – Geoff Edwards – Roger Carroll – June 14, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I’ll just leave this right here and you can think about it:Become a Patron! Much as many Pop Culture mavens would have you believe the entire world grew their hair long the second...
NBC Monitor – 4:15pm – 5:15pm – June 19, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! America in the 1950s. An afternoon on a typical Sunday in 1955. To a lot of you, it’s a dim-distant past that bears no resemblance to life in America today. To...
KROQ – Brent Kalen – 2:55 pm – 3:55 pm – February 28 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Would you be up for helping us preserve all this stuff, for like a buck a month? Become a Patron! Could have been something as simple as Valentine’s Day; the...
