Does anyone have any old airchecks of KAMC (KFAD) out of the early '70?
t.j. said:Hey Guys:
Would anybody know when in 1974 KAMC went from Prorgressive Rock to Country?
Thanks
T.J.
T.J. - when can we expect your book and/or website to be published?
I have about 90 min of KFAD from about '72-73, and another tape from about 1975 of KAMC playing rock. I would thread a tape on the reel-to-reel, hit record and let it go til the end.Jezz said:Does anyone have any old airchecks of KAMC (KFAD) out of the early '70?
bturner said:As I recall, the Progressive Country era was short. Sometime in mid to late 1974 they began playing more and more Progressive Country but stopped pretty suddenly about the time KAFM switched to Progressive Country. Within weeks of KAFM coming on, Progressive Country was back to a set of music here or there. I don't recall the exact date KAFM became Progressive Country, but I think it would be fair to say KAMC was turning back to rock within a month. Ironically the KAMC features remained in the Progressive Country era (like who was looking for or offering a ride to some place). I recall the Progressive Country bumper sticker was yellow with a rope around the edge and 95 FM in the center.
I worked at KAMC in the early 70's. I started on the 7 to midnight shift and then moved to mid day 9am to 2pm. The station played a mix of top 40 and pop but then went back to the progressive rock format that KFAD was best known for. We slowly incorporated progressive country for a while but never went full country. It was not uncommon to hear Waylon and Willie along with Led Zeppelin in the same hour. I read in the thread about 95 FM offering a ride service. This was called "The Hitchhiker" and was actually featured on a channel 8 newscast. There was an ad for it in Iconoclast and I was the poster boy in that ad. In its heyday the lineup was Ken Baker in the morning, me, Chris Favors, mid day, The Michaels in afternoon replaced later by Stuart McRea and Mike Lawrence did 7 - mid night. When Swaggart bought the station I went to work at KAFM. The format there at the time was progressive country. The program director was Chuck Dunaway. I did work with Allen farmer and Steve Coffman there. Jon Dillon was not there when it was progressive country. He was when KAFM 92.5 became Lone Star 92.5.
The two names I remember at KAFM were Dave Thomas and Steve Coffman. If I recall Dave worked mornings and Steve did afternoons. Steve ran 98.7 KTXN The Texas Mix in Victoria until his death a couple of years back.
Jon Dillon may have been involved with the Progressive Country format at KAFM. When KAFM opted for the short lived "Lonne Star" format, he made reference to 'going full circle'.
...the lineup was Ken Baker in the morning, me, Chris Favors, mid day...
Did you happen to record me in that tape? I don't have a single one from that station.