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you know you've lived in Phoenix too long when...

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indieradioguy

.... you still occasionally say, "If 1060 still played hip-hop..."

.... and you first heard Weezer's stereophonic "Sweater Song" on 1060 during its alt.radio phase

.... you remember what beer baron-era 550 was like before El Rushbo

.... you remember that time when 1100 brokered programming for an actual, literal white-nationalist group

.... and that time when there was a local War of The Worlds-type panic: for a country station

.... the local newspaper had a weekly radio column next to the crossword puzzle and comic strips

.... and Paul Harvey was the only syndicated, but technically still local, host on 620

.... and you remember what station pre-Sirius Howard Stern was on
 
indieradioguy said:
.... you remember what beer baron-era 550 was like before El Rushbo
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Actually that era would have occurred on 9~Ten. The Beer Baron cashed out before KFYI moved to 5~Fifty.

Now the Gary Edens era at KOY is another story!
 
indieradioguy said:
.... you still occasionally say, "If 1060 still played hip-hop..."

.... and you first heard Weezer's stereophonic "Sweater Song" on 1060 during its alt.radio phase

.... you remember what beer baron-era 550 was like before El Rushbo

.... you remember that time when 1100 brokered programming for an actual, literal white-nationalist group

.... and that time when there was a local War of The Worlds-type panic: for a country station

.... the local newspaper had a weekly radio column next to the crossword puzzle and comic strips

.... and Paul Harvey was the only syndicated, but technically still local, host on 620

.... and you remember what station pre-Sirius Howard Stern was on
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I remember when Sun City listeners of classical KONC 106.3 were rattled when their Mozart was replaced with Pearl Jam.

And the day when 1060 KUKQ flipped from rhythmic to country, which tanked badly in the ratings.

And the day Super Snake came to town and played nothing but “Cold Hearted Snake” during his first air shift.

And when the Republic’s media column was penned by a well-respected voiceover talent and Casey Kasem fill-in.
 
indieradioguy said:
.... you still occasionally say, "If 1060 still played hip-hop..."

.... and you first heard Weezer's stereophonic "Sweater Song" on 1060 during its alt.radio phase

.... you remember what beer baron-era 550 was like before El Rushbo

.... you remember that time when 1100 brokered programming for an actual, literal white-nationalist group

.... and that time when there was a local War of The Worlds-type panic: for a country station

.... the local newspaper had a weekly radio column next to the crossword puzzle and comic strips

.... and Paul Harvey was the only syndicated, but technically still local, host on 620

.... and you remember what station pre-Sirius Howard Stern was on
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... you remember the three way Top 40 battle between KRUX, KRIZ and KUPD.

... and when KUPD lit up the 100 kw FM and put the Top 40 battle to bed.

... and when KRIZ actually covered the whole market on 1230!

... when KBBC meant "Better Boogie Company"

... when 1580 was a daytimer but could be heard at 9 PM... in the winter!

... when Dewey Hopper came to PHX and there were letters to the editor complaining about his antics.

... when all your "older" friends listened to Bill Heywood on KOY.

... when Dick Gilbert was a famous name, but you did not know quite why.
 
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DavidEduardo said:


... you remember the three way Top 40 battle between KRUX, KRIZ and KUPD.
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And KBBC.

... and when KRIZ actually covered the whole market on 1230!
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With 250 watts, no less.

... when Dewey Hopper came to PHX and there were letters to the editor complaining about his antics.
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Many of which came from my family. :D

... when all your "older" friends listened to Bill Heywood on KOY.
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Some also listened to KOOL, at least into the mid 1970s. Ancient Modulation still ruled! There were three elevator-music stations on AM as well (OK, they were FM simulcasts, but I'm willing to bet they got quite a few listeners in those Buicks, Ford Fairlanes, and even a few aging DeSotos).
 
... you remember KOOL AM/FM/TV and KTAR AM/FM/TV
... you would stand outside the Safari Resort and watch for the on air lights to go on above the beauty shop at KOPA.
... you had a KRIZ ball
... you tried to win a Levis Gremlin from KUPD
 
johndavis said:
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... you tried to win a Levis Gremlin from KUPD
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Never that lucky...had to buy one from honest Ev Mecham Pontiac/AMC in Glendale.

You know you've lived in Phoenix too long when you remember Dodgers games on Fifty five Phoenix, Kay-Oh-why.
 
johndavis said:
... you remember KOOL AM/FM/TV and KTAR AM/FM/TV
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You remember KVAR and its Channel 12 predecessor KTYL-TV, as well as KOY-TV on Channel 10.

... KPHO radio on 1230, and before that, 1200 for its first year or so. Actually, if you remember KPHO radio at all.

... when Channel 21 aired secular programming, including a 5 PM newscast (or an unreasonable facsimile thereof).

... when KTAR switched to all-news, and replaced DJ Lucky Lawrence with anchorman Larry Wright. ;)

... Pat McMahon on KRIZ, and "Your boy" Al McCoy on KRUX. Both went on to bigger and better things. :D

... when Dick Van Dyke owned KXIV radio, and his character worked at "KXIV-TV" on The New Dick Van Dyke Show.

... when "Wonderful Russ" ran for Governor of Arizona and got about 150 write-in votes. Was KDKB not happy, so they fired him?
 
... When the gang from another radio station, upon hearing of the stories Tony Booth told of growing up on a farm, sent a live sheep to KBBC; it proceeded to jump from desk to desk in the reception and sales areas, crapping on things as it jumped.
 
Everybody did some pretty funny stuff to each other during the KOY/KKFR/KZZP radio war... 'ZZP starting a food fight at Y-95's thank you concert at Celebrity Theatre, Y paying off the sound guy to kill the stage mics and roll a tape of Glen Beck introducing the band at a KZZP show... making a fake Jay Stevens aircheck in the Power prod room and sending it to Gary Edens for a job opening... calling Alex Santamaria and telling him to do a legal ID and turn off the transmitter at KZZP and not call him back...

...but sending a live sheep to KBBC? I bow to those who came before us. We could never match that greatness.

Besides, Jay Stone would (expletive) with his own jocks in the middle of the night on KUPD just because he could. Leave no turn unstoned.
 
How about the whole story about 1400 AM in the '80s? KXIV, then an MOR station, was sold by Dick Van Dyke and switched to a very short-lived talk format as KSUN, only to go bankrupt and be sold to someone who brought "Radio AAHS" (it was a tape-based format and not a satellite network yet) to town. That lasted about a year then the station went traditional jazz (on AM) until it was sold to its current owners in late '86.
 
...Earl Baldwin had a professional radio announcing class
....Duke Shirlaw had waaay too much fun in "the middle of the damned night"
.....when you would listen to KDKB AM and, at sunset, you would hear the sound of running water and then static?
 
...John Dayl would take listener's orders for peaches on his road trips.
....When Jones & Boze announced the station was taken hostage as an April Fools Day prank.
.....When KEZ was Classy 100 and didn't play Christmas music a month before Christmas.
 
you've given listeners whiplash when accidentally playing a Lou Grubb and Tex Earnhardt commercial back to back.
you can't see the call letters KMEO without saying Cameo
you remember when there was a station called MIX but not on 96.9
you know that the Kool Gold and Real Country satellite networks originated on two valley AM stations
KVRY - WTF?
you've actually referred to Courtesy Chevrolet as "The Big C" and
you've heard an air check of W Steven Martin on "Stereo Cupid"
 
Channel 15’s prime-time lineup consisted of scrambled movies and sports that, if you messed around with the fine tuning, you might get a clear glimpse of.

95.5’s “rhythm and rock” experiment?

Channel 61 was a station that played any music video they could get their hands on, and since it was a low power station emanating from Shaw Butte, East Valley residents were out of luck.
 
...you've ever wanted to stretch out (stretch out)... on a Sun Valley Wa-ter Bed...
...you hear Santana's "All I Ever Wanted" and you're not sure if it's a Super Shops commercial...
...you thought they were singing "Commander Dave" at the end of the 21st Century Sound jingle...
 
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