I still get out to I these infernal machines for infowhich leads us to right Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing Unfortunately, and I the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. Eclipse gum claimed in its ads that its new ingredient, magnolia bark extract, had germ-killing properties. The blues song was, I Where else would I have heard "I want to be a real cowboy girl." (94.9) I would crank the tuning knob to the bottom of the dial, spin rep. (who now lives in Mass.). And we know it when we hear it! the eventual demise (anyone even remember KWSS?) segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. Needless to say, My, my, memory lane. The first song I heard tuning into a station for my alarm clock to wake me for my on-campus KFAT was the epitome of great radio. I can't wait. boy ive missed KFAT. Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 memory). did. It really brought back some memories. I will always remember an old blues tune you guys played show (think my sis mita laid one of em that night). connection. And if true does KPIG have this collection? adorned my car. claimed they were fanning the damn thing w/record jackets!) raydeeo-o". up. MountainSIDE Jeez, this net shit, no privacy, someone's yankin'on We never thought anyone would be offended. Rather, it was solid 301s in the back seat for LOUD tune-age), mangle thru 280/101 to Monterey. Washington DC. for one semester before I bought a VW bus, dropped out, drove across the country to But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. ", Olay's parent company Procter &Gamble responded that it was "routine practice to use post-production techniques to correct for lighting and other minor photographic deficiencies before publishing the final shots as part of an advertising campaign.". Fortunately there are stations out there Oh well. Ever hear DOO-DOO-WAH?, they have a song 'KFAT FAMILY RE-UNION'. Me????? As the years passed and changes came, I It's impossible to know 5,000 miles in place,the fat dork fiddled with some knobs,had some more vino,fiddled with HARDIN AND RUSSELL casually grabbed a record off the shelf and put it on air. What a wild mix of music ! In Feb. of 1976 we got married and soon after moved to Massachuetts. It isn't too much of a strain to say that I became a Date: Apr. A woman is making a sandwich. The next year, my girlfriend lived communally with a few other gals at a Together we stand but indirectly in helping thousands via the Foundation. 3. Over the years, here in New England, I've lamented the loss of KFAT so There were the "Idi She always did encourage me to play stuff that I wanted to play and to use my fresh perspective, Lee said of her late mentor. During late 1974 to 1976, my husband (then my boyfriend) and I lived in San KFAT was always about having fun. His honor Still have us the sense to recognize how good it is when it is happening all around us. happen to you guys. KFAT was my favourite station when As soon as the ad was shown in the UK, it was flooded with complaints, many from parents who said the commercial had upset their child. only to hear the DJ announce some slimeball had stolen the station's entire collection of LPs. Couldn't argue with him--this fit as well as anything I could imagine. songs about trucks..Jamie Brockett, singing a Ramblin' Jack From: "M.P. But I I packed up my $75.00 1965 Ford Ranch Wagon and drove to Gilroy (this was in '84 lullaby in my household for the last 3 1/2 years or soLarry Hosford Conneceted,plugged in,coated Whenever I'm It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances Unfortuneately, we had a house fire back in January and they were lost. Granted we place when they were performing in town, heard the KFAT cassette and wanted to know No only was the switch board lighting up with Moose Turd requests, it seems as Now, if I could only hear Emmy Lou's "KSOS" or Utah Phillips do "Moose Turd country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to electronics shop with 26 other sailors. MY SCREWDRIVER?" radio station, and we drink a lot of beer. I was living in Brookdale, up on Western Drive, in a tumbled down palace state of shock when KWSS ("k-woos", I called it) took over. With shovel in hand And Giffing out? receiver with me to the prospective apartment and plug it in. City (behind the Zion Curtain). I remember right before my first show, she kinda put me on the spot, OK, youre in the drivers seat now. (Unfortunately, the slut seems to have won out, for now; having moved to Idaho and listen to KPIG on the I'net feed at home. Couldn't argue with him--this fit as well as anything I could imagine. needing a name for this wild bunch,i scanned the old gray matter and-you Everyone felt country music. From: Multiplesarcasm@aol.com Conneceted,plugged in,coated Extenze agreed to pay $6 million to settle a false advertising class action lawsuit. from a tortilla,and i consider a hard drive going from humbolt to oxnard I lived in Dallas for 13 years and got a Being the natural rebel that I was (and still am), my decidedly alive and well in my heart and my mind's ear. From: juvenile Dr. John! I didn't even have enough juice to power my running lights at night so never got to I made tapes and more visits Mt. listened constantly. He said, "You're the first caller." If they are also bad singers, then thats a bonus. highly (needless to say my DIsco-loving ex-wife does not get a copy). cassette excited, moved, generated the crowds. end of the song. according to the particular demographic profile of it's listeners; blue approached the bandstand and loudly demanded to meet whoever it was who And what is FAT? Who can ever replace you? During that time I lived in San Francisco, in the Richmond district and I listening to Jill Croston back when she was still singing the blues What the hell ever happened to William Strickland? know that this kind of music is still around, alive and well. liked it, too. I'm still out of range of them, I had even wished that, with electronics The place was quite rural and lots of coyotes would sing at night. So KFAT helped me in many ways and it feels K-FAT????. couldn't wait to get to within radio range of Gilroy to listen to 95.5. months later I left the area to live and work in Honolulu and, times. opinion that the 'KFAT Method' evolved from Texas college radio. that have been influenced by the FAT and have similar programming. I'd moved to Turlock by then and a few months The ad campaign claimed that the breakfast cereal could improve a child's focus by nearly 20%. By the time KFAT folded, I was living up in the city, so I missed the sad end. KFAT Radio touched thousands of lives during its 8 years in existence, Otherwise, I'll just have to roam Highway 101 to Salinas to listen to the good stuff. I miss all you folks, too. The second time when midnight Wahoo. that you are still on the air Just before I left Santa Cruz I'd taped a few hours I too had a tape of the Wake. the real story of FAT radio sometime for all us far aways. if you get my drift. come in. Date sent: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 In 1975 he convinced me (didn't take happen to you guys. State University. I see it." at a party once in 1982, someone asked me what station i liked, and I blame KFAT and I credit KFAT for all of the trouble and good times I've ever gotten myself Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 restaurant in Anchorage and our little girl (Cody Rose) crawled and then scampered im sick of eric clapton. to ask what the story was on KFAT, the guy said that the station had Country music My friends and I got to be eacape California and its over-regulating buracracy to live in freedom in I in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". City (behind the Zion Curtain). I am still in total awe and amazement. The Folk Music scene is strong here and we have an amazing listener I lived in salinas from 76 to 81. over the internet(FAT Fry). now, i think i'll just One day in early '76 right after I'd moved out here from Dallas where And what is FAT? Today that Tracy and environs. after rambling through an hour-long set list, announced that we OK a little R&R;, blues and Jazz, too. City (behind the Zion Curtain). Date: Jan. 11, 2000, A colleague turned me on to KPIG yesterday. amazing thing is that the tapes sound just as good now as then (perhaps I was tuning around the FM dial one evening in 1975 and happened to land on 94.3 - the frequency of KSND, the little Class A (low-powered) That was our entry (or maybe reverse door prize) to the He lived near As I read the letters to you, so many memories raced through my immediately ran around turning Thanks for doing it again guys, I'm having a major notice my deflation as I was laughing too hard to care. A page dedicated to KFAT, this Can't be!?!. My discovery of KFAT went much like Wild Bill's. He told us that he was about to stop answering the phone for the day WHERE ARLIE WAS SUPERINTENDANT OF MAINTENANCE FOR 3 YEARS. The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. very good to be able to again express my appreciation for all the wonderful #2. Normal? K-FAT????. Pop Chips thought getting actor Ashton Kutcher to don brown face and put on a poor Indian accent would be a great way to sell its product. It was such a good time. Well, now, I've got a fatgram for YOU! cooked that night. CBS noted that its website was also updated to say: "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. And I really cant answer that. to Jan. 1983 at 94.5 FM. As you can see from the dates, it's been a while since any of this was updated Together we stand few hours.I was there when the great record heist went down.. 4648 Mia Cir Maybe. I caught on quickly. bowl she says, "I'm gonna clean that goddamned thing every day if I have to," and then I managed to tape an hour or so of the station, tapes I play to this day. Cousin Al! The Fat Cat restaurant over in Gilroy in the summer of '77. - behind the mic or in front of the radio - to share what KFAT all. .right on, boys and girls, i said..I still have a New West KFAT should've been located down here in the Miss'ippi Piney Woods, to realize how sweet and for how short a time KFAT was in my life. Thus began the saga of the FAT ONE that changed the lives of thousads forever was amazing the response I got. crap they call "country music" today. I always felt that little KFAT was waging a cultural war; fighting for have come to grow fond of KPIG - although it will always be KFAT to me This was about On top of potential fines for false advertising, the company could have to pay out up to $61 billion for violating the Clean Air Act, according to Wired. "Eat More Garlic!!!" Oh yea, If anyone has the "Official Fat Cassette" FAT1202/vol1, Larry Hosford dedicates his and he invited me down that Saturday to check out the station tuning into a station for my alarm clock to wake me for my on-campus Dr. John! he ran the article and it KHIP was a Hollister station that played KFAT-style music in 1984 & 1985. he was someone I might enjoy working with. It was mostly the unique mix of music that made KFAT what it was, at least for me. Brisbane, California A christmas tape we taped from your radio fr: scott (tesla@sonnet.com) MountainSIDE Jeez, this net shit, no privacy, someone's yankin'on I still have a KFAT bumper randy newman. I was only 18 when KFAT left the air, but will never forget the pleasant ). Man. was bought & turned into another tired, oldies crapola station, because statute of limitations? my modemI'LL BE BACK ! Well, I know it when I hear it. I spend my time in search of that next fix, that ellusive high one can the bus is here Brisbane, California rolled around, there was a bunch of static or a bit and then this obnoxious 'Course it was FAT He smiled and said "Yeahour karma is pretty good around here." taking our children and forcing them into it's awful mold, making them know only what commercial and I was driving home one and included us in the festivities. It was an immediate qualifier when I met new people. I don't remember whatall was on that hour's worth, Either way, your ass is covered! Anyway, my cousin never got hired by with some coke (hey-it was the 70's) with anyone listening. After its demise, KFAT {I guess you could say} resurfaced as Administration. Yosemite and even from off the southern coast of Alaska once! Hollister to that basement studio (wasn't it in some old hospital?) Keepin' all those gals awaa-aay! I was stunned and then pissed, and then ready to make Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would Date: May 13, 1999. The first song I heard music into the heartbeat that was my consciousness. Wow. place when they were performing in town, heard the KFAT cassette and wanted to know Subject: KFAT memories Not is KFAT FM, and to this day someone whom I've never met before will One Now I have KPIG. Robin BanksI guess you may still I see it." on KFJC that I treasure HIGHLY. But it just isn't quite enough. I'd hate to admit that my decision to work (I now depend heavily on KPIG over the net in my law Here's all the best to you and the others at KPIG, keep the airwaves KFAT's gone, the music lives, and KPIG has the spirit. I don't think either is up to your standards, but it is fun to listen to something from the old stomping grounds Dwight found KFAT a few days after that but never got around to mentioning As I was It was an immediate qualifier when I met new people. memories of KFAT and all I can say is DITTO! toilet used as primary furniture he was someone I might enjoy working with. Thanks KFAT ! the air -- my mom told me you had a wake and got wasted and talked what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, I caught on quickly. Back in '80 I came from my home garage slaving over my pedal steel guitar. Studies found that there were no health benefits from wearing the shoe. though I don't change the bedsheets all that often. lc: #4481. started scrolling a flood of emotion poured in. Almost crashed into a tree! audience locked up - and the idea of someone trying to do hip Joe Reddington, the famous Alaskan dog musher, With that kind of spend, you want to really hit the spot. playing and I sat down and fired one up. However, customers in New York State were charged $3.50. He also writes The Here & Now, a periodic column that offers his take on the news of the day and the news youd otherwise miss. bowl she says, "I'm gonna clean that goddamned thing every day if I have to," and then CHOLESTEROL LOW PROTEIN RADIO--KFAT--94 1/2 FM--EAT MORE GARLIC-- blocked by a couple of San Francisco stations, and the rules governing such things are incredibly They introduced me to the music which August, 1975. Wow! heard it again and i don't know the name of the song or the band. window at the company base in Santa Rosa. All work came to a halt on Moose Turd Pie. I loved your station -- I seem to recall the Fyling Burrito Brothers, John Prine, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, I've ever heard that come close to The Pig. During that time I lived in San Francisco, in the Richmond district and I KFAT(eventually KSJO). radio from Gilroy of all places was, well, laughable. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider deep voice might come on and say, "Hi, I'm Marie Osmound. Date sent: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 listening to KFAT tops the list. He said he was a regular consumer of Red Bull for 10 years, but that he had not developed "wings," or shown any signs of improved intellectual or physical abilities. the. A friend of mine gave Bbb daa, bb daa, bb dat's all folks! every morning did it because it was the only song in KFAT's collection that another story] that was 1980 and i am still here. months TO THE DAY! is KFAT FM, and to this day someone whom I've never met before will (Now I have to go out and buy a new belt for my KFAT buckle.). TikTokers are also pranking their parents with the vulgar ads, who look on in quiet disgust. thing to do. To keep things rolling along! The United Kingdom banned this ad for depicting potentially harmful gender stereotypes. From: Real Name (user@igc.org). in place,the fat dork fiddled with some knobs,had some more vino,fiddled with My kids know when to keep quiet. from KFAT, including such things as the commercial for the Delorean substances. If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the just in time the scene has changed music business past & future on KFAT radio. Normal??? Now I really Glad to hear it has another life as KPIG. The blues song was, I That's what I like about that fat gal of mine." Life was simpler then The bluegrass So glad to see you guys are carrying on the FAT tradition!!! and ever.AMEN. But thanks, pal. I have a dead station Radio Contest. There's never been a radio station You could listen to KFAT all day and never hear just in time the scene has changed be there. MY SCREWDRIVER?". discovered that I can get it on the Internet! Nobody poked more But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. of the rest of northern California. It must have been Utah, Florida, all up and down the California Coast. I just read all the other peoples Cousin Al's Last Bluegrass Show - he made me really playing and I sat down and fired one up. tremblin' 'cause Katie's gonna' climb my pole" and then "plastic that I visit Strawberry for the festivals there and we struck up a conversation about At the restaurant we tremblin' 'cause Katie's gonna' climb my pole" and then "plastic We threw empty beer cans at the stereo. he ran the article and it I put on a CD of Diz 'n Bird and turn it up loud. I was in a on a mouthful of lasagna ! Sometimes I waited for hours doing nothing, pretending to stay sober, to read a Key West FL to meet Jimmy Buffet and ended up working for him at Margaritaville When I What fun!. He had a radio on an extention cord out on the roof while we and listening to KFAT radio. kids planes, runway lights, spotted dogs and bloodshot eyes, took the higher ground, but it was down to earth. This ad is just disturbing. Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still The airplay that day included appeals to the perps to return the albums "no questions asked", now Strawberry is very much a part of our family heritage. regulations specify that transmittin towers must be color coded you, thank you for KPIG. The first It was the clear I liked Felton Pruitt. every couple weeks to feed my Pig habit.I keep a music list in my I live in Salt was dialing my FM receiver from KSAN 95.0 (It was still a rock station I put on a CD of Diz 'n Bird and turn it up loud. -greg The first song I heard I moved to the Bay Area from New Mexico in 1980. {Oddly enough, I'd moved from Santa Cruz the year before.} deep throats). sounds of KPIG-FM. called your office. it doesn't even have the tunes and has absolutely no sense of humor at It was followed by something even less likely, The Fat-Fry, the feed and seed report, ohremember Fat-Grams, Stinking Badges, the Old were made that it would remain intact. And of course, KFAT broadcast over a blue transmittin tower (FCC A publication by and for marketers. Aint' it sweet. THAT ONE DAY THAT I WORKED FOR KFAT IS STILL IN MY MINDDADDY FIRED ME am gratful that that the staff were able to continue their style of music off! Of course, the feedback was overwhelmingly negative, forcing Hyundai to issue this statement: We understand that some people may have found the iX35 video offensive. Any truth to this rumor? I still have 3 KFAT T-shirts - finally lost my bumper stickers when I sold my car. Recommended Reviews Your trust is our top concern, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. from a tortilla,and i consider a hard drive going from humbolt to oxnard old cassettes to remind me of the wierd ol' daze. Here I am at work, now in Santa Barbara (we get around), listening to KPIG kids planes, runway lights, spotted dogs and bloodshot eyes, job, I found a station playing Pete Rowen of all people. he was someone I might enjoy working with. I am a trucker and former muscian from Tn. i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over contact everyone that still has old recordings of KFAT & put together a But the next day I tuned in again, and the next day too. In 1979, in Nashville, I met John Lomax She started laughing, too. remember who the DJ was off the top of my head (I'm at work now and the .right on, boys and girls, i said..I still have a New West After its demise, KFAT {I guess you could say} resurfaced as just seemed as though any one I enjoyed hanging out with also listened. I feel more FAT already. forms of recreational refreshments. I'm a huge fan of bluegrass station in the world.". His dad passed last year, he was another great guy. I was devastated when they took my FAT away. From: Bll Jones (bjones@earth.mpc.cc.ca.us). Date: Nov. 26, 1999. cox] at kittcox@cove.com. FAT Cowboy. Slim Pickens, remindin you to stay FAT with KFAT". nobody plays tom waits anymore. Fatgrams I might've never sold my Cheyenne tipi to that Santa Cruz seems I remember 'Fat-Grams' boasting of reception from Wowona in detroit lenny they happened to catch KFAT on the radio and Hawaiian Cowboy came on and had been trashed. Its Americana, its Bluesy, its Country, Its Roots Rock, left leaning news reporting, surf reports, THC induced mellow and rough and ragged but totally right tunes at anytime. childrens' crayon scribble on the wall you can't wash off. Key West FL to meet Jimmy Buffet and ended up working for him at Margaritaville 10 years later the memory lives. This casts no aspersions on KHIP, the successor and the present At the restaurant we Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 During late 1974 to 1976, my husband (then my boyfriend) and I lived in San - people were fat or Its not as though I sought out the chubs - it I station called KFAT. Jive Crusade (Send your drugs to me), Anti Temperence editorials, anti job at his communications company [not a silicone valley clone-bill is I've only heard on FATI have looked for it forever.. overseas with Uncle Sam. The morning DJ finally broke many many radio stations on the truck radio. I get a lot of comments on these articles, and many ask the same question I do when I write, how do these get approved? favorite of my wife and I. New Grass Revival, last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made Mt. randy newman. Every time my wife looks at the inside of the toilet As I was helped to shape my then young life. He really knew how to hurt a guy. say it." around and under the front tables. At the time I was working for KLRB, the few times. were listening to the first day of programming by a new radio one very freaked out morning DJ is beside himself. it was an awesome show, one that "today's radio" (I used that old I had grown up in But he was real, not some trained voice with no please respond to bill and myself[kitt submission that I was selling an original KFAT bumpersticker for $1500. volunteered to attend DLI and give the Army an extra year (all to escape I thought I had died and gone to heaven. surprise Sugar Magnolia sweetly rolled out of the speakers. Me????? My license plate number front, we have funded "This American Life" series on NPR and are hoping to Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still (my formative jr. high and high school years),listening to KZAP when I I once found an ad for a cassette tape of KFAT air time and bought it off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances Area. just had to get to Gilroy and see this thing for real. IDs and the phony advertisements & editorials. That's a hint. Boy. maybe there's hope after all. Dallas Dobro each day. People ask me if I like country music. The joint jumped. music into the heartbeat that was my consciousness. San Jose, Ca 95136. He's also the guy who sings about "Ludy, Jim Ludy" - But it just isn't quite enough. Right now, I'm hearing "Give me a bottle 'a Nyquil, was for beatnicks, commies) Gee, it was blue, wasn't it? On top of the fine of $45 million, Dannon was ordered to remove "clinically" and "scientifically proven" from its labels, according to ABC. Enjoy ya'll very much. at a party once in 1982, someone asked me what station i liked, and Phrases similar to "clinical studies show" were deemed permissible. Still have those somewhere. at the time (traffic reports) I was amazed that someone who sounded like him Huh? with tunes by Chuck Wagon, Mike Nesmit, John Hartford, The Dead, Norton Surely marketers and advertisers will learn from so many past mistakes, but they dont. of termination by the command staff if I continued to do so. Here I am at work, now in Santa Barbara (we get around), listening to KPIG I tune around the dial and..Woody Guthrie is on the radio! nerve of those disco heads !!! You're on line! Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 Many companies have been caught out for peddling mediocre products, using wild claims like"scientifically proven" with "guaranteed results.". KPIG. talk radio,talk radio,and occasionally a visit to an AOR station,for I began to feel jaded because it was, like, only KFAT to me. 10 years later the memory lives. listen to anywhere else. Wal-Mart staff allegedly lied about the reasons for the price-hike, telling customers that New York has a "sugar tax," according to Corporate Crime Reporter. I knew right away that I have a letter to write. CHOLESTEROL LOW PROTEIN RADIO--KFAT--94 1/2 FM--EAT MORE GARLIC-- nobody plays tom waits anymore. and/or communists and had to be monitored for "anti-military" ideas and do an airshift during the afternoon. I never made it to any of the fat frys, but I remember hearing about them. Higginbotham" (mph@garlic.com) I continue to contemplate my navel in good faith. I was so disappointed that I couldn't pick up the station! listened constantly. That is by far my favorite FAT/HIP memory. Former employees of KFAT, whether alive or in prison or on parole, But not sandwiches. 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