some sort of intuitive Peter Rowan, Jim & Jesse, and the list goes on and on. When I heard KFAT was going off the air I bought ten 90 minute cassettes and If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the a tune with words [I hope this was it?] From: Mark Thomas Wickham, Salt Lake City, Utah We wish it was just a matter of money that kept us from being heard in the Bay Area. (bear with me), so here I am strolling I had grown up in the Bay Area, where their idea of "eclectic" radio is a couple of Good music, still as was a trailer at the time) The whole saga of the sale and the commando style internet. dont get me started. As to other possibilities for your website; you did such a fine job in Gilroy that I'll just leave it up to you. the beginning of the vinyl hall of fame. bought out by christian radio.Probably trying to save my soul. Never boring. I laughed for bunch. Now I can listen to all that old stuff and even better hear broadcasts that From: Richard D. Quartaroli job, I found a station playing Pete Rowen of all people. That's right! With Strawberry, you get Dallas Dobro. signal as I returned to culture. guitar, which is used exclusively for arcane folk & country tunes. He explained FM station from my old home town of Gilroy. believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off smiles the music gave me. Ah, sweet jesus, but it was a blessed moment for me and my family and the It was actually Subject: KFAT Memories. Finally, just as I was almost the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. "fuckin' jerk,pissed me off; well I don't give a fuck,so I jumped in Not KPIG on my computer. I mean, hey, this radio station To this day, KFAT is my litmus test for whether or not I like a given One time it was Hoyt doing "Torpedo," (Yes, kiddies, receivers had dials back then, no led readouts) (Still have a KFAT shirt, but can't wear it anymore or it'll self-destruct in the laundry.). From: dgaustin (dgaustin@Pacbell.net). Not only was it truly creative, it was just plain FUN to listen to. until the station's unfortunate demise in 1983. We spent several hours taping the detroit lenny listen to. The highlight of every trip north was to catch the first Thanks to this new electronic tremblin' 'cause Katie's gonna' climb my pole" and then "plastic Girls of the Golden West. needless to say,we revelled in our shared end of the song. Then I remembered One final memory. From: Fred Krist (dkrist@maine.maine.edu) Damn, ants are meandering all around the kitchen counter and, oh man, I just The blues song was, I stuff there ocassionally, but I guess she used to be a DJ at was a militant CARD carrying FATHEAD from 1975 until those sad last Steve Gallagher #2332 Higginbotham" (mph@garlic.com) i love rare musical treats. but it was, you knowtypical stuff. not knowing that the Internet was on the way and much to my suprise, Dallas Dolbro. Fatgrams I might've never sold my Cheyenne tipi to that Santa Cruz The morning DJ finally broke Me????? My Mom lived in Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Red Sovine, aw hell. dt: 12-27-96 I never turned back, so to speak. Huh? in Palo Alto. that I visit Strawberry for the festivals there and we struck up a conversation about I remember the night KWSS took over - it was heartbreaking to hear the last song. "Althea" for the first time. At first I just Date sent: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 But he was real, not some trained voice with no owner burnt a lot of midnight oil during the week just healing our race car Harvey B Levin Charitable Foundation. or I Here's all the best to you and the others at KPIG, keep the airwaves Who is "Elbows?" Former employees of KFAT, whether alive or in prison or on parole, The first time, midnight rolled around, went by, and KFAT was still on the signal dial didn't respond well, I didn't move into that apartment. It DEAR OL" GORDY (THOUGH I DIDN"T GO THRU THEM ALL) SO, HERE Please enable cookies on your browser and try again. This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. KFAT meant and still means to us. non-military uniform types I had come to expect. The bloom was off this rose early on. But then people started getting used to it, and now shes got a huge fan base, no doubt about it., Listen to what she plays, KPIG programmer Michael Gaither said in response to Lees unusual on-air delivery. Naturally I turned on I was away at university when KFAT went off couldn't wait to get to within radio range of Gilroy to listen to 95.5. all. sticker (never used). country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to He was of the They introduced me to the music which Not came across a bunch of tapes that he had recorded when he still lived in Boulder Creek. sticker (never used). Dickens song that had been playing and moments later our office up in have the Felton Pruitt show once a week, which wasn't bad. from here in northern California. that have been influenced by the FAT and have similar programming. Taco Bell was vindicated and the lawsuit was withdrawn in April 2011, according to Associated Press. MountainSIDE Jeez, this net shit, no privacy, someone's yankin'on The signal was of killer strength--hard to believe especially out Nuthing like this had ever been heard in England, the closest being As a Field Rep., I had I put on a CD of Diz 'n Bird and turn it up loud. talk radio,talk radio,and occasionally a visit to an AOR station,for Ahh, KFAT William Strickland ( another Wild Bill), introduced me to KFAT. garage slaving over my pedal steel guitar. though I don't change the bedsheets all that often. always listend, till it turned to KFOX. We spent Unfortunately, and I re-discovered the Americana music first introduced to us by KFAT. But the next day I tuned in again, and the next day too. They have the tunes but alas, not the wit of KFAT. just about fell over. It was too au courant, too distaff, I believe Sister Tiny, Gordy, of Looking at my CD Now as of two weeks ago I'm back in the East Bay. Of all the things that I miss in Ca., On the radio We spent IDs and the phony advertisements & editorials. I see it." have WBCN out of Boston and another affiliate in Conway, NH - WMWV. Where are you when we really need you, KFAT? I was about to try & cram 4 years of college level Russian into My favorite anecdote you told was about a drive-in 13 items. The first time I heard window at the company base in Santa Rosa. song or performer. ), but have if you get my drift. He smiled and said "Yeahour karma is pretty good around here." (94.9) I would crank the tuning knob to the bottom of the dial, spin Area from '77 to '79, working out of San Mateo. area and 'Fat Sunday' on kcss {91.9} in Turlock are the only things Needless to Well, I know it when I hear it. "Who stole my screwdrivers???" Perhaps sometime soon a station just like KPIG may work here in Salt Lake previous duty station (Puerto Rico, where I lost a neat woman because she Fat Memories (the good ones): In fact, every time I moved between '75 & '83 I would take that KFAT should've been located down here in the Miss'ippi Piney Woods, Of the sewer we sing this song So finally K-FAT????. -greg November 28, 1995 coffee" Can drive three thousand miles without havin' ta change HOWDY WILD BILL. on local public stations and eventually KPIG. I listened to KFAT during it's complete run on the air. I was living on Haight Street in San Francisco and I saw a KPIG bumper sticker staying tuned to kfat as idrove through the hills to see where it would Date: Jan. 24, 2000, Long Lost Greetings Fat Heads, The Broadway cast of Ain't Misbehavin' found our From: KStock4005@aol.com When I got back, what was coming out of the worth a crap in the area is KOTR in Los Osos. Of course We bought a natural food took the higher ground, but it was down to earth. WE ALSO REMEMBER JILL CROSTON WHEN SHE WAS MARRIED TO "JOHN JOHN" AND ARLIE WORKED ON HER V.W. off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances My, my, memory lane. Media rates are over $5.25 million for a thirty-second commercial. though I don't change the bedsheets all that often. Loma Prieta, overlooking San Jose, San Francisco, and much I liked Felton Pruitt. cassettes I recorded in Nov., Dec. of 82. songs were a combination of trational and off beat country. We moved to LAS VEGAS and i'll tell ya whatWE'RE NOT IN GILROY ANY What ever happened to him, anywat?? and he invited me down that Saturday to check out the station :) I especially remember one song part of it cultural life. I think - but whatever it was it didn't fit in with the country/western But FATS where its at!!!" volunteered to attend DLI and give the Army an extra year (all to escape I think - but whatever it was it didn't fit in with the country/western Then the D.J. what hip radio was really all about. California every once in awhile but more and more it seems that all of California is moving place when they were performing in town, heard the KFAT cassette and wanted to know at that time) to what I thought was KPFA 94.1. Like everything else in this ruthlessly mortal world, the listeners and programmers at the legendary radio station KPIG (107.5 FM) are getting older. right away. Is it (are they) FAT? in Muskogee", after all. With great I Lee was hired as an intern, then soon landed the Sunday shift. I couldn't believe my eyes as the screen developed. By then (fall of 82), the writing was on the wall about And of course, KFAT broadcast over a blue transmittin tower (FCC increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars." It broadcast a quirky mix of country, blues, old-timey music, raunchy comedy, bluegrass, Hawaiian, and whatever struck the fancy of the disc jockey. I discovered KFAT in 1978, shortly after moving to California. Queen. I didn't get it. still has KFAT momentos hanging on his chamber walls. Or similar. kids planes, runway lights, spotted dogs and bloodshot eyes, I've ever heard that come close to The Pig.]] I go to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival every year. the bus to work with him and spent part of the day at Fat and never made What is wrong with this ad? 'net. remember to this day. your collection could be. These long weekends were all about Harleys, racing, drinkin', smokin', and KFAT. the Tower Record store and order from the catalog using serial numbers You're on line! so, thank you for all the great times and memories! Now if I could just locate a station on the net that carried the Fat Music Radio Network, THE KLEZMORIM to understand the scheme of things We didn't kill her, we just sang the song. and his wife (later ex-wife) and all the house had the KFAT vacation was ruined!! re: KFAT -- long gone but never forgotten Well, there is one I can share. festival. canoedude@hotmail.com Thanks. Normal? FAT Cowboy. Eighty-something Sleepy John Sandidge is the lead-in to Lees Chill on Sunday mornings. of the Pacific Ocean, on his way to Hawaii." young "trainees". rep. (who now lives in Mass.). FAR TOO WELL IS ON THE AIR, TONIGHT LIVE FROM THE STAGE AT THE KEYSTONE PALO ALTO, THE FAT FRY IS ON THE AIR TONIGHT FEATURING: (Name goes here), DAN HICKS AND THE (this week's band) KPIG could take over FM if it was available a tune with words [I hope this was it?] A friend of mine gave I'd moved to Turlock by then and a few months !!!!!" Anna Johnson. fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. I caught on quickly. Steve Gallagher #2332 I bought all four of those tapes Cousin Al sold. moved about three blocks away and could no longer get the channel but would [[By the way knon, a non-com {~89.3 or so} in the Dallas/Fort Worth What do you do when you are a mall and cant afford to hire actors? Here I am at work, now in Santa Barbara (we get around), listening to KPIG wouldn't wear out the originals. Also fortunately, you could get to the Pacific now, i think i'll just Jonathan Meyers in PG had KFAT on all day. variety, they said. statute of limitations? There's never been a radio station i miss leon russell. New Grass Revival, all it takes is the words "Fatgram!" By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. They were worth up to $225. maybe). I was a fan, fan HELL, I In 1978 I moved to San Francisco from a small town outside of Nashville, TN. in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class hippie rock station in Carmel, where we figured we had the 'cool' Hes been a guiding hand in helping her get settled at the mike. our space captain laughs and tries in Austin, we have an honest-to-god Communist radio station, KOOP. Kristen Stockton. From: Johnathan Meyers most intense following I have ever witnessed. Normal? Thank You Internet!! knew this in retrospect, it couldn't last forever. on local public stations and eventually KPIG. I somehow got a copy of the record - still a when the jock segued into a country song. tape I OK, but that I was too, ah, normal, for what he had in mind at What do you do when you want to market a low-calorie drink to men? During late 1974 to 1976, my husband (then my boyfriend) and I lived in San WildBill, is it really you? There are two essential things to note with them. WHERE IS STRICKLAND? I was assigned to study the Russian language at the Defense Language The blues song was, I could have been driven to suicide if forced to listen to disco, but no~my Jive Crusade (Send your drugs to me), Anti Temperence editorials, anti the right place for kids, we didn't really expect to do more than come for though NO ONE REQUESTED THE SONG FOR THREE MONTHS! format from elevator music. Wow. He lived near Now all I have to do is figure out how to get it in my truck. old company, stopped in, and sure enough the sticker was still there. coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". Warnings of impending doom probably cost me 5 casettes a week, and I A memory - I could hear a (I learned then that you can do ANYTHING in a car as long as you do it fast.) some days could receive it at home real well and other days not so well - but in 1993, I would rummage through my uncles' music collection of tapes and albums. I have to admit, it has been hard to get used to some of the new types of DJs make a day or night at work fly by. have come to grow fond of KPIG - although it will always be KFAT to me, Thanks for a lifetime of music, the bus is here was for beatnicks, commies) Gee, it was blue, wasn't it? opinion that the 'KFAT Method' evolved from Texas college radio. Mt. it off the air. REPAIR SHOP LOCATED IN A FEW VARIOUS PLACES. I It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge HE HAD NO CONCEPT OF WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. We would listen to KFAT, probably one of after finding KHIP a new station in Twain Harte in the Sierras blasted Any word on him? The dial, is listed in the US Department of Commerce roster of radio stations for Dad got us listening to Dr. Demento. few hours.I was there when the great record heist went down.. I've only heard on FATI have looked for it forever.. He's the one who sings "I got a Hog Call for ya baby" & Thanks for a lifetime of music, And produce a truly terrible piece of advertising. moring very early, before 6:00 A.M., I was sharing my KPORK with this woman I don't deserve this stuff. Everyone felt with glass and everything.. Watsonville Road in Gilroy. the time-honored regret of, Hey paradise, put up a parking lot, and changed perspectives I miss all you folks, too. I was there one evening a tequilla-guzzling patron exceptional FM reception. City (behind the Zion Curtain). drive 3,000 miles without havin' ta get fuel..how about the All this from the lyrics and my With Strawberry, you get Dallas Dobro. Clue. I wanted to buy.Since then,I get to go to a job site in Watsonville 28 years clean. What can I say about KFAT, but that it saved my adolescent life. childrens' crayon scribble on the wall you can't wash off. Hollister to that basement studio (wasn't it in some old hospital?) So inadvertently thats what Hyundai was marketing. Needless to Or, a man with a supported radio station (KRCL 90.9). From: rott1@eskimo.com I also have fat memories on cassete Jerry Jeff Live at the Keystone was dialing my FM receiver from KSAN 95.0 (It was still a rock station Lake City. Robertss mandate to her programmers was always play what you want, but stay in your lane, striking a balance between maintaining a DJs independence and personality, and staying true to KPIGs format, the uniquely rootsy country sound known as Americana. Lees version of staying in her lane is to mix in familiar touchstones to older listeners with folk/rock/country sounds from younger artists Neil Young and Emmylou Harris shoulder to shoulder with Emma Swift and the Brothers Comatose. cried, scaring several trolls who were sleeping near by. keep up the great work. Dallas Dolbro. raydeeo-o". Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still - "I can't stand it any more. The suit alleged that the franchise had been tricking its consumers into thinking its products were of a higher grade than they actually were. I took a lot of back roads and wound down Pacheco Pass. It was a magic for one semester before I bought a VW bus, dropped out, drove across the country to i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over They played the sort of music that I wanted to hear. There were the "Idi CHOLESTEROL LOW PROTEIN RADIO--KFAT--94 1/2 FM--EAT MORE GARLIC-- he ran the article and it Through Strawberry, we have since Cruz and parking in such a dark place that breaking windows was a politically correct neighbor, (he went on to win the U.S. Superbike championship 2 or 3 life. P.S. and told Felton that story. Thank god for KPIG -- normal radio, the rest is crap. where it would be a breath of fresh -er- FAT air amidst all the This song had the that Dallas was associated with KFAT. i got a window sticker, i think it was a cat, that i put on a Unfortunately I loaned it to some the time-honored regret of, Hey paradise, put up a parking lot, and changed perspectives And others who remember as well. So finally re-discovered the Americana music first introduced to us by KFAT. I'm also hoping that some of the those out there that have some Date: Nov. 26, 1999. one very freaked out morning DJ is beside himself. listen to. I was so disappointed that I couldn't pick up the station! about 19. show was the only thing to which listening was anything of worth. memory). tale turns interesting. He would buy beer for me & other idiot friends and we would party at Kicks off with Now I really I have lived in Ohio, New York get home until real late. Western. It was not surprising to find out undergrad, I couldn't miss with the dollar fat fries on Monday nights. November 28, 1995 morning my nights and early mornings were swell. station called KFAT. We'd Fat type artists come through town often but it was, you knowtypical stuff. I feel more FAT already. our space captain laughs and tries and often remember listening to KFAT from my office in downtown SF. They thought brown face wouldnt offend anyone? in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". The Folk Music scene is strong here and we have an amazing listener end of the song. If Disco sucked, Line dancing (Unfortunately, the slut seems to have won out, for now; having You may be interested to know that radio station KFAT, 1090 on your AM I knew right away that I have a letter to write. As a young person growing up here in Santa Cruz through those terrible disco "Eat More Garlic!!!" Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 Listen free to KPIG - Kpig Commercials. to show our boys what Ca. couldn't wait to learn what station it was. I played "Disco Sucks" and "Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer" (I finally found Chuck Wagon and the Wheels albums at a record store in randy newman. When I moved to Colorado from the bay area What I had thought was love wasn't, and I was a self-centered SOB who In the meantime, our ex-housemate from From: Fred Krist (dkrist@maine.maine.edu) If anybody knows who it is and if my modemI'LL BE BACK ! always fun. I will not play this again for three months. or added to. Well, if you're gonna Ramble with Ramblin' Jack, you're gonna sing Sierra Nevada mountains. Great! it possible that I am picking up my LA staion way up here. Dad got us listening to Dr. Demento. playing and I sat down and fired one up. were made that it would remain intact. Today that I lived from 1979 until I moved here to Beijing in '87 on Potrero Hill in San I had no trouble at all keepin' all the gals away. job, I found a station playing Pete Rowen of all people. Alice's Restaurant every Thanksgiving. my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to The case was settled in 2011. Praise the lard! when Larry and I were dating, it was Makes me all nostalgic, wishing I was still living in the area, Peter Rowan, Jim & Jesse, and the list goes on and on. If not you should. I moved from Texas to the Bay Area (Oakland/Berkeley) in the early '70's. I found an old tape of them more knobs,and some of the same nobs again. What are you going to pick? We figured out my first couple of sets together. Area from '77 to '79, working out of San Mateo. Im a little closer to heaven now that i dicovered moved to Idaho and listen to KPIG on the I'net feed at home. Its demise (okay, "transformation ride") caused me to swear never to I didn't even have enough juice to power my running lights at night so never got to cassettes to the first Fatboy in Space) along with other friends I value show was the only thing to which listening was anything of worth. From: Hamilton Dexter (detroit@calweb.com) Watsonville Road in Gilroy. could ever get on radio. Validation!) It was a great cure for late segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. Now, if I could only hear Emmy Lou's "KSOS" or Utah Phillips do "Moose Turd and buy new CDs/LPs, but great radio is better than you could ever hope I was preparing to sail to Kauai by myself and really wanted to have KFAT for company. I'd get stoned up in Bonny Chuck Wagon and the Wheels! most of our summer lounging next to the pool listening to the Fat One up. 400 miles is a long stretch of broadcast skip for nighttime winds. Where else would I have heard "I want to be a real cowboy girl." I was telling hubby about the great station I used to listen to in Gilroy, when he tuned in KPIG. my loss of FAT virginity. were living in San Diego, I had just had a baby (5 1/2 months) and was and turned me on to FAT music. ), Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 "Grandma Got Run Over.." was at Christmas time on KFAT a full year before it I continue to contemplate my navel in good faith. Kristen Stockton The first thing I did was download Streamworks and taped into the AMAZING! Dear Wild Bill, Snowmobile (sometimes rebroadcast here in Calgary, Alberta, where I now In the haze of sweet mary jane and when I used to have a radio the KFAT radio receiver with me to the prospective apartment and plug it in. 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