It’s Rick Dees with Lorna Love and Charlie Wright on 102.7 KIIS-FM. Listen as Rick calls a phone booth in Marina del Rey. Also hear Shirley Jones on a Ralph’s commercial with Paul Freeman doing the local insert.
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Student engineer at pioneer Nathan Hale radio station KNH 1210 in 1970 (prior to KNHC). Also attended North Seattle Community College and L.H. Bates in Tacoma (KTOY-FM). Sam’s career began as a KJR request line operator in 1970, with his first on-air job at KRKO in 1972. In 1976 he segued to overnights at KTAC as Cory Landon, then weekends at KING. In 1978 he moved to Lewiston, Idaho for afternoons on KOZE and KRLC. Throughout the ‘80s he was an announcer and/or engineer at “the best mix and biggest variety” of Spokane radio stations; including 97KREM, KZUN, KGA, KKER (The Sam & Pam Show), KZZU, PD of KJRB, 98 KISS-FM, and the voice of KAYU-TV. In 1989 he moved to Los Angeles as Assistant Chief Engineer and weekends at KZLA/KLAC. Also engineered for KBIG, KFI, Premiere Radio Networks, CBS Radio, and others. After avoiding any actual work for nearly 45 years, now happily retired and very appreciatively back in the great Pacific Northwest!
We were playing Jeffrey Osborn at KASY (Auburn-1987). KASY was a nifty Adult Contemporary station, owned by Ed Garre. Carl Sawyer, Sandy Hamilton, Gary Crawford, and Bruce Cannon were the major personalities on-air. Bill Doane, morning news, Bill Ogden afternoon news.
KASY had a sound much like personality-driven KVI, professional and very entertaining.
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I always wondered what became of Sandy Hamilton after he left KJR. When I was a teenager he let me hang around the studio when he was working.
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Always entertaining, Rick Dees! Thanks, Sam.