Is it possible that instead of “Superjock,” Larry could have become known as “Lucky Lar’ on the air” (as he identified himself coming out of the Beatles song at 3:57 into the tape)?
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Larry Lujack, KNEW – Channel 79, Spokane, Summertime, 1963
Bad Girl
May 13, 2025 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
Lujack references a bad girl at the end of this aircheck… Christine Keeler, an English model and a showgirl, becomes entangled in a scandal at age 21, after a series of events involving her two ex-boyfriends Johnny Edgecombe and Lucky Gordon, in combination with MI5’s secret service intrigues.
Oh those wild girls of the 1960s!
Spokane - Radio Heaven
May 11, 2025 at QZVX
Debbie Ueland says:
In western Montana we could only get radio late at night. Trips to Spokane were spent with KNEW and this clip of Larry Lujack took me back . WONDERFUL! THANK YOU! Does anyone remember Shane on a new station in Spokane around 1969?
Western Montana Radio
May 12, 2025 at QZVX
Dick Ellingson says:
Summer of 1966, I drove from Seattle to Kalispell to begin my radio career at KGEZ, block programming, full service AM 600. It was live radio like I’d never heard. I lived in a trailer that had cable I hooked to my $125 General Electric stereo, so I could hear and be inspired by KXLY “Audio 92” from Spokane.
Sensational 60s
May 12, 2025 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
Radio was better in the 1960s.
April 16, 2022 at QZVX
Tom Sullivan says:
The voice and act were both there. In the next 5 years, the voice got a lot deeper and thanks to the late P.D. Pat O’Day, Larry learned how to effectively use the “pause for effect” during his diatribes. He really thought he would be playing Led Zeppelin on the air when he was 70. Go to “You Tube” on Tom Kennedy’s WLS TV Show where Larry said it. Not a very self aware talent. Over 40 years old for an AM Top-40 personality was rare. If he hadn’t smoked and drank, he’d still be with us. On this air check, he’s copying Pat O’Days style. Smart move because Pat programmed the best Top 40 in the North West and did afternoon drive. Larry had a much better voice than Patrick and ended up working for at KJR. Both are now gone.
April 17, 2022 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
Yes, definitely sounds like an O’Day copy for that time period and the KJR tone and flow. Sounds great, and Lujack only became a better jock.
December 14, 2021 at QZVX
Dan Sheldon says:
Great aircheck. Shows that early on he had a well-developed on air persona. I have his book SuperJock which mentions his time in Spokane