Gary Lockwood having some fun with Debbie Deutsch – KJR, 1978
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It’s Friday afternoon as Debbie wraps up the last traffic report of the week. Gary takes advantage of the situation by prying into her personal life, giving us a glimpse of Debbie’s good nature and sense of humor. The tape also captures a custom KJR recording of “Fire” by The Pointer Sisters.
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Sam Lawson
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!" ---Click here for other Sam Lawson articles ---and here for Sam Lawson airchecks
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Someone, please identify the source of the traffic report sounder. There was a collection of music beds on albums, the name escapes me today.
KIRO used a music bed from the same collection as a news sounder.