When I started paying attention to radio in spring 1966, "Lightnin' Strikes" by Lou Christie had begun to slip down…
In December 1994, Ichabod Caine, on his syndicated gospel radio show "Honky Tonk Sundays," interviewed country music star/amazing fiddler Charlie…
I heard a Shirley Bassey record the other day and that got me thinking about her unforgettable voice and her…
Kirk Wilde was a jock at KSND-AM in Seattle in 1968. While going through his memorabilia recently, he found a…
When most of us think of the British Invasion, we probably focus on all those 1960s "boy bands" -- Beatles,…
In the golden years of Top-40 radio, program directors and music directors at influential radio stations could make or break…
There have been a number of instrumental (or mainly instrumental) Top-40 hits over the years. In the mid-sixties, Herb Alpert…
I remember when I was in Junior High School and first getting started listening to the radio (KPUG-Bellingham), there were…
Recently, as part of a "sixties music" article (click here), I displayed a commemoratve poster, agraphic of KPUG mid-'60s jocks…
I was a kid listening to KPUG in Bellingham when I first heard "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"…
Recently Steve Leeson, who has worked in Pacific Northwest radio (Hoquiam, Aberdeen, Chehalis), reflected on meeting Charlie Brown and the…