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Jay Hamilton

The Road to Top 40: Bellingham – PT. 2

This is Part 2 of an article that began in 2022 when I contributed material for the book Sock Hops…

2 years ago

KMPS 10th Anniversary (1985)

KMPS 10th anniversary special (1985) - 1 KMPS 10th anniversary special (1985) - 2 KMPS 10th anniversary special (1985) -…

3 years ago

Late Night Radio DJs

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4 years ago

The Jet City & Bob Dylan ~ 1965

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You Bob Dylan's self-titled 1st studio album was recorded in late November, 1961 and…

5 years ago

Unusual Collectibles

How Unusual Can It Get? In November 1965, The Unusuals, a popular garage rock band from Bellingham, WA recorded a…

5 years ago

Baby Sandy Gets Bing Crosby A Job In Radio

Who The Heck Is Baby Sandy? Most of us have heard of the iconic child star of the 30s and…

5 years ago

Collectibles: A Very Berry Christmas!

A Little Christmas Chuck Chuck Berry & Little Richard probably had more to do with the advancement of Rock 'n…

5 years ago

A Clever Contemporary Christmas Carol. 1949 Radio Style.

"Marley was dead: to begin with. There was no doubt whatever about that." So begins the familiar 1843 novelette which…

5 years ago

Collectibles: From E to F

"E" = Elvis + "F" = Frank Many touted it as a passing-of-the-torch moment when Frank Sinatra, the teenage idol…

5 years ago

Collectibles: Charlie Rich & The Watergate Scandal!

I first became aware of singer/songwriter Charlie Rich as a teen, constantly listening to Top-40 Radio, when I heard his…

5 years ago

KOL Memorabilia

I was fortunate to have two tours of duty at the old KOL/KMPS building on Harbor Island. The 1st time…

5 years ago

“Tonto, who is that masked man?”

HIM - KEMO SABE  (Oh! Alright, alright! ... Him - Willie Nelson!) Willie Nelson was always very good to us…

5 years ago

Retweet This Conspiracy Theory!

Here we are already marking the 54th Anniversary of the death of Beatle Paul McCartney on November 9th, 1966. Wait…

5 years ago

Found Performance: Dave Dudley

Dave Dudley's "Six Days On The Road" has a strong identity as a Country song, but in 1963 when I…

5 years ago

He Up And Died: Jerry Jeff Walker

He Up And Died The lyric "He Up And Died" is from Jerry Jeff Walker's masterful song "Mr. Bojangles." In…

5 years ago
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