Originally posted on MARCH 6, 2021 Paul Thompson interviews Gary "Shannon" Burleigh about his background at KPUG, KJRB, KJR. References…
From Norm Gregory's old website: Since the purpose of each jock's forum is to relate memories of contact or on…
This is Part 2 of an article that began in 2022 when I contributed material for the book Sock Hops…
We have been informed of the death of Kirk Wilde. He was Kirk Wilde on the air and hugely popular…
In 2020, Kirk Wilde drawing on his memory and historical sources traced the roots of homegrown Pacific Northwest rock music…
Dick Stark is well-known in the northwest corner of Washington State. Most radio listeners in Whatcom County, even those of…
Before I check out, I need to debunk three myths about music. Chronologically, 1. "Rock 'n' Roll started in 1953…
After Kirk Wilde left radio (1975), he continued to stay up on music and wrote extensively about everything--including this history.…
The late Kathi McDonald was a native of the Pacific Northwest, born in Anacortes, WA in 1948 and raised in…
The weirdest station I ever worked for was KAGO-Klamath Falls, Oregon. "K-Go!" - Probably cool, right? In the winter…
As a kid tuned to KPUG, Kirk Wilde was the first jock I ever listened to. We have stayed in…
Kirk Wilde was a jock at KSND-AM in Seattle in 1968. While going through his memorabilia recently, he found a…
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)"…
The week of February 26, 1966 is significant to me, because it is when I first noticed and got hooked…
KISN was a legendary West Coast radio station -- one of the Star Broadcasting Stations -- owned and operated by…
I met Gary Shannon in 1966 when he was 21 years old and working at KPUG in Bellingham. I was…
Many prominent disc jockeys of the 1960s and 1970s worked at KPUG 1170 AM. KPUG was Bellingham’s competitive small market…