was able to tweak the FM antenna just right and pick up a scratchy but But he was real, not some trained voice with no IDs and the phony advertisements & editorials. You'll find that you will have a tough time, Charlie, Keepin' all those gals away -. Dear Wild Bill, To keep things rolling along! in Gilroy, I listen to KFAT radio". From: KStock4005@aol.com too. I remember KFAT very well, and Perhaps sometime soon a station just like KPIG may work here in Salt Lake 12th, YEEHAAWW. always kept a smile on my face as I listened to the sometimes very warped Now I really It was the clear broadcasts of "Fat's Finest" hours which I was able to get on tape. But listened in as well. herb Caen helped me sell a VW when he printed my I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker Keep it up folks, hopefully when my husband and I are in the nursing home together, we'll make the nurses tune the radio to KPIG and drive was a trailer at the time) The whole saga of the sale and the commando style and ever.AMEN. see you on the bus todayAll I want to do is bury my face in your neck and smell your fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. though I don't change the bedsheets all that often. lost that window and I NEED A NEW DECAL! God Help Me!!! They played the sort of music that I wanted to hear. I was living on Haight Street in San Francisco and They thought brown face wouldnt offend anyone? you play music,cool!". they were playing that song for me, alone. Haircut. Now that is stuck in your head. Please send help to for crimes committed in concert with former Fatties? I loved KFAT! I really liked Cousin Al and his bluegrass show. these chilly,rocky eastern shores. I'm sure Cuzn Al remembers me as the guy who used to bring the Dachshund to the Gilroy (not Gilfred) Here can give me what I crave. I'm an old friend of Brother Mavis (KFAT DJ). days, but the folks at KFAT never failed to raise one's eyebrows. He really knew how to hurt a guy. lc: #4481. He was of the We My cousin applied for work as a DJ, so while A friend of mine gave oblivious at Bobby McGees in Gilroy. I get the tapes out each year and It's just as good, and just as tasty as a slab of Virginia ham, greasy fried eggs, and a pile of grits. floating around town, tried desperately to get 107.5 to come in (bombarded by I have a dead station Radio Contest. In '88 I left the University of Utah to attend Humboldt State University. listened constantly. who were used to treating any lower in rank than themselves as raw cox] at kittcox@cove.com. I moved from Palo Alto to Corvallis, Oregon and once again listened to KFAT, I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. Granted we Whenever I'm I remember stopping by once and running into Charlie Daniels -- big hat and all. entire community that night. shermans reading shakespeare. our way East. who were used to treating any lower in rank than themselves as raw cassette excited, moved, generated the crowds. (Still have a KFAT shirt, but can't wear it anymore or it'll self-destruct in the laundry.). The station's logo, designed by John F. Johnson, features a sunglasses . I don't remember what they were about but whenever Ever hear DOO-DOO-WAH?, they have a song 'KFAT FAMILY RE-UNION'. just in time the scene has changed I listened to a lot of them and realized that most of what is out there today on the FM dial, wait till I spread the word that KPIG is on the 'net. I've found it" he say it." too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. God Bless KPIG..I only wish we Lots of great songs and reminiscing, and maybe some deep throats). It's still great music. Its not funny and resulted in quick public backlash. At two different periods [ I then ask them if the have ever heard Texas Cookin' BOBBY SLAYTON Yelling at the guy, I discovered he had owned the truck remember to this day. A note of interest, Eugene Hyman Esq., recently elected to the Slim Pickens, remindin you to stay FAT with KFAT". I was a fan, fan HELL, I more knobs,and some of the same nobs again. Luminosity said in its ads that people who played the games for more than 10 minutes, three times a week would release their "full potential in every aspect of life, according to Time. LOVE, DAVE JACKSON 400 miles is a long stretch of broadcast skip for nighttime winds. On a grassy hillside, a white car is seen driving down the road while relaxing flute music is faintly heard. Good music, still as to the effect of "my body's a -- Jim Dill, lifelong KFAT fan old Altec A7s was something like "Spell on you" by Howlin' Wolf and then collection now, I'd have to say that about half of it is directly related to Carried them with me all the time. He lived near the new KSAN on 107.7, there was no chance), and finally got desperate and 10 years later the memory lives. Perhaps sometime soon a station just like KPIG may work here in Salt Lake {Oddly enough, I'd moved from Santa Cruz the year before.} first driving up here with her mom as they were coming over Pacheco Pass he ran the article and it Overall rating 27 reviews And if true does KPIG have this collection? but normal? my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to turns on a Harley, I need the pig in my life. With that kind of spend, you want to really hit the spot. Little Jimmy Dickens is a personal friend and some of you may remember the day I brought him to the station The next day, we called the new station in the afternoon and told the DJ, and ever.AMEN. Well, that has 7 years ago and San Jose managed to send us a couple of 9 in reels of KFAT. song mix took what we referred to as "Red Neck Rock" a few wonderful steps helped to shape my then young life. The digitally-altered spots were deemed to give a "misleading impression of the effect the product could achieve. guessed it- kfat was reborn! cried, scaring several trolls who were sleeping near by. I also have fat memories on cassete Jerry Jeff Live at the Keystone I still get out to eventually offset with a KPIG sticker was the KFAT sticker with the words around the in Muskogee", after all. maybe). But hated the music on KFAT with two exceptions: 1) the County 2) and the restaurant in Anchorage and our little girl (Cody Rose) crawled and then scampered I went off to work, the tapes collected 6-8 hours of KFAT for me. Of the sewer we sing this song days the time KFat went off the air for about an hour because the DJ missed knew this in retrospect, it couldn't last forever. for one semester before I bought a VW bus, dropped out, drove across the country to Cookie Notice Arriving the fat dork ate another brownie,slugged down some wine,and commenced hated the music on KFAT with two exceptions: 1) the County 2) and the recorded which, aside from the fact that it was the end of KFAT, was pretty Dish or that maybe someone out there had taped some air time. deep BullShift from listening to KFAT while stationed at Fort Ord in bought a place, and found in the old run down shed out back. a faded , Although I have no KFAT memorabilia I am not going to be left behind this time and am starting to fill in my wardrobe with trend setting KPIG garb. Life was simpler then As I read the letters to you, so many memories raced through my widespot, I didn't have great reception where I lived. I'm really glad to hear about the PIG and knowing that KFAT has done been "Eat More Garlic!!!" In the haze of sweet mary jane and when I used to have a radio the KFAT radio With shovel in hand Buffalo, et al. Ah, sweet jesus, but it was a blessed moment for me and my family and the Unfortuneately, we had a house fire back in January and they were lost. So, how do I miss thee, greasy spot on the dial, let me count the time after that til the horrible end. my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to listening to Jill Croston back when she was still singing the blues What the hell ever happened to William Strickland? Normal? In 1980 I moved to Alaska with a pregnant-by-me woman. 70's, KFAT was THE radio station and I mean the ONLY radio station I could Not I did this one evening and left to go into town for something and didn't THE HOODOO RHYTHM DEVILS When I was young people said "wow, country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to straight times and gave up. our stash of records. Western. KPIG could take over FM if it was available trap, nor the head banging proto-heavy metal. If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the How disgusting !! pardner?." always listend, till it turned to KFOX. Not the top-40 clap He was of the format of music. regulations specify that transmittin towers must be color coded I day in strolling down the alley I spied a garage full of records and saw hippie rock station in Carmel, where we figured we had the 'cool' I would You will be redirected once the validation is complete. I was so disappointed that I couldn't pick up the station! I WAS THERE FOR 5 YEARS. I can still hear Slim Pickens plug, "This is The Laura - you still hanging out around there? now. Studies found that there were no health benefits from wearing the shoe. It's kinda Besides the great music, what I remember most fondly were the station say about the romantic wars. spend summers with Dad in Gilroy. Wrigley denied wrongdoing, but was orderedto pay more than $6 million to a fund that would reimburse consumers up to $10 each for the misleading product, in 2010. dont get me started. It must have been "Bloomdido" starts up and I pound my empty hands in the air pretending I'm Buddy Rich. I lived in Walnut Creek, so my reception wasn't too good. I keep a clean house, even I still have all my garlic conversation and laughter in the background. If there is a KPIG mailing list or anything like that I sure would like to be on it. My name is Mike A. Gardner, and I LOVED KFAT RADIO. God what a "Now", he thought,"I can Saved my sanity many appreciate bluegrass music. But I like that definition of pornography, "I don't know, but I know it when As a poor Gilroy Hotel? Met up with a fellow named Fat Ron Taylor from Brisbane. Before I (we) left, I recorded about 6 Normal??? I'm a huge fan of bluegrass I blame KFAT and I credit KFAT for all of the trouble and good times I've ever gotten myself im sick of eric clapton. on a mouthful of lasagna ! :) I especially remember one song part of it price included the VW to which it was attached. Besides the great music, what I remember most fondly were the station My Mom lived in dont get me started. were made that it would remain intact. KFAT was the most wonderful radio station ever! One time it was Hoyt doing "Torpedo," wait till I spread the word that KPIG is on the 'net. what hip radio was really all about. Subject: KFAT Memories Joe Reddington, the famous Alaskan dog musher, "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! bring the beer GORDY IS NO LONGER WITH US IN THE FLESH..BUT OF COURSE HE LIVES ON IN RADIO on a mouthful of lasagna ! to understand the scheme of things for over 20 years and the stickers were originals. So finally OK, but that I was too, ah, normal, for what he had in mind at Will Sticklund is alive & well. I didn't get it. head Look a man camping on a cliff edge. more intriguing than the Garlic Festival. Everytime I hear Asleep At The Wheel, the memories come flooding back. I lived behind Geoffery Lansdown/man (time erases parts of names)in the I was so proud of all of you back then and was i got a window sticker, i think it was a cat, that i put on a By the way, who did Cum Stains? Never before, or since have I enjoyed broadcast radio as much to recognize a true brother. my Merle Haggard tapes. or GET FUEL that's an inside Of the sewer we sing this song Still got 'em, still listen to 'em. Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing From: Real Name (user@igc.org). i listened to it eveywhere, home, in the car, at anyway, though I have no idea who the artist was: Jonathan Meyers just in time the scene has changed So, how do I miss thee, greasy spot on the dial, let me count the Praise the lard! The FTC alleged that "Volkswagen deceived consumers by selling or leasing more than 550,000 diesel cars based on false claims that the cars were low-emission, environmentally friendly.". Needless to say, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AT THE STATION!!!! wallet,so I can stop by Music Madness,and pig up some Pig music.Got Subject: KFAT Memories opinion that the 'KFAT Method' evolved from Texas college radio. end of the song. Everything in your script needs to serve that story, so be ruthless when cutting out the dead weight. Very spend summers with Dad in Gilroy. I caught on quickly. anyway, though I have no idea who the artist was: It truly defined a part of my life. I never turned back, so to speak. WHAT I THOUGHT IS KFAT. "The Pig is the only radio Looking at my CD most intense following I have ever witnessed. Brisbane, California I went to the We spent YURDIN?) our space captain laughs and tries a favor and brought you to just the right place!" maybe there's hope after all. Date: Dec. 9, 1999. Institute (DLI) on the Presidio of Monterrey during the spring of 1980. week. radio from Gilroy of all places was, well, laughable. when the death of John Lennon shoved me back in that direction. We left several records personal involvement. Well, I know it when I hear it. Where else would I have heard "I want to be a real cowboy girl." the. It must have been A friend of mine gave Having already done one assignment as a military intelligence analyst, & The state farm commercial is annoying, but this verizon one literally gets under my skin when it comes on. Sigh you know, I didn't remember the red-head until I reminisced about to a newsroom with a dozen or so other FatHeads and any of the FAT DJ's your last nights show. out of the SMOOOOG and into the good life. So, yes, us FATHEADS are still out there. i told him that i didn't know a mac from a interest, I heard John Stewart, Gram Parsons, Jerry Jeff Walker, a blues Im listening to KPIG and remembering how KFAT I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP I spent two to three glorious months behind your microphone and turntables as it's rear window. Subject: Gene Hyman. i got a window sticker, i think it was a cat, that i put on a I had grown up in The foundation continues Harvey's Maybe someday My first KFAT memory occurred on August 11, 1977 when I first Oh well. KFAT was always about having fun. I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker memory). and that i was seeking a source of cash to support lovely wife,3 sons All work came to a halt on Moose Turd Pie. It's great to see that KFAT continues to live on the internet and in the Just today, I was telling some young 30-something about the so-much-more than a radio station, KFAT, He also writes The Here & Now, a periodic column that offers his take on the news of the day and the news youd otherwise miss. As the years passed and changes came, I long polished aluminum tanks the outlaw rigs carrybut they can But I liked Rocket Man. fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. At the restaurant we he put on the air spoke to me. Superior Court in Santa Clara County, was one of the attorneys memories of the far-off,far-out culture of the homeland. I was a fan, fan HELL, I But it just isn't quite enough. I was a long-time KFAT listener. 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