Re: [IRCA] KGA : "The Big 15"

["Rick Lewis" <ricklew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

KGA was  great as a Top 40, and I remember them fondly. I listened to Shane 
and Joe Fiala as often as I could from Bakersfield, and I was overjoyed when 
Fiala jocked in Bakersfield in 1971, under program director John Sherman, 
who I think worked a long time at KJRB.
--
Rick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Weisbeck" <stanw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 6:46 PM
Subject: [IRCA] KGA : "The Big 15"


KGA was a Top 40 station from March 1968 to March 1969
using the slogan & jingles "The Big 15."  I was in
high school at the time & they did seem to give
dominant Top 40 station KJRB some strong competition.

Years later a boss of mine at another Spokane radio
station said KGA was horribly mismanaged, losing lots
of money, during that time & that changes were
inevitable.  He claimed that the FCC stepped in &
forced the sale of KGA.  I have no documentation to
prove this, however.  This particular boss had worked
at KGA in the latter '70s.

I had heard that Mapleton was trying to buy Citadel's
stations here in Spokane, including KGA-1510,
KJRB-790, & KEYF-1050, along with some FMs (of
course), but I hadn't heard they were going to
downgrade KGA.

Sadly, it won't help me, DX-wise, as I'm right in the
northerly path of both KGA & KJRB, living on Spokane's
South Hill.

Stan Weisbeck
Spokane, WA


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