Saturday, August 15, 2009

What was on the Radio in Colton 1969...












In 1969 you could go to the Thrifty Drug Store at the Mount Vernon Shopping Center (I rode there on my bicycle) and, for $3.50, buy a pocket transistor radio. During the day, I wired it to the handlebars of my bike. At night, it was under my pillow.

Here are some of the things we heard:

570 kHz
KLAC
Middle of the Road Music (Talk at Night)
Los Angeles

590 kHz
KFXM "Tiger Radio"
Top 40
San Bernardino

640 kHz
KFI (NBC)
Variety (Full Service)
Los Angeles

690 kHz
XETRA "Xtra Music"
Beautiful Music
Tijuana

710 kHz
KMPC
Adult Standards
Los Angeles

740 kHz
KBIG "K-Big" (daytime)
Beautiful Music
Avalon (on Santa Catalina Island)

790 kHz
KABC (ABC)
TalkRadio
Los Angeles

870 kHz
KIEV (daytime)
Country and Western (and other stuff)
Glendale

900 kHz
KGRB (daytime)
Big Band
West Covina

920 kHz
KDES
Top 40
Palm Springs

930 kHz
KHJ "Boss Radio"
Top 40
Los Angeles

980 kHz
KFWB
All News
Los Angeles

1020 kHz
KGBS (daytime only)
Light Pop (featuring Bill Ballance)
Los Angeles

1050 kHz
KTOT (daytime only)
Variety
Big Bear Lake

1070 kHz
KNX (CBS)
Newsradio
Los Angeles

1090 kHz
XERB
Oldies (with Wolfman Jack) at night
and the Holy Rosary (in English and Spanish) during the day
Rosarito, Baja California

1110 kHz
KRLA
Oldies
Pasadena

1150 kHz
KIIS "Kiss Radio"
Top 40
Los Angeles

1190 kHz
KEZY
Top 40
Anaheim

1220 kHz
KKAR
Top 40
Pomona

1240 kHz
KRNO "The Golden Sound"
Beautiful Music
San Bernardino

1260 kHz
KGIL
Adult Standards
San Fernando

1290 kHz
KMEN "K-Men" (ABC)
Top 40
San Bernardino

1300 kHz
KWKW
Spanish
San Gabriel

1330 kHz
KFAC (Mutual)
Classical Music
Los Angeles

1350 kHz
KCKC (ABC)
Country and Western
San Bernardino

1370 kHz
KREL
Top 40
Corona

1410 kHz
KCAL
Spanish
Redlands

1440 kHz
KPRO (CBS)
Music/Information
Riverside

1480 kHz
KWIZ
Top 40
Santa Ana

1490 kHz
KPAS
Variety
Banning

1510 kHz
KMSL
Easy Listening
Ontario

1540 kHz
KPOL
Beautiful Music
Los Angeles

1570 kHz
KACE
Adult Standards
Riverside

1600 kHz
KWOW
Top 40
Pomona

Do notice the lack of religious radio stations. During the 1960s these were all on FM, except for the Rosaries on XERB.

I will have more about radio in upcoming postings.