KHJ 93 Los Angeles - The Real Don Steele - December 1966 - Radio Aircheck

KHJ 93 Los Angeles - The Real Don Steele - December 1966

Courtesy: Robert Nicholson

Back in the late 1960s & early 1970s, 93 KHJ was a Top 40 powerhouse in SoCal. It was so popular, “Boss Radio“ was practically the soundtrack of Los Angeles.

For many years, “personality” Top40 radio, dominated by lots of deejay chatter and & long jingles. In 1965 legendary radio programmer Bill Drake, along with program director Ron Jacobs, changed that when they brought the streamlined ”Drake Format“ to KHJ, & transformed it into Southern California’s must listen to radio station.

The station cranked out the biggest hits of the day, larger than life promotions & contests, and some of the greatest jocks in the country!

KHJ’s DJ roster read almost like an all-star list, with such talent as Charlie Tuna, Johnny Williams, Machine Gun Kelly, Billy Pearl, Bobby Tripp, Mark Elliott, Bill Wade, Robert W. Morgan, Bobby Ocean, Humble Harve, Jerry Butler, Sam Riddle, Charlie Van Dyke, Gary Mack, and the voice heard on this air check, The Real Don Steele.

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[DannyD]

i had 3 teenage siblings in "66 when i was 5 years old and KHJ was always playing in our house. this is literally the soundtrack of my childhood.

[videovomitchannel]

Ellis Feaster is the Big Kahuna of airchecks. This channel is the new Boss Radio! I'm glad he made mention of KHJ program director Ron Jacobs who had a oversized influence on the sound of 93 KHJ.

[rogercamp]

Carnation Instant Breakfast ad 😊 now I really feel old lol

[gelmann]

Aircheck is From March 1967. Ad for the Michael Caine movie : "Funeral In Berlin" released late Feb 1967 Also The Girl I Knew Somewhere" Monkees, released as the B-side to the "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" March 8, 1967

[thebun]

Love this channel but I think this must be from early / mid '67 specifically because the Monkees "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" wasn't first recorded until February '67. Interesting piece about that particular song is it was the first one released (B side to "A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You") that they actually played on. From out the backlash they received for not playing, didn't seem like anyone really cared at the end of the day as that's not mentioned anywhere here. Other songs in the check put it in 1967 as well. Really cool stuff. Keep up the good work. I love hearing these things to get the experience of how these songs were presented when they were new(er) to the public. Would love if you could come up with an aircheck from WMAQ 670 when it was playing country. Great memories of listening to that station for the music and White Sox games when I was a kid.

[genegjr]

Also I remember Robert W Morgan had his own radio show correct?

[genegjr]

Can you answer a question why does radio stations 🚉 have w on the east coast and K on the west coast I’m just wondering

[frdjr]

The Drake format arrived in NYC in late 1967 at WOR-FM. OR-FM never beat WABC but they significantly eroded WMCA's listener base. I loved WOR-FM. They poached me from WMCA and WABC with a deeper playlist, lots of pre-64 oldies and a smooth presentation.

[bananaman]

Won't this aircheck be from February or March '67 rather than December 1966? The Beatles "Penny Lane" gets played and that wasn't released until mid February '67, similarly The Turtles "Happy Together" is announced as the #1 song and that wasn't released until January 1967.