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KMET returns - for a day
By Richard Wagoner
Created: 06/18/2009 03:39:41 PM PDT
It was Valentine's Day 1987 when the legendary Southern California album rocker KMET (now KTWV, 94.7 FM) left the airwaves to make room for The Wave.
Now, more than two decades later, KMET is coming back.
On July 10, 100.3 The Sound will re-create KMET for one day, using as many original Mighty Met personalities as possible.
On the A-list of potential participants right now are Jeff Gonzer (recently added to the Sound's staff for weekends and fill-ins), Ace Young, Pat "Paraquat" Kelley, David Perry and the master programmer herself, the woman who led KMET into and through its glory days, Sam Bellamy.
Actual recordings are being used to help set the tone for the day. Some of these airchecks will be played on the air, while others will help re-create the musical sets as they were played during the approximate years of 1976 to 1984, considered by most to be the best years of the station.
Unfortunately, not everyone associated with the station during that period will be able to attend. Jim Ladd, Denise Westwood, Cynthia Fox and Terry Gladstone, for example, all work for rival KLOS, and I sincerely doubt KLOS will let them off to promote another station ... even if it is a salute.
That being said, July 10 should be a fun day of radio for fans of the once mighty station. Might be a good day to take off work.
Maybe, just maybe, we can get Dr. Demento to do a shift. |
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 CurtesyFlushBababooey, fafafooey, tatatoothy.Premium
join:2002-08-23
Fontana, CA
kudos:2 | Re: KMET returns 151; for a day "KTWV won't last more than a year. L.A. isn't ready for yuppified pussy music."
That was the only time I was ever wrong about anything.
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My dog walks on water. |
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 jig
join:2001-01-05
Hacienda Heights, CA | 103.5 was playing all MJ today. aren't they mex now? |
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 TearAbiteD'oh
join:2001-07-25
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
kudos:2 | reply to Bloominite
Re: KMET returns - for a day WooHoo! Are they going to play Dr. Demento like they used to every sunday night at 10P ? |
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 SteveI know your IP addressConsultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
kudos:5 | reply to CurtesyFlush
Re: KMET returns 151; for a day said by CurtesyFlush:That was the only time I was ever wrong about anything. Well that's another one. |
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 helioxNot at the table Carlos.Premium
join:2000-11-28
Irvine, CA
2 edits | reply to Bloominite
Re: KMET returns - for a day Sweet...the Mighty Met.
I heard Jim Ladd (arguably one of the best) mention this gathering just a couple hours ago. It's good to get the full scoop.
[Edit: KMET is also an AM station in Banning. They too use the "Mighty Met" tag line :-( ]
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 shortcktWatchen Das Blinken LightsPremium
join:2000-12-05
Tenant Hell | reply to Bloominite
Wow... a lot of good memories *sniff*
A friend went to KMET that last day to picket the closing. He turned out to be the only one there. I think it was covered briefly on the news.
[trivia]
The Roger Waters album Radio K.A.O.S. features some recorded bits from 94.7 KMET-FM (surf report, fish report with a beat, etc.) in the background, and the voices of Jim Ladd and others from KMET.
Jim Ladd wrote a book, titled Radio Waves, about a fictional radio station called Radio KAOS (really about the history of L.A.'s Mighty Met in it's heyday.) The first track on that Roger Waters album is also titled Radio Waves.
The callsign KMET is now owned by Sunset Broadcasting with an AM station in Banning, CA on 1490kHz. While that station is licensed for 5kw I think they cut back to 1 or 2 kw at night since I couldn't pick them up very far. |
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Ahhhh.....A little bit of heaven 94.7 KMET.
Man I remember those days, I could pick it up down here in certain areas of San Diego.
It was one of my favorite channels along with KLOS. |
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 dogmaXYZPremium
join:2002-08-15
Boulder City, NV
kudos:1 | reply to Bloominite
Q. What is the year/make/model of the car pictured right next to Dude?
Q. What street is Dude standing on? |
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 spgGrrrr
join:2001-10-31
NOT Texas!
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Pretty sure it's a Chevy Nonza. They all look alike to me so I'm guessing a '76?
The street? A wild stab at Fairfax?
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CurtesyFlushBababooey, fafafooey, tatatoothy.Premium
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Fontana, CA
kudos:2 | reply to dogma
Who's "Dude"? |
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| looks like a late 70s Everyman to me |
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jig
join:2001-01-05
Hacienda Heights, CA | reply to spg
it might be beverly... |
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dogmaXYZPremium
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Boulder City, NV
kudos:1
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From the Lee G collection |
75 Chevy Monza 2+2
It is Fairfax. ..or at least I am 98% certain
said by Bloominite:looks like a late 70s Everyman to me I was looking for a KMET logo which as I recalled had some rat in sunglasses, beard or/and cane or something. Perhaps it was another stations logo. I came upon this picture and yes, I too said this is everyman's mid/late '70 kinda' SoCal Dude.
Edit: I'm gonna give credit and Props to the source. A guy named Lee G, looks like a Lakewood or Artisia High '73/'74 or so grad. Plus he has quite a photo collection here, including the one above. |
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CurtesyFlushBababooey, fafafooey, tatatoothy.Premium
join:2002-08-23
Fontana, CA
kudos:2 | Not this So Cal dude. My hair was never long (especially in the mid to late seventies, when I was property of the Misguided Children), you'll NEVER catch me in horizontal stripes, and I've never been one to wear mirrored sunglasses.
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spgGrrrr
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NOT Texas! | reply to dogma
So where do I pick up my prize?  |
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CurtesyFlushBababooey, fafafooey, tatatoothy.Premium
join:2002-08-23
Fontana, CA
kudos:2 | In Boulder City. Wait at the gate for him to buzz you in .
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spgGrrrr
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NOT Texas! | I'm not old enough to get into B.C. Nobody's that old! |
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But wait! There's more:
»www.ocregister.com/articles/kmet···memories |
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