Neil Robert Irving. One year later he was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame. Jim Bridges hosts the finals of the big money contest in the KFRC Game Zone. Glenn Adams at KFRC was the greatest all night jock in America in 1967 and The history of The Big 610 is presented in a one-hour audio documentary, which first aired on Valentines Day weekend in February 1986, just six months before The Amazing AMs demise. It was a huge accomplishment at that time. Don Rose (born Donald Duane Rosenberg; July 5, 1934 - March 30, 2005), also known as "Dr. Donald D. Rose" or just "Dr. Don," was an American radio personality on KFRC AM 610 in San Francisco, California from October 1973 to 1986. I was doing 6-10pm on the Big 8 when he left. From left to right are : Ian Paice (drums), Jon Lord (keyboards), Sir Malcolm Arnold, Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Ian Gillan (vocals) and Roger Glover (bass guitar).. August 1965: American singers Cher (Cherylynn LaPiere, Cherilyn Sarkisian) and Sonny Bono (Salvatore Bono) (1935 - 1998) on a visit to London.. 11th May 1966: The British pop band "The Troggs," Reg Presley, (right) Chris Britton, Peter Staples and Ronnie Bond wearing suits from John Stephen of Carnaby Street, London.. 4th August 1966: The English psychedelic blues band the Yardbirds, (from left) Jim McCarty, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Chris Dreja and lead singer Keith Relf.. 28th April 1965: Irish rock group Them, comprising (left to right), John McAuley, Peter Barden, Alan Henderson, singer-songwriter Van Morrison and Billy Harrison.. 16th June 1967: Rock guitarist and vocalist with The Moody Blues Denny Laine.. American television host Ed Sullivan smiles while standing with British rock group the Beatles on the set of his television variety series, New York, February 9, 1964. You may also listen toAircheck #1andAircheck #2separately. Dr. Don caricature by Bobby Ocean. Thousands of Beatle fans brought traffic to a standstill in Piccadilly Circus as they waited to see the group arrive at the premiere. KFRC.com Classic Hits is the radio station located in San Francisco, California. This is a carousel. For talk lovers, KFRC-FM - Bay Area Radio 106.9 FM, the station is the best companion. April 27, 2023 (66 years old) View obituary. I worked with her YEARS ago in Seattle. The company took an affront to talent leaving, as was the case when I threatened to bail, after an L.A. station pursued me for the second time within a year. Marvelous Mark McKay, KFRCs afternoon man, filled in as interim program director untilGerry Cagletook over the position in September 1980. Releasing himself from the earth's arms, Herzog, urged on in flight by a great devotion for his wife, caught up with the recalcitrant car and put a stop to the elopement. Timothy Bruce Boyd. There is nothing at all to indicate how she passed away; it happened in her sleep. She was 62. After enduring a full-body cast and worrying about infection, he decided to have the leg amputated. So fun. Copyright 2023 All Access Music Group. He had presence, this ability to be on the air with such presence that you could feel him as well as hear him.. I am truly saddened about the loss of my friend, HARRY., HOWARD ROSEN PROMOTION President HOWARD ROSEN commented, HARRY and I were close friends since 1980, and spoke on the phone several times a day. The Beatles in a television studio for the filming of a global broadcast of their song "All You Need is Love.". The guy on the radio can become your invisible friend and John turned that up some.. Instead, he attracted a large and fiercely loyal morning audience unmatched since the days of the homegrown king of Bay Area radio, Don Sherwood. Richard Wagoner is a San Pedro freelance writer covering radio in Southern California. The baton passed toDave Sholinfor the final year as a Top 40 (until August 1986), but he was dealing with consultant Walt Sabo and a desperate try-anything attitude from RKO. She later took over morning drive on KLOS the first woman to do that. Fred Magazine Presents 610 KFRC Limited Edition Aircheck 1 & 2 (1978; 14 minutes). Catchings worked at KFRC before Roses time, but was program director at ABCs KSFX when Rose was on air in the Bay Area. After one final short stint at a station in Santa Rosa, he retired from radio in 2000. (7 1/2 ips reel) Who do I send it to for posting. Enrique Tan De Guia, 85, born on May 26, 1937, in Dagami, Leyte, Philippines, passed away June 6, 2022. Returning to Nebraska, he held an announcing position at KRNY/Kearney for about fifteen months before being pink-slipped again. Most of us cut our teeth doin the PD thing in small-to-medium markets. Our shifts crossed every day at 6 a.m.; I loved driving in, listening to her skills on the air. Add your comment below. He then went to Concords KKIS and K-101, but heart problems soon ended his radio career. The name isnt terribly important, but it is connective to the story. There, in a room used for sewing classes, Flanagan described his induction as the greatest thing thats ever happened to me. for providing extensive source material on the career of Dr. Don Rose. The closing line for the spot was get your shirt together! which proved to be nightmarish for me one late Saturday night and early Sunday morning at approximately 1:50-ish. Flanagan spent nearly 40 years in Top 40 radio. By then hed been suffering for years from a heart condition, and his doctor had given him two weeks to live. In her freshman year at San Francisco State, she was elected homecoming queen after touring the campus in a large birdcage. Flanagans dad was a prosperous car dealer who died young, and Flanagans mother moved him to Roswell, N.M. At South Junior High, he met Joann Shields in the hallway, and by the time they reached Roswell High School they were a couple for life. The Good Doctors second day on KFRC after arriving from Philadelphia. And Id swear thats her in the 1986 pic. A sample God Squad segment by Father Harry Schlitt (later elevated to monsignor) of the Archdiocesan Media Center. CBS Courtesy of Carter B. Smith. He was a hard guy to program against because he was that popular in the morning, Catchings said.