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It's Been 60 Years Since This Iconic Format First Came On The Radio
It's a station almost everybody knows, but only a few of us ever actually heard when it was on the air. It was "Boss Radio" and nobody did it better than 93 KHJ in Los Angeles. This month marks 60 years since the format first aired and there has been nothing quite like it on the medium since. It simply was amazing radio and while it's long gone, tapes of it live on all over the Internet.
Still, it wasn't love at first sound for everyone.
"The station was not immediately accepted by all. Many observers wrote it off completely … how could a 5000-watt station make a dent in the ratings against the well-established KFWB, let alone ratings leader KRLA? KHJ was a has-been “Middle of the Road” station for years, and the newest format would do nothing to change that fact, they said. Or worse."
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of ‘Boss Radio’ KHJ (930 AM)
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The Johnny Mann Singers did the KHJ Jingles along with CKLW.
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As a listener, I loved it.
In the mid-sixties I was a teenager living in stodgy Ottawa where Lawrence Welk was consistently #1 on the Hit Parade. Our family went camping in Pinery Provincial Park where we could pick up the signal from Windsor's CKLW. I had never heard anything so good, or entertaining.
On-air talent was top notch, the sound was energetic... the commercials had imagination. I read somewhere that CK sped up their turntables 15% to add to the frenzy... (or perhaps the commercial time?)
Not a favorite of everyone but to me it was radio at its peak.