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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Glenn Branca, 69
« on: May 14, 2018, 04:40:06 PM »
The avant garde guitarist had been suffering from throat cancer.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8455922/glenn-branca-dead

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP John Mack Flanagan, 71
« on: April 05, 2018, 10:56:09 AM »
The DJ, known for his role in the 70s heyday of KFRC along with Dr. Don Rose and Bobby Ocean, died of congestive heart failure at his home in Daly City.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/John-Mack-Flanagan-1970s-top-40-disc-jockey-12805852.php#photo-10421770


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Stream of Consciousness / Re: Local (and other) radio news
« on: March 15, 2018, 10:42:23 AM »
Are there sources/web sites that list the songs spun on a particular station,
either in downloadable or easy-to-screen-scrape format?  It's amusing to
play '60s Watch, but if there's a way to get the last 24 hours (or more) in
one swell foop...  Or do stations consider that information their competitive
advantage?
Well, there's TuneGenie -- here's the link for The Bone: http://ksan.tunegenie.com/

Ah yes, that works.  It does take a little of the fun out of playing '60s Watch, but it
makes it easier to compile a more comprehensive report.  Both KSAN and KUFX
appear to play at least a half dozen '60s songs every day.  Under My Thumb (1966)
is still the earliest so far, but there are several from 1967.  Conspicuously absent
despite their '60s stature:  the Beatles.  The Beatles could certainly rock, but I'd say
their best-known hits are more pop than rock.  I have heard Revolution on KUFX.

IIRC, KFOG went thru a period a number of years ago when the Beatles were rarely heard on its playlist. No idea why.

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: Local (and other) radio news
« on: March 15, 2018, 10:41:12 AM »
iHeartMedia (aka ClearChannel) files for Chapter 11:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/15/iheartmedia-files-for-bankruptcy.html

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: Local (and other) radio news
« on: February 15, 2018, 10:44:36 AM »

So I've been playing my new game, "60s watch," checking in more frequently (but not necessarily
staying) with K-Fox (KUFX) and The Bone (KSAN) just to see if they're playing a '60s song.  More
so in the car, when I might otherwise have left the radio off.  (I have a short list that I anticipate
hearing.)

I guess you could say I did a double take today when both stations were playing Queen's
Another One Bites the Dust at the same time.  Thought I screwed up the radio presets
at first.  Amusing and sad.

I've had that happen with a couple of the classic rock stations here - although it's usually AC/DC or Zeppelin.

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Marty Allen, 94
« on: February 13, 2018, 10:42:03 AM »
The comedian and former partner of singer Steve Rossi died in Las Vegas on Monday. No cause was revealed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/obituaries/marty-allen-wild-eyed-comedy-star-is-dead-at-95.html

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Vic Damone, 89
« on: February 13, 2018, 10:25:29 AM »
The noted crooner died in Florida of complications due to respiratory failure.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/obituaries/vic-damone-singer-dies.html

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP John Mahoney, 77
« on: February 05, 2018, 06:16:15 PM »
The character actor best known as Frasier Crane's father Martin on "Frazier" died in Chicago while in hospice.

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/john-mahoney-dead-dies-frasier-1202688144/

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Dennis Edwards, 74
« on: February 02, 2018, 04:06:37 PM »
The lead singer of the Temptations died in Chicago from undisclosed causes, one day before his 75th birthday.

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Dennis-Edwards-Temptations-Lead-Singer-Dies-at-12547167.php

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A cover of Little Boxes with modified lyrics for Lärabars.

Ay yi yi.

And probably half the people hearing it don't realize its origin.

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Dolores O'Riordan, 46
« on: January 15, 2018, 09:46:20 AM »
The Cranberries singer died suddenly in London. No cause of death has been released.

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/01/r-i-p-dolores-oriordan-lead-singer-of-irish-rock-band-the-cranberries-has-died-at-46/

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 5 Jan 2018: Interesting news...
« on: January 07, 2018, 09:52:48 AM »
Count me in the "that's nice but I'm not getting excited crowd".

If it's done really well, then to gould's point it'll be water under the bridge. But I just can't say I have enough faith in KFOG to do that right now. But I'm willing to be proved wrong.

Well put. I guess we should reserve comment until Rockwell has had a chance to get his footing and figure out how to put it all together.  But overall, this appears on its face to be just another of the many steps they're taking to walk back the (numerous) mistakes of 2016. Have they brought back the "World Class Rock" tagline yet?

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Pat DiNizio, 62
« on: December 13, 2017, 09:40:55 AM »
DiNizio, the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Smithereens, has died. No cause of death has been revealed, nor the location of his passing.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/13/570405135/smithereens-lead-singer-pat-dinizio-dies-at-age-62

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