His 30+ years as Program Director of KOMA radio in Oklahoma City has helped the station to be a consistent market leader. She talks. Guy Atchley at KMOD (courtesy of Mike Bruchas) I was doing news at KAKC under the nom d'aireof "Alex Bennett," the only instance in my radio career where I haven't used my real name. KOMA was born on Christmas Eve, 1922 in Oklahoma City. Particulars are at the memorial web site (Click on his name, above)." Click to get it: About Excelsior, You . The studios and transmitter were also moved into Oklahoma City. In 1964, it was determined that KOMA could better serve the public by returning to live programming. He introduced the same format at KOMA that he had used at all Storz stations, though two other OKC stations beat KOMA to the Top 40 format, (KOCY and WKY) leaving KOMA the odd man out. Oklahoma City radio and television icon Danny Williams has died from complications following a heart attack in October, daughter Shevaun Williams said. In 1959, he left television to devote full time to WKY Radio as Program Manager and morning drive on-air personality . Many listeners were puzzled . Legendary radio personality Ronnie Kaye remembers WKY as KFOR Moves 4Ward | KFOR.com Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA CITY - In a few days, Channel 4 will be broadcasting from a new building. The news director was Guy Atchley, who has been the king of Tucson television news for a couple of decades now. He returned to radio February 9, 2008, when he became the weekend personality on Los Angeles oldies station K-Earth 101. Personalities - KOMA Personalities John Hart ON-AIR: Weekdays 5:30am-10am John Hart grew up surrounded by music. KOMA would even show up in the radio rating books for Sheridan! Tuna then moved on to WMEX in Boston for the first 9 months of 1967. "I told him about the reunion and apologized for it being too late to him to come, and he said, 'What do you mean? ' With the help of friend and KATI DJ Sarge McClintock, Wilson left for KOOK in Billings in 1962. Be the first one to write a review. Kelly began his radio career in 1970 while still a junior in high school. The station affiliated for a brief period with NBC, but station management decided KOMA would be more effective as an independent. General Manager Jack Sabella changed the format to Beautiful Music with the slogan Forty Years of Favorites. Rush Limbaugh is one of the most prominent conservative voices in the U.S. and has been for quite some time. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale). The station broadcast an easy listening music format under The Young Sound branding. A few years later, Diamond purchased the FM station from Wilks Schwartz. KTLQ [Tahlequah OK] 1963-1964 WQBQ [Leesburg FL] 2016-2021 Now: Dennis says, (5/22), "I retired from WQBQ 1410 AM in Leesburg, Florida. Something called Top 40 with Rock N Roll music was the latest trend in radio. Dale then took his talents to larger markets such as Detroit (CKLW) and Boston (WMEX) and was number one at both stations as a programmer and personality. K225BN broadcasts from a tower located in Northeast Oklahoma City that is also used by other radio and television stations in the market. . Even DX listeners in other countries who often write with reports of scratchy moments of reception of KOMA-AM in Sweden, Australia, Finland, and many others could instantly confirm their reception during simulcast periods by visiting www.komaradio.com on their computers. This aircheck captures a rather sedate and milquetoast period in the station's history. KOMA - Oklahoma City, OK - Listen to free internet radio, news, sports, music, and podcasts. In the summer of 1927, KFJF began moving its transmitter to a site twelve miles east of the Oklahoma City limits. In 1945 KOMA began complete sports coverage of Oklahoma A & M college (later to be Oklahoma State University), and the Big Red of the University of Oklahoma. The upcoming play - called Stranger Things: The First Shadow - is set 20 years before the first series of the Netflix sci-fi phenomenon.. His father fostered a love for both kinds of music, country AND western. After that, when at college at osu, when returning to Stillwater from debate trips (circa1961-1965), same thing. At age 16, Tuna began working at his hometown's radio station, KGFW. She attended the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and received a BA (note: not a BS) in Communication. moved to sheridan wyo.in 1959 from perryton texas.made a long time friend who was raised on a small cattle operation in big horn wyo.he @ten years old as was i,had already been a koma fan since discovering radio.i spent many summer nights sitting in his brothers car listening to the real don steel and the fred moore roar with the smell of fresh cut alphalpha filling the night air.later in my first car dragging main in sheridan from the 4u drive in out north to the top of court house hill and our college street u turn so.main and do it all over again.koma was allways there sometimes fading for abit then back clear and strong.my favorite reverberating add went like this.all the records given away were given away in cooperation and concideration of recording artists companys and distributors,yours truly koma oklahoma city..i still dial around 1520 in my shop late at night knowing i will only find mexican music,which i kinda like because icant understand it and the beat is good.i still cruise my model a on sat.night in kingman az.and its good and we have good radio to tune in,but i miss those days in sheridan with my girl and now wife of 44 years.we were indeed just like american graffiti. He joined Black Card Radio in Los Angeles in 2010 as host of a 5-hour weekend show Charlie Tuna The 70's, which is distributed nationally and internationally, and later added a 5-hour daily and weekend show for all radio formats. He came to KOMA from a Cheyenne, Wyoming daily newspaper. Only the best Ops could work with Michael., WKNR Detroit Music Survey 1967 J Michael Wilson, WKNR Detroit Music Survey 1966 J Michael Wilson, J.Michael-Wilson 1966 Each new arrival was greeted with gusto. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast .more #46 of 164 The Best Talk Show Hosts Of Daytime, Late Night, and All Time #37 of 61 Storz stations did follow a format, but as you can tell by this aircheck, things got a little loosey goosey at times. He retired in 2008 from his morning show on KOMA. On July 15, 2012, Ty and Tony Tyler's Tyler Media entered into an agreement with Renda Broadcasting to purchase that company's Oklahoma City radio cluster (KMGL, KOMA, KRXO and KOKC) for $40 million. The 1160 frequency became a simulcast outlet for WXRT-FM and was eventually sold off to . Griffin applied for an FCC permit to construct a television station to operate Channel 9, allocated to Oklahoma City (the station is now KWTV-9, a CBS affiliate). I also listened to WNOE in New Orleans, WLAC in Nashville for the soul hits and XERB. Kelso and Double D in the morning on 97.5 KPOI, the Rock You Live On! Charlie Tuna, Dale Wehba, Don McGregor, Paul Miller, John David, Chuck Dann, J. Michael Wilson, Johnny Dark, Buddy Scott, John Ravencroft, and many others were among those who played the hits from the studios in Moore, Oklahoma. KOMA would even show up in the radio rating books for Sheridan! When the high school presented a play or show, Ronnie was always a part of it. In September 1991, KOMA along with KRXO, became the flagship stations for the University of Oklahoma Football Broadcasts and KOMA added Oklahoma State University in 1994 to the sports line-up. Danny Williams, who was with WKY from 1950 until 1979, is now the morning personality on KOMA-AM and FM, which used to be WKY's main rival. See, Lloyd Hines, and Melda V. Kennamer. Newsman Charles Parker was notified about the reunion on Monday. "I was hard to find since I'm no longer in the business," he said. There for a while, I'd walk down the hall and fall down. KTEA-FM was originally set to sign-on "on or about July 15", according to advertisements the station placed in The Daily Oklahoman. Hilary Duff and husband Matthew Koma enjoy adorable . KOMA began the first mobile news coverage by a radio station in Oklahoma City in 1958, and also became a true Rock radio station during this time when it was purchased by the Storz Broadcasting Company. Dale then took his talents to larger markets such as Detroit (CKLW) and Boston (WMEX) and was number one at both stations as a programmer and personality. J Mike was famous for his creation of Rodney the Wonder Rodent. Born in Kearney, Nebraska, Tuna was a high school athlete and sports editor of his school newspaper. Thus, the morning of February 1st, 2003, News-Talk 1520 KOMA was unveiled providing 24-hour news coverage with Oklahoma Citys largest radio news team. plus-circle Add Review. [2] July 15 had come and gone, and the station had yet to sign-on; it was now advertising that it would not sign-on until "early August". The station's original format included "county [sic] and western, classical and popular music," as Kennamer Jr. WKY Radio disc jockeys, salesmen, secretaries and other staff members got together Thursday night at an Oklahoma City restaurant for the first time since they were together in the 1960s. Indeed, there were former employees from Los Angeles, Shreveport, La., Louisville, Ky., and Tulsa, as well as people who never left the area. In accordance to limits imposed by the Federal Communications Commission on the number of radio stations a single broadcasting entity can own in a single market, Tyler sold KTLR and KKNG to WPA Radio for $1.6 million. His is a voice that boomed across the Oklahoma airways for more than four decades, introducing rock 'n' roll music to radio audiences. DOWNLOAD OPTIONS download 1 . In addition to many memorable characters Williams created such as Dan D. Dynamo and 3-D Danny among others, Williams was a highly successful radio personality for WKY radio. 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And dont forget, every weekday morning at 7:10, its $1000 Minute Impossible! "It took lots of mail and telephone time and we found people all over the country. " . By late 1924, there were an estimated 200,000 radio sets in use in Oklahoma. After spending about a year in Montana, J Mike and his sidekick Rodney the Rodent moved on to Peoria, Illinois and later to powerhouse station KOMA in Oklahoma City. 377 Views . The total cost of the new facility was $120,000 and was completed in August of 1928. Now, KOMA-FM was available 24 hours a day all over the world. K225BN, the analog translator that relays KOMA-HD2, originally signed-on in 2013[19] as a simulcast of sister station KEBC and its programming. What a station, I bet they showed up in ratings! Midwest Stereo then took the station silent on January 19, 1966 as the new owners prepared to make major changes. Jimmy O'Neill, Kevin Kassera, Chuck Shramek, Brian Jordan, and even former KOIL General Manager Steve Shepard drove across the river to Council Bluffs to try to resurrect the old sound, coincidentally in the city where KOIL began. He was the best! In October 1991, KKNG evolved from soft AC into a more mainstream AC playlist in order to compete with market leader (and future sister station) KMGL, while retaining the "Mix 92.5" branding. And while we make the transition, we are remembering the iconic personalities that are associated with our soon-to-be former home. In 1957, the music business was changing drastically and WKY Radio wanted Danny as host of the "Time and Tune Parade", week day mornings 6 to 9 AM. "We were number one. He also played character parts, including Xavier T. Willard, on the Foreman Scotty Show in 1960. "We've never been together all at once since we left WKY," said Ronnie Kaye, one of the men behind the event. It was actually Michael speeded up. P-Funk was part of the morning drive "House Party." He now works at PPi Technologies Global. At the same time, the studios were moved to the fourth floor of the Kerr Building in downtown Oklahoma City. [7] The transmitter and studio combo were located at 108 Northeast 48th Street in Oklahoma City. Copyright 2022 MeadowlarkMedia - Website By GregsonStudios.com, https://www.facebook.com/groups/119318468090662, https://katicasper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wilson_j_michael_wilson_on_koma_1966.mp3, https://katicasper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/JMWilson64-10-20-65.mp3, https://katicasper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/JMWilson67-9-16-66-Bob-Green-Productions.mp3, https://katicasper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/JMichaelWilson050167-Jim-Feliciano-Courtesy.mp3, https://katicasper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/JMWilson___WKNR_January_1968-Jim-feliciano-Courtesy-Keener13.mp3, https://katicasper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/chum-wilson-dec23-70.mp3. Recording Radio Realplayer Year 2018 . The Ronnie Kaye story began in a sleepy town in southeast Missouri. Best regards always, good health and thank you for the great memories, Michael D. Hanks (Buster Bodine), Los Angeles. His broadcasting career began in 1947 at a radio station in Austin, Texas. "We'll probably never be together like this again. " At the same time, the FRC granted Dudley Shaw a permit to raise KFJFs power to a fantastic 5,000 watts. 4241 Jutland Dr #202, San Diego, CA 92117. He certainly belongs, like Bob and Ray, in the elite of radio personalities. American radio personality and television host (19442016), This article is about the TV and radio personality. It's elephant joke day and Don McGregor, like most KOMA disc jockeys is hitting his cues like clockwork, even as he stumbles with some of the jokes sent in by listeners. And the beat goes on RADIO STATION CALL LETTER JINGLES - KOMA (OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA) Pirate Radio U.S.A. 282 views 2 months ago 1972 Mercury Marquis Commercial - Limo Driver Challange - Vic Damone jingle. His mother preferred top 40 hits and rock n roll! The station would last about a year, as Midwest Stereo filed to transfer the station to the House of Sound Broadcasting Corporation on November 1, 1965. On January 8,1929, KFJF began its long affiliation with the Columbia Broadcasting System. Show. Thus, after more than 12 years of airing on both AM and FM, the legendary call letters of KOMA and the programming history they represent officially completed the transition from AM to FM. CBS then consisted of 45 radio stations. He was fabulous. During the 1950s, television was forcing radio into a period of change. The studios, ironically, once housed KOMA's rival, WKY. Changing with the times was KOMA. #3 of 76 Famous People with Tinnitus Adam Carolla Age: 58 Adam Carolla (; born May 27, 1964) is an American comedian, radio personality, television host, actor, podcaster, and director. After winning a local talent show in the early 1950s, he appeared on. John was general manager at KABC and commuter Airwatch from the skies above the freeways was his brainchild. From 2012 to 2014, he became the voice of Los Angeles (Anaheim) independent station KDOC-TV. The man just had that genius about him., Williams, a devout Christian since age 12, was also fond of telling callers to his morning radio show, God bless you! and I love you. Call us at (858) 263-7716. House of Sound filed to move the city of license from Midwest City to Oklahoma City proper, which took effect on May 11. [1] The station bore the call letters KTEA-FM and was originally licensed to Midwest City. Most recently, Williams had been the morning host for KOMA-FM until 2008. Tuna hosted Cinema, Cinema, Cinema for 30 years, an internationally syndicated TV show, featuring the top movies in the US each week with clips from the films, and another international TV show Inside Hollywood for three years. He was kind of like a big brother. This was also a time when listeners began to complain about radio stations interfering with each other. He was hired by WKY-4, an Oklahoma City television station, in 1950. [4] He died in his sleep on February 19, 2016, at his home, aged 71.[2]. During the winter, the signal would start to come in about noon. The FRC was the forerunner of what we now know as the Federal Communications Commission, and began functioning on March 1, 1927. In 1973 he moved to KKDJ as program director and morning personality. In 2014, KOMA began broadcasting in HD (while still broadcasting an analog signal on 92.5 FM) and added two other programs on the HD-2 and HD-3 channels. He had a certain personality that clicked with Oklahomans," said Ronnie Kaye, on-air personality at KOMA-FM 92.5. Under Lester Smith's stewardship, KJR rose to capture 37% of the Seattle audience. KOMA (Radio station : Oklahoma City, Okla.) - Radio broadcasting. The Storz chain of stations consisted of KOMA, Oklahoma City, WHB, Kansas City, WTIX, New Orleans, WDGY, Minneapolis, KXOK, St. Louis, and WQAM, Miami. In April, 2004, KOMA-FM hosted the first KOMA Fan Jam. Many former KOMA DJs returned for the event and the weekend programming was full of memorable recordings of KOMAs broadcasts from the 60s, serving as a tribute to the KOMA staff and listeners who made the AM station such a legend. Always wanted to say thank you. Personalities. It was more than just the music. And everyone remembers Yours Truly KOMA and the kissing tone. This was definitely an era where radio was fun. Legendary radio personality Ronnie Kaye remembers WKY as KFOR Moves 4Ward OKLAHOMA CITY - In a few days, Channel 4 will be broadcasting from a new building. As audio streaming and file swapping became more popular on the Internet throughout 2000, the recording industry and actors union became increasingly concerned about the free distribution of their works online. He was hard to track down, but Kunkel found him. No doubt about it, KOMA was my favorite station. KFJF was originating some of its own programming by this time and original ideas for better broadcasting were of paramount importance. In 1953, The Adventures of 3-D Danny debuted. Drake-Chenault's Boss Radio format killed off this type of radio shows. See more Classic Rock Classical Classics Hits 30 tune ins FM 92.5 - 64Kbps Oklahoma City - Oklahoma , United States - English Suggest an update During the record, hed record his rodent bit. 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