June 30 2005 Wellington, New Zealand
Happy 80th Birthday 1020-AM KTNQ Just released at www.radioheritage.net. Enjoy reading about the humble beginnings in 1925 of KFVD, now Los Angeles radio station 1020-AM KTNQ and celebrating its 80th birthday this month. A fascinating story behind the mike, through the chaotic unregulated early days of KFVD, through the 1930's and the war years and into the mid-fifties when it became KPOP. By 1960 it was KGBS, and a great couple of decades as a popular music station in Los Angeles followed, before flipping to Spanish language as KTNQ Radio Fiesta. A richly researched story from acclaimed Californian radio historian and broadcaster, Jim Hilliker. Exclusive images. Take a detailed tour of the KFVD years and meet Woody Guthrie and others who made their name at 1000 and 1020 on the LA dial. The Radio Heritage Foundation is a New Zealand based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, preserving and promoting radio heritage from around the Pacific Rim. This is the first in a new series of stories and images featuring Californian AM radio since the 1920's. Read about KTNQ and many other popular Pacific radio stations at www.radioheritage.net today. David Ricquish Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.net ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt