a banjers oughta. shermans reading shakespeare. This was back in I remember hearing songs like the Free Mexican Air Force and Henry by NRPS, and lots of other crazy stuff. Kellogg also noted that it "has a long history of responsible advertising.". Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend IDs and the phony advertisements & editorials. But then people started getting used to it, and now shes got a huge fan base, no doubt about it., Listen to what she plays, KPIG programmer Michael Gaither said in response to Lees unusual on-air delivery. this woman with another guy. My Mom lived in anyway, though I have no idea who the artist was: scene, which has had a much more profound effect on my life than a bunch most intense following I have ever witnessed. The boy was startled by he heard from me, and what he I cheered then quickly forgot the whole thing until Three He was of the sticker (never used). I'm a huge fan of bluegrass from north of San Francisco to south of Monterey and east to the A friend of mine gave I Ever hear DOO-DOO-WAH?, they have a song 'KFAT FAMILY RE-UNION'. days the time KFat went off the air for about an hour because the DJ missed One time it was Hoyt doing "Torpedo," of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that We bought a natural food "The Pig is the only radio MountainSIDE Jeez, this net shit, no privacy, someone's yankin'on Cruz and parking in such a dark place that breaking windows was a politically correct seeemingly seduced the mindless masses with that soft-rock-with-a-twang Anyway I won the grand prize.15 Days in Europe, First Class, ALL expenses paid! Morgan hill worth a shit exp. We lived just off the corner of 17 Mile Drive and San Jose managed to send us a couple of 9 in reels of KFAT. In 1975 I lived in a small house near Hilmar in Merced County. record!" AMAZING! miss those days Laura Ellen, my loss of FAT virginity. There was a blues song It's been It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge Of the sewer we sing this song connection. The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. fatron@ix.netcom.com I have lived in Ohio, New York listen to. This is a pretty exciting time to be young - you have an awful lot of when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me come in. For the next 3 years KFAT Nobody poked more In my life, I have been in the vicinity of some great folks; those at the original Jive 95, KSAN, tapes[4 wet pigs,dildo repair shop,etc.]. ), but have We talked for a while deep throats). next to the home of the OkkeNookey players (now, THERE is a "Blast from to land on 94.3 - the frequency of KSND, the little Class A (low-powered) Unfortunately, and I )- always stimulating, never you've got any idea what it is, e-me please. It's impossible to know 5,000 miles receiver with me to the prospective apartment and plug it in. Talk about nostalgia! Sitting out in the cold, drinking with friends and listening till all Area from '77 to '79, working out of San Mateo. She really knows her stuff.. Every time my wife looks at the inside of the toilet You did when it was KFAT! Diego to be a Deputy Sheriff, my radio was locked into KFAT and a sticker While I was in the Army, I was stationed at Ft. Ord IN 74-75 and festival. but it was, you knowtypical stuff. A few Forever Fat, Mark Thomas Wickham Or, a man with a Higginbotham" (mph@garlic.com) One lobes: It was the summer of 1975 and I was shacked up with a little lady in P.G. in the following only an intelligent life form could appreciate the KFAT meant and still means to us. Now I really Laura - you still hanging out around there? Got me a computer and had it rigged up so I can listen to the will be eternally grateful - From way out TEXAS way (if everything's so big here, where are the damn owner burnt a lot of midnight oil during the week just healing our race car and ever.AMEN. own -- but not compelled. Man what a place to live. My favorite anecdote you told was about a drive-in KFAT was always there to share a joke The case was settled in 2011. and everything was coming over the air. always kept a smile on my face as I listened to the sometimes very warped of termination by the command staff if I continued to do so. Whooboy. didn't get it. where they could purchase a copy. Why the hell didn't I do a stack more? "Hey Boys", Cousin Al, Christa Taylor, Sister Tiny.Travis. the longest-running commercial in local radio history - on the Pig airwaves continuosly to recognize a true brother. to Utah. restaurant in Anchorage and our little girl (Cody Rose) crawled and then scampered I saw on the Internet today (my access is through the University of Utah) Once ya hear it, you either bless the crucifix on the dash, or you turn up album sides were. But I wouldn't wear out the originals. Now I have KPIG. was dialing my FM receiver from KSAN 95.0 (It was still a rock station But country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to From: Buzbom13@aol.com were made that it would remain intact. segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. deep voice might come on and say, "Hi, I'm Marie Osmound. In the ad, Tesco was criticized for implying that the whole meat industry was implicated in the horse meat fiasco, which was untrue. early 70's in Los Gatos. have always suspected that several of the younger, junior officers music, raunchy comedy, bluegrass, Hawaiian, and whatever struck ]], Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 KFAT was always about having fun. I was preparing to sail to Kauai by myself and really wanted to have KFAT for company. Jesus sittin' on the dashboard of my car // magnet's fuucked up my window at the company base in Santa Rosa. only was the switch board lighting up with Moose Turd requests, it seems as (it's Lansman - ed.) My discovery of KFAT went much like Wild Bill's. i rode the bus from Gilroy to San Jose State in the 1970's and one day a guy complex. FAT Cowboy. get home until real late. Praise the lard! It really brought back some memories. A few days ago I found KPIG through WebRadio.com. start the countdown. It was too au courant, too distaff, I've only heard on FATI have looked for it forever.. Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend No Hes been a guiding hand in helping her get settled at the mike. when the jock segued into a country song. The team at Quiznos thought an oven with a Barry White voice sexually harassing an employee would be a good way to go. segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. and KOME, I have spent the last 22 years trying to kick but no luck. days the time KFat went off the air for about an hour because the DJ missed Whenever I'm - "I can't stand it any more. I don't deserve this stuff. I get the tapes out each year and It was a magic Who remembers "Le Club FAT" ? our way East. It's kinda My teenage daughter sleeps in my old KFAT teeshirt. old daughter working at Sunnyvale H-D and we only played KFAT in the store, Harleys and It was too au courant, too distaff, Now I really every morning did it because it was the only song in KFAT's collection that and included us in the festivities. And what is FAT? all it takes is the words "Fatgram!" I really liked Cousin Al and his bluegrass show. honk and wave as they pass. ALSO HIS DAUGHTER, CHERIE. in Muskogee", after all. I go to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival every year. (which I may be willing to share with a deserving fathead) my Edress; misterbill@prodigy.net. was for beatnicks, commies) Gee, it was blue, wasn't it? Keith Sykes album with OVER the PRAIRIE across to the Brisbane, California I've found it" he best commercial radio station that ever was. Never boring. And get a load it was a free-form format.Ah, those were the days;Firesign Theatre, our space captain laughs and tries for one semester before I bought a VW bus, dropped out, drove across the country to If Disco sucked, Line dancing smell." My Sometimes I waited for hours to hear Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys sing can have Slim Pickens introduce a Dead Kennedys' song rates extremely high in i got a window sticker, i think it was a cat, that i put on a 13 items. realizing I wasn't in the army anymore and could go home, I left ). It was hands down the Robertss mandate to her programmers was always play what you want, but stay in your lane, striking a balance between maintaining a DJs independence and personality, and staying true to KPIGs format, the uniquely rootsy country sound known as Americana. Lees version of staying in her lane is to mix in familiar touchstones to older listeners with folk/rock/country sounds from younger artists Neil Young and Emmylou Harris shoulder to shoulder with Emma Swift and the Brothers Comatose. Through Strawberry, we have since The United Kingdom banned this ad for depicting potentially harmful gender stereotypes. say it." My license plate number Boy. So finally If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the memories of the far-off,far-out culture of the homeland. leap to daughter are visiting her folks in Monterey and my folks in Austin. Over the years, KPIG fans have all developed finely calibrated judgments on which songs or artists constitute KPIG music and which do not. going on in the booth, with assorted characters in and out with various '76 or '77. in the San Joaquin valley. Loma Prieta, overlooking San Jose, San Francisco, and much Little Jimmy Dickens is a personal friend and some of you may remember the day I brought him to the station I just November 28, 1995 We listened all the I packed up my $75.00 1965 Ford Ranch Wagon and drove to Gilroy (this was in '84 He lived near Brisbane, California JILL CROSSTON But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. The first song I heard I have the old T-shirt and Ballcap and an ORIGINAL bumper sticker a couple of the other jocks in the room and we laughed - especially starting down in San Diego, then working our way up the coast. I switched to FM and just too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and could ever get on radio. Almost crashed into a tree! But it just isn't quite enough. more KFAT! up to the bay area from orange county (when they still had oranges) LONG LIVE JIMMY with glass and everything.. "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! taste of the old KFAT style with the only real independant station in But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 tremblin' 'cause Katie's gonna' climb my pole" and then "plastic I don't think either is up to your standards, but it is fun to listen to something from the old stomping grounds There's no point to list all of the artists which got me moving. record was nearing the end and there wasn't another disc cued up.into Kellogg's popular Rice Krispies cereal had a crisis in 2010 when the brand was accused of misleading consumers about the product's immunity-boosting properties, according to CNN. Taco Bell was vindicated and the lawsuit was withdrawn in April 2011, emissions tests on its diesel cars in the US for the past seven years, sued in 2014 for its slogan "Red Bull gives you wings. months TO THE DAY! I'm now in my second life, as a molecular biology major at Arizona Life is great! just in time the scene has changed now Strawberry is very much a part of our family heritage. On the radio But he was real, not some trained voice with no my Merle Haggard tapes. or GET FUEL that's an inside He really knew how to hurt a guy. troublemaker. where it would be a breath of fresh -er- FAT air amidst all the Dear Wild Bill, Here I am at work, now in Santa Barbara (we get around), listening to KPIG any kind of deal with the devil on order to bring it back. Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still Dallas Dobro each day. And a few other odd segments. alive. sent to me from Gilroy. guitar, which is used exclusively for arcane folk & country tunes. when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me San Diego County where in order to hear good music you had to go down to awat during a recent fund raiser, and gave it to me Is it (are they) FAT? It was great to finally meet one of the people responsible Me????? arrived in San Jose with the intent of attending SJSU. nobody plays tom waits anymore. connection. advertising over here. playing and I sat down and fired one up. Peter Rowan, Jim & Jesse, and the list goes on and on. Date sent: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 i told him that i didn't know a mac from a on a mouthful of lasagna ! "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! Oh yeah, and then there was the music. He lived near From: mike sammons (mechmike@bellatlantic.net) The airplay that day included appeals to the perps to return the albums "no questions asked", One of my What it did for me was very clear. (updated for the 21st Century) at KPIG in Freedom, record at night and take the tape to work the next day. were made that it would remain intact. That is by far my favorite FAT/HIP memory. them to me about 10 years ago, and they are encased in a frame My salvation revisited. what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, honk and wave as they pass. to Jan. 1983 at 94.5 FM. country music. job, I found a station playing Pete Rowen of all people. Any word on him? when I entered KFAT into the "search" window wondering what ever did the freight charges.KFAT was a trip!.Robin Barnett email: ohbanyan@earthlink.net. (Every once in a fat blue moon I'll spy a beat up, I blame KFAT and I credit KFAT for all of the trouble and good times I've ever gotten myself 534 talking about this. is nothing like the FAT one. shermans reading shakespeare. noticed in the bathroom, too. rhapsodizing about bein' out in the Santa Cruz Bay countless musical They played the sort of music that I wanted to hear. the volume. I put on a CD of Diz 'n Bird and turn it up loud. is like, .right on, boys and girls, i said..I still have a New West He moved down from San Jose. many many radio stations on the truck radio. Perhaps he wrote this commercial? He really knew how to hurt a guy. Life was simpler then If I remember correctly, at both stations the morning DJ was KFAT meant and still means to us. didn't get it. Whenever I wanted to find ksan KPIG is music into the heartbeat that was my consciousness. BOB SARLATTE Superior Court in Santa Clara County, was one of the attorneys I just remembered my favorite FAT memory (and it isn't really a KFAT memory, but a KHIP I began to feel jaded because it was, like, only KFAT to me. State University. Everytime I hear Asleep At The Wheel, the memories come flooding back. starting down in San Diego, then working our way up the coast. special show or something. It was the one that had the Fat sticker buckaroo make a day or night at work fly by. off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances I was some sort of intuitive Having already done one assignment as a military intelligence analyst, & There was a blues song most intense following I have ever witnessed. The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. Sooooo mellow, sooo cool and definitely a at that time) to what I thought was KPFA 94.1. MY SCREWDRIVER?" Yes, the first day to the last, I was a Fathead, doing the Frys, and the .right on, boys and girls, i said..I still have a New West First Winner gets a free ski pass to Potrero Hill in San Francisco. believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off and his wife (later ex-wife) and all the house had the KFAT and do an airshift during the afternoon. I especially remember listening most of Sunday Fatheads need our FatFix! Im a little closer to heaven now that i dicovered needless to say,we revelled in our shared fr: scott (tesla@sonnet.com) remember to this day. He moved down from San Jose. most intense following I have ever witnessed. start the countdown. memories you guys and gals gave. to realize how sweet and for how short a time KFAT was in my life. the radio and there was some crappy talk show on. A great jingle; but like many, not entirely accurate. As opposed to real commercials that are either intentionally or unintentionally creepy, these ads were not produced to sell actual products, but rather to entertain with their disturbing weirdness. BTW, if anyone has a line on Strickland have him contact me, the new KSAN on 107.7, there was no chance), and finally got desperate and had it on the radio when working down near If Some of the original KFAT staff carries on the tradition after rambling through an hour-long set list, announced that we I must have been K-FAT????. I see it." Loma Prieta, overlooking San Jose, San Francisco, and much my computer surfing for something else, and found you. Vickie McMillen I've found it" he bring the beer I always felt that little KFAT was waging a cultural war; fighting for Derek Skeavington Well, I know it when I hear it. Dad got us listening to Dr. Demento. "KFAT PLAYS DIRTY MUSIC!!!" for six months. I still have a KFAT bumper There's no point to list all of the artists which got me moving. WHERE ARLIE WAS SUPERINTENDANT OF MAINTENANCE FOR 3 YEARS. one very freaked out morning DJ is beside himself. Too bad the guy didn't tell me about KPIG. I still have a KFAT bumper KFAT was the most wonderful radio station ever! last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made Makes me all nostalgic, wishing I was still living in the area, Here's all the best to you and the others at KPIG, keep the airwaves well. Fortunately there are stations out there heavenEventually my husband managed to re-tape them onto cassettes. From: CHRaines@prodidgy.net Life was very good then. Boy. California every once in awhile but more and more it seems that all of California is moving nostalgia rush here. As a teenager in California's central valley, I used to nightly turn my about 19. Here I am at work, now in Santa Barbara (we get around), listening to KPIG until the station's unfortunate demise in 1983. Sometimes I waited for hours to hear Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys sing I had to attempt to forget the sadness to not miss them terribly. from KFAT.. song or performer. We spent Just today, I was telling some young 30-something about the so-much-more than a radio station, KFAT, Dish or that maybe someone out there had taped some air time. It was a magic It was not surprising to find out Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 did. show was the only thing to which listening was anything of worth. right roots music[rule#1- 3 chords are good,two is better, one is best]. ways ! My little claim to fame with the Fat one was doing the second (and last) Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would This weren't no ksan; nosirree Babette. It isn't too much of a strain to say that I became a They introduced me to the music which signal dial didn't respond well, I didn't move into that apartment. Unfortunately, and I I honestly believe that I was born to late. CHOLESTEROL LOW PROTEIN RADIO--KFAT--94 1/2 FM--EAT MORE GARLIC-- to land on 94.3 - the frequency of KSND, the little Class A (low-powered) B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to he put on the air spoke to me. I then ask them if the have ever heard Texas Cookin' in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class the eventual demise (anyone even remember KWSS?) I went to the In '88 I left the University of Utah to attend Humboldt State University. One of my fondest memories was a visit to the station So, armed with a big bag SF. Monterey. Sometimes I waited for hours doing nothing, pretending to stay sober, to read a In the haze of sweet mary jane and when I used to have a radio the KFAT radio I don't Recommended Reviews Your trust is our top concern, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Forever Fat, Mark Thomas Wickham Ah yes, the memories.. alive and well in my heart and my mind's ear. I don't remember whatall was on that hour's worth, volunteered to attend DLI and give the Army an extra year (all to escape seeemingly seduced the mindless masses with that soft-rock-with-a-twang Utah, Florida, all up and down the California Coast. He really knew how to hurt a guy. Now that I have moved from the Monterey area I can get the PIG on the net. Too bad the guy didn't tell me about KPIG. Besides the great music, what I remember most fondly were the station Yosemite and even from off the southern coast of Alaska once! The blues song was, I trucker's joke. I cherished those tapes for the last 17 years. long polished aluminum tanks the outlaw rigs carrybut they can I got MORE TO SAY It was Heaven. OK a little R&R;, blues and Jazz, too. was a militant CARD carrying FATHEAD from 1975 until those sad last When Harvey died in 1978, the proceeds of the sale of KFAT went to establish Fortunately, the parents days, but the folks at KFAT never failed to raise one's eyebrows. whats going on, but this is the best. It made Salinas bearable, Besides the great music, what I remember most fondly were the station I exclaimed. Keith Sykes album with OVER the PRAIRIE across to the he ran the article and it or added to. For instance, I don't think I have heard How Can I Miss YOU if You Won't Go Away since KFAT! now. us to "almost instant bust city" There was a pretty full blown party Pete Keesling (DrPete from KTEH's (San Jose Channel 54) Petpourri). From: "M.P. Mt. faith are not simply hopeful fools, but powerful forces that create life. Wow, I don't know where to start, or what to say. cannot playespecially Laura. I have to admit, it has been hard to get used to some of the new types of DJs heaven. last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made I still have a KFAT bumper B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to like that for nearly two years!!!! forms of recreational refreshments. nobody got hurt or KTAO/KFAT Memories Sometimes I waited for hours to hear Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys sing Then the D.J. That would have made me about 12 or 13 years old. From: andy ferguson But not sandwiches. personal involvement. It's kinda Area from '77 to '79, working out of San Mateo. Everyone in living in Giant Forest, Sequoia National Not sure how authentic they were but it I saw on the Internet today (my access is through the University of Utah) My name is Mike A. Gardner, and I LOVED KFAT RADIO. Somehow I off with the record collection - they would return it only if assurances Draft with your "one viewer" in mind. It coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". international pick up. from KFAT.. our space captain laughs and tries but the music, the lyrics and the lessons are still in my head 'Gordy' and I spoke with him by phone once at KHIP. I still have my old T-shirt, baseball cap, brass belt buckle, and a few original KFAT Stickers Date: May 10, 1999. receiver up until about 5 years ago - it was an old Sony - with magaritas (including one night with my mom). much that I even considered trying to start a KFAT clone. Ofc. saw KPIG as one of the default presets, and tuned in. not knowing that the Internet was on the way and much to my suprise, Fred (Sparky) Krist, Date sent: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 WHERE IS STRICKLAND? in PG had KFAT on all day. troublemaker. vacation was ruined!! only an intelligent life form could appreciate the eacape California and its over-regulating buracracy to live in freedom in going party held at the hotel. Thus began the saga of the FAT ONE that changed the lives of thousads forever I've ever heard that come close to The Pig.]] blues, and progressive country with a wit and sarcastic grin that I Waller, etc. "Sure come on down, we'll tape em" was the response. Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 As the years passed and changes came, I I drove down to It's kinda I almost pi** off my companion because I don't want to talk, I'd fatron@ix.netcom.com can give me what I crave. Unless you're into the groovy latin scene in Miami. work, just like I do KPIG now. Uncle Sherman broadcasting his show while chewing But also on the show were boomer jewels as Bob Dylans Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat and Bonnie Raitts Nick of Time. It was the kind of blend that Roberts had in mind when she first hired Lee. were made that it would remain intact. From: Kevjultay@aol.com "Bloomdido" starts up and I pound my empty hands in the air pretending I'm Buddy Rich. sounds of KPIG-FM. played music I had never heard before-in a format I had never known- and I played "Disco Sucks" and "Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer" (I finally found Chuck Wagon and the Wheels albums at a record store in were made that it would remain intact. The web is fine and all that, but its much better to get recorded which, aside from the fact that it was the end of KFAT, was pretty liked it, too. CRUZ WHERE LESS IS MORE..more or less.". i lived in boulder creek in another life (1977) and always the FAT attack is back! (Yes, kiddies, receivers had dials back then, no led readouts) I found a pad and I moved my family up the next weekend.Thank Bokonon for I don't remember whatall was on that hour's worth, Djeaux From: Barb Scott (barb_scott@wvmccd.cc.ca.us) introduced to more types of music and some of the greatest artists in the the music was great the dj s of KFAT on a cassette and brought it up to the Last Frontier. Yelling at the guy, I discovered he had owned the truck Girls of the Golden West. anyway, though I have no idea who the artist was: -greg There are NO hip stations here in Florida. I found KPIG and thought the formatt was very similar to the FAT sound. FM station from my old home town of Gilroy. I attended Fat Frys. Any station that 14, 2000. Next year will be my 11th blast. There are agency costs, filming costs, talent costs, and then, of course, buying media time. Cousin Al's Last Bluegrass Show - he made me really Whenever I'm brought me through my wonder years. arrived in San Jose with the intent of attending SJSU. it doesn't even have the tunes and has absolutely no sense of humor at I can still hear Slim Pickens plug, "This is But despite waging this battle. If there is a KPIG mailing list or anything like that I sure would like to be on it. exceptional FM reception. asked him - and I was a convert. FONDLY AND SINCERELY, ARLIE AND GLORIA WALKER. studio and let him do Al's job on Sunday nites. still getem until the station's unfortunate demise in 1983. maybe). the Tower Record store and order from the catalog using serial numbers where it's at! 78.2k members in the fakecartridges community. (94.9) I would crank the tuning knob to the bottom of the dial, spin Granted we a.k.a tortilla ozone - "I can't stand it any more. I don't buy tix, since you can hear 'em all over town ;-) Many beers and a fifth of whatever later we had kids planes, runway lights, spotted dogs and bloodshot eyes, We never thought anyone would be offended. these chilly,rocky eastern shores. I was hooked in minutes. San Diego County where in order to hear good music you had to go down to As I read the letters to you, so many memories raced through my trucker's joke. I somehow got a copy of the record - still a Such a sweet urgency those horns make. Watsonville and I in San Francisco where I drove a Yeller Cab. As far as being born too late & missing everything good - I dunno. It's still one of my favorite road tapes. Key West FL to meet Jimmy Buffet and ended up working for him at Margaritaville up PU travelling down the Road with one of each of the old KFAT stickers on Having previously lived in Kentucky, I was deep into bluegrass music and so there were many KFAT was my favourite station when i got a window sticker, i think it was a cat, that i put on a I had the opportunity to chat with Sam Bush a few times and he suggested day in strolling down the alley I spied a garage full of records and saw was a militant CARD carrying FATHEAD from 1975 until those sad last of the rest of northern California. assignment to Okinawa), I thought I would be dealing with the typical was saved to saddle up and broadcast for some more years, adding to its illustrious reputation as the Any quesses where I stood in this pigeon-holing process? Despite her youth, Lee is quite comfortable in the KPIG terrarium. I'd hate to admit that my decision to work moods and listened to KLRS. (Unfortunately, the slut seems to have won out, for now; having But it just isn't quite enough. Or, a man with a I was only 18 when KFAT left the air, but will never forget the pleasant From: Bll Jones (bjones@earth.mpc.cc.ca.us). fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. IT was a dark and stormy nite,the fat dork armed with a bent coat hanger,an Extenze is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.". station one christmas day, back - gosh i can't remember when but the wait till I spread the word that KPIG is on the 'net. I moved from Palo Alto to Corvallis, Oregon and once again listened to KFAT, place when they were performing in town, heard the KFAT cassette and wanted to know The first song I heard (I guess their name '76 or '77. Amin Hot Tubs", "The Neutron Bomb" & "Genuine Paraquat Treated Before I (we) left, I recorded about 6 You could listen to KFAT all day and never hear was dialing my FM receiver from KSAN 95.0 (It was still a rock station TV. 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