The View From the Air

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Tom Cross fet rappin partee groove

Tom Cross KGFJ LOS ANGELES 

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KGFJ LOS ANGELES

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KKGO FM 105.1 Los Angeles CA Jazz October 1987.wmv

KKGO played jazz for over 30 years, simulcast with KSHO

KKGO time capsule advertising dinner at Perino's. Chuck Niles at 21.59. 

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RAY PIZZI and CHUCK NILES, KKJZ, Sax, Bassoon

"Sentimental Mood" A tribute to Chuck Niles legendary DJ and staunch supporter of Jazz Music and Jazz Musicians.

Bebop Charile back-announcing once more....

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Number One Song, Fifty Years Ago This Week

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Vintage Zephyr AR-630 transistor radio. Beautiful asymetric styling and an underpainted dial panel make this six-transistor one of the most beautiful transistor radios ever made. Made by Aiwa in Japan, circa 1959. From the book ‘Great Little Radios From Global & Zephyr:’ here.

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LA Radio Back In the Day with the Magnificent Montague

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The Magnificent Montague

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Still Falling

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Transistor Radio Firsts: At left is the very first commercial transistor radio in the world, the Regency TR-1 (1954, USA). Center (in green) is the first transistor radio made in Japan, the Sony TR-55 (1955). It’s the first product ever to bear the now-ubiquitous trademark “Sony.” You’ve heard of it. At top is the Raytheon T-100 (1955, USA), and at right the Zenith Royal 500. Original pictures, story, and more firsts at www.ericwrobbel.com/collections/transistor-radios.htm

A YouTube video of the Sony TR-55 inside and out is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEkQuofT6x8&feature=youtu.be 

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Dodgers announcer Vin Scully will return next year for an unprecedented 66th season, the team has announced.

Top photo: Scully in front of a street sign marking Vin Scully Way at the Dodgers’ spring training complex in 1985. Credit: Los Angeles Times. Middle photo: Scully announces “It’s time for Dodgers baseball” before the team’s season opener in 2009. Credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times. Bottom photo: Scully prepares to call a game at Dodger Stadium in 2012. Credit: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times

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"Those frequencies we all tuned-in to -- the ones we most identified with and were loyal to -- had a tremendous amount to do with both how we wanted to the world to see us first and foremost and next how we saw ourselves."

-- from "The View from the Air"  

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Big Jim Resale Shop, Chicago, 1968

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"boss radio"