… …Do not forsake me, oh my darlin’ – on this our weddin’ day – I married my old horse, Biscuits – so together we can really hit the hay… …
KENO (“color radio channel 146”) was a wonderful station with a lively presentation and a slate of talented personalities who routinely dominated the market with shares in the 30s. Of course, Vegas in the mid-1960s had only seven AMs and three FMs.
But in 1965, KENO (1460 kHz, then 1 kw fulltime) ran the only top 40 format in town, and it owned the market. Coffee Jim Dandy, who did morning drive (6-10 a.m.) weekdays, is heard here in the sixth hour of a Saturday morning 6-noon stint.