Robert McCormick opens this hour with news. The Big 610 Countdown continues with Dr. Don Rose, who moves through 14 reportable music performances (from #129 through #116) in this exhibit. Jane Dornacker is particularly funny with her traffic report during the second news segment.
Of special interest to the REELRADIO community is the appearance of the contributor of this exhibit, Scott Rayer, (at 41:00 on the unscoped version, and 19:40 on the ‘scoped exhibit.) Scott wrote: “The thing I recall about that phone call was the ease to get through to Dr. Don on that Monday morning. There was also no “set up” prior to going on-the-air with Dr. Don. The producer answered my phone call, placed me on-hold, then put me on-the-air “cold” with Dr. Don. His response with my phone call had him spontaneously “winging-it” with his comeback line . . . which I found amazing!”
Also, former KFRC General Manager Pat Norman talks with Dr. Don, as does an unidentified caller that remembers rock ‘n’ roll on KOBY from the late ’50’s.
We pay license fees to stream the music in this exhibit, but you are not licensed to copy, trade or sell this recording.
The BIG 610 – KFRC 20th ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN
February 14-17 1986
[From notes by Contributor Scott Rayer]
This exhibit will eventually include almost all of the entire KFRC 20th Anniversary BIG 6-10, a four-day marathon starting at 6PM on Friday, February 14, 1986.
This special broadcast followed a presentation narrated by Bobby Ocean, contributed to REELRADIO by Ben Fong-Torres in December of 2001.
The Making of a Classic: 20 Years of KFRC, 1966-1986
These off-the-air recordings were made on 90-minute cassettes (45 minutes per side) and small portions of the broadcast were lost when not in attendance.
What is not on this recording is what was in store for KFRC and the talent. The music format was tanked in six months. Dr. Don left the station, and in another year, he suffered a heart attack. Jane Dornacker was killed in a helicopter crash eight months later.
In some ways, this was the beginning of the end for the station, but I know others have differing opinions.