Bobby Ocean at KFRC San Francisco Tribute 1975 (0:05:14)

… . . . What did the Top 40 disc jockey call the old salad? . . . …

Contributor Glen Martin didn’t know who should be credited for this, but it is an excellent and entertaining composite of Bobby Ocean on KFRC that chronicles his arrival in 1972 and departure for Los Angeles and KHJ in 1975. UpFront: a phone call with Bobby that was likely not aired, and you’ll also hear Dr. Don Rose and Wolfman Jack.

We can’t help but wonder as to the identity of the “Listener From Daly City”, and if that same listener ever became a “top 40 deejay”, and if that listener was the individual who assembled this composite. If so, we hope he’ll step forward and take the credit – it is very well done, and a really nice tribute to Bobby’s first gig at KFRC.

Of course, Mr. Ocean appeared at 610/KFRC again, and one more time and then… (2005) there is no more “KFRC” on AM in San Francisco. The Good News is that Bobby Ocean is online and on-the-air elsewhere, and maybe he can tell us about this unusual 1975 “Tribute”?

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I met Richard Irwin, aka Uncle Ricky, when we were freshmen at East Carolina University.  We both had worked at local stations in our hometowns.  No one was more passionate about radio, especially Top 40 radio, than my friend Richard. 

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