… Dodgers Stadium becomes Beatles Stadium, Sunday August 28th …
Dave Hull, who early in 1964 toiled 9-midnight on KRLA (1110 kHz, 50kw D/10kw N‗the big 11-10, serving Greater Los Angeles from Pasadena”), soared
to prominence after closely identifying himself with Beatlemania. Shifted
quickly to afternoon drive, Hull tossed out the regular playlist and
cleared a path for the main forces of the British invasion.
The “Hullaballooer” punctuated his show with Beatle interview drop-ins and
blasts from his hoarse-sounding India taxicab horn. As the screams of
Beatlemania faded away with the Fab Four’s farewell concert tour in the
summer of 1966, KRLA shifted from its traditional top 30 “Tune Dex” to a
short lived all-request format. In that summer of ’66, KRLA held strong,
blaring Donovan, the Kinks and the Fab Four from tinny 6-transistor radios
dotting the beaches of Southern California from Malibu to Laguna. This
aircheck (4-5 PM, August 18, 1966) captures Dave Hull in top form, his ties to the Beatles still strongly evident.
Also included: Danny Baxter with sports, and Jim Steck with an excellent long newscast. A ‘scoped version of this exhibit was originally published on August 31, 1997. A new transfer of the original exhibit, and a restored version of this exhibit was published on July 26, 2015.