Here’s Jackson Armstrong, using a lot of drop-ins, doing genuine TOP 40 (variety, not diversity) radio in Los Angeles, 1984! Big Brother would be proud; the Scorpions and Donna Summer back to back? HITRADIO 93 KKHR, take us away! When you listen closely you’ll hear just a hint of reverb! The jingles and production elements are very exciting.
About 6:23 in, you’ll hear a wonderful “California Cheese” spot featuring a very smart cow. (So funny!) And about 9:42, you’ll hear Mr. Armstrong do a straight-up top of hour ID that rivals Viagra® for feelin’ good. (The timings given are for the original, scoped exhibit.)
Otherwise, since this exhibit’s first appearance in 1998, the telling of the story of HITRADIO 93 KKHR was entrusted to our learned visitors via COMMENT (below.) All we could tell from the content is that the station was owned by CBS, but that doesn’t tell us much. Not only did we learn what happened to this fun Top 40 Radio Dinosaur of the mid 80’s, but we discovered who got famous, or lost it all, with this one…