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KXOA was for many years, the main Hit Radio competition for KROY. Through most of the 70’s it was known as KNDE, but at this point, KXOA-FM’s Brown Broadcasting was the owner. They had bought it in 1978 and put the old call letters back in place. Brown tried two formats in as many years and after AOR and Pop Adult (AC), decided to give Top 40 a run with former KROY programmer Terry Nelson at the helm.Yours truly produced this one for the sales department and I again was faced with a few jocks who would flick the mic on at the last second, so most of the editing is tighter than I would have liked. This format didn’t last long as our corporate office in San Diego decided to go to an Oldies/CHR hybrid in September of that year, but it was a lot of fun while it lasted. If only we had tried this on the FM dial… Featured: Terry Nelson, Jim Taylor, Brian Davis, C.J. Stone and Jeff Hunter.