… well, bag that bit …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
“Baby” DJ Larry Lujack was once a fast-talking nighttime rock ‘n’ roll DJ, bored to tears with multitudes of Public Service Announcements in this hour and even hosting “voting” on an obscure title by what must have been a local group – there’s no other excuse.
This exhibit is mostly unscoped, and some musical selections were restored. The original recording was a haphazardly-edited sample of Lujack’s 6-9 PM show on KJR. It sounds like a studio recording, probably from Monday, November 28, 1966.
Large chunks of the program don’t exist, as you’ll notice from the time checks. In the restoration process, I tried to create a chronogically-correct and enjoyable feature from the available elements of the original show.
And again, what is it with the Public Service Announcements? Did they just dump them all into Monday nights? Lujack rushes through them and he’s not reading for comprehension, he’s just reading them as fast as he can so he can check them off on the log.
When you give away every record you play, and announce the winners, and claim to be all-request, and announce the requesters, a lot of local names get on the radio. Multiply this by night after night for some period of time, and you will understand one of the ways that KJR built a powerful community presence.