Richard Sands, a first-day veteran of Mike Joseph’s HOT HITS on KITS, is heard here and there and all over the City By The Bay, with a very tight HOT HITS playlist on August 13, 1983. The number of local references, in nearly every break, is impressive! And this format never disappoints – there are LOTS of jingles, and reverb on the microphone!
Incredible spots of the era from Dick Orkin (Gap) and Coors (Killian’s Irish Red), plus a goofy, complicated Family Fortune contest that made contributor Scott Rayer wonder “what’s in it for the guy making the phone calls in the first place?”
This format was SO hot that two power titles repeated within this 90-minute recording. It’s not clear if this was a special countdown, or regular format. Those titles were edited for the second presentation. One song was restored in the middle, where a tape change was required.
HOT HITS had been on KITS since February 18, 1983, which was allegedly the first day of the format. Scott Rayer has also contributed an aircheck of Richard Sands on that date, to be presented later.