Robert McCormick and Jane Dornacker are featured with pre-recorded Hollywood Entertainment News, then Dave Sholin turns it over to Bobby Ocean, who begins a story about a staff fish fry. Unfortunately, the punch line was lost to a tape change, but The Osh recovers from an administrative error (in real time) as he rolls a hot music set with value-added production elements.
And when the music stops, What A Guy! offers a very amusing compilation of bits and pieces of Tom Campbell’s Matthew’s Top of The Hill Daly City spots. This is a classic bit, beginning at around 13:35 on the ‘scoped version.
Vicki Liviakis reports that the weather is still making news. Don Sainte-Johnn appears, and after some light-hearted conversation with Bobby and engineer George Zema, it is Don’s turn to continue the countdown, followed by a group revelation of the things jocks do while the records are on. Between and throughout of all this are Big 610 Hits #98 through #82.
We pay license fees to stream the music in this exhibit, but you are not licensed to copy, trade or sell this recording.
The BIG 610 – KFRC 20th ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN
February 14-17 1986
[From notes by Contributor Scott Rayer]
This exhibit will eventually include almost all of the entire KFRC 20th Anniversary BIG 6-10, a four-day marathon starting at 6PM on Friday, February 14, 1986.
This special broadcast followed a presentation narrated by Bobby Ocean, contributed to REELRADIO by Ben Fong-Torres in December of 2001.
The Making of a Classic: 20 Years of KFRC, 1966-1986
These off-the-air recordings were made on 90-minute cassettes (45 minutes per side) and small portions of the broadcast were lost when not in attendance.
What is not on this recording is what was in store for KFRC and the talent. The music format was tanked in six months. Dr. Don left the station, and in another year, he suffered a heart attack. Jane Dornacker was killed in a helicopter crash eight months later.
In some ways, this was the beginning of the end for the station, but I know others have differing opinions.