KFRC Jingle Collage

This is a video and audio recording of the final minutes of Dr. Don Rose's last Top 40 Radio Show on KFRC from August, 1986. It is a collage of jingles from his show and from 20 years of KFRC. Produced by George Zema.

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• KFRC
• Dr.
• Don
• Rose
• Radio
• Jingles
• San
• Francisco

[10TVMan]

There are a couple of websites you can visit that present airchecks from early Top 40 AM radio. Reelradio-dot-com is an excellent resource where you can hear old KYA, KEWB, KFRC airchecks (plus much more). And kyaradio-dot-com is devoted exclusively to KYA with lots of jingles and music from the KYA Top 40 era.

[edybeast]

I remember this! The Friday before the station switched formats to "Magic 61" or thereabouts? Thanks for posting this great memory.

[10TVMan]

Exactly. It was the last thing played on Dr. Don's final Top 40 show on KFRC.

[EricandDish]

Does anybody have the KFRC "Big 100" list from 1967? Because that was a year-end survey for the ages: With what the city created that year with the hippies and Haight-Ashbury. I must admit I would trade my CKLW Big 100 list from that year (that I won on eBay) for KFRC's. If not, then I'm doing it the hard way by taking all the songs from the "Big 610"'s surveys and ranking them.

[10TVMan]

I have the Big 610 Big 100 Countdown survey from 1967. It is original, four pages long and is cut-out, the top of it the being the KFRC Big 610 logo chisled in stone ("Light My Fire" was #1). If you send me a private email here, I can give you more details. I do not want to trade it, but would be happy to scan it and send it to you.

[capitolguy106]

The BEST radio personality ever to work in Northern California, possibly the country. And KFRC was a great station back in its heyday. I miss the days when stations were programmed by local station managers rather than some suit with a formula in NY or LA.

[10TVMan]

Amen!

[shobizzy]

I miss Dr. Don Rose and the old KFRC radio format.

[blackwaxjh]

One of the greatest radio personalities that ever lived!!! Thank you Dr. Don Rose for all those weekday mornings you sent me off to school with a smile on my face. You were truly a one of a kind. You are deeply loved by me and truly missed.

[1beatles]

I so freakin Miss KFRC!!!!!! waaaaaa

[recto89]

Wow I heard these jingles except the Dr. Don Rose one when the Big 610 went Oldies with 99.7fm .

[MrCRYSTAL1017]

Dr. Don Rose. Had Been The Best Part of

Radio and Television There Is. He Had

Made Much of My History What It Is

Today.

From: Feeling Stronger Everyday: Chicago (1973).

To: Steppin Out: Joe Jackson (1982).

Which Marked The End of An Era.

It Was Mighty Sad That 610 KFRC

Went OFF The Air.

[newzini]

@Kevierae And Russ "the moose" Syracuse's All Night Flights. Memorable.

[Kevierae]

I would love to hear the jingles for the (very) old KEWB AM and KYA AM stations. I go back to 1960 when I moved here from Hawai'i. The KEWB theme was so smooth and featured sax, strings, and xylophone sections. I think it was called "Image." KYA had Gene Nelson, Tom Donahue, Russ "the moose" Syracuse, and I think Jim Washburn. Wow, stretching the memories, here!

[HitsTownUSA]

KFRC lasted well into the 80's when most of the other AM powerhouse Top 40's were already gone..Gerry Cagle revitalized the station in 1980 and was a pioneer mixing in urban hits with pop/rock hits. Not to mention getting Bill Lee from WTIC, Jack Armstrong from KFI, they still had Don Rose and Mark McKay. A star studded cast playing songs most CHR would'nt touch, and yes it worked!! Who needed FM. By the end of 1983 when they had the gameshow format it was the beginning of the end.

[funtyrone]

on another site, there's a check of when KFRC FM was simulcasting with 610, to be an AM/FM oldies format. with it's FM side was on 99.7

[ruedydude]

I remember Dr Don saying on the air that he dialed his social security number and got Kuntucky Fried Chicken in China