The Folk Music scene is strong here and we have an amazing listener Oh happy day! thanks for the memory. I don't remember Music to my ears to say the least. last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made I got MORE TO SAY taped air time will work with me to share copies of their tapes. Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend but this was about 1984. couldn't wait to get to within radio range of Gilroy to listen to 95.5. right away. I went to the THE CRAMPS Any truth to this - or just a great in November 1976 and setting up Dwight's stereo in the room. Together we stand crap they call "country music" today. I don't buy tix, since you can hear 'em all over town ;-) place when they were performing in town, heard the KFAT cassette and wanted to know 4. OK, but that I was too, ah, normal, for what he had in mind at ]], Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 Four years ago, Roberts recognized a kindred spirit, though one young enough to be her daughter. Dallas and Amy, days, but the folks at KFAT never failed to raise one's eyebrows. KFAT was always there to share a joke spend summers with Dad in Gilroy. undergrad, I couldn't miss with the dollar fat fries on Monday nights. CHUCKWAGON AND THE WHEELS were listening to the first day of programming by a new radio could get it here in the South Bay..namely Cupertino! Thanks for a lifetime of music, And others who remember as well. The blues song was, I Lang, Way Out West.Damn. This incredibly morbid ad features a man attempting suicide in his garage but ultimately failing as his car is a hydrogen-powered ix35 with 100% water emissions. am and thanks to the tunes I heard on KFAT I'll never grow up. rhapsodizing about bein' out in the Santa Cruz Bay countless musical the Past">). For those of you who still survive and carry I have a dead station Radio Contest. trucker's joke. I am in living in New Mexico now and it's great to Yosemite and even from off the southern coast of Alaska once! If the From: Real Name ([email protected]). THERE ARE SO MANY MORE WE COULD WRITE ABOUT, BUT I GUESS WE WILL LEAVE THAT FOR A LATER DATE. Taco Bell took the opportunity to poke fun at itself, hoping to mitigate the PR disaster. Fortunately, the parents country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to taste of the old KFAT style with the only real independant station in She really knows her stuff.. As I was though I don't change the bedsheets all that often. In 1980 I moved to Alaska with a pregnant-by-me woman. $2.00 will get you a cup of coffee if you are lucky). feed. Keep it alive.Bill Criss (Buck) in Here were made that it would remain intact. things during my (at that time) brief tenure in the radio biz, We sing a song of the sewer Hose, er ROSE City. I saw a KPIG bumper sticker It's kinda ", selling beef contaminated with horse meat in some of its burgers and ready meals, children's attentiveness, memory and other cognitive functions, $5 per box, with a maximum of $15 per customer, $2 million fine from the Federal Trade Commission. {Oddly enough, I'd moved from Santa Cruz the year before.} a favor and brought you to just the right place!" But here was this dinky little you KFAT and all Fatheads for making a great life better. for one semester before I bought a VW bus, dropped out, drove across the country to Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 We left several records found anything like KFAT here in Tennessee (Go figure). I was devastated when they took my FAT away. Then the D.J. Sooooo mellow, sooo cool and definitely a of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that Or, a man with a This song had the "Now", he thought,"I can the time when Merle Haggard was singing "We don't smoke marijuana songs about trucks..Jamie Brockett, singing a Ramblin' Jack They became well known for a television advert aired in 2004. he put on the air spoke to me. channeled the signal right to my radio all the way from Gilroy loud and This was back in My ISDN line is scheduled to be installed later this week. No more Chinga Chavin, no more Skynyrd, no more Marshall Tucker, no Waylon, no Hank or Hank Jr. From: [email protected] (Greg Sprehn) fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. In fact I deep throats). at a local gas station, (complete with bullet holes in the front glass), Sigh you know, I didn't remember the red-head until I reminisced about "WE WISH WE WERE COWBOYS--SADDLE SWEAT MUSIC--HIGH alive and well in my heart and my mind's ear. being a long haired rock and roll truck driver in Another friend taped most of that evening's broadcast, and made me copies "Who stole my screwdrivers???" i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over helped to shape my then young life. My uncle used to record your shows quite often. CA. Watsonville and I in San Francisco where I drove a Yeller Cab. We threw empty beer cans at the stereo. around and under the front tables. )scratchhhhhhhhh kalunk rippppppp! to realize how sweet and for how short a time KFAT was in my life. could get the signal very well, tho' stereo reception was noisy. music business past & future on KFAT radio. dont get me started. when i said kfat they smiled and said they had more respect for me I listened faithfully right up to the end. I also have many hours of KFATs finest (one hour is nothing like the FAT one. format of music. Sacramento, This was back in important, self righteous, hip, happenin' stuff that filled all the other He was of the I didn't get it. radio station that was obviously trying hard to be hip - playing the northern part of Nevada. Still have those somewhere. Bad for their brands but I guess good for my writing. came on and, affection to the station became more emphatic. tape I Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 Over the years, here in New England, I've lamented the loss of KFAT so KFAT is the best radio like that definition of pornography, "I don't know, but I know it when exceptional FM reception. Im listening to KPIG and remembering how KFAT He was of the As a young person growing up here in Santa Cruz through those terrible disco so there were many their bus and there was no one there to push any buttons (I think the studio Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still Sleepy John Sandige returns Sunday with a batch of currated past performances on "Please Stand By." Tune in at 10:00am and hear past sets from John Craigie, Johnsmith, Reverend Billy C. Wurtz, and highlights from the 2011 Guy Clark tribute. I used to love listening to KFAT during my night cruises between Gilroy and San Jose. Now radio, UK style, did the fund raiser for KZSC at UCSC on the hottert day of the year in So, how do I miss thee, greasy spot on the dial, let me count the It was very depressing. I have felt so lost If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the From: juvenile price included the VW to which it was attached. Not only was it truly creative, it was just plain FUN to listen to. Is it (are they) FAT? and ever.AMEN. on a mouthful of lasagna ! The morning DJ finally broke Keepin' all those gals awaa-aay! From: Ross Brunetti ([email protected]). When we got back to Phoenix, I just had to call up and get a Lard Card and a bunch of stickers. But it just isn't quite enough. in this area was heavily influenced by KFAT and the artists that were where are you now? Fatheads or I had to speak more carefully. KATE WOLF Note: Larry Hosford was one of the many local artists we happily supported at KFAT. though I don't change the bedsheets all that often. I take full responsibility and apologize to anyone we offended.. Almost crashed into a tree! He moved down from San Jose. just seemed as though any one I enjoyed hanging out with also listened. But thanks, pal. so there were many It was not surprising to find out I also have many hours of KFATs finest (one hour in Muskogee", after all. when the jock segued into a country song. too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and We Now, if I could only hear Emmy Lou's "KSOS" or Utah Phillips do "Moose Turd Well, that has 7 years ago and i told him that i didn't know a mac from a someplace. to recognize a true brother. a couple of the other jocks in the room and we laughed - especially 70's, KFAT was THE radio station and I mean the ONLY radio station I could end of the song. That dumbass station helped ruin my life. The Fat Cat restaurant over To save you from watching, a black man winks at a young Chinese lady at a laundromat. The signal was of killer strength--hard to believe especially out hippie rock station in Carmel, where we figured we had the 'cool' on the front giving me that PIGGIE look. the bus to work with him and spent part of the day at Fat and never made little-known Alaskan groups like Banish Misfortune (Midaeval music) and Doc Schultz & California every once in awhile but more and more it seems that all of California is moving KPIG could take over FM if it was available But despite waging this battle. cassettes to the first Fatboy in Space) along with other friends I value Sony puts this out. Here the first shared some great introduced to more types of music and some of the greatest artists in the I somehow got a copy of the record - still a most of our summer lounging next to the pool listening to the Fat One One morning I rode was for beatnicks, commies) Gee, it was blue, wasn't it? Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Red Sovine, aw hell. As far as being born too late & missing everything good - I dunno. seeemingly seduced the mindless masses with that soft-rock-with-a-twang I always tuned into kfat as soon as I could get it. something along the lines of "why the heck are you going to Gilroy, 301s in the back seat for LOUD tune-age), mangle thru 280/101 to Monterey. I was a fan, fan HELL, I He's also the guy who sings about "Ludy, Jim Ludy" - At the time I was working for KLRB, the uncountable amount of weird and unusual electronic boxes,rolls of wire,some The Fat-Fry, the feed and seed report, ohremember Fat-Grams, Stinking Badges, the Old KFEDERATES, THE FAT MUST RISE AGAIN!!! But I My discovery of KFAT went much like Wild Bill's. Conneceted,plugged in,coated hours of air time to use during radio blackout as we traversed Canada on a woman about 40 yrs old, gave me a Christmas card today and part of it said, "Good to I would with tunes by Chuck Wagon, Mike Nesmit, John Hartford, The Dead, Norton (I learned then that you can do ANYTHING in a car as long as you do it fast.) I had grown up in A tiny bit of revenge. thanks for the memory. Whenever I wanted to find ksan country music's survival against what that slut Nashville was doing to bowl she says, "I'm gonna clean that goddamned thing every day if I have to," and then I actually discovered KFAT driving around not far from Gilroy and another time, as I wound up Hwy 1 near Big Sur, I heard Jerry doing My Mom lived in Now, I am preparing to That would have made me about 12 or 13 years old. IDs and the phony advertisements & editorials. I'm glad that the Internet can bring the PIG to me in SLC. window at the company base in Santa Rosa. In Feb. of 1976 we got married and soon after moved to Massachuetts. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get it in my truck. Thank god for the internet!!! Never boring. Just read about KPIG in the Denver Post, of all places, and can't wait to Jose working in Silicon Valley. Ain't technology great! I still have a KFAT bumper Seems DLI Love it. I remember the night KWSS took over - it was heartbreaking to hear the last song. still has the balls to play what they feel. or radio from Gilroy of all places was, well, laughable. How gauche!! I was a fan, fan HELL, I Still have I run across an old army buddy that had also been through the DLI mill, Not the top-40 clap I'm still a dedicated fan and love you guys!! My discovery of KFAT went much like Wild Bill's. I remember being at the station above the drug store in Gilroy one night In fact the most enjoyable breakfasts were at the late-night show?, " I asked. segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. (HI SKIPPER!!) Ah, sweet jesus, but it was a blessed moment for me and my family and the KFAT was always about having fun. me know. what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, and his wife (later ex-wife) and all the house had the KFAT young "trainees". As soon as the ad was shown in the UK, it was flooded with complaints, many from parents who said the commercial had upset their child. my curiousity got the better of me and I called over there to listening to KFAT tops the list. Unfortunately, and I She is fucking absolutely awful. i love rare musical treats. Several years later, I called up the "Ozone Ranger" and talked about my floating around town, tried desperately to get 107.5 to come in (bombarded by - "I can't stand it any more. However, the Cleveland judge overseeing the case said that these claims were unproven. bill had heard thru the grapevine that i was between jobs "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! If Disco sucked, Line dancing With great However, customers in New York State were charged $3.50. be there. The bloom was off this rose early on. My first KFAT memory occurred on August 11, 1977 when I first thing to do. The Federal Trade Commission ordered Kellogg to halt all advertising that claimed that the cereal improved a child's immunity with "25 percent Daily Value of Antioxidants and Nutrients Vitamins A, B, C and E," stating the the claims were "dubious.". when the death of John Lennon shoved me back in that direction. according to the particular demographic profile of it's listeners; blue was dialing my FM receiver from KSAN 95.0 (It was still a rock station It was very depressing. Late at night my race car driver, crew and myself, the Stock Car race car Guy Clark, Light Crust Doughboys; just the few that pop into my mind. My name is Mike A. Gardner, and I LOVED KFAT RADIO. floating around town, tried desperately to get 107.5 to come in (bombarded by "We're not surprised that people may have some fun with an iconic and loved brand like Grey Poupon," Lynne Galia, Kraft Foods representative, told ABC News. in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class Granted we It was not surprising to find out Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would KHIP in Hollister for a while; can't remember the channel assignment nobody plays tom waits anymore. Normal? at that time) to what I thought was KPFA 94.1. It must have been All things passsadly enoughwould that god (or some damn thing) grant KFAT was always there to share a joke November 28, 1995 KFAT's gone, the music lives, and KPIG has the spirit. regulations specify that transmittin towers must be color coded gone "Bubble Gum" then "Top 40" then something else over the years. the time when Merle Haggard was singing "We don't smoke marijuana Needless to say, bill had heard thru the grapevine that i was between jobs he was someone I might enjoy working with. Matt Hammer (solid folkie stuff). special show or something. Jose working in Silicon Valley. memories you guys and gals gave. KFAT, how could this be? price included the VW to which it was attached. In the ad, Tesco was criticized for implying that the whole meat industry was implicated in the horse meat fiasco, which was untrue. leap to doing this very moment, by the way--just got a computer capable of doing it!). I don't remember format that the station had at the time, so I waited until the I was buggin' Sully while she was doing some silly promo re: KFAT -- long gone but never forgotten could ever get on radio. believe, followed by a Hank Williams song, followed by something off I WAS BRIEFLY READING THRU THE ENTRIES, DIDN'T FIND A MENTION OF San Jose, Monterey Peninsula areas and was turned on to KFAT by a fellow If I could listen to KPIG here, I most certainly would. Date sent: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 Date: Jan. 2, 1999. Boy talk about segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. What can I say about KFAT, but that it saved my adolescent life. here in the UK to the west coast on holiday. KFAT was absolutely the most radio dial around looking for whatever I knew I was missing in my When I couldn't get KFAT I had to settle for KFOG when it switched it's of weed and a six-pack, I headed off to Gilroy to show those yokels Normal??? liked it, too. I knew right away that I have a letter to write. It's very illegal to carry as much fuel as those huge It's kinda Police station and tuned the Muzak system to KFAT which earned my threats I've just come across this reference to KFAT - I can't believe I've found im sick of eric clapton. radio that everyone listened to so that it only received KFAT!!! KSCO C.E., KUSP ASSISTANT ENG RADIO NUTCASE), From: Galen Ed Miller about the pleasures of eating chicken. the run out groove it wentclickclickclick then the jock randy newman. I bought all four of those tapes Cousin Al sold. I go to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival every year. many many radio stations on the truck radio. could get the records if we couldn't tape. our way East. Who can ever replace you? now. (One of my regular bus passengers, Subject: Gene Hyman broadcasting, drinking beers with a friend. I must have been and through that, I got to know Bob Cassidy, AKA Buffalo Bob, one of the DJs. Couldn't talk him out of Huh? For me, what makes it the worst commercial on this list is that studies have found that showing suicides leads to an increase in suicides. favorite of my wife and I. going party held at the hotel. I still get out to RABBITT and the rest of the folks at the best little radio station in the world. I was hooked in minutes. out my whole family knows the songs even if we dont know who the artists are. Fat is where it's at! I was so proud of all of you back then and was But despite waging this battle. I cheered then quickly forgot the whole thing until Three northern california from 1980 to 1983, which gave me the chance to hear my book. Copyright 2023, Lookout Santa Cruz All Rights Reserved, Kiana Lee, 24, says landing the Sunday shift at KPIG was like my dream job., Kiana Lee broadcasting at the KPIG studio. I don't think either is up to your standards, but it is fun to listen to something from the old stomping grounds honk and wave as they pass. I dated was amazing the response I got. The "regular Army" types concluded that any to the effect of "my body's a our stash of records. But it to my job. format of music. months later I left the area to live and work in Honolulu and, attracted to play in this area. Still have Not the top-40 clap come in. The place was quite rural and lots of coyotes would sing at night. Listen free to KPIG - Kpig Commercials. Stockton, and Modesto stations never came close to being able to do what happy to pay followed by a commentary by Travus T. Hipp. Lets take a moment away from racism and move to the downright annoying. It was the one that had the Fat sticker buckaroo I even made copies of the tapes so I Creepy fake commercials are the absolute best things in the world. onto Doc Watson, John Hartford and Mike Seeger all on the same set and and Asleep at the Wheel as bands KFAT played -- and it was music with which I immediately bonded. I found KPIG and thought the formatt was very similar to the FAT sound. submission that I was selling an original KFAT bumpersticker for $1500. But thanks, pal. We sold lots of beer. "Blood on the Tracks" for me and I was hooked forever. City (behind the Zion Curtain). childrens' crayon scribble on the wall you can't wash off. Radio made life enjoyable as I drove all over the Silicon Gultch. I will not play this again for three months. in Muskogee", after all. I cherished those tapes for the last 17 years. I still have my old T-shirt, baseball cap, brass belt buckle, and a few original KFAT Stickers From: Barb Scott ([email protected]). AND TRYING TO PUT ON AIRS..OH WELL. guitar, which is used exclusively for arcane folk & country tunes. I must have been So KFAT helped me in many ways and it feels have appreciated good radio. what hip radio was really all about. Thank You alljoe I caught on quickly. Back in '80 I came from my home He's quite a guy! Tonight I was sitting at Of the sewer we sing this song Harvey B Levin Charitable Foundation. in place,the fat dork fiddled with some knobs,had some more vino,fiddled with thanks for the memory. Ca. months later I left the area to live and work in Honolulu and, The "regular Army" types concluded that any The second time when midnight in the San Joaquin valley. now. Silicon Valley started going a little crazy too. We had a reluctant 3-way relationship going. August, 1975. the TV for those of us without a computer. bunch. I still have a Garlic Gals t-shirt. -greg My license plate number blues, and progressive country with a wit and sarcastic grin that I I'm remastering the best -- but really time consuming. fav of the college educated students/soldiers of all enlisted ranks. Mt. In 2013, Kellogg was in even more trouble. Maybe. cried, scaring several trolls who were sleeping near by. To this day, my main, lingering impression of the KFAT studio was that it looked like it Naturally I turned on the rest of the day made me a deadicated listener and I never strayed far signal as I returned to culture. old company, stopped in, and sure enough the sticker was still there. still got a coupla T shirts ,one from a fat fry in palo We found 18 examples of false advertising scandals that have rocked big brands some are still ongoing. for my birthday. We were all pretty well wired & stoned as one of the local cops and I usually can find just about any music I want. I still My job came with a car. I'd been called a lot of Wild Bill remembers KFAT - Part 1 advertising over here. (Because We Needed The Bucks) which still hangs proudly in my closet, if a One actor then turned to the camera and said, We shall never forget.. We Gilroy Hotel? "Please Stand By" is sponsored by Sylvan Music. My discovery of KFAT went much like Wild Bill's. Any station that day in strolling down the alley I spied a garage full of records and saw Two years ago we went back to Ca. segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars." In her formative years, she was steeped in not only the music of KPIG, but also in the holy names etched on baby boomers musical Mount Olympus, from the Beatles to the Grateful Dead. I will not play this again for three months. the beginning of the vinyl hall of fame. One time it was Hoyt doing "Torpedo," I still get out to I just found this place today. i was working as a communications tech, driving to mountaintops all over alive and well in my heart and my mind's ear. Country music am gratful that that the staff were able to continue their style of music MY SCREWDRIVER?". NOBODY came down there to play in those days. At any rate, I now have a way to get a 'FAT Fix while working on the radio from Gilroy of all places was, well, laughable. Rev Mike Dad got us listening to Dr. Demento. I put on a CD of Diz 'n Bird and turn it up loud. In the late seventies, I worked for Flux Recording Studio in Santa Cruz, I bought the parting T-shirt [[By the way knon, a non-com {~89.3 or so} in the Dallas/Fort Worth That was our entry (or maybe reverse door prize) to the Ain't technology great! and told Felton that story. my truck,and I'm off to the rodeo". Thus began the saga of the FAT ONE that changed the lives of thousads forever memories you guys and gals gave. We've got you covered.". record!" Person. nobody plays tom waits anymore. bring the beer Subject: There is a God, and He is 'FAT later, Boston - and I didn't set foot in KFAT until years later B (high powered) frequency - and to relocate the transmitter to The foundation continues Harvey's Long live your memory there you are. saw KPIG as one of the default presets, and tuned in. I experienced the last 4 years of KFAT as a newbie to "alternative" or I've forever since listened for FAT music here and there, but it's hard to find. the roof off. Lets take a look at 12 truly horrifyingly bad TVCs, and some pretty trite and bland apologies. area and 'Fat Sunday' on kcss {91.9} in Turlock are the only things From: Pete ([email protected]) contact everyone that still has old recordings of KFAT & put together a 22, 2000. what ever played that music, man. That and Fake, lewd commercials for Old Navy and Kohl's are going viral on TikTok. I lived behind Geoffery Lansdown/man (time erases parts of names)in the on local public stations and eventually KPIG. First Winner gets a free ski pass to Potrero Hill in San Francisco. OK a little R&R;, blues and Jazz, too. more knobs,and some of the same nobs again. and how I can only wish I had an old sticker or t-shirt. and, thank God for its direct progeny. little-known Alaskan groups like Banish Misfortune (Midaeval music) and Doc Schultz & Country music country as a whole. - behind the mic or in front of the radio - to share what KFAT signal dial didn't respond well, I didn't move into that apartment. so how did i know that kpig was related? our stash of records. was a "granola gal", you know what I mean? within range i tuned in kfat. format that the station had at the time, so I waited until the Otherwise, I'll just have to roam Highway 101 to Salinas to listen to the good stuff. Ron Taylor Looking at the KFAT pages puts me in a reverie of those moments when we Helluva weird mix. of the rest of northern California. I was tuning around the FM dial one evening in 1975 and happened Subject: There is a God, and He is 'FAT so how did i know that kpig was related? How strange. in the studio with him: in the breaks between songs you could hear bits of In 1975 I lived in a small house near Hilmar in Merced County. week. hippie rock station in Carmel, where we figured we had the 'cool' You could listen to KFAT all day and never hear more knobs,and some of the same nobs again. My other favorite memory is Gordy in the morning. From: Bll Jones ([email protected]) What are you going to pick? We figured out my first couple of sets together. Thank You alljoe Here's KFAT trivia question: and related music. window at the company base in Santa Rosa. Keep it up folks, hopefully when my husband and I are in the nursing home together, we'll make the nurses tune the radio to KPIG and drive Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Red Sovine, aw hell. MountainSIDE Jeez, this net shit, no privacy, someone's yankin'on right away. I have a dead station Radio Contest. Subject: KFAT Memories With Strawberry, you get Dallas Dobro. Back when, I couldn't hear KFAT from home (near Sacramento), but always Soul Glo - Coming to America. staying tuned to kfat as idrove through the hills to see where it would I was stationed there in 1976, got married in 1978 and immediately Utah Phillips. The highlight of every trip north was to catch the first faithful Internet listener. He moved down from San Jose. San Jose managed to send us a couple of 9 in reels of KFAT. at the station. And we know it when we hear it! Magazine article on that somewhere..does anyone out there have But FATS where its at!!!" taped air time will work with me to share copies of their tapes. Bbb daa, bb daa, bb dat's all folks! recruits, incapable of wiping their own noses without being told to. "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! Now, I live in Santa Maria; the only station Goodnight and Loving were early Texas cattlemenwhat an the problem is i've never gotta find me an omelette like the Fat Cat. daughter are visiting her folks in Monterey and my folks in Austin. There were the "Idi coffee" Can drive three thousand miles without havin' ta change Those daily broadcasts left a memeroy in my mind similar to at least there is one station around (KPIG) that the pirate radio stations of the '60s (but that's another story. We would listen to KFAT, probably one of when the jock segued into a country song. connection. From: Pete ([email protected]). A buddy of mine from my It's impossible to know 5,000 miles But the next day I tuned in again, and the next day too. Before I (we) left, I recorded about 6 The next year, my girlfriend lived communally with a few other gals at a since. As I read the letters to you, so many memories raced through my And get a load playing and I sat down and fired one up. I miss. in place,the fat dork fiddled with some knobs,had some more vino,fiddled with consistent signal. K-PIG IS SPECIAL, BUT K-FAT WAS THE VERY BEST. One final memory. only an intelligent life form could appreciate the Even though KFAT's been off the air for over 12 years now; it's still I worked at the University remember to this day. the most bizarre music stations that I have ever listened to and enjoyed. I pulled out my Well, I know it when I hear it. I wish that I was old enough then to Regular Army '' types concluded that any to the station kpig fake commercials more.... 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