KFAT Radio

Gilroy, California
mid-1970's

The Original KFAT bumper sticker Jeremy Landsman's Business Card

          Way back in the days when radio stations used long playing vinyl records, I worked part-time at KFAT. I did the weekend morning show from 6:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Usually Laura Ellen followed my wacky sense of Disk Jockey flavor.

Laura Ellen Hopper, on the air on a Sunday at the Fat one...

I was hampered by a bad case of hay fever everytime I came into Gilroy from my home in Pacific Grove, so I always sounded like a bad case of the sniffles on the air. Perhaps that was OK, considering how unpredicable and wonderful KFAT was. In 1978, the legendary singer-songwriter Tom Russell followed my shift for a short time. Laura thought that was clever, a Mussell followed by a Russell. Yeah, I guess it was.

The original KFAT studio on Monterey Street
The RCA console and other equipment at the Fat One
Dale Evans business card
Fat Radio lives on at Bluegrass Junction at XM Radio. Say howdy to Felton when you visit!


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