The First Minutes of KKHR Airchecks 1983

[recto101]

http://www.socalradiohistory.com/kkhr.html

http://airchexx.com/2004/11/04/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/

Todd Parker of KKHR 93.1 in 1983 sounds exactly like Harry Nelson of KFRC in 1982. Wow I thought only Jackson Armstrong of KFRC went to KKHR but I was wrong here.
But KKHR was a great station in LA but KIIS-FM 102.7 shut them down in the Top40 CHR Business.




http://airchexx.com/2006/04/17/composite-part-2-610-kfrc-san-francisco-may-18-1982/
http://airchexx.com/2006/04/17/composite-part-3-610-kfrc-san-francisco-may-18-1982/

[michael hagerty]

http://www.socalradiohistory.com/kkhr.html

http://airchexx.com/2004/11/04/format-change-soft-rock-knx-fm-los-angeles-flips-to-top-40-hitradio-93-kkhr-august-1983/

Todd Parker of KKHR 93.1 in 1983 sounds exactly like Harry Nelson of KFRC in 1982. Wow I thought only Jackson Armstrong of KFRC went to KKHR but I was wrong here.
But KKHR was a great station in LA but KIIS-FM 102.7 shut them down in the Top40 CHR Business.




http://airchexx.com/2006/04/17/composite-part-2-610-kfrc-san-francisco-may-18-1982/
http://airchexx.com/2006/04/17/composite-part-3-610-kfrc-san-francisco-may-18-1982/

You were right and wrong. Jackson Armstrong wasn't the only KFRC jock to go to KKHR. The Slim One did, too. But Todd Parker is not Harry Nelson, who at the time of KKHR's launch was PD of KKIB, Fargo.

Todd was brought in from sister station WCAU-FM in Philadelphia. While the vocal timbre and energy is somewhat similar to Harry Nelson's, they really don't sound that much alike.

[EasyBakeOven]

Todd Parker came to L.A. from KITS in San Francisco, which was doing Mike Joseph's "Hot Hits" format.  Prior to that, Parker was heard in Philly at WCAU-FM and Hot Hits-WFBL in Syracuse.  KKHR did not use the "Hot Hits" positioner, because KIIS-FM was already using it (in name only).  However at the time, KKHR used many of the same tag lines and contests that were heard on other CBS O&O's (such as WBBM, WCAU-FM, WHTT, and KHTR).  These included the "Free Ride" music sweeps, "Family Fortune" and "Name Game".  After KKHR, Parker worked at Power 106.   

[recto101]

By the Way the KKHR calls went to Texas as a Spanish music FM Station.

[michael hagerty]

Todd Parker came to L.A. from KITS in San Francisco, which was doing Mike Joseph's "Hot Hits" format.  Prior to that, Parker was heard in Philly at WCAU-FM and Hot Hits-WFBL in Syracuse.  KKHR did not use the "Hot Hits" positioner, because KIIS-FM was already using it (in name only).  However at the time, KKHR used many of the same tag lines and contests that were heard on other CBS O&O's (such as WBBM, WCAU-FM, WHTT, and KHTR).  These included the "Free Ride" music sweeps, "Family Fortune" and "Name Game".  After KKHR, Parker worked at Power 106.   

That's right. Forgot about KITS. Might be where Parker picked up a little Harry Nelson influence.

[ToddParker]

(I was clued into this discussion by an old colleague from Power 106.  Thanks Lyle.)  I've never been ashamed of stealing from people in radio that I admired...but until this morning I wasn't aware that anyone named Harry Nelson existed.  (I *will* be listening to the KFRC airchecks now, though, to see if I really do sound like him!)  I haven't heard the first minutes of KKHR since...well, since I went through them first hand back then (believe it or not, I didn't aircheck them at the time). I look forward to hearing what the almost-thirty-years younger me sounded like.   My recollection was that it just wasn't a particularly good show--the pressure was enormous; there were TV cameras rolling, several National CBS executives staring through the glass, people running in and out of the studio.  It was kind of a madhouse. 

On the other hand, I've been surprised before by old airchecks.  Some of the shows I thought were pretty great ended up being sort of...meh.  And some of the shows I felt horrible about while I was doing them, actually turned out kind of entertaining.

KKHR was a...rather bittersweet experience.  But I'm glad people still remember it.

[calguy]

Harry Nelson may have been out of SF by the time Todd worked there.  Harry Nelson is fairly well known in Top 40 history working at stations like WRKO, KFRC and WAPP.

[recto101]

Who was the DJ in the Clip as MOR KNX-FM? What happen to him over the last 30 years.
 before Todd Parker took over the studio?

Parker, Todd: KKHR, 1983-86; KNX/fm, 1986; KPWR, 1986-93. Todd has moved to Las Vegas and is working in the mortgage industry. He's still doing voiceovers, primarily in the field of audio books. 
http://www.laradio.com/wherep.htm

[EasyBakeOven]

Who was the DJ in the Clip as MOR KNX-FM? What happen to him over the last 30 years.

Michael Sheehy is the voice before the flip to Hit Radio 93.  Sheehy joined KNX-FM in '76 as Air Personality, MD and eventually PD.  Afterwards, he went on to do voicework and production of jingles, beds, show syndication (both radio  & TV) and more.   

[calguy]

Who was the DJ in the Clip as MOR KNX-FM? What happen to him over the last 30 years.

Michael Sheehy is the voice before the flip to Hit Radio 93.  Sheehy joined KNX-FM in '76 as Air Personality, MD and eventually PD.  Afterwards, he went on to do voicework and production of jingles, beds, show syndication (both radio  & TV) and more.   

He still does.  That's usually the voice you hear on Sport Chalet spots.