KKUA-The Big 69 - 60s 70s & 80s

[waveengineer]

Hello,
I'm a broadcast engineer here in Michigan. My wife and I were married in 81 and went to Hawaii on a honeymoon. I loved the Big 69 jingles and ID's.

I was wondering if anyone has any MP3 or wav clips of the jingles or ID's. that can be emailed to me.
Thanks!

brian.brachel@106khq.com

[mel]

Former Owner of KKUA Radio Dies

Owner guided KKUA to prominence

Retired television and radio executive Bob Wilson died at his Waialae Iki home Wednesday morning after a long illness. He was 84.

The former owner and general manager of KKUA 690 AM brought that station to prominence as Honolulu's top rock station in the 1970s, said KSSK radio personality Michael Perry.

"He gave me my first paycheck after the Navy" in 1972, Perry recalled.

Read the entire story by clicking on the title above.

[kimo55]

Re: KKUA-The Big 69 - 60s 70s & 80s

dig.


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http://www.cafepress.com/radiologoland/969557

[Kimo Akane]

Re: KKUA-The Big 69 - 60s 70s & 80s

I too grew up on the sound of the Big Six Nine.

Had the good fortune to work for Ron King who was the program director of the original BSN.

He said that those jings were done by the Johnny Mann singers (it was the KHJ package) and one day while on vacation Bill Drake called him and told him it was the best copy of the Drake sound that he'd ever heard.

Wish I had a copy too!

[craigwatanabe]

Re: KKUA-The Big 69 - 60s 70s & 80s

I still got some old cassette radio recording of KKUA that I transferred to MP3. On them contain some of the old jingles and those memorable commercials from The Ritz Men's Store and others dating back to 1977.

[mel]

Re: KKUA-The Big 69 - 60s 70s & 80s

Just for the heck of it, I'll be from time to time reposting some of KKUA's music charts here. First up, the Top 69 Records of 1971:


KKUA 69 Honolulu - Hawaii's Top 69 Songs of 1971

1. Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
2. I've Found Someone of My Own - Free Movement
3. Just My Imagination - Temptations
4. Smiling Faces (Sometimes) - Undisputed Truth
5. Timothy -The Buoys
6. Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond
7. Knock Three Times - Dawn
8. Indian Reservation - The Raiders
9. One Bad Apple - Osmonds
10. Chatto-Matte-Kudasai - Sam Kapu
11. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
12. Precious & Few - Climax
13. I'm So Poud - Main Ingredient
14. Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders
15. Life Is That Way - Jose Feliciano
16. It's Impossible - Perry Como
17. Domino - Van Morrison
18. Superstar - The Carpenters
19. Woodstock - Matthew's Southern Comfort
20. Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson Five
21. Gypsies, Tramps & Theives - Cher
22. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
23. Yo Yo - Osmonds
24. Sweet & Innocent - Donny Osmond
25. It's Too Late - Carole King
26. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
27. Stay Awhile - The Bells
28. Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
29. If - Bread
30. Black Magic Woman - Santana
31. For All We Know - The Carpenters
32. The Pushbike Song - Mixtures
33. Mandrill - Mandrill
34. I Can't Stop - Osmonds
35. Tears of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
36. Stick-Up - Honeycone
37. Liar - Three Dog Night
38. Watcha See, is Watcha Get - The Dramatics
39. Your Song - Elton John
40. Draggin' The Line - Tommy James
41. Morning Of Our Lives - The Arkade
42. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees
43. I Hear Those Churchbells - Dusk
44. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
45. I Love You For All Seasons - Fuzz
46. We Can Make It Girl - Society of Seven
47. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
48. Albert Flasher - Guess Who
49. Most of All - B.J. Thomas
50. Three Cheers For Love - Dick Jensen
51. Mama's Pearl - Jackson Five
52. Rainy Days And Mondays - The Carpenters
53. No Matter What - Badfinger
54. I Do Take You - Three Degrees
55. Somebody's Been Sleeping - 100 Proof Aged in Soul
56. Just An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
57. I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth
58. Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean
59. Oye Como Va - Santana
60. Love Means (You Never Have To Say You're Sorry) - Sounds of Sunshine
61. Games - Redeye
62. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
63. Lola - The Kinks
64. I Dig Everything About You - The Mob
65. Love Song - The Vogues
66. What Are You Doing Sunday? - Dawn
67. Baby I'm A Want You - Bread
68. Frisco Bay - Society of Seven
69. Born To Wonder - Rare Earth

Compiled from the KKUA 69 Official Top 20 weekly charts.

KKUA's d.j. lineup in 1971

Jim Peters 6:AM
Steven B. Williams 9:AM
Gene Davis 12 noon
Ron King 3:PM
Scott Edwards 6:PM
Dick Wainwright 9:PM
Rick Shannon Midnight

This chart was previously posted at the rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1970s newsgroup.

[Kimo Akane]

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Wow Mel,

Great names/memories from the past...

Jim Peters 6:AM, Steven B. Williams 9:AM, Gene Davis 12 noon, Ron King 3:PM, Scott Edwards 6:PM, Dick Wainwright 9:PM, Rick Shannon Midnight

Those were the days 3 hour shifts.

I knew Scotty when he worked here. When I moved to Vegas in '75 was surprised to hear him doing nights on KLUC 97.5. Was an eclectic CHR/AOR mix at night. I was working part time at KENO the AM CHR. We got together and he said he was leaving (comming back to Hawaii to program K108) and would introduce me to the PD.

I got his gig when he left, then moved to middays when the PD got off the air. Really a strange radio station (in a good way) very tight knit group of people and quirky.

Anyway came back to Hawaii in '76 and Scotty hired me to do Nights on the Disco station K108... Tom Dancer in AMD, Jack Waters MD, Dan Cooke PMD me at night and Brother Sam overnights. The place was owned by Dick James and his partner Ron (forgot his name). Ron King later replaced Scotty and Don da Hummer replaced Bro Sam.

Wow don't wanna go back there again.

I also was fond of the RJ KKUA with Keala Kai, Mike Perry, John Syra (sp?), Kong and Mark Morgan.

OK enough back in the...

[kimohalliway]

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What happened to Mr. Mellow. Was he on KKUA

[Kimo Akane]

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Memory not what it used to be...

Was Mr. Mellow Lane Robinson?

I believe he is alive and well and living on the Mainland.

[KoaukaLoop82]

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I have at least one cassette tape, maybe two, from 69 KKUA dating back to 1981 (I think it was August--I have the dates written down someplace). I would be willing to make a copy and trade with anyone else that has old tapes from around that time!

Let me know!

KoaukaLoop82 (aka Karina)

[mel]

Re: KKUA-The Big 69 - 60s 70s & 80s

I think I have a KQMQ tape from 1985 and a 98 Rock tape featuring Shawnee from around 1988. I'd be willing to swap MP3s or something. I have to find the tapes and make the MP3s from them.

[kimo55]

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what's all this about

swap

measure for measure?!

jeez
what are we. on da mainland?!


jezz puttem up on youtube.


sheesh.

[mel]

Re: KKUA-The Big 69 - 60s 70s & 80s

Um... youtube only does video from what I can see. Cannot watch the radio station you know.... I think we only have audio here.

[craigwatanabe]

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Mel, you can upload audio portions to youtube and putfile. Kimo and I have already put excerpts of some vintage KKUA 1977 up there already. Check my post on Steven B. Williams.

[KoaukaLoop82]

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I'd love to make an MP3 of these tapes but I don't have the software to manage it anymore. Suggestions for what I can use? I have a windows platform...

Also how would YouTube handle something that large? I imagine I'd need to break it up somehow...

Thanks!
Karina