Alternative Famous Firsts
Hilary Doneux
APD/MD/Middays
91X/San Diego
Host of “The Punk 60” on KNAC/Los Angeles
TSOL
Duran Duran “Rio” (I think)
Can’t even recall! O from Fluf probably, may he rest in peace.
Overnights at KNAC – I had the studio monitors in program instead of air. We were off the air for a WHILE & I thought that was the end of my career!
Steve Craig
Program Director, Brand Manager & Midday Host
WNNX (99X)/Atlanta
Afternoon Drive at KLOM (Daytime AM station) in Lompoc, California 1978. Fired after 3 months for staying on past sign-off in order to play the new Boston song “Don’t Look Back”.
Beach Boys, Chicago & Santana at Anaheim Stadium (Bicentennial Concert) July 3, 1976.
1st REAL Concert… Happened a month later. For my Birthday, my girlfriend took me to see this band called The Ramones at The Roxy in L.A. (their first west-coast appearance) August 12, 1976 30-minute set that blew my face off. Changed my life! Interesting that the live recording of that concert would be released decades later as “The Ramones at your Birthday Party”!!
“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” by the 5Th Dimension - first single I bought with my own money (1969).
Steve Perry of Journey (1979) He used to stop by the KIOY (K-104) studios outside of Fresno, California on his way to Hanford to see his parents. I was the night jock on the air, and he knocked on the front door asking if we were playing his new record… I invited him in and we chatted on air & played “Lovin, Touchin’ Squeezin”… twice!
BEST dead air experience… When I answered the door and saw Steve Perry there… I was floored, was probably talking and gushing too much, and my record ran out. (It was Prince “I Wanna be your Lover”) but, what a great recovery! “…Sorry, Steve Perry was at the door, and I’m the only one here…
Jayn
Music Director
KITS (Live 105)/San Francisco
Running the board at a sports station. By far the most stressed I've ever been listening to Giants games.
Rick Springfield, Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, 1981. Little baby me could barely intellectually process that he was actually in the room.
1st Record Purchased: Walked into the store and spent my entire $10 monthly allowance on ABBA "Super Trouper" and Queen "The Game" on the same day.
A phoner with John Oates. I was so nervous I was whispering - and he kept delicately asking, "I'm so sorry, can you repeat that?"
I can't remember a real one, but I definitely have those nightmares - and "the studio door is locked and I can't get in" - weekly. Expecting one tonight!
