Posted on July 26, 2010 - 11:54 PM
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As long as you brought up KINK, has anyone seen their new billboard? It says, "Think you know KINK? KINK again!".
Posted on July 27, 2010 - 12:01 AM # -
KINK signed on December 25, 1968. According to Wikipedia, "Abbey Road was released on 26 September 1969 in the United Kingdom, and 1 October 1969 in the United States."
If all dates are correct, "Here Comes the Sun" was not the first song played on KINK.
Posted on July 27, 2010 - 01:51 AM # -
The radio station in Portland that played "Here Comes The Sun" as their first song was 92.3 KGON.
When KINK began, the station was more Top 40. Chances are the first song played was issued as a 45rpm single and not an album cut.
Posted on July 27, 2010 - 02:03 AM # -
As long as you brought up KINK, has anyone seen their new billboard? It says, "Think you know KINK? KINK again!".
That's amazing, I just saw one of the new billboards last night, meant to post about it here.
Even if I had remembered, I would've been beaten to it.
Posted on July 27, 2010 - 08:07 AM # -
KINK in 1970 was the best thing in the world. I learned about so many new band ... the nightly album preview ... Jeff Funkhauser (sp) ... the best
Posted on July 27, 2010 - 09:08 PM # -
Bruce Funkhouser
Posted on July 27, 2010 - 10:52 PM # -
Kink the underground link... Here comes the sun - Beatles (Promo tape) I don't think they played 45's on that station. They were a laid back top 40 style edge of some album cuts. I remember listening to them on Christmas day 1968 and I loved it... the style and seemed like they been doing it for years. Kink always had and still does have great Billboard ads for the station.
Posted on July 28, 2010 - 01:14 AM # -
"Here Comes The Sun" was recorded by The Beatles beginning on July 7, 1969 & finishing on August 19, 1969. KINK must have had a very early Promo recording!!!
Ok I'll admit I might be wrong about KINK spinning 45rpm's. I wasn't in the studio at the time. So they must have been playing the 45 cut off this album:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uOXhdaakBwY/SDrn4tI3EfI/AAAAAAAAANg/d-nAnaEw6xg/s320/Tommy+Roe+-+Dizzy.jpgPosted on July 28, 2010 - 01:26 AM # -
Craig you're right... Here Comes The Sun... Harrison, McCartney and Starr recorded the rhythm track in 13 takes on 7 July 1969. John Lennon did not contribute to the song as he was recovering from a car crash. Towards the end of the session Harrison spent an hour re-recording his acoustic guitar part. Harrison capoed his guitar on the 7th fret, resulting the final key of A major. He also used the same technique on his 1965 song "If I Needed Someone," which shares a similar melodic pattern. The following day he taped his lead vocals, and he and McCartney recorded their backing vocals twice to give a fuller sound.
A harmonium and handclaps were added on 16 July. Harrison's guitar solo was overdubbed on 6 August, and the orchestral parts were added on 15 August. "Here Comes the Sun" was completed four days later with the addition of Harrison's Moog synthesizer part
Posted on July 28, 2010 - 05:48 PM # -
"Think you know KINK? KINK again!"
so, KINK listeners, has KINK changed?
Posted on July 28, 2010 - 08:18 PM # -
I don't know! I haven't "kinked again" (and that's bloody brilliant --give 'em a gold star!)
KINK and I just kind of parted ways. I think it's mostly a shift of mine, but I really don't know. The beauty of it is when and if I decide to tune again, it will be different, because I won't know any better
Posted on July 28, 2010 - 08:42 PM # -
The only change to which I am aware is that it's no longer "FM 102". It's "kink.fm and on your radio at 101.9". In order to reverse their ratings trend, it seems to me that the music will have to be even more familiar than it already is and that's a fine line.
Posted on July 29, 2010 - 12:14 AM # -
I was a regular morning listener during the Les and Rebecca years, but after Ms. Webb was dismissed, the morning show lost it's appeal, and I haven't really gone back.
Posted on July 29, 2010 - 12:21 AM # -
I remember the fern bar days of KINK during the early eighties when every other song was James Taylor
Posted on July 29, 2010 - 07:45 PM # -
Well, not sure about the programming, but that 101.9 signal is a mother as of late. I think the summer ducting has something to do with it, but the fact that they have an empty space (relatively) on the dial doesn't hurt either. I live about 20 miles NE of Seattle and was able to drive through valley and hill last night with barely a touch of static. They were playing an acapella band from U of O "On The Rocks" doing the Doobie Bros. Listen to the Music- think it was a one off local spotlight about 9pm. Nice interesting song, anyway.
I also think that we get Kink so well because the Seattle 101.5 chooses NOT to over modulate AND doesn't believe in spectrum hogging HD-FM either. There's a lesson there somewhere.
Posted on July 29, 2010 - 08:56 PM # -
If you're talking about KINK coming in better "lately", it probably has something to do with them increasing their antenna height from 440 to 501 meters HAAT.
Posted on July 29, 2010 - 11:47 PM # -
They've been using "kink.fm" and "101.9" for several years now. Not sure exactly how long, but I'd guess somewhere between 2 to 5.
Posted on July 30, 2010 - 12:12 AM # -
When KINK-FM began on Christmas Day in 1968, the station was largely automated, except for certain live shows. Jeff Douglas was the Program Director and John David was the Manager. Jeff did a fantastic job of programing a very basic machine to make the station sound live. The automation system played carts, and many of them had to be specially wound to handle the long album cuts. Jeff was way ahead of his time in his music selection.
Posted on August 1, 2010 - 07:47 PM # -
...certain "live" shows, all hosted by Jeff Douglas: Focus, Album Preview and later, the Morning Show. I want to comment about this recent set of posts but all I can think of is, "If You Seek Amy". Create your own punchline.
Posted on August 2, 2010 - 12:57 AM # -
I can tell you the first "new" record played that day on KINK was the just-released single "Touch Me" by the Doors, although KINK settled into playing the B-side "Wild Child" more, and the LP they both wound up on didn't come out until August 1969.
Posted on August 2, 2010 - 10:33 AM # -
When Hal says KINK had a "very basic machine" for its automation, he's not kidding. It had a couple of nicknames: "The Kinkalodian" and "Ancil's Pain". If for some reason a cart in one of the carousels got stuck it would default to one of those big 30 minute carts and an alarm light would flash in the AM control room. of course it usually happened on the weekend overnight! It was so much fun calling up whoever was on call to let them know they had less than 30 minutes to get to the station and try to fix things.
Posted on August 2, 2010 - 10:48 AM # -
The last part of my previous post refers to a spammer named Amy, who went through most of the first page of the threads. Those posts have since been removed in very quick order. Thank you, Dan!
Posted on August 2, 2010 - 12:18 PM # -
I remember listening to the new KINK the day after Christmas 1968. I heard a Creme selection followed by Iron butterfly "Ina gadda da vita"..I considered it a stereo version of what was being aired on KGAR at the time which I thought of as garage band rock and roll as then a senior @ FVHS Vancouver...of course we all compared any Fm station those days to some more popular AM station ...
Didnt things change in just a few years !!
It was great really, I didnt like all the music, mostly because I hadnt ventured into ' Progressive Rock ' as it was called then ( became Classic Rock later ) ...I was still too young and pop oriented then...but I did hear the grand differences of that music as compared to AM Mono noisey 1550 radio !! I caught hell a couple of times tuning in KINK on my Grandfathers Heathkit stereo FM/AM multiplex tuner into the Sherwood AMP mixer into 2 Carlson 5ft 3 way enclosures ...yes, Grandad was a ' long hair " classical music buff, so were my folks for the most part and did I create some high seas running up the ' new " 101.9.. ha ha ... My Dad still talks about it once in awhile..How Grandad didnt say anything to me personally of my new found musical taste...but he DID mention it with much disdain to my folks...OH WELL what do you expect from a man born in 1889 and trained professionally in classical voice in the early 20th century ..LOL...
Posted on August 2, 2010 - 02:42 PM # -
That's the first time I've ever heard anyone say that they'd listened to(the old 1kw daytime)KGAR. You could only hear it clearly on the north end of town and even then, almost everyone listened to KISN.
Posted on August 2, 2010 - 03:44 PM #
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