K101 FM San Francisco Anything Goes

***A note to air check traders. Please do not record these air checks and try and trade. I have the original tapes many of which I recorded myself and thus the authenticity can not be in doubt and can be easily traced.

K101 FM owned by engineering graduate and broadcasting magnate James Gabbert was a rather wild station. Not free form but they had what could be described as an adult top 40 format with a deep playlist where you would hear all kinds  of music.  The station was very successful from the early to mid 1970’s. Mr Gabbert was  was not averse to climbing the antenna tower to  fix a problem and he took chances with the programming not satisfied with a cookie cutter and consultant driven formula.

He had a program called Anything Goes where you could literally hear anything and this clip is a great example of his offerings from the 1972/73 period.

https://youtu.be/2bsdkj_JkYs

One thought on “K101 FM San Francisco Anything Goes”

  1. Could anyone tell me what happened to Don Kelly ? I was an avid fan when I went to BIll Wade school of radio and tv SF 1969 tried to copy his style didn’t do a very gd job so many years ago . I found very little airchecks on him or any other bio. Would appreciate any info.

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