why take it right to the post on such a true classic record---most of us love the non vocal lead ups of all those songs so zip it now and then just take a few breaths girl/

Love it! Happy Holidays & New Year 🎆

Merry Christmas folks !

September 1997: I was watching that 2nd season of "High Incident" on ABC; Jerry Dunphy and Jane Velez-Mitchell were on KCAL 9, and "The Visitor" premiered on Fox.

How FUN ! Loved It. Thank you for the Happy Spirit for Christmas❤ Carolyn

Awesome!!!!

I met him just yesterday shot gun no one like you

A proud San Diegan the legendary Shotgun Tom Kelly

I listened to Chris in the 70's when he was the 3pm to 7pm jock at KAFY. Loved it when he would blast the Raspberries 'Go All The Way' to start the show. One of the all time best d DJ's!

You stay classy San Diego, I’m Ron Burgundy? From anchorman, the legend of Ron Burgundy… What is now KGTV was originally KFSD-TV, signing on in 1953 on Channel 10, as the second station to sign on in San Diego proper, but the third station to sign on in the market (XETV in Tijuana signed on earlier in 1953). Originally, the station was affiliated with NBC. The call letters came from the radio station of the same name, which was First in San Diego. Those letters lasted up to 1960, when the stations were purchased by Time-Life Television, who slapped the new callsign of KOGO-TV (said as ko-go) (KOastal GO is my best guess at the meaning of the letters, which were chosen by an IBM Computer). By 1970, the station would fall under McGraw hill ownership, who sold off the radio stations and slapped on the present day callsign of KGTV. In 1971 KCST-TV 39 signed on the air as an independent station, but raised a challenge to the fact of XETV being the ABC affiliate. The people at channel 39 complained that since San Diego now had 3 commercial stations, there was no need for a nearby Tijuana station to air the ABC network. Channel 39 got the affiliation in 1973. By the latter half of the decade, ABC soared into first place in the ratings, while NBC Dropped to third. ABC wanted to get out of the forced UHF situation in San Diego as a result of this, and elected to affiliate with KGTV In 1976, with the affiliation taking effect in 1977. The station is an ABC Affiliate to this day. KCSD got the NBC network, and, eventually got the KNSD callsign in the late 1980s. NBC actually would acquire the station in 1996, after they were sold off in the New World communications deals with News Corp (FOX). FOX excluded channel 39 since they already had a VHF in San Diego, XETV. NBC also picked up WVTM in Alabama, thanks to FOX already getting their hands on a VHF station in Birmingham earlier on in 1994, when the new world/FOX partnership was founded. (WBRC, the station New world purchased earlier in May 1994, was actually sold off to the FOX network, but was placed in a trust until everything with Citicasters, (who had their sale with. new world finalized before they could talk about the Argyle deal)). After all the legal drama was settled in 1996, KNSD and WVTM became NBC O/O stations. While WVTM has been sold off by NBC, and later to Hearst since then, KNSD has been owned set by NBC ever since. Channel 8, KFMB, has always been a CBS affiliate since day one, in 1949.

Jim Buckalew was my journalism professor at San Diego State. Great guy

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Thanks for the memories. A true master!

Chris Conner was one of the best DJ's on KUZZ. May he rest in peace. KUZZ is still one of the best country stations in Bakersfield, California!

I'm 72 but when i hear Shotgun I'm 15!

Great

Shotgun Tom always sounding TOPS

I was on Disco 10 on the Montgomery Highschool episode.Can you tell me how I can view that episode?That was a big thing that happened in my life!

I was from NYC and in the 70s we would cherish tapes we could get of KCBQ. My boss in 1972 at WNHC was Q alum the late Chris Bailey. At WAVZ we were blessed to have a TM shotgun jingle.😊

Steve Jobs didn't *DO* shit; hapless techs did ALL of the WORK.

Ron lived across from me and gave my wife the greatest laugh one Veterans Day, She went out to get the mail and heard him echo from the canyon behind us that it was a "Holllllllllllllllliday!" Peace, my brother

KEARTH is a shell of what it use to be. LA radio overall is in the dumpers, too. Corporatized radio...

It was a golden age of Radio!

Legend!!

Legend!!

Unfortunately this version of KRTH is gone. All the Drake formatic elements and the good jocks with voices are gone. I miss the old KRTH.

I knew all about the Tonight Show looking set at his house. I didn't know about this awesome model railroad. Other stations he was on in America's Finest City included 136 KGB, 1170 KCBQ and K-Best 95.

My dad took me to work with him at a radio station. I know the feeling.

Last year, I got to interview Willie B. here on my channel. He was at the 2015 B-100 rock reunion and shared with me some great stories from his days at KFM BFM, San Diego in the late 1970s.

So this was the guy stressing me out by always talking over into a that I want to hear. You know, a song doesn’t just start when the words do.

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

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Christina is without a doubt very talented! This aircheck is a classic. Radio like it was meant to be!!

Cool guy,regards nz

One of the top 10 best jocks I'd ever heard, and I heard some greats!

Shotgun Tom Kelly is the best top 40 jox.

who killed John Lennon the CIA john was very political against the war Paul was a pussy Johnwrote a song U should hear not askin u to play just listen "Gimmie some truth" on the imagine album it sounds like he talkin about trump tricky dick for 72 why change dicks in the middle of the screw sry bout the typin just seen the eye dr diolated my eyes the guy that killed John spent his time in Hawaii paul never shows up for parol wen it comes up Ono does i thnk he gets weekend off of prison who has that kinda power our gov.

I'm going to guess that you are a Virgo.

Such an amazing and historic piece of radio history. I watch this all the time!

Hitting the post expertly

Awesome

2024

As a guy who didn’t make it far in radio (I opted for a sure thing… 30 years with the fire dept.) I think you have IT ! You sound charming and sexy. I wish I had your talent. It’s no surprise you’re in the L. A. market.

this brings such a smile on my face, no one did it better than tom kelly, maybe the wolfman but man i miss old KEARTH

I miss SoCal so much, I live in San Jose California now.

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Excellent! Step step Dad and Mom will be so excited!!! Thanks Shotgun Tom Kelly!!! ❤❤❤God bless you all!!!

votce very SMOTH MELLOW KRTH STILL NOW⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

just came across this, amazing to see a (relatively) major market jock running their own board; I was still doing college radio up at KUSF, and our set up was almost exactly the same.

BIG RON STARED KANSAS CITY @ KUDL KNOCKING WHB TO CURB WHB BECAME # 2 IN MARKET😎A FRIEND❤RIP❤❤❤