1989 KOST 103.5 Station Tour Hosted by Mark & Kim

It's back to the 80's for this Mark and Kim hosted video written and produced by then KOST Program Director Jhani Kaye. This video gives listeners an inside look at how radio works. Originally distributed for free by Warehouse Music. KOST 103.5 radio in Los Angeles has won all the major radio awards for programming and personalities in it's 30 year history.

[@superbigmedia]

can we please give these RADIO personalities respect for making a perfectly choreographed VIDEO with out being awkward . Dated yes.. but pretty darn great!

[@txcarebear22]

Best station ever! I used to fall asleep to these D.J.s and gorgeous playlists growing up in the 80s in Granada Hills. I live in Texas now and found an HD2 station on 97.1 that was KOST and it was just deleted last month. I am devastated!

[@mosa197]

Very enjoyable! Bravo 🙌 bravissimo! Amazing voices. So engaging and soft. I am very grateful to this phenomenal station. Made my commutes in LA so much softer.

[@JosephPratt1986]

KOST is one of the best stations in the world!

[@dylanfoss8883]

I agree 110 percent

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

I like KOST FM 103.5 soft rock and ktwv FM 94.7 smooth jazz Los Angeles California from the late 80s and early 90s ☺️ 1987 thru 1993 era

[@johntientran1]

I enjoyed and appreciated the old KOST 103.5 from 1985 until 2015 that stopped the JAM jingles.

[@MarkWallengren]

@@JosephPratt1986 Was! 👍🏼

[@JosephPratt1986]

@@MarkWallengren I think KOST was likely at its best when they had the JAM jingles.

[@HueyRocks23]

Just hearing Mt. Wilson, "Southland", and Alhambra brings a smile to this SoCal kid living in Georgia now.

[@blind_t2]

HueyRocks23 so cal always welcomes you home.

[@iamlucy2308]

I ❤,❤,❤ KOST 103.5!! Listening from Jersey but Im a Cali girl!

[@rickford75]

Its great to finally put a face behind the voices i grew up listening to.

[@holyhunkcutie84]

As an adult now living in Texas, this is great nostalgia for me being born and raised in West Covina.

[@lancelot1953]

This is fascinating, thank you for getting and uploading this most informative show, Ciao, L

[@johnbyers8308]

I didn't know a radio station was such a large functioning living organism. I loved this video.

[@Nocturna71]

Very nostalgic. I remember listening to Kost 103.5 mostly during the Love Songs and Love Thoughts segment with Ted. 🥰

[@view2be]

Oooh those goood ol’ days from kost 103.3. Will never forget thank yo for this post.

[@user-vr4nl1mu4z]

Waaaw I really miss these guys and the station I grew up listening to them

[@MarkWallengren]

Thank you! We miss being on the air but have amazing memories of real local radio before cookie cutter formats and imaging! 🎶

[@back2the80sradio]

This is priceless. A virtual time machine. Thank you for the upload.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

From New York, I miss the music that is played on KOST 103.5 FM. The "tour" was quite nice. There was a radio station that became my favorite one from 1978 until 1982. It played middle-of-the-road music. The radio station was WTFM, 103.5. Its music format was considered to be, "middle-of-the-road (MOR) music. I miss lots of music artists who played slow rock and roll music that was easy to listen to. Today, the radio stations that play popular music to dance by are now called "adult contemporary" radio stations. The music at KOST radio smooth enough to flood out the fast music that is played on the Northeast, and I would not jeer. This radio station has the best kind of music in America.

[@LoveAudioProduction]

Thanks for sharing Mark 👍

[@johnbyers8308]

This is incredible. Got here from one upon a time in Hollywood. Beautiful work back then

[@jromeo8247]

Wonderful video❤

[@drtascam]

I got into the Radio Business 25 years ago and this looks so old-timey to me now. How time flies!...

[@Danymity1]

Lol....last time I coasted at work, I was shown the door!

[@josielpontocom]

+DullardGuy This was not funny

[@dylanfoss8883]

wow tough luck

[@MyRadioJourney]

Great video... When they said something about want you to make a copy of the video it dawned on me, you would have had a physical copy of the VHS watching this in a VCR to have ever seen this in 1989. My how the times have changed, not to mention the technology in within the video, lol.

[@ChickOnRadio]

This is so retro! I love it!

[@mattwallstead9750]

Thank you mark this was interesting.

[@rwtcmediagroup]

Love it!!

[@BernyTerrazas]

i work in radio until 1993, in Chihuahua, México , great video for remember the radio of the 90´s

[@solea1382]

Mark, you sound the same and your jokes are still the same. I like it!

[@tracimecca8695]

hey Mark im going though old videos of you and kim the studio tour oh my the sweaters lol the look you had back then you are so awesome i wish you and kim were still doing the morning show im making my music list and i found the song i cant go for that no can do by hall and oats you should Donny Osmond sing it its awesome

[@isfeldt34]

So much Chicago! Got a love it

[@rasalghul9331]

I sort of miss the pre-internet days when listening to the radio was a casual, laid-back recreation and you give up your control to hear ALL things.

[@DanzTheMann]

Total cheese......but I LOVE IT!!! The hallways look more like a doctor's office, just the way I would imagine KOST's studios look like (since they largely play inside dr's offices). Takes me back to the good ole days of 1980s LA Radio!

[@jinglesbluecat]

First we are told at 1:50 that the jock needs to wear headphones to avoid feedback when the mic is open, then at 10:00 we see the pair of them faking the start of a morning show hour with no headphones. Best part of KOST-FM were the JAM jingles !

[@LogoMan7777]

1:40 - "Coming Around Again" by Carly Simon

[@holygalaga]

Thanks, Greg

[@TheRenard10]

@ Jonathan Strong, It's Jhani Kaye. I Once Left Him A Message And He Called Me Back. He Was The Program Director For Another Station, Krth 101.

[@anthonyangelici2963]

Yes he was. From Jan 3, 2006 to June 30, 2013.

[@dylanfoss8883]

KOST 103.5 is a great station. although the personalities who work there have really changed over the years. I wish there could be a show like Mark and kim again. ellen K is great but Mark and kim seemed like the perfect morning team

[@blind_t2]

was just thinking of him too! holidays aren’t the same without him. he was our local version of a santa. you could tell around now he’d really be into it! yes I love that the holiday tradition still goes on, but, it’s just missing something.

[@blind_t2]

johnny k, a program director that knows good jingles when he hears them, and he always picks jam when it comes to kost, but now he's at KRTH, but the jam legacy still lives on here!

[@ApartmentKing66]

Jhani

[@ArmandoSanchez-gb1cd]

My favorite station on LOS Ángeles

[@johnbravo7542]

I was 24 and life was breezy,I wonder where these folks are now.

[@MarkWallengren]

Hi John! First of all, I’m here! You can find me pretty much on any social media site, except TikTok. Search Mark Wallengren. Pretty much everybody else in this video is still around. We’re all just older! 😂

[@malareporter3688]

ola sou do brasil e adoro esta radio

[@LogoMan7777]

15:10 - "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago

[@greatdronemontage7272]

15:40 How many cameras are in that room with him?

[@deionle9355]

love mark and kim a lot from orange county

[@deionle9355]

love mark and kim my teen ager ,51 now from orange county

[@macdaddybill]

Damn that is slick wish we had done that at WGAR. I have to laugh though, the 80's look omg we all looked like that.

[@LogoMan7777]

15:30 - "Will You Still Love Me?" by Chicago (the 3rd Chicago song in a row)

[@holygalaga]

Thanks, Greg

[@mariacardenas4665]

Miss them

[@caroltenge5147]

Wow a Tomcat cart set up. Only other set up like that Ive seen was years ago at San Jose Costa Rico.

[@MarkWallengren]

Vintage!!!!

[@VBaskin2010]

R.I.P. Dick Clark.

[@James2SWB]

So much socal awesomeness

[@tjpj988]

Boy bryan that red cup sitting on the board looks great

[@malareporter3688]

ola sou da conexão fm de perus são paulo brasil e adoro esta emissora pela história ela é boa

[@brianke9899]

Hello Mala, what are some of the basic requirements to run a simple radio station

[@zoomosis]

4:01 "Breakout" by Swing Out Sister (1987)

[@DBR00]

12:59 Last Christmas! Wham!

[@deionle9355]

14 years already

[@ksmgmedia]

I got here from "dog ate my last toilet roll"

[@klyderaetrell]

Up to date; on this video, only one DJ is still working at KOST; that's Karen Sharp ( the one who sits at 6:54 - 7:06 ) . All of them were let go, including Mark Wallengren and Ted Ziegenbusch which just so happened recently. Sad to hear that.

[@Nocturna71]

Is that true? Didn’t Ted come back after years working in a Christian station The Fish?

[@klyderaetrell]

@@Nocturna71 yes he went back. But only last January 2020, the iHeartRadio laid off hundreds of employees to restructure the whole company.

[@LogoMan7777]

16:20 - "If You Asked Me To" by Patti LaBelle (too early to be the Celine Dion version)

[@holygalaga]

Appreciate that, Greg

[@dylanfoss8883]

I wish someone could make a video just like this but more updated perhaps from this year

[@MarkWallengren]

Dylan Foss Look at my other videos. Another from the current studios is there

[@dylanfoss8883]

Oh yeah I think I've seen that video It just slipped my mind. I read on wikipedia that u and Ted Ziegenbush don't work for KOST 103.5 anymore

[@dylanfoss8883]

I wish I could see more videos like this. I saw a new updated tour video but it wasn't as good as thisone

[@donmccullen1973]

Hey Mark you should have a seperate YT video for the Dick Clark ad.

[@LogoMan7777]

5:49 - "Love Will Lead You Back" by Taylor Dayne

[@LogoMan7777]

1:08 - "Hard Habit to Break" by Chicago

[@holygalaga]

Thank you, Greg

[@LogoMan7777]

15:46 - "Hard Habit to Break" again.

[@holygalaga]

Thanks again, Greg

[@dylanfoss8883]

this video showcases what KOST 103.5 should be like but isn't. It's a blast from the past

[@jasonyoung9226]

As someone who lives in the UK (and as such isn't all that familiar with the station as it was) I have 2 questions that someone might be able to answer. Firstly, did Kim always drive the desk or did Mark share that responsibility sometimes and why on earth would they transfer songs from CD 💿 to Carts? Surely the quality from a tape (even a digital tape) wouldn't be able to match that of a compact disc?

[@MarkWallengren]

We shared equally. We transferred songs to cartridges to control sound. Our program director carefully monitored volume levels and EQ settings because of the wildly different sounds from CD to CD. He was also a big believer and using as little air processing as possible to insure the best listening over the air experience.

[@jasonyoung9226]

@@MarkWallengren thanks for the info Mark 👍

[@3pointmvpshooter3000]

@@MarkWallengren Hey Mark, I have a question, it's that time of year again and I am a so cal resident, by any chance, are there any airchecks of KOST Christmas from 2001, the first year you guys played Christmas Music?

[@LogoMan7777]

4:01 - "Breakout" by Swing Out Sister

[@bryanl7346]

12:30 Mark Denis sounds A LOT like the guy from KNX 1070 who announces the news/intermissional stuff on the newscasts. is he?

[@bryanl7346]

Nevermind, I'm pretty sure it isn't considering he passed away in the early 2000s and I listened to KNX later than that. But there was somebody who sounds a ton like his voice

[@barefooboy17]

Just love it how mangement fired Laurie Saunders by throwing her stuff in the hallway and saying "we are cutting our budget" It happens in radio all the time

[@MarkWallengren]

I was there when Laurie left and can tell you no one was "throwing stuff in the hallway". I was a difficult day but know it had nothing to do with a budget cut because Lovesongs on the Coast continued with Karen Sharp who, some 30 years later, continues to host the show.

[@kamotetopz6776]

They could have fired her without throwing her stuff in the hallway.

[@AlisoViejoMan]

What's up with all the Chicago tunes?

[@korymichaels6217]

Quite a contrast to the modern Burbank studios that resemble a movie theater multi-plex with no less than 5 radio stations crammed into one building. By 2030 that building will be gone as well, as iHeart replaces all the DJs with AI voices: Siri and Cortana hosting mornings, "Hey Google" mid-day, Alexa hosting afternoon drive, Love songs and pillow talk with Brina in evening, then DJ-less jukebox mixes for graveyard. In 2044 the FCC will announce that all AM/FM/SDARS licenses will not be renewed and those frequencies will be auctioned off to other services starting in 2050. By then 5G on-demand music streaming and podcasting will have rendered broadcast radio obsolete.

[@MarkWallengren]

Yup!

[@LogoMan7777]

10:31 - "Endless Summer Nights" by Richard Marx

[@josielpontocom]

+Greg Palmer +Greg Palmer You've forgotten at 11:21 "Soul II Soul - Back To Life"

[@LogoMan7777]

Don't think I've heard that one.

[@holygalaga]

@@LogoMan7777 You missed out, Greg

[@LogoMan7777]

Mark, I'm just curious about the complete extent of Dick Clark's involvement at KOST. I know he did the promos. Did KOST carry all three of his shows ("National Music Survey", "Countdown America", and "U.S. Music Survey")?

[@holygalaga]

Great question, Greg

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@holygalaga Are you Greg's other account, or is he paying you to be his cheerleader?

[@LogoMan7777]

@@ApartmentKing66 I do not know holygalaga.

[@stufferwhite]

I'm a child of the 80's and I'm having a huge brainfart on the song the is played as they enter "master control" at 4:02 in this video... I remember the song but have no idea what it is... Anybody???

[@kyle9201977]

Breakout- Swing Out Sister

[@stufferwhite]

Thanks! That was driving me nuts for a long time! :)

[@joej19]

The days of radio before clear channel got their hands on KOST.

[@ApartmentKing66]

Yeah, I think Cox still had it and KFI in 1990.

[@MarkWallengren]

Cox had us until about '99. The executivce (Bob Neil) that was part of the Cox executive team that let KOST/KFI go MASSIVLEY regrets doing so...

[@martinj999]

Everything being played on carts transferred from cd. How come they didn’t play records

[@MarkWallengren]

Martin! By 1986 very few were playing vinyl. Records would "burn". Most were transfering songs to tape cartidge or playing the actual cd's.

[@Beck-Stein]

This was awesome. Im sure now its 100% computers.

[@DJBALDRICK]

The script is almost word for word from the K99.1 tour.

[@calebmedina780]

True true lol

[@MarkWallengren]

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

[@markarca6360]

That is before computer based playout and iHeartMedia.

[@DaveMalkoff]

Who did they make this video for? There was no KZbin, it certainly didn't air on TV. Did radio enthusiasts trade VHS tapes of this stuff?

[@MarkWallengren]

Dave! This was distributed through the now defunct Warehouse Records stores in the Los Angeles area. We promoted their stores on air and in return, customers were given a free rental of this video. We distributed thousands of tapes throughout the Los Angeles area in the late 80s. I imagine that what tapes are out there are traded by radio enthusiasts but that was not the design of creating this video. It was to let listeners see the workings of an incredibly successful radio station and to hopefully help to increase ratings. Thanks for asking.

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@MarkWallengren You mean "Wherehouse," Mark?

[@jrnumex9286]

women now who were 80's- 90 's look at their hair doo's and think: what the H were we thinking? Hs year books of the time are a blast of omg.

[@ApartmentKing66]

This was about the time that Jhani hired my old friend Lance Ballance to do weekend overnights on KOST.

[@dylanfoss8883]

it's amazing that u knew someone who worked on the station

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@dylanfoss8883 Well, I knew him before he went there. He and I were at KWG/KYBB (B101) up in Stockton in 1989. I was a KWG weekender at the time and he did Middays on KYBB, the FM station. He was in LA radio for quite a while. He left KOST to go "across the street" to do middays on KBIG for a while. I was surprised he never did anything nationally-syndicated. I thought for sure once he got to LA, it was only a matter of time before he would syndicate himself, but he never did. I looked for a few years afterward. He lives in Massachusetts now.

[@MarkWallengren]

@@ApartmentKing66 Lance is in Texas now and can be found here!! facebook.com/lance.ballance

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@MarkWallengren Thanks, Mark! While we're friends on FB, I *didn't* know he's now in Texas. (I'm not on FB much...lol)

[@figbat1]

all hail abby!

[@FormerDeathMachine]

BUTTONS!

[@FlamingoPulse]

Kim left, but I'm guessing Mark is still doing the morning show today!

[@bryannguyen8440]

Jonathan Hernandez Yes Mark is doing it solo!

[@NESherv]

Kim was fired!

[@KevinBolsajian]

NESTLEH yup mark is still going!

[@KevinBolsajian]

NESherv why did she get fired?

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@KevinBolsajian I wonder that myself, although if I had to guess, I'd say they didn't want to pay her anymore.

[@LogoMan7777]

2:57- does anyone know that one?

[@josielpontocom]

+Greg Palmer Hi Greg I dont know either, but I do appreciate your acknowledgment about old songs and the most important. Let's keep broadcasting (a)live

[@TheRenard10]

That sounds like Basia-Cruisin' for bruisin'.

[@MJCLAXDEN]

Basia - Cruising for Bruising (1989 or so). She was a big Jazz artist (played a lot on Smooth Jazz format stations back in the late 80s and 90s). She had 3 or 4 hit songs: Time and Tide, New Day for You, Cruising for Bruising. Here is the video for that song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6rOn6Wiotlkj5Y

[@holygalaga]

It’s the smooth jazz artist Basia, Greg

[@ApartmentKing66]

You mean you don't??? Say it ain't so!!!

[@bilalyoussefconaboy]

It was kost 103 and then they changed it to kost 103.5

[@ApartmentKing66]

Yes, to include the whole digital frequency, because it's more precise. I did that when I was in Stockton 30 years ago. The FM identifier was "Oldies 101," but I took it upon myself, with more and more tuners going digital from analog, to start saying "100.9, Oldies 101." My boss heard me do that one evening and commended me.

[@joej19]

Kost 103 has been clear channelized

[@MJCLAXDEN]

Sadly iHeart/Clear Channel seriously fucked up the US radio landscape...but they're going bankrupt...so fuck 'em.

[@anthonyangelici2963]

I call them "Cheap Channel" or "Crap Channel".

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@MJCLAXDEN Bankrupt? Maybe there's hope yet.

[@pneumatic00]

I coulda sworn the guy in the middle was Jeff Porcaro.

[@GolfBala]

I learned my English first from KOST 103.5

[@chrismcintyre845]

What's he doing with that drink siting on the control board!!!

[@MarkWallengren]

Settle down! That was 35 years ago. Somehow the board made it almost 20 years before being replaced! lol

[@dylanfoss8883]

I think Mark and Kim make a cute couple. I've always wondered what happen to several of the people seen in this video including Brian Simmons, Lori Sanders, Mike Nolan, Sharon Dale and Chris Roberts. I'm petty sure not to many of these people are living today. I know Mark Wallengren does afternoons like what Mike Saklarides used to do

[@MarkWallengren]

Dylan Foss I’m happy to say everyone is still alive. 😂 Weird place to go. Laurie is in the Bay Area, Mike can still be heard in in Los Angeles on 94.7 The Wave, Mike Nolan and Sharon Dale have retired, Chris Roberts is the voice for UCLA Football/Basketball, Bryan is a radio programmer in New Mexico and Kim is around. Thank you for watching.

[@JohnnyJohnsonSmooths]

i thought he said Johnny Cade? Coincidence? I think not!

[@MJCLAXDEN]

He said... Jhani Kaye

[@IdLikeToSpeakToMyLawyer]

That Reagan joke was authentic 90s savagery

[@MarkWallengren]

You mean….80s savagery?

[@IdLikeToSpeakToMyLawyer]

@@MarkWallengren obviously

[@MarkWallengren]

@@IdLikeToSpeakToMyLawyer Times have changed. Culturally speaking the 80s were much different than the 90s....obviously. Love your suit!

[@IdLikeToSpeakToMyLawyer]

@@MarkWallengren thank you!! Love the video!💖💜

[@IdLikeToSpeakToMyLawyer]

@@MarkWallengren I didn’t realize you said “80s”. I read quickly and thought you said “you mean.. savagery”, and thought you were trying to correct my spelling or something. So sorry if I sounded rude!! 😭😭

[@TheLAKERSareGodsTeam]

You have to respect a guy who's last name is literally "Sack".

[@ApartmentKing66]

You talking about Mike Sakellarides (sp?)

[@dave141163]

KOST now is the HD FM simucast of KFI into Orange County since they are now owned by iHeart media. :'(

[@MrDream5]

Wow,..low tech!

[@LogoMan7777]

[phone] has been disconnected.

[@rondobson1828]

The silver lining of this disgustingly soft and sweet station tour is at 9:45 when they make a very tasteless alzheimers joke about Ronald Reagan.

[@MarkWallengren]

There was no diagnosis of Alzheimer’s while Reagan was President. Your comment is ridiculous.

[@ApartmentKing66]

And to say that a "very tasteless alzheimers joke" is "the silver lining" only reveals what a small person you are.

[@josielpontocom]

Nice tour. but, very staged! Btw... Im a radio announcer down here in Brazil. I have a morning show named: "MPB and News". MPB is the short for "Popular Brazilian Music" in Portuguese. It is aired at 6:00 AM in a local radio station.

[@bendeco]

Richard Marx ruined lives lol

[@1949ala]

Very disappointing to see these people

[@MarkWallengren]

Meaning what? 🤔

[@11UncleBooker22]

what a mess