20 Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY for Week Ending 12/14/74 Radio-TV Programming (Published Ewq Two Weeks) San Diego's KGB-FM-AM Iowa Sister Billboard Produces,SellsOwnAlbum Best Selling LPs SAN DIEGO- "Homegrown II," tune on the LP caged "Where Is San Stations Go the second annual KGB -FM -AM Diego?" by Dennis Bales. Gary album of material by San Diego Hyde, Peter Filacio, Aragon, and s TITH 3g (Distributing recording artists, is selling at the rate Ravenleft are some of the other art- Separately Adis), Label & Number Label) of 1,000 copies a day, according to ists and groups on the LP. MUSCATINE, Iowa -KFMH- 1 10 THRUST Ron Jacobs, coproducer of the LP As a spinoff of the LP, Jacobs and Herbie Hancock, Columbia PC 32965 with Richard W. Leibert Ill. Jacobs Leibart are now helping the local FM here and its sister station, KWFC -AM, a daytime 2 22 BODY NEAT is operations director of the station, NBC -TV affiliate, channel 10, on a operation, have both switched formats, accord- Quincy Jones, ABM SP 3617 Leiben is program manager. Their TV show based on the album's art- ing to staff member Steve Bridges. first LP a year ago sold around ists. Harold Green is producing the 3 3 17 ONE KFMH -FM went Bob James, CTI 6043 (Motown) 30,000 copies. show and serving as host. to a progressive format and increased power to The price is 11.01 to correspond Jacobs had expected to sell only a MECES OF DREAMS 50,000 watts: the station is soon to go with the frequency of KGB -FM- 1,000 copies of the first LP, but when Stanley Turrentine. Fantasy F -9465 stereo. The AM station went to a 101 on the dial. All funds raised by he arrived at the station the morning 5 4 25 country music format. Both had MYSTERIOUS IRAVELHR the LP go to the local United Way it went on sale, people were lined up Weather Report, Columbia KC 32494 been featuring MOR music campaign. down the block, waiting to buy a basi- cally, though the AM station played 7 IO IS R IN All of the tunes are music com- copy. Eddie Harris, Atlantic SD 1659 posed, performed and recorded by The LP takes the place of the country music in the morning hours. Beckey 7 5 San Diego musicians and the tunes Charity Ball held at the station in Vince is general manager 14 HIGH ENERGY both stations. personalities Freddie Hubbard, Columbia KC 33048 are about the San Diego area. For November 1972 that drew more of Air on the FM station include Joe Beckey, instance, a group called Listen has a than 51,000 fans at 11.01 a ticket to 9 IO WHERE HAVE I KNOWN TOU BEFORE music To San Diego Stadium: when the sta- director Samm Simpson, Return Forever Featuring Chick Coma, Polydur PD 65D9 Bruce Craig, and Steve Hammer. tion couldn't obtain the use of the 9 13 6 SOUTHERN COMFORT N.Y. FM Airings Bridges doubles on the air with stadium the next year, the LP re- Crusaders, ABC /Blue Thumb MST-90122 Continued from page 22 sulted. country music in the morning on the AM station, followed by Bill Long- 10 15 10 ALL IN LOVE IS FAIR studio. Then Leonard had an engi- More than 300 songs were sub- Nancy Wilson, Capitol ST 11317 man until signoff. neer put together an aircheck on mitted this year for the LP. Leibart The station is located just 15 miles 17 4 BAD BENSON Love. It was this aircheck that weeded the pile of tunes down to a outside of Davenport, and covers George Benson. CTI 6045 SI (Motown) helped Love get a job on soul -for- manageable number, then themusic that market well, says Bridges. Last mated KYOK -AM in Houston. staff of the station made the final de- 12 10 25 THE BUCNBYROS week, he was trying to accumulate a fantasy F-9444 Love says that he'll always be cision on the tunes. library of progressive rock albums. grateful to Dick Oppenheimer, who Among the places the record is on 13 12 32 CROSSWINDS "We'll give everything the record hired him for KYOK -AM, "because sale are local Tower and Where - Billy Cobham, Atlantic SD 7300 companies send usa chance on the most soul station managers said I house stores. 14 11 HUD HUNTERS air," he says. sounded too white. Even Dick asked Herbie Hancock. Columbia KC 32731 fora second picture ... he thought I IS U ILLUMINATIONS was a white dude who merely dug Devadip Carlos Santana & Tulsa Alice Cogan, Columba PC 32900 soul." I8 H 33 LAND OF MAKE BEUEVE C From KYOK -AM, Love went to Vox Jox Chuck Mangione. Mercury SEM-I-684 ( Phonogram) A KILT -AM to Houston after a year. And it was Bill Young, the veteran 17 25 WINTER IN AMERICA Continued from page There has long been a very strong Si Scott Heron & Brian Jackson. StmtaEast 19742 program director of KILT -AM, who 23 rapport between U.S. and Canadian taught him a lot of the basics in ra- Adriani, a handsome guy, sings so IS 16 a ECHOES OF A FRIEND radio. The Japanese, the Austral- McCoy Tyner. Milestone 9055 (Fantasy) dio. 'Working there was fantastic. I well in English that he could score ians, the British, the Brazilians, the didn't know too much about profes- easily on nearly all MOR radio sta- 19 19 41 BLACK AND BLUES ' military men everywhere in the sional radio; Young took me under tions. Santos, who once hosted a Babbi Humphreys. Blue Note BS LA 142-F (Sated Mists) world -ifs all coming together. Ra- w his wing. He would criticize tapes popular TV music show, is one of dio is a common language, as much 20 SATIN DOLL me, which no one had bothered those warm friendly guys you imme- Bobbi Humphrey. Blue Note B9.111344.6 (United Mists) alwith as is music. Thus, Wilson, Moor- w to do during my first year in radio. diately like; he'd just had a record head, Thayer and all of the others 21 STREET LADY He taught me what a 'set' was. called "Quando Sali de Cuba" re- w who devote sweat, blood and tears to Donald Byrd, Blue Note BN -U 140F (UnOed Mists) p "1 think I've had the benefit of leased on Tapecar Records there. the Forum really appreciate Brnnini learning some really good radio, But it was Jose who clued me in on 22 FEEL joining the effort. George Dube. BASF MC simply because of the heavy pro- something happening down there /MPS 25355 gram directors I've worked with thus that I think will interest you ex- * * * 23 30 4 SAM' IAYUGA McCoy Tyner, Milestone M 9056 (Fantasy) far in my career -Young, Sebastian tremely. Because of the tight playlist Jerry Jackson, program director Stone, Mel Phillips, AI Brady, Paul situation in Top 40 radio end the of KOGO in San Diego, has been 24 29 UPON THIS ROCK Drew and Jerry Clifton." fact that even most of that playlist is upped to station manager. He adds: Joe Farrell, CTI 604251 (Motown) Love has been in radio over six - occupied by U.S. and British artists, "Would you believe? It can happen 25 25 12 CHAMELEON and -a -half years -a- the local artists were changing their and four- and to programming people. Many, Maynard Ferguson, Columbia KC 33007 half of that with RKO General Ra- names to something like David many years coming, but Redaw En- 26 dio, the owners of WXLO -FM. Be- McLean and recording English ver- mmms ARTISTRY terprises is one super company." Dreiste, MCA 457 tween his first stint with the station sions of records. Resulting in Bra- and now, he spend seven months zilian hits. Jose is one of the leading a * 27 34 14 PERFORMANCE with KHJ -AM, another station artists of Brazil. He had 25 LPs in the Gary Scram signed off the air on Esther Philips, Kudu /CTI 18 (Motown) owned by RKO General. country since 1958; his biggest his afternoon drive show at WLLP 2a 26 62 SWEEINIOg7ER Stone programmed WOR -FM single- "Oracao de Mae Men - in Pittsburgh in a Weather Report, Columbia KC 32210 (and later Mel Phillips). "Stone was ininha" -sold 150,000 copies. His definitive fashion. 29 sacm THE BADDEST IURRERTINE a different kind of radio... into old- brother Luis Claudio, is a leading ar- The station is coun- Stanley Tunentine, CTI 604851 (Motown) ies and album cuts. FM was just ranger in Brazil. Jose is now on Pol- try He 30 FLYING START being accepted then. While Clifton ydor Records and Phonogram is said goodbye to the immi Blackbyrds, Fantasy F.9472 has a very creative, exciting kind of building a new recording studio listeners and then personality radio going ... for me, south from Rio which should greatly started playing se- 31 20 19 LEAVING THIS MANET Charles garland, Prestige PO 66002 anyway. New York has accpeted me improve acoustics on records in Bra- lections by Sienna Fantasy) as a personality and Clifton lets me zil. & Garfunkel and 32 121:1* OLINIA Milt Jackson, CTI 604651 (Motown) be one." While in Petropolis I visited Cid SEMRO other rock acts. The On the air, Love tries to be himself Camargo, general manager of Radio whole thing came as a surprise to 33 24 19 REGGAE ... "be Walt Baby Love on a one -to- Imperial, Fernando Mon, owner of program director Ed Salomon, who Herbie Mann, Atlantic SO 1655 one basis with the listeners.