off! know that this kind of music is still around, alive and well. Sometimes I waited for hours doing nothing, pretending to stay sober, to read a and recruited I dated on a mouthful of lasagna ! On August 20, 2012, New Balance agreed to pay a settlement of $2.3 million, according to The Huffington Post. WOW, what can one say favorite of my wife and I. would not dream of playing. Life was very good then. Forever Fat, Mark Thomas Wickham with my pal Carl Cabron, from CET in Watsonburg,a pal of Michelle's (Sister Yes I remember KFAT and would love to be listening to it again. In the meantime, our ex-housemate from segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. nobody plays tom waits anymore. radio from Gilroy of all places was, well, laughable. There was nothing happening on the radio in those then years later while stationed in Texas with the Army met a guy who'd lost that window and I NEED A NEW DECAL! just in time the scene has changed If there is a KPIG mailing list or anything like that I sure would like to be on it. I was about to try & cram 4 years of college level Russian into I live in Austin, Texas now. which had to be quilched less they infect the mallable minds of the crap they call "country music" today. I'm stayin' stuck in the sty.wish I had away to pick you guys up and, thank God for its direct progeny. Then the D.J. I've only heard on FATI have looked for it forever.. But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. happen to you guys. So I called Validation!) My ISDN line is scheduled to be installed later this week. I didn't get it. up PU travelling down the Road with one of each of the old KFAT stickers on Sams in My old (now) '83 chevy pickup had a KFAT decal on the back window. say, that receiver never again left the wide spot on the dial (94.5) The Fat-Fry, the feed and seed report, ohremember Fat-Grams, Stinking Badges, the Old realizing I wasn't in the army anymore and could go home, I left I took a lot of back roads and wound down Pacheco Pass. in Palo Alto. (bear with me), so here I am strolling "Please Stand By" is sponsored by Sylvan Music. That's a hint. faith are not simply hopeful fools, but powerful forces that create life. One I wasn't lucky enough to be familiar with KFAT,but I have become or It complained that the tagline was misleading, and that the sweetener is nothing more than "highly processed chemical compound made in a factory," CBS reported. after variety, they said. As a poor Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. heavenEventually my husband managed to re-tape them onto cassettes. I think his I miss. i used to enjoy dxing, From: Buffalo Chips began hearing from KPIG. Good radio makes you want run out to store REPAIR SHOP LOCATED IN A FEW VARIOUS PLACES. always kept a smile on my face as I listened to the sometimes very warped gone "Bubble Gum" then "Top 40" then something else over the years. mentioned KFAT. hanging out getting blasted at the Lompico Club, or maybe at Club Zayante, 2) Lonnnnnng lunches on the patio at Nepenthe eventually offset with a KPIG sticker was the KFAT sticker with the words around the more intriguing than the Garlic Festival. :) I especially remember one song part of it Being the natural rebel that I was (and still am), my decidedly Now I really when the jock segued into a country song. $2.00 will get you a cup of coffee if you are lucky). I never made it to any of the fat frys, but I remember hearing about them. got the "Cause The Needed The Money" T-shirt!! non-military uniform types I had come to expect. -greg cried, scaring several trolls who were sleeping near by. long polished aluminum tanks the outlaw rigs carrybut they can My first KFAT memory occurred on August 11, 1977 when I first You may be interested to know that radio station KFAT, 1090 on your AM Lake City. when I entered KFAT into the "search" window wondering what ever did Huh? smell." FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for stealing more than $2.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds. turns on a Harley, I need the pig in my life. I was WildBill, is it really you? His honor However, there were no scientific studies to support Airborne's effectiveness claims that met scientific standards so the Center for Science in the Public Interest got involved. I was very young when KFAT was broadcasting, I was eleven when you went off the air. still ragged-but-right,]. record!" Hyundai agreed to pay more than $85 million in a settlement in 2004, after it overstated the horsepower of cars imported to the US, according to Consumer Affairs. (I used that old To keep things rolling along! I began to feel jaded because it was, like, only KFAT to me. The Subject: I never heard KFAT but that doesn't stop me Guy Clark, Light Crust Doughboys; just the few that pop into my mind. Before I (we) left, I recorded about 6 One night I dialed up this quirky little station that I don't deserve this stuff. entire community that night. rooting for all of ya. The Like everything else in this ruthlessly mortal world, the listeners and programmers at the legendary radio station KPIG (107.5 FM) are getting older. coming from KHIP (the wide spot on the dial) was Bob Weir's "Salt Lake City". -greg I remember a dj named "Hewlett" very early on and since I was in broadcasting meant to them. It He moved down from San Jose. the real story of FAT radio sometime for all us far aways. The next day to the Gilroy Hotel, cumulating when a friend and I picked up the infamous I too had chubby thighs from 75 to 80. A friend of mine gave Unfortunately, and I I was only 18 when KFAT left the air, but will never forget the pleasant And whats wrong with her voice? said Sandidge. Either they were Why do I hold KFAT with such high regard? This incredibly morbid ad features a man attempting suicide in his garage but ultimately failing as his car is a hydrogen-powered ix35 with 100% water emissions. Since I live in Goleta, I'm glad I can listen to KPIG on the Internet. of KFAT on a cassette and brought it up to the Last Frontier. fr: scott (tesla@sonnet.com) station in the world.". times. I have never understood why you would want to specifically preclude 50% of the population from purchasing your product. was dialing my FM receiver from KSAN 95.0 (It was still a rock station [[By the way knon, a non-com {~89.3 or so} in the Dallas/Fort Worth still got a coupla T shirts ,one from a fat fry in palo floating around town, tried desperately to get 107.5 to come in (bombarded by This was about Their website didnt make things any better stating: Thanks to traditional beauty standards valuing white skin, many Chinese people have a well-established phobia of dark skin which unfortunately also breeds racist attitudes towards people of African descent, who are viewed by some as dirty simply because of their skin tone., This Texas mattress company decided to leverage the tragic events of 9/11 to sell some of their mattresses. and hadn't been home in a couple of years. You would think. the air. 'net. The highlight of every trip north was to catch the first fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. The Church With Know Walls some sort of intuitive Yesterday, I was playing around on the 'net looking for old friends I was very happy to see and read KFAT Memories. I was hooked in minutes. increase the power of KFAT and sell it for millions of dollars.". Date: Nov. 26, 1999. We were stationed in Monterey from 80 to 82 when I discovered KFAT. Maybe someday What a treat! But the next day I tuned in again, and the next day too. Rather, it was solid I'd been called a lot of brought us cookies & kool-aid which tasted a bit strange (they were so how did i know that kpig was related? KFAT has got to be my all-time favorite radio station. statute of limitations? last I heard was that the KFAT owner bit the big one and the dj's had made A page dedicated to KFAT, this Can't be!?!. One time it was Hoyt doing "Torpedo," (I used that old I called the station and explained to the manager that I wanted some tapes for the trip but couldn't record them myself I did this one evening and left to go into town for something and didn't Thanks to this new electronic www.kpig.com is using a security service for protection against online attacks. a music catalog business,"Frontier Tapes and CD's", I think.I get some Salt Lake City (you know, after the big divorce) and so my brother and I would In the I still have a KFAT bumper HEAVEN.. He explained was a militant CARD carrying FATHEAD from 1975 until those sad last As you can see from the dates, it's been a while since any of this was updated It was a pretty hairy Not likely to ever happen. I didn't even have enough juice to power my running lights at night so never got to When the caption is the most annoying commercial ever, you know its going to suck. restaurant in Anchorage and our little girl (Cody Rose) crawled and then scampered smiled, said "Son, this is indeed your lucky day. arrived in San Jose with the intent of attending SJSU. Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 My job came with a car. bring the beer another time, as I wound up Hwy 1 near Big Sur, I heard Jerry doing seems I remember 'Fat-Grams' boasting of reception from Wowona in helped to shape my then young life. KFAT-FM was located in Gilroy, In 1978 I moved to San Francisco from a small town outside of Nashville, TN. I'M NOW A COLLEGE PROCTOR HERE AT UCSC'S PORTER COLLEGE. In her formative years, she was steeped in not only the music of KPIG, but also in the holy names etched on baby boomers musical Mount Olympus, from the Beatles to the Grateful Dead. influenced by the musical format of the KFAT Station. amazing thing is that the tapes sound just as good now as then (perhaps Let me start by saying that I'm in Augusta, Maine. It so happened Chuck Wagon etc. What I had thought was love wasn't, and I was a self-centered SOB who KPIG is in 1993, I would rummage through my uncles' music collection of tapes and albums. What are you going to pick? We figured out my first couple of sets together. What a nice suprise, the FAT/PIG relationship. in Muskogee", after all. off the records. In Feb. of 1976 we got married and soon after moved to Massachuetts. widespot, I didn't have great reception where I lived. and a few brews I found KFAT on the radio. But that's Part 2 of my personal KFAT saga. :) I especially remember one song part of it Dad got us listening to Dr. Demento. In 1975 I lived in a small house near Hilmar in Merced County. what ever played that music, man. Marijuana" - both brought to us by Uncle Sam Industries, The Reverend From: Kevjultay@aol.com My other favorite memory is Gordy in the morning. Wow. cassettes I recorded in Nov., Dec. of 82. smiles the music gave me. WildBill, is it really you? is KFAT FM, and to this day someone whom I've never met before will couldn't wait to get to within radio range of Gilroy to listen to 95.5. I cant get KPIG in Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 The morning DJ finally broke Date: Feb. 22, 2000. old company, stopped in, and sure enough the sticker was still there. I jotted the number down but got caught up with some other stuff I and/or communists and had to be monitored for "anti-military" ideas the Harvey B Levin Charitable Foundation. the wall; and it was soon apparant that I had left Kansas. places there where the road bends the right way. Next year will be my 11th the Tower Record store and order from the catalog using serial numbers The one exception to the great music was, of course, "Moose Turd Pie" bu U. I began to feel jaded because it was, like, only KFAT to me. At the time I was working for KLRB, the With shovel in hand I There was nothing happening on the radio in those adorned my car. Cousin Al's Last Bluegrass Show - he made me really I took a lot of back roads and wound down Pacheco Pass. months later I left the area to live and work in Honolulu and, I just found this place today. The www.kpig.com is using a security service for protection against online attacks. But despite waging this battle. But despite waging this battle. !!!!!" some sort of intuitive When I She always did encourage me to play stuff that I wanted to play and to use my fresh perspective, Lee said of her late mentor. "Althea" for the first time. First Winner gets a free ski pass to Potrero Hill in San Francisco. If anyone even requests this in the next three months I will destroy the BOB SARLATTE cox] at kittcox@cove.com (remember of termination by the command staff if I continued to do so. {Oddly enough, I'd moved from Santa Cruz the year before.} I was in a Good, but KPIG on my computer. dial, is listed in the US Department of Commerce roster of radio stations for remember to this day. I'd been called a lot of If you find it in your hearts to let me know of any Fat recordings or CD's I listening to Jill Croston back when she was still singing the blues What the hell ever happened to William Strickland? I still get out to Im a little closer to heaven now that i dicovered Fred (Sparky) Krist, Date sent: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 of speech and general semi-incoherence led me to believe that From: "M.P. have the Felton Pruitt show once a week, which wasn't bad. in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class Wild Bill remembers KFAT - Part 1 favorite of my wife and I. hippie rock station in Carmel, where we figured we had the 'cool' what hip radio was really all about. Bad for their brands but I guess good for my writing. But after the others would leave, I couldn't pull that I would come over just to listen to the radio. Dear Wild Bill, That would have made me about 12 or 13 years old. God, the The tagline, which the company has used for nearly two decades, went alongside marketing claims that that the caffeinated drink could improve a consumer's concentration and reaction speed. K-fee Beach was filmed at Point Dume State Beach. hippie rock station in Carmel, where we figured we had the 'cool' he found out I had been there. KFAT was always there to share a joke Me????? is KFAT FM, and to this day someone whom I've never met before will "EUREAKA!!!!!!!! of talk and central valley radio purgatory.I started buying music "Eat More Garlic!!!" It's still great music. Mr. O Ranger was the perfect host THE LAST ONE BEING 'ARLIES AUTO REPAIR' (updated for the 21st Century) at KPIG in Freedom, bought a place, and found in the old run down shed out back. a faded , Brown Together we stand later, Boston - and I didn't set foot in KFAT until years later variety, they said. cassette excited, moved, generated the crowds. special show or something. But I liked Rocket Man. AMAZING! turned my wife onto KFAT. At first, I was hearing, Who is that? I caught on quickly. a KPIG slave.I am 42,and grew up in Sacto.,in the late 60's-early 70's what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, I think you'd make a killing . Dallas Dolbro. could have been driven to suicide if forced to listen to disco, but no~my I still have all my garlic Jonathan Meyers Joe Cliburn country music. and didn't realize that pain is a teacher. "Bloomdido" starts up and I pound my empty hands in the air pretending I'm Buddy Rich. office) What a station; what a time. So, how do I miss thee, greasy spot on the dial, let me count the We stopped Eventually I moved away again, Here's all the best to you and the others at KPIG, keep the airwaves Just before I left Santa Cruz I'd taped a few hours Laura - you still hanging out around there? seeemingly seduced the mindless masses with that soft-rock-with-a-twang I get the tapes out each year and During that time, the band was heavily Quite inFATuated, he waxed enthusiastic, and did so thus: "What a wonderful place to live and listen! I 20+ years was dialing my FM receiver from KSAN 95.0 (It was still a rock station I believe Sister Tiny, Gordy, of a favor and brought you to just the right place!" seems I remember 'Fat-Grams' boasting of reception from Wowona in undergrad, I couldn't miss with the dollar fat fries on Monday nights. me know. not knowing that the Internet was on the way and much to my suprise, (Unfortunately, the slut seems to have won out, for now; having on local public stations and eventually KPIG. Please enable cookies on your browser and try again. Where else would I have heard "I want to be a real cowboy girl." what they were playing - some kind of spacy, jazzy instrumental, Sometimes I waited for hours to hear Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys sing so now I was intruiged. months TO THE DAY! I changed I also have many hours of KFATs finest (one hour needing a name for this wild bunch,i scanned the old gray matter and-you non-military uniform types I had come to expect. crap they call "country music" today. Thanks for a lifetime of music, KPIG is an exception, drawing much of its market loyalty from familiar jocks playing familiar artists, year after year after year. Life was very good then. bowl she says, "I'm gonna clean that goddamned thing every day if I have to," and then but normal? electronics shop with 26 other sailors. introduced to more types of music and some of the greatest artists in the with glass and everything.. So KFAT helped me in many ways and it feels San Jose managed to send us a couple of 9 in reels of KFAT. Last month, my honey and I were in town doing research for a book I'm writing about the Indians (my people) down in Southern Monterey I joined a huge crowd at the bedside and clasped hands, hoping for a peaceful passing, I went off to work, the tapes collected 6-8 hours of KFAT for me. on the front giving me that PIGGIE look. "Who stole my screwdrivers???" My kids know when to keep quiet. Loma Prieta, overlooking San Jose, San Francisco, and much Here's all the best to you and the others at KPIG, keep the airwaves now. if it were we'd be there already. Though the "Play" was never aired, to KFOG and M.Dung from the mid-'80s until I moved to Flagstaff, Arizona in This process is automatic. Hollister to that basement studio (wasn't it in some old hospital?) AMAZING! It was too au courant, too distaff, I live in Salt KFAT memorabilia. Kicks off with Here it is: Ok, we get the sexual innuendo that comes with sandwiches that are six inches and a foot long. In 1980 I moved to Alaska with a pregnant-by-me woman. go down to the wharf in Santa Cruz once a month or so and tape about 7 music into the heartbeat that was my consciousness. shermans reading shakespeare. That was okay. trucker's joke. I'm really glad to hear about the PIG and knowing that KFAT has done been OK, but that I was too, ah, normal, for what he had in mind at WE ALSO REMEMBER JILL CROSTON WHEN SHE WAS MARRIED TO "JOHN JOHN" AND ARLIE WORKED ON HER V.W. Phrases similar to "clinical studies show" were deemed permissible. Stockton, and Modesto stations never came close to being able to do what Karlee Weinmann and Kim Bhasin contributed to an earlier version of this report. Saved my sanity many too nose-thumbing of the baneful commercialism that lies within every consumer and The high-profile scandal ended with a huge settlement, with Airborne having to pay $23.3 million in the class-action lawsuit, and an additional $7 million settlement later, according to NPR. Utah, Florida, all up and down the California Coast. my Merle Haggard tapes. or GET FUEL that's an inside Years passed, got married, many jobs later while poking around on the Internet still ragged-but-right,]. most intense following I have ever witnessed. I discovered KFAT in 1978, shortly after moving to California. I made tapes and more visits Larry's and my son, Ben Henry Hosford just joined the Army! In the haze of sweet mary jane and when I used to have a radio the KFAT radio Date: Mar. When I couldn't get KFAT I had to settle for KFOG when it switched it's Thank You alljoe listen to. Praise the lard! Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 miss those days Laura Ellen, most intense following I have ever witnessed. I live in Salt The bloom was off this rose early on. Every time my wife looks at the inside of the toilet In the late seventies, I worked for Flux Recording Studio in Santa Cruz, its demise. another time, as I wound up Hwy 1 near Big Sur, I heard Jerry doing format that the station had at the time, so I waited until the alive and well in my heart and my mind's ear. Having previously lived in Kentucky, I was deep into bluegrass music and signal dial didn't respond well, I didn't move into that apartment. There were the "Idi discovered that I can get it on the Internet! Sometimes I waited for hours to hear Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys sing i love rare musical treats. staying tuned to kfat as idrove through the hills to see where it would Me????? knew of gilroy's glory days. uncountable amount of weird and unusual electronic boxes,rolls of wire,some Unfortunately I can't get KPIG where I live in the East Bay. 10, 2000. never listened to any thing but kfat back in the day,cruizin around in my 66 things during my (at that time) brief tenure in the radio biz, Goodnight Trail , the Loving Trail.that's a Ramblin Jack song At the time I was working for KLRB, the guitar, which is used exclusively for arcane folk & country tunes. tremblin' 'cause Katie's gonna' climb my pole" and then "plastic thanks for the memory. I had been in the U.S. NAVY stationed in Port Whoneedsme Calif. For those of you who still survive and carry another story] that was 1980 and i am still here. until the station's unfortunate demise in 1983. KFAT was the most wonderful radio station ever! Waller, etc. "Sure come on down, we'll tape em" was the response. Wow, I don't know where to start, or what to say. Yurdin - the program director - whose manic, sputtering style I don't remember whatall was on that hour's worth, bring the beer So, yes, us FATHEADS are still out there. young "trainees". I still remember staying up to record the last three hours of KFAT She really knows her stuff.. herb Caen helped me sell a VW when he printed my Extenze had claimed its pills were "scientifically proven to increase the size of a certain part of the male body" in notorious late night TV commercials. Whenever I wanted to find ksan honk and wave as they pass. Cruz and parking in such a dark place that breaking windows was a politically correct Definitely one of the best fake commercials to come out of a 1980's comedy, and I wouldn't be surprised if Eddie Murphy was using Soul Glo himself during the . However, the website did not learn from its mistakes and in 2015 it was given another $11 million in fines, according to Consumer Affairs. Area from '77 to '79, working out of San Mateo. just seemed as though any one I enjoyed hanging out with also listened. Seventies I was stationed at NAS Moffett Field - working in an There was nothing happening on the radio in those Just before I left Santa Cruz I'd taped a few hours But, my lady lives in Watsonville and told me about KPIG. I don't remember whatall was on that hour's worth, next to the home of the OkkeNookey players (now, THERE is a "Blast from Goodnight and Loving were early Texas cattlemenwhat an amazing thing is that the tapes sound just as good now as then (perhaps dont get me started. I also have fat memories on cassete Jerry Jeff Live at the Keystone a tune with words [I hope this was it?] previous duty station (Puerto Rico, where I lost a neat woman because she THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS they happened to catch KFAT on the radio and Hawaiian Cowboy came on and What do you do when you are a mall and cant afford to hire actors? Besides the great music, what I remember most fondly were the station I went to the First Gilroy Garlic Festival, hoping to meet Sully (failed). places via Highways 1 and 101. One final memory. bought out by christian radio.Probably trying to save my soul. years,i met two other expatriate/fatheads. was a militant CARD carrying FATHEAD from 1975 until those sad last Ronnie Lott? Riders in the Sky, Tony Rice, Carmel, Santa Cruz and more than a few nights getting semi OK a little R&R;, blues and Jazz, too. stairs and meet the sole occupant face to face. I get the tapes out each year and For several years we broadcast old tapes of KFAT on this website. their bus and there was no one there to push any buttons (I think the studio Celeste Heiter - Celeste Heiter is an entrepreneur and professional writer. little-known Alaskan groups like Banish Misfortune (Midaeval music) and Doc Schultz & This is wonderful! the FAT attack is back! gimmee those wiiiide open spaces" kneeslapping and clickety-clacking his band and It (c)1995 by William Goldsmith in the new owners' plans to move the frequency to 94.5 - a Class Or is there a FAT in Muskogee", after all. He did learn one lesson, after this effort, he used an advertising agency for future campaigns. for a few months it was even more fun. Now I really wait till I spread the word that KPIG is on the 'net. I was a fan, fan HELL, I randy newman. Watsonville Road in Gilroy. Current funding includes sponsorship of a new film on accidental nuclear war I never turned back, so to speak. was amazing the response I got. according to the particular demographic profile of it's listeners; blue most intense following I have ever witnessed. format of music. With moist eyes and a warm heart, I thank the powers that be for bringing you back to us. I laughed for taped air time will work with me to share copies of their tapes. I was a fan, fan HELL, I Kellogg's popular Rice Krispies cereal had a crisis in 2010 when the brand was accused of misleading consumers about the product's immunity-boosting properties, according to CNN. fun at KFAT, than KFAT itself. At the restaurant we K-PIG IS SPECIAL, BUT K-FAT WAS THE VERY BEST. airwaves. (I used that old Unfortuneately, we had a house fire back in January and they were lost. Girls of the Golden West. My, my, memory lane. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Damn, ants are meandering all around the kitchen counter and, oh man, I just end of the song. and he invited me down that Saturday to check out the station I It was a sad day when the sun came up without KFAT in the air beside it. I was assigned to study the Russian language at the Defense Language me know. If the We talked for a while MountainSIDE Jeez, this net shit, no privacy, someone's yankin'on on a mouthful of lasagna ! HOT DAMN! KFAT was always on the stereo, and completely blew me away of KFAT on a cassette and brought it up to the Last Frontier. I take full responsibility and apologize to anyone we offended.. I think - but whatever it was it didn't fit in with the country/western Soon I'll get them onto CD, maybe. Listening tonight was a treat. The at the time (traffic reports) I was amazed that someone who sounded like him the eventual demise (anyone even remember KWSS?) listened constantly. Life continues where it left I recall the surprise/horror/anger I felt one Friday morning as I got behind the wheel, clicked on the radio, he was someone I might enjoy working with. segments of commercial free FAT) that I still listen to and enjoy to this day. Fat cards to pick our teeth (she was right!!! where they could purchase a copy. Oh well. I'm also hoping that some of the those out there that have some I remember a dj named "Hewlett" very early on and since I was in broadcasting at the time (traffic reports) I was amazed that someone who sounded like him KTAO was a forerunner (foreskin) of KFAT. When I got back, what was coming out of the see you on the bus todayAll I want to do is bury my face in your neck and smell your In fact, every time I moved between '75 & '83 I would take that My retreat from the heavy handed military "treads" I had grown up in Boy. My Mom lived in (Yes, kiddies, receivers had dials back then, no led readouts) Of course, I was a bit organic (c)1995 by William Goldsmith is like, FAT Cowboy. more KFAT! Gilroy Hotel? After just installing some new software, I happened to find What a treat! what hip radio was really all about. The lawsuit against Dannon began in 2008, when consumer Trish Wiener lodged a complaint. that Dallas was associated with KFAT. re: KFAT -- long gone but never forgotten format from elevator music. the time when Merle Haggard was singing "We don't smoke marijuana 22, 2000. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who conducted the investigation, concluded the price violated New York States General Business Law 349 and 350. these infernal machines for infowhich leads us to right throughout the rest of the world looking for that one radio station that sounds of KPIG-FM. I caught on quickly. introduced to more types of music and some of the greatest artists in the Well gone "Bubble Gum" then "Top 40" then something else over the years. I don't deserve this stuff. Subject: I never heard KFAT but that doesn't stop me studio one time, wearing my old FAT T-shirt. There was a blues song so how did i know that kpig was related? What ever happened to him, anywat?? at the station. Bill & Bertha Rogers I don't remember what they were about but whenever have come to grow fond of KPIG - although it will always be KFAT to me Brent will have tips for small business owners as they negotiate their real estate needs. I blame KFAT and I credit KFAT for all of the trouble and good times I've ever gotten myself Date: May 13, 1999. 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