Just a few days ago, I happened to randomly run into Tom in the visitors center at my work. He was having a conversation with the receptionist when she saw me and asked me if I knew who he was, I knew exactly who he was before I even saw his face. I could tell who he was just by his hat, and his voice. She introduced us and we hit it off immediately.. We talked about music and guitars for a good 15-20 mins. It was really inspiring to see that someone so famous and iconic in both the Los Angeles and San Diego areas could be so humble and down to Earth. Señor Shotgun, you are a real one, RESPECT!!
@icitallfromhere
11 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to work with Shotz at KCBQ in the early '70s, and a kinder man you could not imagine! And more talent in his little finger than most DJ's had, ever! I remember sooo many good times we had at the "Q", and can never forget one of the most wonderful men I ever met in my life! From David "Da Snake" London with all my love!
@FunkMonkey-ic6oz
9 ай бұрын
Santee, correct?
@randyturner5054
7 жыл бұрын
This is in my top one percent favorite KZitem videos! One of my radio heroes playing songs from one of my favorite eras of music. I appreciate the lessons on how to cue up records and answering the request lines! You rock, Shotgun Tom!
@donniewillson6967
5 жыл бұрын
I graduated from San Diego High School in 1972, I remember Shotgun and Bobby Ocean as djs on 1-36 KGB.
@surfindaze
2 жыл бұрын
Grew up in San Diego, went to Madison high in the 70s and listened to Tom for many years. An ICON!
@betsykf4148
6 жыл бұрын
Brings back so many memories! I loved him, he had the best voice for radio! And to see all the action without computers and manual work is really amazing! He was so good at what he did. And KGB is still going strong!
@StaciCavalcanteDB
11 жыл бұрын
Grew up listening to Shotgun Tom Kelly on KCBQ! What a blast from the past. Thanks to whoever posted this...it was a walk down memory lane.
@miketheshanmanmangan
4 жыл бұрын
Five Decades of Great radio Thanks SHOTGUN!
@rsophiav
11 жыл бұрын
My husband won a 6-pack of Coke from Shotgun Tom at Seaworld, summer of 72! Friggin sweet.
@2ovd2
3 жыл бұрын
He was kind enough to come to my elementary school in the Southbay back in 77’. Definitely a San Diego Legend!!!
@Carp5586
11 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to Shotgun Tom as a kid in the eighties. What a cool guy. I once randomly walked past him when I worked at XTRA Sports/91X on Pacific Highway. He must have been there visiting with friends or management. What a talent! A well deserved star! I only wish I said more than "hi" in that hallway!
@russelljdj
14 жыл бұрын
This is when you had to be a Disc Jockey! I was working at a station and when the Hard Drive crashed, NONE of the Youngsters could figure out how to operate the CD players and do a show! I had no such problem since I am an Oldie, I started when you had to Que Up the Vinyl just like Shotgun! Those were the daze. We thought they'd never end!
@SanDiegoSteve1
15 жыл бұрын
Wow, Walker Scott. That brings back childhood memories!
@alex56video
13 жыл бұрын
I was a listener while he was on the air at KGB, KCBQ. I was hired by KFMB-TV on Feb 1978. Privileged to have been his co-worker...even though I was Film/Tape Supervisor for KFMB-TV Channel 8 side...while he rocked the House on the Radio side of the building. Genuine in person. I miss that where DJ's were real, and, unfortunately, I saw those Corporate changes to FM Radio begin to occur in 1979. KFMB-AM 76 had DJ's w/music until 1991. The Format changed to Talk Radio due to war at Iraq.
@dkmcarolina
12 жыл бұрын
Got to know Shotgun Tom at KCBQ in the late 70's. Got a chance to visit with him again a couple of years ago. One of the most talented and nicest people in broadcasting. Glad to see he got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Highly deserved.
@markbaranowski7427
9 ай бұрын
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.
@sharonhoward9266
2 жыл бұрын
I love your fantastic train ride in your Dad's engine!! What a thrill!! Adore you all!!
@Enid2Sacramento
9 жыл бұрын
Ahhh... the days of "cue burn." I can't believe I miss them!
@twikirobot6897
3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite DJs growing up in Santee in the 70's.
@hertzbus
13 жыл бұрын
I remember him doing the KUSI Kids Club back on the 80's here in San Diego.
@BG-su6gx
3 жыл бұрын
I miss the classic jocks....great voices...great energy and they LOVED the music!! Today's jocks sound like choir boys and their focus is trying be funny rather than building a show around the music. I'm old school....I get it... But this is a lost Art
@grantarnold2173
11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!!! Oh I how I wish I could have worked in radio back then
@shnewsman
15 жыл бұрын
so many memories: the QRK turntables, the RCA board and those old gates cart machines. i can even smell the pot in the control room!
@TrueOldiesPhoenix
11 жыл бұрын
I Had the honor of meeting Tom in Phoenix AZ last month for the KRIZ Reunion what a talent! He was at KRIZ Phoenix,AZ back in 1972. What a nice Guy.
@johnstevens9978
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Phoenix and listened to KRIZ & KRUX. Many big name jocks came thru on their way to the "big' time. Fred Winston, Jay Stone, Todd Wallace, Tom Dooley, Larry McKay, Lee Baby Sims, John Sebastian, and many more.
@GeorgeVreelandHill
12 жыл бұрын
Shotgun Tom is the best. He makes oldies new again. George Vreeland Hill
@virtualpilgrim8645
2 жыл бұрын
2:45 "One Thirty-six KGB!" I haven't heard that call for about 53 years...
@Airwaves-Radio
2 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when the music was on a 45, and the commercials were on cart. By the end of your shift, you were mentally spent. You had to master the two-minute bathroom break.
@jimfelton7826
11 жыл бұрын
I worked with Shotgun Tom at KRIZ in early '73. A great guy.
@johnstevens9978
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Phoenix, AZ, but don't remember hearing him. I know about the life of a D.J. He really seems like a genuinely great guy.
@jajvick
13 жыл бұрын
Boy do I miss the days of cueing records.....Take a call,grab a soda take a pee and be back for your break all in 2:32 seconds....Those were the days
@n64wilbert
13 жыл бұрын
They've played Roundabout-Yes and Family Affair-Sly and the Family and Bj Thomas in the same commercial radio station!!!
@alex56video
13 жыл бұрын
I was in High school when Gary Kelly was a DJ at KSEA-FM, San Diego. We were the same age. He also was DJ at KFMB FM and I was Pgm Dir Asst for KFMB-TV.
@stevend.bennett427
7 жыл бұрын
He gave me $1000. I was the tenth caller on thousand dollar Thursday back in 1992 or 93. Got to brrrr-ahhhh him after I won, and I meant every word.
@vinylcollector89
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you to whoever posted this, I really enjoyed watching it. Its too bad there aren't more films like this of radio stations from the 1960's and early 70's like this one and the one of Clark Weber at WLS from 1969. This also shows how radio was once worth listening to unlike the pathetic joke that it is today.
@edryba4867
3 жыл бұрын
It’s NOT film. It’s cheesy home videotape.
@misspam728
12 жыл бұрын
... ahhhh, VINTAGE of this LEGENDARY ICONIC Gentleman = sooooo sweeeeet to savor the tones and 'message' of goooood which is purely natural for that greatly_kind soul = Linda is a precious lady and we alllllll cherish them both ! 07-31-2012 mPj @ BurbHills
@boeing757pilot
8 жыл бұрын
Great video! I remember these turntables. Looks like QRK (or similar) with at least one Rek-O-Kut tonearm. These TTs were very popular in studios across the USA. Eventually, the Technics SP-10, SP-15, and SP-25 became popular, especially on FM stations.
@HitsTownUSA
2 жыл бұрын
Russco’s were also common. Many of those old decks still used wooden tonearms. The motor was the size of a washing machine motor lol.
@amtraktraveler9118
6 жыл бұрын
I love listening to Shot Gun. I live in Minnesota. I streamed KEARTH. Now I cannot get it on live stream. I heart radio must have pulled off the live stream network.
@notredo
6 жыл бұрын
Amtrak Traveler911 He's not on kearth anymore. I heard him on xm sirius channel 6. It was a weekend
@deezee6732
3 жыл бұрын
He's on Sirius XM- Mon. Tues.Thurs. & Fri on 60s on 6.
@jakeblues3676
3 жыл бұрын
60’s on 6 he’s on the afternoon til 9pm
@autotyme
15 жыл бұрын
I won a KISS live album from Shot GUN Tom in like 1975 ish BLLLLLLLLLLL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE THIS GUY HE IS ON K-earth 101 in LA Alos I partied with Jim McGinnis he awesome too
@robinrevty7194
3 жыл бұрын
Did you really? I signed a contract with this band years ago but my name was changed by a hacker and I can't remove my membership
@1015kgb
15 жыл бұрын
The old Pacific Highway studios. Classic KGB! Way better than Clearchannel.
@kurtkensson2059
3 жыл бұрын
The Cinnamon Cinder... (then Straita Head Sound...)
@billyboy1030
4 ай бұрын
Shotgun Tom Kelly is the best top 40 jox.
@10TVMan
13 жыл бұрын
An amazing talent ... to this day.
@HitsTownUSA
2 жыл бұрын
No wonder I always seem to find promo 45s with cue burn lol.
@slowjamastan
2 жыл бұрын
GD LEGEND!!!
@ApartmentKing66
14 жыл бұрын
I think Bobby Ocean was still there when this was shot. Drake would soon move him up to KFRC.
@octopibingo
12 жыл бұрын
He packed a lot of songs into a short period. At 1:23 it's two-thirty, and at 5:30 it's three-ten. Or did I lost time somewhere? I won $1000 from the Shotgun by being the 10th caller when they played the right song on Thousand-Dollar Thursday, back in '92, I think it was. Can't remember the station, but the song was "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Michael Bolton. I've always had a soft place in my wallet for both since.
@Airwaves-Radio
2 жыл бұрын
Dig those headphones.
@ApartmentKing66
12 жыл бұрын
Typical disc jockey's car: at least 10 years old, and you can even start and drive it every now and then!
@onefatstratcat
4 жыл бұрын
Roll dat vinyl baby and push dem carts! :)
@gregoryagogo
7 жыл бұрын
Talking of the Dooby Brothers record, "...we gotta get it on AGAIN..." Yeah, over playing the top-10, that's what radio has always done! LOL
@johnstevens9978
2 жыл бұрын
This is such a great video. Does anyone know if Bill Drake still consulted the station at this time? I'm a bit surprised that the songs weren't recorded on carts by that time. Thanks for sharing this super blast from the past.
@HitsTownUSA
Жыл бұрын
I’d also point out that KGB seemed to use a lot of retail stock copy 45’s as on air plays instead of promos that I’m sure the station was serviced with at some point when the song was new.
@cnmcphaulsr4701
5 жыл бұрын
Pooh Wow that was one of the 1st Audio Boards I worked on An RCA ! We're talking tubes baby tubes not transistors
@RegisWilkins
6 ай бұрын
No it's not it's a Collins
@Jgeneraledger23
7 жыл бұрын
Ha! 1:12 Tony Pepper used to give the news here in Boston.
@robertgutierrez7983
4 жыл бұрын
Love those old QRK 12C turntables! I liked the Sparta GT-12 design better, but QRK was more durable.
@edryba4867
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah! And depending on how much money you wanted to waste, you could buy those turntables for less money if they said “QRK” on them. If you wanted to blow unnecessary dough, you could pay a LOT more and get ‘em with “RCA” on them. Exact same turntable as the “QRK”, but if you were trying to impress someone, the little piece of plastic stuck onto them said “RCA” and they cost around $150 MORE!
@edryba4867
3 жыл бұрын
And notice the MONO Gates “YARD” board in front of Tom. Man, Gates sold a couple of THOUSAND of those! Even KHJ had one!
@richardwagoner9083
10 жыл бұрын
No engineer, even back in '72?
@sk8pat32
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, Buffum's and BankAmericard! Still remember the day the KGB chicken got kicked off my high school campus (thanks Mr. Eiler) for being disruptive to the educational process of La Jolla High School!
@radioman66
15 жыл бұрын
WOW! Is all I can say. "Just playin' the hits the best I know how". It's ashame radio isn't that exciting anymore. It's not that it can't be, it's just that corperations don't care about that end of it anymore. Money is the bottom line. Programing quality, talent and excitement has been forgotten. We could all re learn from watching this.
@ApartmentKing66
11 жыл бұрын
He's done his share of "bouncing," all right. First, he was at KKIS in 1966 as Radio Ray Farrell. Then onto the Drake minor leagues as Johnny Scott at 13 KYNO in Fresno. From there, it was on to the big time in San Diego (where "Bobby Ocean" was born) at KGB and KCBQ before Drake put him on KFRC in '72. Next stop was 4 yrs @ KHJ in '75, then back up to the Bay Area for mornings on K101 before returning to KFRC, eventually on afternoons until the Magic 61 era began in Aug '86.
@kirkmoore4515
5 жыл бұрын
wannawatchu66 Got your bossjocks mixed up. This is the Shotgun, not Osh. Two classic KGB alums however.
@ApartmentKing66
2 жыл бұрын
@@kirkmoore4515 Actually, I didn't. I was having a conversation with someone about Ocean, not Tom.
@andycurran1541
Жыл бұрын
First 4 break: name, song, call letters, time. BFD!
@ttrails1
3 жыл бұрын
"Camera car-Linda Irwin". Would that have been his wife?
@geraldleveske5515
3 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the song with the saxophone?
@tonymarzocco8962
4 жыл бұрын
The only thing better than real Bill Drake radio is real Drake radio WITH VIDEO!
@68wrko
8 жыл бұрын
Wow...nice Sennheiser Mic with windscreen & 3 TT....not bad for a 70's AM station. The jocks all smoked where I worked so the windscreen was a nicotine trap! Nice simple to use Collins Board. Like the remote start buttons submerged under counter. Cue record to audio and typically go back 1/4 or 1/2 depending on your TT....nothing worse than a "wow" if you cued it too close. Cart machine in front for easy view and load. I did not see a countdown timer....probably a good thing.Running a loud board was the sign of a good jock....you get the processing and compression up back then and more punch to soft songs (like the New Seekers one he played), especially if you were doing a talk over. I hated jocks who potted down the music when you they did the into, that's what the old timers did at MOR stations.
@RegisWilkins
6 ай бұрын
old timers...lets see that would be you?
@68wrko
6 ай бұрын
No, but if you were in your 40's in the 70's (we all were in our rearly teens and twentys) and you potted down the music when you talked over an intro, yea that would classify you as an old timer, more of a radio announcer than a DJ......STK was a young guy in this era .@@RegisWilkins
@DonaldRumsfailed
13 жыл бұрын
Wow, the freeways and roads are in such pristine condition. what happened?
@giantspacebeaver
9 жыл бұрын
Viva la William B. Ogden Radio Operational School!!
@robinrevty7194
3 жыл бұрын
You gotta be kidding me
@geraldleveske5515
3 жыл бұрын
Name of the instrumental. In the intro. I have to know.
@prosoundfun
4 ай бұрын
Neil Diamond- Missa/African Suite
@geraldleveske5515
3 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the song during intro?
@ghostownaproach
3 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/uIOrzqCZpnOja34
@Underhills
9 жыл бұрын
When did they start recording all the singles from vinyl over to cart format?
@boeing757pilot
8 жыл бұрын
+ventende I remember it in the 70s, but not all 45s were recorded to cart. It was usually only the "hot rotation" that was transferred; the others remained on vinyl. Remember, though, that many stations never moved vinyl to cart, especially the FM album-oriented stations. They remained ALL vinyl until CDs took over in the 1980s.
@schance
15 жыл бұрын
Was he going down the 94 out of El Cajon??
@jakeblues3676
3 жыл бұрын
Lemon Grove down the 94 past College Grove
@DrKJ4SCE
9 жыл бұрын
"136"??? What was it on 1360Khz? If not, what's the "136" signify?
@jamiehanrahan4705
9 жыл бұрын
Bobby Best Yes, it was on 1360 AM. What's now called KLSD (formerly liberal talk, now sports-talk) is the same station.
@markvahlkamp5443
6 жыл бұрын
Best station to listen to in the late 1960s. Missed it so much when we moved to the east coast, fall 1969.
@THEBossSound
15 жыл бұрын
I dont know if today's audience could appreciate radio like this. For me this is how I will always remember good radio. I really dont knwo if it is corporate radio that is shutting this type of radio down, or if the new DJs just dont have what it takes to reach out. Todays DJs just seem to be happy with being Mr Record Player. Back in the day the DJs were interested in entertaining and interacting with the audience.
@bobrivard159
5 ай бұрын
Such an amazing and historic piece of radio history. I watch this all the time!
@rh1740
11 ай бұрын
THESE WERE OUR BEST DAYS IN SD!
@radioman66
15 жыл бұрын
This type of radio died around early to mid 90's when corporate began worrying more about saving money and less on product. Plus monopolies hurt it and the blessing and curse of Voice Tracking computer softwear that makes it to easy for a dj to record talk breaks over and out of songs as if live. They can do it & ship their voice tracks to radio stations in other parts of the US. It saves money because you don't have to hire a dj you just pay the one you have a lil xtra $ to track another city
@TruSlack
15 жыл бұрын
This is simply f***ing amazing. A fantastic time capsule find!
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