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Jan 24, 2024 · A small correction: Emperor Gene Nelson, who emceed the concert, was morning disc jockey at 1260 KYA. There was no such station as KSFQ-FM. Super Harlow 1260 KYA Radio San Francisco, Calif.
As a teenager, I discovered KYA-1260 AM, a station packed with high entertainment disc jockeys ’round the clock. A station after my own heart. Gene Nelson, the morning guy, touched that heart. I remember how he could rotate being funny with being sincere, a true communicator.
Other inductees included Jim Dunbar, Bill King, Lon Simmons, James Gabbert, Jim Lange, Dave McElhatton, Gene Nelson and Dr. Don Rose. (The complete Class of 2006 list follows below.) A video presentation introduced all 37 inductees to the audience.
Sep 18, 1996 · Gene Nelson, who played Will Parker, the blond, boyish, high-stepping lasso dancer in the 1955 film version of ''Oklahoma!,'' died on Monday at a hospital in Calabasas, Calif. He was 76 and lived...
Nov 5, 2006 · Les Malloy: From pioneering disc jockey on KSAN, KYA and KGO to owner of the original KSAN-AM, a popular listener favorite from the 1930s through the 1970s.
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Dec 12, 2009 · So I made a recording of it, I think, in March of 1979, and then in December of '79 a friend of mine took one of those 45 RPM records to a disc jockey in San Francisco named Gene Nelson." Nelson, who worked at KSFO 560am, picked up the 45 and just laughed. He liked to find those kooky records in the pile, tunes that were offbeat and satirical.
Dec 15, 2015 · Then disc jockey Gene Nelson on KSFO got hold of it in 1979 and started airing it on a regular basis, with Shropshire’s hillbilly yodel and the song’s dark tale both thrilling and rankling ...
