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2 unusual facts about KHJ


1950 in radio

His death triggers the sale of the Don Lee Network (a station group including KFRC AM/FM in San Francisco and KHJ AM/FM in Los Angeles) to General Tire, forerunner of RKO General.

KAFY

KAFY was among the several stations in California using the "Boss Radio" format, similar to KHJ in Los Angeles, KFRC in San Francisco, KGB in San Diego and KYNO in Fresno.


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Gene Youngblood

He was a reporter and film critic for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, reporter for KHJ-TV, arts commentator for KPFK, and from 1967 to 1970 he was associate editor and columnist for the Los Angeles Free Press, the first and largest of the underground newspapers of that era.

Hal Fishman

Fishman also worked at KTTV and KHJ-TV (now KCAL-TV) during the early 1970s, returning to KTLA on January 8, 1975, to anchor their evening new broadcast NewsWatch, later renamed News at Ten.

Hank Plante

His experience includes reporting and anchoring at TV stations in various cities, including KHJ-TV in Los Angeles, KRIV-TV in Houston, KMSP-TV in Minneapolis and WVEC-TV in Norfolk, Virginia.

Jean Darling

Her daily TV show for women, The Singing Knit-Witch, was aired on KHJ-TV in Hollywood.

Johnny Mann

Mann wrote a number of radio jingles, the most famous being Los Angeles station "93 KHJ" as well as the "Sound of the City" jingle for KSFO in San Francisco, California.

Mount Lee

Lee, a one-time bicycle shop owner who became a protégé of Los Angeles pioneer businessman Earle C. Anthony, purchased his Los Angeles radio station KHJ from Chandler in 1927.

Rick Scarry

During his broadcasting years, he worked at such Los Angeles radio stations as KMET, KHJ and KMPC.

Robert W. Morgan

Morgan also appeared on television as host of several variety shows, including Morgan’s Alley, ABC’s In Concert, NBC’s The Helen Reddy Show, and KHJ-TV’s Groovy Show, which he co-hosted with teen model Kam Nelson.

The Dapper Dans

Children's Miracle Network Telethon, airdate May 31, 1986 (KHJ-TV, Channel 9 (KCAL-TV), Los Angeles).

The Groovy Show

Hosted by KHJ "Boss Jock" Robert W. Morgan, and later, Michael Blodgett and teen model Kam Nelson, it followed the standard format used by other programs such as American Bandstand.


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