A rare track from the late Big Joe the summer of 1977 reporting on the "Sweet Dick" Whittington show on the KGIL softball team's latest game.

"Big Joe" McDonnell with Sweet Dick Whittington & Randy Kerdoon on KGIL 1977

a classic 1977 audio bite of Sweet Dick Whittington getting traffic reporter Miss Pamela to create a traffic accident so she has something to report on at KGIL.  (note: my 68 Chevelle was "the other car")

1977-Sweet Dick Whittington, Miss Pamela on KGIL create a traffic accident

Reds manager Bryan Price racked up 77 expletives in over 5 min. berating Cincinnati media over giving them information that he felt would help the other team.   KNX aired 22 sec of it with 15 cartoon bleeps!

KNX 1070 - 15 bleeps in 22 seconds as Reds manager goes all Lee Elia on Cincy media

a short version of the 5/14/1978 Tommy Lasorda-Dave Kingman rant complete with cartoon sfx.

Lasorda-Kingman 1978 rant with cartoon sfx.

On 2/7/2016 I had a 100% blockage of my "widow maker" artery but made it to the hospital on time, had a stent put in, and now I'm on cardiac rehab.   Joined my morning pals Dick Helton, Vicky Moore and Jennifer York to talk about what I went thru and what you should do to avoid what happened to me!

02-29-2016 : on KNX 1070 talking about my heart attack

During my Cal Poly SLO news/sports internship at the former "Valley Station" KGIL 1260 in LA, we formed a softball team.   During one practice, I was at shortstop, Austrailian born "Miss Pamela" our traffic reporter fielded a grounder in short center field...looked at first, threw a ball that hit me in the .....chest.   I was so stunned I did an exaggerated leap backwards to the ground.   From that moment on, that ball hit me a bit lower and....sent me to the "Priesthood"!

KGIL 1977 - Sweet Dick Whittington, Pamela MacInnes and sending Randy "to the Priesthood"

(07-29-2019) - On August 1, 1977, an NBC TV helicopter crashed onto a park near the corner of White Oak Ave and Victory Blvd in Reseda.   On board was the Pilot, Francis Gary Powers (of U2 Spy plane fame) and his cameraman returning from covering fires in Santa Barbara.   At the time I was an intern at KGIL-AM 1260 where Powers had previously served as a traffic reporter.     News Director Dick Spangler called me into his office with a serious expression....gave me a tape recorder....and sent me to the scene, saying i'll explain on your way.   (this was obviously before cell phones).   The following is what aired on KGIL as they informed their listeners (with my interviews from the scene) of the tragic crash.

KGIL coverage of NBC (Francis Gary Powers) Chopper crash 1977

the personal audio files for Randy Kerdoon.   Looking for Talking About Cars?   it's moved to soundcloud.com/talking-about-cars!!


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