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| Collage of vintage Calif radio stations |
1965, a time of change and
revolution, Surf Music treaded water, barely hanging ten at the top of radio charts
on the crest of a thin wave.
BFYP is grabbing your surfboard
memories out of the garage and giving it another push to remind you, June is International Surf Music Month. Cowabunga,
dude! Let's go surfin' ...
C'mon Gidget, let's go surfin'!
The British Invasion continued to slam
water over Surf Music in 1965. With
“Help Me Rhonda” at KRLA/Los Angeles, The Beach Boys clung tightly to the #6
spot in June. But Rhonda was traveling east, as the song listed downward on
Houston’s KNUZ at #13.
So Rhonda arrived in NYC by the 17th,
as the Kinks hit our shores to begin their
first tour on this side of the pond. … Meanwhile, a couple of radio stations battled
big waves of their own as they kicked up the airwaves between Cleveland and
Philly …
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| 1965 KYW/Cleveland ad |
A nearly decade-long tidal wave
between Westinghouse Broadcasting and NBC, with accusations of extortion, finally petered out in
a courtroom decision on June 19. In the ensuing switcheroo, Westinghouse
wrested away their original Philly stations, while the court ordered bully NBC to reclaim their former Cleveland stations, voiding the original 1956 trade.
So … Cleveland’s KYW call letters which NBC had hijacked
from Philly in 1956, floated back to Westinghouse, nine years later … really guys?!
Apparently the wheels of justice
were rusted from the salty surf … speaking of surf … it’s time to grab your goofy foot grommet and
bouncy beach bunny to hang ten with Gidg!
More June days that celebrate life then
and now:
June 12th 1965 – Sonny & Cher
made first appearance on American
Bandstand
June 25th Global Beatles Day
Featured Radio
Survey(s): The BFYP Collection does not (yet) include a June 1965 radio
survey, so I’ve posted a fun KGB/San
Diego survey from September that judiciously celebrated both sides of the
pond with the KGBeachboys ‘Boss 30’ DJs and The Beatles’ “Yesterday” at #1. Enjoy
the moment … again!
California Girl at BFYP-FM 84.8, signing off …
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