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Primary Sources The information, descriptions, claims, and quotes from people presented on this site can be attributed to a variety of sources. The primary sources are first-person sources. These are people who were present at the time of the events they describe took place, and who either participated in the events or observed them from a close vantage point. Face-to-face interviews recorded on audio tape with a variety of professionals in the radio and music industries of the 1970s were conducted by me for my research during graduate school into the radio programming of Drake-Chenault. I published the research in my masters thesis, entitled “The Mystique and The Mass Persuasion: A Rhetorical Analysis of The Drake-Chenault Radio Programming 1965 - 1976.” The document was accepted by the faculty of Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA in June 1976 in partial fulfillment of requirements for my master’s degree in communications. You can request a copy directly from me. Below is the complete list of those interviews. The interviews and other primary sources listed on this page are the origins of attributed quotes from people here at this website. Jan Basham—Hollywood, CA—December 31, 1975 Terry Corbell, 2001 Further primary sources included telephone interviews conducted with these people: Clancy Imuslind, May 7, 1997 A very special thank you to Ron Jacobs for all his help and participation in my research and analysis of radio programming over the years. You taught me many things. I am grateful for all I learned from you, but especially for your help in my bringing this analysis and history of radio programming to others online. Special thanks to Ramona Palmer for permitting the use of rare photographs at this site. Thanks also to Hank Landsberg for photographs of the Canoga Park facilities of Drake-Chenault Enterprises. Disclaimer: The use of peoples’ names on this site in no way indicates their approval of or agreement with its content or conclusions. However, despite some grumblings, my work is not an “unauthorized biography” about radio programming people. Every person, living or dead, who participated in the various telephone, in-person, and electronic mail interviews with me did so knowingly and willfully. Secondary Sources These are reports about the radio programming business and Drake-Chenault in particular that appeared either in the print media or on other websites. Andrews, Dave and Hagerty, Michael, “K100 100.3 ‘K100 FM,’” http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/5515/kiqq.html “Advisor Becomes Boss: Drake Signs with RKO,” Broadcasting, 16 October 1972, pp. 61 –62. Billboard, January 1965 – January 1976. Brown, James, “Chenault-Drake Team to Operate K100-FM,” Los Angeles Times, 5 December 1973, Part IV, p. 34. __________. “Drake and K100—an Encore in Stereo,” Los Angeles Times Calendar, 17 March 1974, pp. 74 –75. Denisoff, R. Serge. Solid Gold: The Popular Record Industry. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1975. Donahue, Tom. “A Rotting Corpse Stinking Up the Airwaves,” Rolling Stone, 23 November 1967, pp. 14-15. “Earlybirds of Modern Radio,” Sponsor, 28 May 1962, pp. 35-59. “Executioner, The,” Time, 23 august 1973, p. 48. Gibson, John. “Bill Drake: Radio’s Top 40 Tycoon,” Entertainment World, 17 April 1970, pp. 8-10. Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1990, Calendar section, page F-1. “Looking Ahead to Radio in 70’s,” Broadcasting, 13 April 1970, p. 69. McClay, Bob. “Murray the K on WOR-FM: They Screwed It Up,” Rolling Stone, 9 November 1967, p. 10. Passman, Arnold. The Deejays. New York: Macmillan, 1971. “Rock and Roll Muzak,” Newsweek, 9 March 1970, p. 32. Selvin, Joel. “Donahue: A True Visionary of Rock.” San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 1975, p. 32. Sculatti, Gene and Van Bebber, Annie. “Drake Back in LA Radio,” Radio & Records, 7 December 1973, p. 1. Shearer, Harry. “Captain Pimple Cream’s Fiendish Plot,” in Eisen, Jonathan, ed. The Age of Rock: Sounds of the American Cultural Revolution. New York: Vintage Books, 1969, pp. 357-384. “Special Report: Radio Programming,” Broadcasting, 14 December 1964, pp. 57-91. “Topsy-Turvy World of L.A. Radio,” Rolling Stone, 28 February 1974, p. 12. West, Donald. “Special Report: Radio ’71.” Broadcasting, 21 June 1971, pp. 41-80. Further Reading Ben Fong-Torres wrote The Hits Just Keep On Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio, published in November 1998. It’s filled with accurate details about KHJ and other top 40 stations you know and love. This book is “as good as it gets” if you’re searching for a source in print with a full and complete account of how top 40 radio came to be. |
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