We have a new collection to share today. I want to thank Dennis Newhall for bringing a box of tapes over for digitizing.
A little background: I started taping shows in the mid-80’s and the era before that (60’s-1980) has always been a black hole for the archive- I knew of no one who had tapes from then. Dennis’ tapes will shed some light into that era and I can’t thank him enough for dropping these by.
The first one is a 90-minute segment of Gordon C. Styler’s (Gordo)’s show on KZAP on 1/11/78. I try not to get too giddy about this stuff, but this is an incredible blast of nostalgia- back when DJ’s clearly made their own programming decisions. Live show announcements at around the 21:00 mark is a great way to understand where live music was happening here in 1978. Black Angus had music? Wow.
The original commercials are a blast as well. Midnight movies ad at around 30:00 made me smile.
I hope my Sacramento friends enjoy this as much as I did.

Recorded by: KZAP/Dennis Newhall Collection
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Photo by Christine Price