KAAY frequently editorialized. The editorials were usually written by the General Manager. Len Carl started that tradition. He editorialized on everything from urging the state legislature not to trade educational channel 2 for channel 7. They didn't and that's a story all it's own. Len even editorialized when rumors were going around about the dirty lyrics of Louie, Louie. Len read the bland lyrics is a very formal style. It was great. This editorial is about the Robert Kennedy shooting. George J. Jennings reads the editorial but it is unsigned. Since both Pat Walsh (the General Manager at that time) and George J. are gone, I cannot verify who wrote it. But the style is very definitely George's style and I suspect he wrote it. There are a lot of commercials in this aircheck from 6-5-68. This was before the days of the stop set. Records were never played back to back. You will notice a lot of talk between records. Ratings with all this talk were at an all time high. Everything from Prep. H (openingly talking about health issues) to Channel 11 promoting and hour of black and white programs. Lots of history in them there spots.
Enjoy: http://kaay.podOmatic.com/entry/eg/2007-05-15T09_02_10-07_00
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This was a few years before my time. They were wanting to trade channel 2 for 7? What was that about and why? Did KATV want to transmit on channel 2?
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