Dedication

This site is dedicated to all the former Disc Jockeys, Program Directors, Engineers, Sales people and Employees of this great radio station. The scores of people who have put forth their drive, determination and talent to make KFXM a legend! We are proud to say that our former people have gone on to achieve remarkable success in their professional pursuits. We are all very proud of our history at KFXM and KDUO.

We keep Reaching Milestones! 41 Bios are now on the Website!

The "Doctor" is in the House!

That's right, Doctor Don Murray has joined his fellow Alumni on this Website. Also Doug Collins and Frank Markase joined us and there's more on the way. Well, like I said, "were getting new bios Almost Daily. And again this has rang true because we got another three bios! The new addition of an online form appears to be working. After being sent a email, a potential new bio contributor just clicks on the link to this new bio form page. Once on this new page, all that has to be done is fill-in the boxes and hit the "submit" button. I receive the bio form by email and can prepare the new bio page immediately. It's seems to be working because I got a few people that I've been waiting for their bio info for a long time.

Jerry Jolstead, former KFXM Salesman and General Manager of K/men Passes Away

Jerry Jolstead Age 75, passed away September 28, 2006 according to Mike Weening (Mike Mathews), former KFXM DJ who was Jerry's son. Jerry worked in Advertising sales at KFXM and was trained by then Sales Manager, Bob Bunnell. Jolstead eventually left KFXM to work at cross-town rival K/men. He became the General Manager of K/men for many years. Very few people knew that Jerry had worked at KFXM but the friendship between Jerry and Bob Bunnell weathered the fiercely compettitive times.

A memorial gathering was held on Saturday, September 14, 2006 at the Edward's Mansion in Redlands. There were several former KFXM and K/men radio people in attendance. Lyle Kilgore, Gary Price, Johnny Helm, Commander Chuck Street, Ted Ziggenbush, John Bunnell, former KFXM and K/men bookeeper Maxine Stillwell and many others.

You can read the obituary on Jerry Jolstead on the Memorial Page (Click Here)

" What a Great Trooper!"

Chris Roberts was in Seattle the weekend of September 30th doing the play-by-play for the University of Washington vs. UCLA Bruins football game. He arranged to meet with an old friend and former KFXM/KDUO Alum., Terry Corbell who now lives and works in Seattle. While having breakfast, Chris mentioned our new Website and explained everything. He invited Terry to contact John Bunnell to get a bio sent to him. Less than 48 hours later, Terry's bio is now on our Website. Great going Chris and keep up the good work! Welcome Terry Corbell, our 31st bio and new member to our Alumni Association.

The "Godfather of Tiger Radio," Al Anthony takes the honors by sending in his biography information on Friday, September 22, becoming the 30th KFXM/KDUO Alumni member to submit their bio.

Thanks also to Ed Mann, Jason Mc Queen, Vic Moreno, Jesse Torrero, George Junak (Greg Mitchell), JIM ZIPPO, Bob Griffin and Ron "Buddy" Budnik! All of them just sent in their bios, recent pictures and stories of their days at KFXM. Check out these new bios and all the others on the Employee Biography pages.

Our Publicity is Working!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The recent article written by KFXM Alumni member Terry Corbell for the Belo Media outlets has been a big boost fotr our Website! When I asked Terry where the feature article and interview with KFXM Alumn Chris Roberts was being published, Terry replied, "It’s an online column – not over the air – that I write every week and submit to an editor at Belo, the 9th largest media company in the U.S. and which owns many TV stations and newspapers (including the Press-Enterprise, www.PE.com (in Riverside, CA).  All the media outlets have Web sites (The Internet division is called Belointeractive.com).

You happened to get the column on www.king5.com (which is the Web site for one of the nation’s top NBC network affiliates and which historically has No. 1 news ratings in Seattle).  The others include:   www.nwcn.com (a Web site for a 24-hour, multi-state news channel), and www.krem.com (the site for a TV station in Spokane).

The three sites for which I write aggregately get 650,000 to 700,000 unique visitors a month.  I’ve written about 250 columns since the beginning of 2001.  …Now you know the rest of the story…

To read the great interview of Chris Roberts by Terry Corbell, just click on the following link; Terry Corbell Article (click here)

If you look at the stats graphics (above) you'll see how the article being released and the spike in our traffic is cleary shown. The other thing that took place was Bob Gonsett of the CGC Comunicator placed a reference to our Website in his email newsletter today, Wednesday, October 11, 2006. We'll take all the free publicity we can get. The increse in traffic can also be tied to our links on several radio and DJ related Websites. Source for the information on the graphs (above) is from our Statcounter program that's linked at the bottom of this page.

 

New Employee Search Page to Help Locate More Former KFXM/KDUO Employees

As the responses from former KFXM/KDUO employees had tapered off, another exhaustive effort was made to find even more former employees. The internet search engines were utilized in an attempt to find our lost people. Searches using both the persons on-air name and their real name was done in an attempt to find them. Phone calls were made and fortunately we were succesful most of the time. As a result, long lost KFXM people from the 1950's through the 1980's have been located. Surprisingly, these people were located as far away as Eugene, Oregon and Austin, Texas, South Carolina, Billings, Montana and more locations.

Please go to the new People Search Page and look over the names and possible locations to see if you might have additional information. Something a simple as an email address, a city and state location, a phone number or anything else that helps us narrow down their location will get us intouch with them. There's a map on the people search page that illustrates just how succesful we have been at location our fellow former employees. To get to the new people search page you can go to te navigation section on the left-hand column of the page or click here Click Here for the People Search Page

May 2006 - KFXM Employee Reunion was a Success

Everyone had a great time a Helen Jone's home for a lakeside party in May. For most, this was the first time they have seen fellow KFXM DJ's and Employees in over 25 years. Stories were exchanged and their were lots of laughs. Helen had a display of KFXM photographs and various memorabilia on her dinning room table. Most people in attendance commented how great it was to get together and that it should happen more often. Little did they know what would develop from this reunion. Through networking, John Bunnell met Bill Earl at the party briefly and they agreed to get intouch in the coming weeks. What eventually happened was the idea to develop a website to chronicle the legendary history of KFXM and the employees. As the website was being developed, more and more Dj's and employees were contacted by email which led to finding even more of our old staff. An announcement was posted on LARadio.com and the CGC Communicator that caters to the radio station engineering community. As a result, over 20 people responded and they are now part of the newly formed KFXM family. Over 45 people have been contacted or they contacted us to participate on this website and hopefully the Route 66 "Hall of Fame" induction in 2007.

 

Click on the player to hear the Newscast from 1966

KFXM News

This audio sample is from 1966 and Features KFXM News Director Adam J. De Marais doing a un- typical newscast. Note that the news stories have some of the most diffacult foriegn city and country names to read. Coincidentaly, the 7up spot on this newscast is done by production master, Don Elliot that's pictured here. We will be adding or changing this audio sample as they become available and can be produced. Please look for any air-checks and audio tapes you might have for future showcases here on the website.