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#1 User is offline   Paul1956 Icon

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Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 at 3:39 PM

Does anyone else remember the promo stunt KRBE did in the early 1970's - playing "Gary Glitter Rock and Roll part 2" non stop? I think it played continuously for about 4 days (?) with no interruptions. They'd take calls from users trying to guess when it would end. I recorded some of it on cassette which I've still got somewhere.

And whatever happened to Roger W W W W W W Garrett?
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Posted Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 12:41 PM

View PostPaul1956, on Monday, January 12th, 2009 @ 3:39pm, said:

And whatever happened to Roger W W W W W W Garrett?



Roger is in Bryan/College Station at KORA 98.3 FM, a country station. He's half of the morning team. He's been in B/CS off and on since the mid '80s.
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Posted Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 12:43 PM

They did something ridiculous like this in the late 90s too.
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Posted Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 2:59 PM

I should add that the 'Gary Glitter Rock and Roll part 2' song was used (maybe still used?) at Rockets games. It's that silly guitar and drums repetitious tune they play. The only vocals are like oooOOOO OOOOooo ... you know the one.
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Posted Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 10:30 PM

View PostPaul1956, on Monday, January 12th, 2009 @ 2:39pm, said:

Does anyone else remember the promo stunt KRBE did in the early 1970's - playing "Gary Glitter Rock and Roll part 2" non stop? I think it played continuously for about 4 days (?) with no interruptions. They'd take calls from users trying to guess when it would end. I recorded some of it on cassette which I've still got somewhere.

And whatever happened to Roger W W W W W W Garrett?


YES - I do remember it! Seems like it was 73 or 74. I believe they used the lame excuse of a tape being stuck and they were waiting for a repair technician otherwise removing it would destroy an expensive machine. Up until this stunt KRBE had been an automated station for a couple years with no live DJ's for the most part. I remember sometimes they would give the time and it was way off. Funny thing was after they got GGR&RP2 "out of the machine" it turned into a live DJ format.

This post has been edited by fresnel151: Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 10:32 PM

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