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KISN RETURNS SEPTEMBER 1st!

KISN Lips

This was the last song heard on The Mighty 91 the night of September
1, 1976. Be listening this coming September 1st as The KISN Good Guys
return. 

                               WWW.GOODGUYRADIO.COM

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FIRST ELVIS RECORD AIRED ON THIS DATE IN 1954

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Memphis pioneer disc jockey Dewey Phillips of WHBQ became the first D.J. to play a young Elvis Presley’s debut record on the Sun label, "That’s All Right/Blue Moon Of Kentucky".

thats alright record

Dewey Phillips and Elvis 1955 
Elvis Presley on stage with D.J. Dewey Phillips in 1955

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RECORDED ON THIS DATE IN 1934

love in bloom sheet mucis

“Love in Bloom” became the theme song of Jack Benny who
was known to play it off-key on his violin.
 

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Jack Benny

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‘’HAWAIIS CALLS’’ DEPUTED ON JULY 3, 1935

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Hawaii Calls was a radio program that ran from July 3, 1935 through August 16,
1975 that featured live Hawaiian music conducted by Harry Owens, the composer
of “Sweet Leilani”. It was broadcast each week, usually from the courtyard of the
Moana Hotel on Waikiki Bech but occasionally from other locations, and hosted
by Webley Edwards ( pictured below) for almost the entire run.

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Webley Edwards

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TOP 4O RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1970

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American Top 40  is an internationally-syndicated,independent radio program
created by its host Casey Kasem (above) and was a production of a division of 
ABC Radio. The show was inaugurated on July 4, 1970 and ran till August 6,
1988. It returned with host Casey Kasem as a revived version from March 28,
1998 to January 3, 2004.

 

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