Boss Radio was the name of two radio programming formats, both launched in the early 1960s: One in the United States, and one in the United Kingdom. Although the names were the same, the formats were quite different.
63-589: The word "boss" was early 1960s American slang for something fashionably attractive or impressive. Although developed earlier at other stations, the U.S. "Boss Radio" format is most closely associated with KHJ in Los Angeles , at 930 kHz AM . KHJ, one of the first radio stations in Los Angeles, had gone on the air in 1922 and in later years was owned by RKO , a major U.S. corporation which produced movies, television and radio programming over its own stations. In
126-496: A classic rock format, is not affiliated with the current WAXY. This station was once WFUN, a legendary Top 40 station that competed with WQAM . Originally, the station was located at 800 on the AM dial, and was a daytime-only operation. While on 800, it was licensed to Miami Beach and was the first station in the area to hold the WMBM callsign, which is now on 1490 kHz. In the early 1960s,
189-410: A farm system to develop talent. KHJ's call-in request number used the Los Angeles area code 213 and a 520 exchange , followed by the current year. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the station competed with three other local stations with similar formats: KFI , KTNQ , and Tijuana -based border blaster XETRA-AM (The Mighty 690). KHJ also competed with three " soul radio " stations serving
252-804: A KHJ announcer. In April 1965, programming consultant Bill Drake crafted KHJ's top 40 format. Drake hired program director Ron Jacobs , who had created formats in Hawaii and California. The format, known as " Boss Radio ", featured a restricted playlist and restrained commentary by announcers (although a few, such as Robert W. Morgan , Charlie Tuna , Humble Harve Miller, and The Real Don Steele , were allowed to develop on-air personas). Other DJs from this era (1965–1980) included Roger Christian , Gary Mack, Dave Diamond , Beau Weaver , John Leader, Sam Riddle , Johnny Williams, Frank Terry, Johnny Mitchell, Tommy Vance , Scotty Brink, Steve Clark, Bobby Tripp, Tom Maule, and Bill Wade. One defining characteristic of Boss Radio
315-534: A Satellite-based Adult Standards format from the Unistar radio network (now America's Best Music from Dial Global ). WMRZ switched to a schedule of brokered programming in late 1993, and became WAXY on October 12, 1994 (after the original WAXY on FM abandoned that callsign), airing an eclectic mix of shows from investments, sports, radio theater, religion as well as a mixed bag of music shows including hip hop, Cajun/zydeco, oldies and gospel. From 2004 to 2022, WAXY
378-466: A central broadcasting mast, which caused constant headaches for the radio engineers. Because of the difficulty in getting the two stations to stay on the air, much early investment money was squandered. Other problems also arose when the British government announced that it would introduce legislation to close all of the offshore stations. Because of the technical difficulties and the slow start, compounded by
441-470: A condition received a cash prize and was interviewed by Steele. The conditions varied, from answering a question to possessing certain items of clothing. An example of an on-air clue was: "The Real Don Steele is moving into Canoga Park — so be on the lookout for him. I'll tell you what will happen if you get to The Real Don Steele. He's got twenty-five dollars to give away if you can get it ... and baby, all signed and sealed and delivered and wrapped up." At
504-481: A few months the "Boss Radio" format had brought KHJ to the top of the ratings in the Los Angeles market. It also firmly established the careers of several "boss jocks" such as The Real Don Steele and Robert W. Morgan who helped to put "Boss Radio" on the air in Los Angeles, under the guidance of program director Ron Jacobs . (The other original Boss Jocks in the spring of 1965 included Roger Christian , Gary Mack, Dave Diamond , Sam Riddle , and Johnny Williams.) As
567-452: A lack of advertising, SRE was forced to sign off the air during November 1966 in a cloud of adverse publicity surrounding its London based advertising sales arm which went out of business in a hailstorm of debt. KHJ-AM KHJ (930 kHz ) is a commercial AM radio station that is licensed to Los Angeles, California . Owned and operated by Relevant Radio , Inc., the station broadcasts Roman Catholic religious programming as
630-424: A new weekday lineup primarily featuring sports betting -oriented shows from Audacy's BetQL Network , and The Jim Rome Show from CBS Sports Radio at middays. After having been simulcast in full by both stations since August 2020 due to a realignment of ESPN Radio's schedule, Hochman & Crowder ' s first hour became exclusive to WQAM. On September 29, 2022, Americano Media and Audacy agreed to launch
693-700: A result of the station's success, several other stations adopted the format, notably KFRC in San Francisco , WFIL in Philadelphia , WRKO in Boston , and eventually reaching as far north as Canadian border blaster CKLW in Windsor, Ontario (targeting metro Detroit area). As a result of its powerful 50,000-watt signal and overnight signal propagation , CKLW was able to garner an international audience—even as far as Soviet Russia, making it almost certainly (though unprovably)
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#1732858922534756-456: A tribute to the 1960s–1970s era KHJ and used the Los Angeles station's logo, jingles , and "Boss Radio" slogans. (In 2008, it changed its call sign to KGBZ-LP and started re-broadcasting a Spanish Christian network called " Ondas de Vida " from California.) In 2016, a new LPFM in Albany, Oregon , was issued the call sign KHJJ-LP on a frequency of 105.3 FM. It adopted the nickname KHJFM as a tribute to
819-574: Is an AM radio station licensed to South Miami, Florida , with a Spanish adult contemporary and conservative talk format. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios are located in Audacy's Miami office on Northwest Second Avenue, and its transmitter is in Everglades National Park . The callsign was formerly used on FM at 105.9, until Jefferson-Pilot acquired the callsign. That station, now WBGG-FM and owned by iHeartMedia with
882-738: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC, successor to the FRC), due to the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement , moved the station to 930 kHz, where it continues to operate. During Lee's ownership KHJ became the West Coast flagship station of the Mutual Broadcasting System , one of the "big four" radio networks (with CBS, NBC , and ABC ) from the 1930s to
945-646: The Los Angeles Dodgers reached a deal with KHJ to broadcast the team's games in Spanish for the 2008 season, moving from KWKW after 20 years there. On July 15, 2014, Liberman reached an agreement to sell KHJ to IHR Educational Broadcasting for $ 9.75 million; the sale was consummated on November 6. At that time, KHJ began Catholic -oriented religious programming ; the "La Ranchera" format moved to KWIZ (96.7 FM) in Santa Ana, California . The format change marked
1008-495: The Times Mirror Company , became the official licensee. The KHJ call letters were randomly assigned from a roster of available call signs, although the station quickly adopted the slogan "Kindness, Happiness and Joy". Test transmissions began on April 8. The station's formal debut broadcast was held on April 13 from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m., featuring, in the words of the newspaper, "the powerful baritone voice of Joseph Schwarz of
1071-437: The rise of pop-driven country , a trend driven in part by the film Urban Cowboy which was released that year. However, that format lasted only three years. On April 1, 1983, KHJ switched to an oldies format: "The Boss is Back", featuring the original Johnny Mann Singers' Boss Radio jingles. In 1984, KHJ launched "Car Radio 93", a top 40 variant targeting driving commuters, featuring traffic reports every ten minutes. On
1134-409: The "Smokin' Oldies" format and simulcasted KRTH-FM's broad-based oldies format. Upon closing, KRTH became a full-time Spanish-language station broadcasting a regional Mexican music format branded "Radio Alegria". Liberman changed the station's call letters to KKHJ in honor of its history as KHJ. From November 1997 to January 1999, KKHJ aired a Spanish all-news format, the only one of its kind in
1197-441: The 1940s and 1950s, KHJ broadcast a mix of drama, mystery, soap operas , news, and music, both live and recorded. In the early 1960s the format was adult contemporary music. The audience ratings were dominated by KFWB, KRLA, KABC and KMPC, and KHJ lagged far behind the other stations. Block programming gave way to Top 40 radio during the 1950s. Stations played from 40 to 75 current records each week. Disc jockeys were talkative and
1260-570: The 1960s for unethical conduct at its television stations, including KRTH's television sister KHJ-TV . The company was eventually ruled an unfit broadcast licensee and was compelled by the FCC to sell its broadcast properties. In January 1989, RKO sold KRTH-AM-FM to Beasley Broadcasting for $ 86.6 million. That October, Beasley spun off the AM station to Liberman Broadcasting for $ 23 million; this transaction closed in March 1990. During this period, KRTH dropped
1323-400: The 1970s. George Burns , Gracie Allen , and Steve Allen appeared on KHJ, and at one point the station employed a 50-piece orchestra to accompany its musical guests. On a 1931 broadcast (a portion of which survives) KHJ introduced an up-and-coming singer, Bing Crosby . Pat Weaver (president of NBC, creator of The Today Show and The Tonight Show , and father of Sigourney Weaver ) was
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#17328589225341386-491: The 1990s by Liberman was assigned to an FM station in American Samoa . That station broadcasts on 93.1 FM and uses the "93 KHJ" on-air name and jingles. An aircheck sample of an old KHJ jingle is heard at the beginning of " AM Radio " by Everclear . Harry Chapin , on his Greatest Stories Live album, refers to KHJ in " WOLD " ("I am the morning DJ at 93 KHJ, playing all the hits for you, play them night and day") to
1449-408: The 485 meter "market and weather reports" wavelength. In May 1923 additional "Class B" frequencies were made available, with Los Angeles allocated 640 and 760 kHz, and KHJ was assigned to 760 kHz, while KFI moved to 640 kHz. In early 1925, KHJ was assigned to 740 kHz. The Federal Radio Commission (FRC) was formed in early 1927. That fall it moved KHJ to 720 kHz, and in early 1928 the station
1512-531: The Chicago Grand Opera Company in the prologue from 'I Pagliacci', and a dulcet tonal treat by Edith Mason, diva of the same company, and flashing the news of the world to the Southwest". 1922 saw a rapid expansion in the number of broadcasting stations, most sharing the single entertainment wavelength of 360 meters, which required progressively more complicated time sharing schedules among stations in
1575-516: The Clock " by Bill Haley & His Comets . On February 1, at Midnight, the station adopted new call letters KRTH to match those of its FM sister station and a format known as "Smokin' Oldies", featuring hits from the rock and roll era's first decade. The station used "AM 930" as its moniker. With the format change, RKO General dismissed about two dozen staff members from both stations. RKO General had been under investigation by federal regulators since
1638-531: The Los Angeles radio market: KDAY , KGFJ , and, from Rosarito , Mexico, XERB . In mid-1970, a KHJ contest led to a fatality and a large legal judgment against RKO General. That summer, the station ran a series of contests known as the "Super Summer Spectacular". In the contests, the Real Don Steele drove a red car to a particular area and announcers encouraged listeners to find him with clues as to his whereabouts. The first person who found Steele and fulfilled
1701-508: The Spanish pronunciation of KKHJ's first two letters ("kah-kah") sounded like caca (slang for " feces "), the call letters were pronounced in English for a decade. This was considered awkward for a Hispanophone broadcaster, so the station collected letters from listeners and lobbied the FCC to allow the station to drop one of its letters. The commission allowed the station to return to its original call, KHJ, on March 15, 2000. On August 21, 2007,
1764-471: The United States. The station's ratings suffered, prompting a return to regional Mexican as "La Ranchera". Program director Alfredo Rodriguez and chief engineer Jerry Lewine wished to bring back the original KHJ call sign; however, the FCC stopped issuing three-letter call signs to radio stations in the 1930s. Rodriguez and Lewine conceived a plan to convince the FCC to change the station's call sign. Since
1827-605: The audience's delight; the song was probably recorded in a location served by KHJ. The 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood features the Boss Radio era of KHJ. The movie and official soundtrack album include airchecks of boss jocks Humble Harve and The Real Don Steele as well as original 93 KHJ jingles and advertisements. 34°05′08″N 118°15′27.3″W / 34.08556°N 118.257583°W / 34.08556; -118.257583 WAXY (AM) WAXY (790 kHz )
1890-548: The biggest of the "Boss Radios". Swinging Radio England or "SRE" was the "home of the boss jocks and much more music". The radio station began life in the spring of 1966 on board the former US Army/Navy Vessel USS Deal (FS-263, AKL-2, AG-131) MV Olga Patricia , renamed the Laissez Faire . The ship was anchored three and a half miles off the Frinton-on-Sea , Essex coast of Britain in international waters . SRE's format
1953-648: The coast of southern England during 1966. For a short time in 1965 Morton 'Doc' Downey was a DJ on this Miami station. WFUN was the home of several DJs who became famous on both sides of the Atlantic in 1966. They included Ron O'Quinn and Larry Dean. The format of WFUN in Miami was used in part by Ron O'Quinn as the foundation for the hybrid mix of sounds that were heard over the 50,000 watts offshore pirate radio station Swinging Radio England between May and November 1966. Morning man Bruce Bartley later moved to Atlanta at WSB as
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2016-485: The completion of the sale, WAXY-FM broke away from the simulcast in August 2015, and flipped to alternative rock as 104.3 The Shark . In November 2017, Entercom merged with CBS Radio , owner of WQAM. On August 2, 2019, Entercom announced that WAXY would introduce a new lineup on August 5, assuming WQAM's CBS Sports Radio affiliation and most of its local hosts, and moving ESPN Radio, including The Dan Le Batard Show and
2079-407: The conservative format back part-time. The two hosts heard during the day are Lourdes Ubieta and Jorge Bonilla, previously heard on the station via Americano Media prior to the recent changes. WAXY has been operating under special temporary authority from the FCC since December 1981. The temporary authority allows an increased power level of 25,000 watts both day and night. This "temporary" increase
2142-496: The early 1970s, pop music showed up first on FM at WMYQ , and then on WHYI-FM , and the field of top 40 stations (including WQAM and even WINZ for a brief time) became crowded; ultimately many listeners moved to FM for music, and on January 7, 1976, WFUN abandoned its top 40 format for an Adult Standards/MOR format. WFUN was used by one of its disc jockeys to create the Boss Radio broadcasting sound of Swinging Radio England from
2205-458: The evening of January 31, 1986, "Car Radio" DJ Dave Sebastian Williams was joined in the studio by Robert W. Morgan . Participants in KHJ's Boss Radio heyday (DJs M.G. Kelly , Bobby Ocean , and Jimmy Rabbitt, and program director Ron Jacobs ) phoned in for a farewell broadcast, playing the songs which had made KHJ a popular AM station in the 1960s and 1970s. The last song played on KHJ was " Rock Around
2268-527: The former's Spanish-language conservative talk format similar to Fox News 's opinion programming via WAXY on October 3 through a time brokerage agreement. Americano was generally unsuccessful at marketing the format altogether, and Americano ceased its lease at the start of September 2023. Audacy has since maintained an automated Spanish oldies format in the meantime, along with using WAXY as an overflow station for English-language sports play-by-play coverage. Local talent has been added on November 29, bringing
2331-621: The high-power "bannerline" news presentation had been lifted from WFUN in Miami, Florida and the DJs were using the heavy echo and the forced approach of stations such as KBOX in Dallas, Texas . The U.S. "boss jocks" who came over with the ship trained the few English air personnel how to develop this same style of presentation. Everything was "over the top" when it came to the 50 kilowatt transmissions of SRE. While some listeners loved it, most remained tuned to
2394-500: The intersection of Venice Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Mid-City were removed in February 2013. KHJ was a top 40 station from 1965 to 1980. The station switched to a country music format in 1980 and back to pop music in 1983. In 1986, KHJ changed its call letters to KRTH , adopting an oldies format as a sister station to KRTH -FM (101.1 FM). Three years later, the station
2457-485: The jingles were often a full minute in length. Two California radio programming pioneers, Bill Drake and Gene Chenault , modified the Top 40 formula to include a smaller number of records, heavier rotation of the biggest hits, very short jingles and less talk. The new sound would come to be known as "Boss Radio". KHJ General Manager Ken DeVaney originated the phrase. The word "boss" had come to mean something hip, new, exciting and
2520-459: The more relaxed top 40 formats of its competitors such as Wonderful Radio London and Radio Caroline South. Swinging Radio England shared the ship from which it broadcast with another 50 kW station named Britain Radio, a beautiful music format station which called itself the "Hallmark of Quality". These two 50 kW stations attempted to broadcast at full power by using caged antennas slung from
2583-415: The nationally syndicated and flagship home for The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz ; former NFL Running back Leroy Hoard and radio personality Brian "The Beast" London host a show with Zaslow show producer Brendon Tobin; longtime sports talk show host Curtis Stevenson host the weekly afternoon/evening shows. Zach Duarte hosted the weeknight shows and hosts such as Greg Likens host on weekends. The station
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2646-545: The network's West Coast flagship station . KHJ broadcasts at 5,000 watts , with a non-directional signal by day but using a directional antenna at night to protect other stations on 930 AM . KHJ's transmitter is triplexed to three of the six towers of KBLA (1580 AM), near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Alvarado Street in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Radio station KYPA (1230 AM) also uses two of KBLA's towers for its signal. KHJ's former towers at
2709-410: The network's overnight and weekend programming, to WQAM (which concurrently rebranded as The Joe ). Due to the changes, The Dan Le Batard Show discontinued the local-only hour it had historically produced (although it was allowed to air its local hour on WAXY one last time on August 5 as a "farewell"). On October 26, 2021, most of WAXY's local programming was moved back to WQAM, with WAXY introducing
2772-497: The original "93 KHJ" as programmed by Bill Drake. Los Angeles area "Boss Jocks" who worked at the original 93 KHJ are heard on this station. WKHJ (104.5 FM), a hot adult contemporary station in Mountain Lake Park, Maryland , has always used the "KHJ" nickname. In Fredericton , New Brunswick , Canada, country station CKHJ used the moniker KHJ until 2019, when it rebranded as "Pure Country". The KKHJ call sign used during
2835-570: The originating station for Bing Crosby's first national network radio show in 1931. On April 29, 1934, the cartoon character Donald Duck made his first appearance, on the California Melodies radio program of KHJ, a few days before he debuted in animated form in the Silly Symphony short The Wise Little Hen . CBS would eventually purchase a more-powerful West Coast flagship station, 50,000-watt KNX , and part company with KHJ. The station
2898-479: The plaintiffs $ 300,000 in damages. RKO General appealed to the California Supreme Court, which upheld the verdict in 1975. The higher court ruled that KHJ negligently created an undue risk to the public by causing a situation in which its listeners were encouraged to race on the roads, and that there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find that the contest's risk of harm to the public (including Weirum)
2961-416: The road; Weirum was killed when his car overturned. Weirum's wife and children filed a wrongful-death suit against both teenagers, the manufacturer of Weirum's car, and RKO General. One of the teenagers settled the case before the trial for the limits of his insurance policy. A jury found in favor of the car's manufacturer, but found both the second teenager and RKO General liable for the accident and awarded
3024-452: The same region. In September 1922 the Department of Commerce set aside a second entertainment wavelength, 400 meters (750 kHz) for "Class B" stations that had quality equipment and programming, and KHJ was assigned to this more exclusive wavelength, where it was later joined, on a timesharing basis, by KFI . Along with the 400 meter authorization, KHJ was also authorized to broadcast on
3087-647: The station began an FM simulcast on 104.3 WMSF as WAXY-FM, after the station was acquired by WAXY's parent company Lincoln Financial Media . The Miami Herald reported that the company intended to move the sports format to FM full-time (with 790 breaking away for a new format) after it completed the re-location of its city of license to within the Miami market. Until then, WAXY would not be able to carry certain sports properties on FM due to rights conflicts with WEFL . On December 8, 2014, Entercom announced its intent to acquire Lincoln Financial Media. The transition of The Ticket to FM would not be realized: shortly after
3150-521: The station migrated down to 790, and went full-time as WFUN. The 790 frequency was a moderately directional signal, as there was already a 790 in Havana, Cuba , and another in central Florida ( Leesburg - Eustis ). Despite coverage limitations, especially to the southwest (in the Florida Keys , toward Havana), WFUN competed vigorously with WQAM throughout the 1960s, and even won some of the ratings sweeps. During
3213-564: The station returning to English-language programming. KHJ switched to the Relevant Radio branding when IHR Educational Broadcasting and Starboard Media Foundation consummated their merger on June 30, 2017. On May 2, 2018, the FCC granted Immaculate Heart Media's request to switch KHJ's license from non-commercial educational to commercial status. A low-power FM (LPFM) station in Madras, Oregon , KHJA-LP (102.1 FM), aired an oldies format as
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#17328589225343276-402: The time, KHJ had the largest teenage audience in the Los Angeles area (48 percent, compared to its nearest competitor's 13 percent). On July 16, 1970, two teenagers, following Steele in separate cars, drove at speeds up to 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) so they could be closest to him when the next clue was announced. One of the teenagers forced another motorist, 32-year-old Ronald Weirum, off
3339-723: The top of its class. Drake had tested some of the format elements in 1961 and 1962 while he served as program director and morning man at San Francisco's KYA , a station that promoted itself at the time as "The Boss of the Bay". At about the same time, competitor station KEWB promoted itself via its station ID jingles as "Boss Radio". Drake and Chenault introduced and further developed this format at KYNO in Fresno , KSTN in Stockton , and KGB AM in San Diego . In April 1965 they brought it to KHJ. Within
3402-501: The voice of the news and later Program Director of WCNN. Also in 1976, the station became WNWS with a news/talk format. Miami talk show legend Neil Rogers hosted his own show and did play-by-play announcing for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team on WNWS from 1978 to 1984. Popular talk show host Tom Leykis was heard in the early 1980s. It changed back to music and became WMRZ ("790 Memories") on October 27, 1990, running "AM Only",
3465-721: Was an all-sports station. At one point, the station was branded as " ESPN Radio 790", but then stopped carrying ESPN Radio programs in favor of Fox Sports Radio , then carried the Sporting News Radio shows of Todd Wright and David Stein , and then returned to ESPN Radio after WQAM took the Sporting News Radio affiliation. The weekday lineup was mainly local, with hosts Jonathan Zaslow and former NFL lineman Brett Romberg with South Florida sports personality Amber Wilson, with guest hosts such as ESPN columnist Israel Gutierrez; Miami Herald sportswriter Dan LeBatard with
3528-494: Was foreseeable. The format brought high ratings to the station until the late 1970s, when FM radio became the dominant form of music broadcasting. In November 1980, during Bob Shannon 's show, and after the song " Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life) " by Mac Davis was played, KHJ switched from top 40 to a country music format with the slogan "We all grew up to be cowboys". The change attempted to capitalize on
3591-598: Was not so much a format as a hybrid of formats. The station was totally unlike any other radio station that had previously been heard in Europe or probably anywhere else in the world at that time. While the PAMS jingles were a resung version of those heard on WABC in New York City and many other stations throughout the States, SRE had a custom melody line unused anywhere else in the world,
3654-406: Was purchased in the fall of 1927 by Don Lee , a local automobile dealer who also owned KFRC (610 AM) in San Francisco and eventually accumulated 21 radio stations . In 1949, the broadcasting company, including KHJ, merged with RKO General . On December 18, 1934, KHJ was one of four stations granted permission to increase power to 5,000 watts. In 1941, a major reorganization of the AM band by
3717-445: Was reassigned to 750 kHz. On November 11, 1928, the FRC made a major reallocation under the provisions of its General Order 40 , which moved KHJ to 900 kHz, a frequency designated for "regional" service, with 1,000 watts of power For a short time during the late 1920s and early 1930s KHJ was the Los Angeles affiliate and West Coast production hub of the fledgling CBS radio network,
3780-517: Was reserved for broadcasting official weather and other government reports. KHJ was first licensed on March 18, 1922, to C. R. Kierulff & Company in Los Angeles, for operation on the 360 meter entertainment wavelength. The Kierulff company acted as contractors responsible for installing the station in the Los Angeles Times building at First and Broadway, and in November the newspaper's owner,
3843-399: Was sold to Liberman Broadcasting who aired Spanish-language formats from 1990 to 2014, using the call letters KKHJ until 2000, when it regained its original calls. Effective December 1, 1921, the U.S. government adopted regulations formally defining "broadcasting stations". The wavelength of 360 meters (833 kHz) was designated for entertainment broadcasts, while 485 meters (619 kHz)
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#17328589225343906-653: Was the flagship station for the Miami Marlins after they were not renewed by WQAM at the request of the Miami Dolphins , back in 2007. On November 6, 2013, WINZ announced that they became the new flagship station for the Marlins, ending a 5-year relationship with The Ticket . During the 2010–11 season , WAXY took over as the Miami Heat 's flagship station due to a dispute with previous station WINZ. On August 29, 2012,
3969-642: Was the jingles by the Johnny Mann Singers . Drake's format spread throughout North America, bringing high ratings to KFRC in San Francisco, WFIL in Philadelphia , KGB in San Diego , WQXI in Atlanta , WRKO in Boston , and CKLW in Windsor, Ontario , Canada (serving Detroit ). Drake and his business partner Gene Chenault brought many of their announcers from the other Boss stations, using those stations as
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