Bob Hamilton PD
After KNJO, Bob, went on to program KRTH
Bob, is relaxing on the beach in Miami.
Bill Wade
Went on to be Ventura County,
Fire Chief
Brian Bernie
Brian joined Bob at KRTH
Jim Marple PD
Engineered Lohman & Barkley at KFI
Karl Geurs PD
Managed the Melody Theater,
in front of KNJO's P.O. Studio;
traded movies with DJ's for
training at KNJO.
Tom Benner 69
Sister dated and married Karl Geurs
Tom, is known as Officer Vic, a co-host
on KSFO AM San Francisco.
Bob Walters
Bob did two stints at KNJO
Bob Roe
Jerry Connelly
News
Preston Westmorland
Mike Villani
Harry May
Went on to San Luis Obispo, in 71
Russ O'Hara
Don Sheer
Don, did play by play with Greg Lefevre,
for the Little League Game of the Week.
Layne Ferrell
Gregory Glaser
Tim Riley
John Newton
KGOE, 1974-76; KNJO, 1976-79
Marv Lewis
Doug Eldred
Mike O'Neil Early 70's
Willie Ware
First Black DJ on KNJO
Jay Coffee
Also ended up at KRTH
Jesse Torrero
Harvey Kern 20 years 78-98
Bill Nesbitt 84 & 85
Mike Reineri 86
Monty Von d
aka Frank Lamont Von Eschon
K.M. Richards
Greg Lefevre
Did two stints at KNJO, was giving girl scouts
a tour of KNJO when bulletin reporting Dr. Martin-
Luther King's assassination came in, went on to CNN.
Mark Storer
Justin Michael
Larry Collins d
Dick Whittington
Eric Schwartz
Wrote comedy for Dick
Bill Smith
Mark Alyn
Ken Jeffries
Sandy Kelley
Paul Mahler
Whitney Allen
Justin Michael
Tom Spence
Jeff Elkins
Dave Ciniero d PD
Mike Tanner PD
Pete Turpel PD/GM
Owns Phone On Hold
Mark Wheeler
John Vance
Before KNJO, Mark & John did shows
on KDNF, a pirate station in Thousand Oaks.
Johnny Gunn
Jim Keenan Jazz
First thing the new GM, Carole Hoffine, in
late 1969 did was fire Jim, (he knew it was coming)
Jim, was Lloyd Barron, on his second stint with KNJO.
Bob Hughes
Ker Garin
Bruce Vidal d
Paul Mahler
Jon Cowsill
Jeff Elkins was also PD
Lee Marshall
Dennis Aiken
Bill Smith
KTLA-KTTV
Bob Richards (engineer)
Sal Blydenburgh Uncle Bucky
Colin Fluxman PD
Ron Shapiro PD
Mike Lewis (News)
Willa Sandmeyer (News)
Ned Skaff (News)
Don Zimring (News)
Suzanne Pajot 12/91-3/93 (News)
Larry King d (Engineer)
Dave Mandelbaum (engineer)
Don Way (Engineer)
Ed Krovitz GM
Steve d & Phyllis Angel (GM's)
Steve, was GM & Phyllis, was business manager.
Steve, died of leukemia on October 5, 1995 at age 50.
Stuart Levy GM
Bob Jacobsen GM
Ernie Brevick
Catherine Mureau GM
Carole Hoffine GM
Sandy Koufax ORIGINAL OWNER
Art Hogan OWNER
Ed Feldman OWNER
Ira Barmack d OWNER
After merger with KMDY
Sy Blonder d ORIGINAL OWNER
Irving Schaffner MD OWNER
Sold KNJO to Alan Fischler for $75,000
Alan Fischler d OWNER
Alan's son owns Fischler Artist Management/Promotions
Darry & Susan Sragow OWNERS d=deceased
SPECIAL THANKS. TO MIKE O'NEIL, GREG LEFEVRE, ANDHARVEY KERN FOR PHOTOS & HELP ADDING NAMES TO THE ALUMNI LIST.
The Park Oaks Shoppng Center was KNJO's original home, it's now a VONS Super Grocery Store.
KGOE'S 850 AM THOUSAND OAKS TRANSMITTER SITE, AS IT APPEARED JUST BEFORE THE TOWERS CAME DOWN.
THE NEW KNJO STUDIO 2
KNJO'S FIRST TRANSMITTER
WAS A GATES FM1B
KNJO ALUMNI
KGOE signed on the air in Sept of 1972 as a daytimer with this R.C.A. BTA-1R Transmitter, running 500 watts into three towers days, a fourth tower was added later on allowing KGOE to go nights with 250 watts. KGOE Notes:
KGOE'S transmitter site was built for a 50kw upgrade that never took place.
First song ever played: Stan Peters "Sweet City Woman"
First DJ: Frank Touch
KGOE was a RCA turnkey setup from console to transmitter, including turntables & carts
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Greg Lefevre, in KNJO's new air studio, around Dec 70,
More pictures in the history section.
KNJO's original
Gates FM1B
behind the glass
Sy Blonder at KVFM in 1962
just before he built KNJO
A Shure mini mixing console was used
for remotes & at the KGOE XMTR shack.
Dave Ciniero
Dave Ciniero
Mike Tanner
Tom Spence
Bob Hamilton
Bill Smith
Remembering
Richard Haskey (1939 - 6/10/2003)
... Radio's answer to Dr. Marconi.
VONS
Russ O'Hara
Bob Hughes
Thousand Oaks was also home to several underground radio stations in the late 70's & 80's. KDNF was on 840AM with 20 watts, and then moved up the dial to 1210 AM on weekends with 40 watts after KGOE, went 24 hours, In April of 1983, KKTO 1200 AM signed on the air weekdays and weekends when KDNF, was off, KKTO FM came on a year later, and operated 24/7 on 99.3 FM, until the move up to 102.3 in 1986.
Note: KGOE, Thousand Oaks was originally issued the call letters KKTO, but changed them to KGOE, prior to sign on in September of 1972.
Went on to KHJ, & KIIS-AM&FM
THE CONEJO VALLEY'S FIRST RADIO STATION
Tom Benner
NEW!
KNJO & KGOE
Transmitter site photos
in history section.
