KGOE'S 850 AM THOUSAND OAKS TRANSMITTER SITE, AS IT APPEARED JUST BEFORE THE TOWERS CAME DOWN.

THE NEW KNJO STUDIO 2

KNJO ALUMNI

Bob Hamilton PD
Bob went on to program KRTH
Bob now programs WMXJ
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
Carl Gears PD
Managed the Melody Theater
in front of KNJO's P.O. Studio
traded movies with DJ's for
training at KNJO
Bob Walters
Bob did two stints at KNJO
Bob Roe
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
Tom Benner
Tom is known as Officer Vic, a co-host
on KSFO AM San Francisco
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
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
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 GREG LEFEVRE AND
HARVEY KERN FOR PHOTOS & HELP ADDING NAMES TO THE ALUMNI LIST

KGOE signed on the air in Sept of 1972 with this R.C.A. BTA-1R Transmitter,
Running 500 watts into three towers days & 250 watts into four towers nights.
First song ever played: Stan Peters
"Sweet City Woman"
First DJ: Frank Touch

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Photo Courtesy:Harvey Kern

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