[QCWA] XERF DJ

[Jim Wilhite]

The autographed picture of Jesus Christ were actually photos of a Mexican 
official whose name contained "Jesus Christ" in his full name.

I can't remember all of it, but Wofman hawked a formula that was claimed to 
cure "its, fits, s****, and floppy t***.  I have a cousin that could repeat 
almost all of that spiel. Wolfman served a brief stint at KOMA in Oklahoma 
City after the XERF days then moved on to Chicago with WLS.  From there he 
went to So. Cal.

There is a history of radio website that lists famous DJs and R&R radio 
stations that records where some of these people worked including Wolfman 
Jack, Charlie Tuna, and others.  Sorry I don't have the address, for I am 
sure some of you would enjoy it.

I worked briefly for KOMA in the sales department in 1967-68 time frame 
before going to Amarillo, TX to work for KIXZ.  When at KOMA, I recall the 
following people, Dale Webah, Don McGregor and Buddy King, Charlie Tuna had 
just departed and Wolfman was there in the early 60s.  Fun days for me and I 
still have my Official KOMA Staff Car plate that we displayed on the front 
bumper of our cars.

KOMA's 50 KW transmitter was a Western Electric but I don't recall the model 
number.  It was water cooled with the water tank in the basement under the 
transmitter.  One of the duties of the night DJs was to keep the tank topped 
off.  The entire thing was built into a cage made of hurricane fence 
surrounding it on all sides and top.  I could go on about RFI problems when 
they started building houses within 1/4 mile of the towers and the Schafer 
automation system, but that would make the story too long.

73  Jim
W5JO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sitting Bulls Uncle" <k5sbu at grandecom.net>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:16 PM
Subject: [QCWA] XERF DJ


> Wanted to comment on Ralphs memories of XERF, their DF Wolfman Jack and 
> his propensity for
> rock and roll and some good blues.  He was very popular and after XERF he 
> moved into some big
> radio markets in the states.  Some of you will appreciate being able to 
> listen to some audio clips of
> the Wolfman Jack on a website dedicated to his work.  There are lots of 
> clips from XERA and XERF.
> My favorite is on the site below and he does a station ID, introduces 
> himself and then goes into a radio
> spot selling a hundred baby chickens for $3.95.  That includes an 
> autographed lifesized picture of "HIM",
> not himself, just "HIM" and we are not sure who it is.  The station got in 
> hot water for selling autographed
> pictures of Jesus Christ so maybe that was their way around it.  Who 
> knows, but the clips are priceless.
>
> Here is the URL for the website:
> http://wolfmanjack.org/audio/
> The audio clips are all free; some are very large files by the way so 
> watch out for those unless you have
> broadband internet.
>