When our class of ’69 arrived at WYBC, the big attraction for many of us was hosting rock and soul shows on WYBC 640 AM, closed circuit to the Yale campus. Over the spring break of our freshman year, though, we who heeled WYBC helped build a new state of the art stereo FM studio for what had been an educational, show tunes, and classical station. The inevitable happened. By summer of 1968, a small…
Kevin E. McKeown 848 E 16th Street Santa Monica, CA 90403 kevin@mckeown.net 310-393-3639 Spouse(s): Genise Schnitzen Career: Mayor, City of Santa Monica; Educational Technology Consultant, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District; Owner, LA RadioWorks; General Manager, KROQ FM&AM, Los Angeles Avocations: Social justice, environmental issues, travel College: Berkeley Not so surprising, perhaps, that after “majoring” in WYBC, within a decade I was general manager of KROQ in Los Angeles. More surprising is that I ended up…
Almost immediately upon arrival at Yale, in fall of my freshman year, it became a nightly ritual for the four rooms on my floor of Welch Hall to come together and play the nightly contest on WYBC’s “Stardust.”
The hope of winning a Naples pizza was part of it, as was the amazement over what radio could do if not bound by the FCC. The contests were often obscene, or at least the winning answers usually were, and WYBC-AM, “closed circuit to the Yale campus,” played some politically incorrect singles. That unrestrained radio and a little alcohol made for a dorm party almost every night.
KEVIN FREDERICK McKEOWN (KFMcK). Born January 6, 1948 in Bronxville, New York, son of the late Frederick James McKeown and Katherine Mary Toale McKeown. Attended Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Connecticut, and Suffield Academy, Suffield, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Absent from Yale Sept., 1966 to present. Major undecided. Resident: Berkeley. WYBC, 1966-69. Roommates: Jeffrey A. Pollock, Jean-Pierre Jordan. Present occupation: Radio Announcer. Future occupation: Radio Programming and Management. Address: 42 First Street, Hamden, Connecticut…
