KLOL 1972 playlist January “Music Rap Sheet”
The KLOL 1972 playlist “Music Rap Sheet” from January of 1972 contains lots of music that doesn’t seem to have survived from the underground version of the station.
The KLOL “Music Rap Sheet” was basically a folded newsletter that went out to Houston record shops that listed what KLOL was playing at the time.
You wouldn’t have heard many of these songs in the AOR (Album Oriented Rock) formatted days later on in the rock station’s history.
The sheet states the music format of the station at the time was:
“MUSIC: Progressive free-form, KLOL air people select their own music. No play lists. Just good wax ‘n fax.
NEWS: KLOL airs community-oriented five-minute newscasts at 3am, 5am, 6am, 7am, 8am, 8am, 12 noon, 3pm, 5pm, 6pm. Daily astrological analysis at the end of each newscast…
COMMERCIALS: Not many. KLOL never airs more than 8 minutes of commercials during any one hour period (4 minutes maximum per hour from midnight to 6am). These limitation compare to 15 and 18 minute commercial hours for other broadcast media.”
Here are the songs and albums that 101 KLOL Houston was playing on air in January of 1972.
KLOL 1972 playlist – January
The Mahavishnu Orchestra – “Inner Mounting Flame”
War – “All Day Music’
Jade Warrior
Marc Benno – ‘Minnows’
Nilsson – ‘Nilsson Schmilsson’
Kantner, Slick – ‘Sunfighter’
Papa John Creach
California 99
The Floating House Band
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Shanti
Miles Davis – “Live/Evil’
Yes – “Fragile’
Richie Havens – “Blind Decree’
Climax Chicago – “Tightly Knit”
Gentle Giant
Seals & Croft – “Year of Sunday”
Sandy Denny – “North Star”
Roberta Flack – “Quiet Fire”
Pink Floyd – “Meddle”
Moody Blues – “Every Good Boy”
Curved Air – “Second”
T. Rex – “Electric Warrior”
Amond Duul – “II”
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Sadduth Brand – “Whole Earth Rhythm”
Mark Almond – “II”
Alice Cooper – “Killer”
Ken Nordine – “Your Town”
Family – “Fearless”
Concert for Bangla Desh
Captain Beefhart – “The Spotlight Kid”
Santana – “It’s a Beautiful Day”
RELATED
– Crash Collins interview in 1975 about Houston and KLOL
Anytime
Wings – “Wild Life”
Fleetwood Mac – “Future Games”
Jeff Beck – “Rough & Ready”
Isaac Hayes – “Black Moses”
Rita Coolidge – “Nice Feelin”
Van Morrison – “Tupelo Honey”
John Martin – “Bless the Water”
Carole King – “Music”
Modern Jazz Quartet – “Plastic Dreams”
Ravi Shankar – “Raga”
Taj Mahal – “Happy To Be”
Led Zeppelin
Sly & Stone – “Riot Goin On”
RELATED
– 101 KLOL Houston radio aircheck September 1978
101 KLOL HOUSTON AIR STAFF JANUARY 1972
Air Staff:
12M – 6am Leonard Liss
6am – 9am Tony Raven (Jim Pruett)
9am – 12N Mike Hart
12N – 3pm Chapman Mott
3pm – 7pm Dr. Wax (Pat Fant)
7pm – 12M Steve Nagle
Weekends:
Mike Hart
Bill Narum
Maya
Frank Jaubert
KLOL MANAGERS
Station manager – Rick Rawlinson
Program Director – Tony Raven (Jim Pruett)
Music Director – Pat Fant
Production Director – Frank Jaubert
News Director – Richard Green
Traffic Director – Kathy Hartwell
Public Service – Susie Hines
Sales Secretary – Maggie Ortiz
Account Executives – Bo Brody, Jim Gilligan, Russ Noland
LOCATION
PO Box 52370
Houston, Texas 77052
Studios: 6th Floor, Rice Hotel Annex
713-222-8103
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