Sean King aka Fred King (Fred Klein)
Biography
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Fred
King-WKKO-1967-1972- Mid Days (10AM-2-PM) Fred remembers one contest vividly. "I was taking calls for a prize (a portable radio) and I got a call from a listener in kind of an unusual location. This was in 1969 and we were gearing up for Man's first walk on the moon. I asked the caller where they were calling from and he said "from the top of the rocket that's going to the moon." He turned out to be one of the mechanics performing the final checkup before launch... ",
"...I left
(WK)KO in 1972 and went to WLOF(-AM
950) in Orlando and then to "CK101" (WCKS-FM
101.1) in Cocoa Beach using the name Sean King. Around 1985, the new owners at WKKO(-AM
860) received approval for a 24hour license and changed their call letters to "CK86".
I went back to work for them around that time as news director and sometimes jock. After several format changes in the space of a year or two, the station went dark..." "Those were great days for me and I'll never forget them. It was truly an exciting time because of the moon shot and an equally sad time when the space program slowed down for a while in the early 70's. That little AM Top forty at 860 had a great signal and maintained top ratings in the first years I was there." |
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