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Richard Sands on The Mighty 690 Southern California

Here’s another aircheck from Richard Sands himself on The Mighty 690 (XETRA/XTRA) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. When I was a Kidd, I remember the extremely crowded traffic jams to across the border. Some times hours to get into Mexico. Richard Sands recalls having to drive across the boarder (from San Diego) to do his night show. "I didn't usually have a problem. But on the weekends when I worked a day shift, it was hell occasionally." "You always had to have cash in your wallet in case you got pulled over. I did once and paid the cop $20 or $40 as I recall." The studio and towers of The Mighty 690 had a gorgeous view over looking the Pacific Ocean. At night, the towers were all lit up like a Christmas tree, broadcasting all over Southern California (and beyond) with just over 77,000 watts. And as you know, with that kind of power at night, Sands' show could reach more cars and transistor radios than any other radio station. And when pulled up to the radio station, you'd be greeted by the dog that lived there by the name, Gringa". So what about the tight playlist? I get that question all the time with regards to AM top 40 radio back in the day. At some radio stations I worked at, the #1 song would about once every hour and 20 minutes. At The Mighty 690, the #1 song would play about every 45 minutes. During the time of this aircheck the big song was, We Got the Beat from the Go-Go's. Richard says that he would play that song 4 times during his show. But as Kidd growing up in SoCal, I loved that song and could not get enough of it. And as for the liner cards? It was designed that way by then consultant, Frank Felix. Thank you Richard Sands for another great aircheck.