Radio Legend Got Nothin' to Hide

The Professor sporting his Legends of Radio SCOTTSO Edition classic button-down by Calvin Klein. Yes, that was a plug.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Retro SCOTTSO #35

Hear the Professor direct from Signal Hill, Brooklyn -- plus an all new Things From Indie -- exclusively, on the KILLERWATT.

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KILLERWATT BLOWS the BLACKOUT

The remains of KLW's studio on E. 31st St. in Manhattan one day after the Great Blackout and riots of 1977.

KLW the KILLERWATT · The Blackout Tapes Episodes 1-3

One take on our coverage.

Aircheck tapes of KLW have surfaced made by a listener from Battle Creek, Michigan on July 13, 1977, "The Blackout of 1977." The radio hobbyist's recording* documents the KILLERWATT cobbling together an emergency studio at the generator powered transmitter site on Signal Hill, Brooklyn. The station's Manhattan studio (pictured above) was looted then set afire. To this day, both studio and transmitter sites have remained on the tiny islet in the widest section of the Gowanus Canal: "Signal Hill." Hear the first three installments of "The BLACKOUT TAPES" in succession, including commentary from KLW notables.
*The quality of the audio reflects the off-the-air nature of the recording, that is, a consumer tape recorder's microphone placed in front of a 1960s vintage tube-type Zenith kitchen radio. Also note the recordist was 685 miles away from Signal Hill, Brooklyn, hearing the KILLERWATT's 50,000 watt AM signal via night-time "skip," or "skywave."

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The Staff and Others (in order of appearance)

Vin CYCLONE: KLW Program Director (then DJ)
Retro SCOTTSO: Legendary DJ
Bobby ROBERTO: Voice of the KILLERWATT (then DJ, too)
NOEL at the Controls: (Rocking then and now)
Sid Walker: KILLERWATT Chief Engineer
Chad Burger: Transmitter Engineer
Harold Rashmusher Jr.: Conflamed Media Global CEO
Harold's "Prostrate": (Rocking then and now)
Dave WASTED: KILLERWATT Resident Punk
The Pimp
Cop #1
Cop #2
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NOEL ROCKS

NOEL fronting NOEL Ford and the Fanatics featuring the back-line from hell, L-R: Dave WASTED, Vin CYCLONE and Bingo Sanatra. Not pictured: Walt STACK and Adam Tese. One helluva night.

KLW the KILLERWATT · NOEL at the Controls #28

NOEL's gonna control your acoustic environs for the next couple of hours. As KILLERWATT resident announcer Bobby ROBERTO says: "Relinquish control...here's NOEL." So click the player above, close your eyes, and picture yourself enjoying a rock n roll brunch,* luxuriating, on the viscous shores of the Gowanus Canal -- home of the KILLERWATT!

*Double scramble egg on a roll with cheddar. And kawfee!

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SCOTTSO's Rocks-Glass Rules

Retro SCOTTSO's Things From Indie.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Things From Indie (RS #34)

Rumor's abound. "Things From Indie," Retro SCOTTSO's showcase of up and coming talent, used to be called something else back in the early days of FM. Really? We queried the Professor. Is there truth in all the nerdly background chatter burbling through internet forums? Was there an earlier title for his popular programming segment? And does FM really stand for Fermentationem Maxumus? He replied to the latter without hesitation, in his characteristic gravel-tone: "In some circles, yes, the Latin, referring to the peak fermentation of grain mash used in the distillation of whiskey." Well, the editorial staff of this blog were taken aback. Then, before we could formulate a follow-up question, even before the clink of an ice cube in SCOTTSO's crystal rocks-glass, he added: "Now cut yer 'hookey dookey' on the job.... We got great music to feature on Things From Indie!"

Indeed! Ignore the rumor mill. Click and get hip.

Check out the complete Retro SCOTTSO program this edition of Things From Indie was excerpted from.

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Don't Be Alarmed: SCOTTSO's Still Dead

Retro SCOTTSO grabs a selfie around Gowanus way.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Retro SCOTTSO #34

Retro SCOTTSO's back in the house that Rashmusher built. That means tasty cuts galore ... after all, deli-delivery is tradition here at KLW. 

Hear the Professor direct from Signal Hill, Brooklyn -- plus an all new Things From Indie -- exclusively, on the KILLERWATT. Click to play.

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Vin's Your Sonic Sommelier

KLW Program Director and overnight disc jockey Vin CYCLONE: Your sonic sommelier, only, on the KILLERWATT.

KLW the KILLERWATT · The POWER HOUR #12

Vin CYCLONE returns to the platinum KILLERWATT microphone armed with his funky corkscrew and disco decanter. Ready to refine your musical palate? Perhaps you're only in it for the party?

Fair enough. Let the tasting begin. We'll go from delightfully ridiculous grape ... to sublime boutique vintages, cultivated in the most surprising maritime microclimate ...  along the viscous shores of the Gowanus Canal. Cin cin!

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Independents Apply Here

Retro SCOTTSO's Things From Indie.

KLW the KILLERWATT · Things From Indie (RS #33)

Retro SCOTTSO's Things From Indie, a set of independent artists curated by the Professor himself, exclusively, on the KILLERWATT.

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Check out the complete Retro SCOTTSO program this edition of Things From Indie was excerpted from.

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#BeastoBlanco #LisaMarieBarnes #PamelaDavis #MonoDeluX

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