Issue #166 - Boss Jock Bill Wade makes his first appearance on the cover of the Boss 30.
KHJ Boss 30 - June 4, 1969
Issue #205 - Robert W. Morgan and The Real Don Steele begin their salary holdout and Bill Wade moves into the 9PM - Midnight slot as the Boss Jock lineup is juggled to fill the void.
KHJ Boss 30 - October 22, 1969
Issue #225 - This is the final issue of the second-generation surveys. It’s also effectively the end of “Boss Radio” being used as a slogan on the surveys.
A tale about infidelity hits No. 1 in the form of R.B. Greaves’ “Take a Letter Maria.”
KHJ Boss 30 - March 25, 1970
Issue #247 - John Ono Lennon grabs the top spot on the Boss 30 with “Instant Karma” while a couple of heavyweights apply some pressure.
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KHJ Boss 30 - May 6, 1970
Issue #253 - You can have your cake and eat it too with Boss Jock Bill Wade from 9AM to Noon on 93/KHJ.
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KHJ Boss 30 - August 19, 1970
Issue #268 - Edwin Starr’s “War” is the second of four No. 1 songs on KHJ for the songwriting team of Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield. Their first was “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye and they would later score with “Just My Imagination” by the Temptations and “Smiling Faces Sometimes” by the Undisputed Truth.
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KHJ Boss 30 - September 23, 1970
Issue #273 - Bobby Sherman leapfrogs over Gene Chandler and into the No. 1 spot on the Boss 30 with “Julie, Do Ya Love Me.”
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KHJ Boss 30 - December 16, 1970
Issue #285 - Season’s Greetings from the Boss Jocks. The bulk of the green text on this survey has been changed to black for better readability.
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KHJ Thirty - April 28, 1971
Issue #304 - Bill Wade on the cover of the first “Thirty” as KHJ jettisons all use of the term “Boss.”
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KHJ Thirty - June 16, 1971
Issue #311 - “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” is the Bee Gees’ ninth title to make the KHJ survey. They went on to chart the KHJ survey a total of twenty-four times.
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