1968
KAOS - PHOENIX STATION PROMO
Broadcast Date: Throughout 1968
Station ID: KAOS - Unknown Frequency
Programming: Station Promotion
Host: Various
Recording Date: February 17th - 1968
Recording Location: Backstage Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Phoenix, AZ
Info:
A promo spot by Ray Manzarek is recorded by DJ's from KAOS radio in Phoenix, AZ backstage at The Doors performance on February 17th, 1968. Ray Manzarek states to the listeners "This is Ray Manzarek of The Doors. When I'm in Phoenix, I listen to KAOS. Do You?". Photographer Doug Hartley is present backstage and captures the recording event on film. Ray is also photographed reading KAOS radio's newspaper KAOS Happenings. Other artists such as Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker of CREAM are also known to have recorded spots for this station.
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KHJ - HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT PROMO SPOT
Broadcast Date: May > July 5th - 1968
Station ID: KHJ - 93.5FM
Programming: Concert Promotion
Host: Various
Recording Date: May - 1968
Recording Location: KHJ Studio - Los Angeles, CA
Info:
Promotional advertisements for The Doors concert at the Hollywood Bowl aired frequently on local radio sponsor 93 KHJ. Various different broadcasts of the same promo spot are known to collectors.
WKYC - CLEVELAND CONCERT PROMO SPOTS
Broadcast Date: Various - 1968
Station ID: WKYC - 105.7FM
Programming: Concert Promotion
Host: Unknown
Recording Date: Unknown - 1968
Recording Location: WKYC Studio - Columbus, OH
Info:
Promotional advertisements from WKYC for The Doors performance in Cleveland, OH on August 3rd, 1968 are known to collectors. Click HERE for more information on this concert.
BBC - TOP OF THE POPS
Broadcast Date: September 5th - 1968
Station ID: BBC Radio
Programming: Top Of The Pops
Host: Stuart Henry
Recording Date: September 5th - 1968
Recording Location: BBC Studios - London, GB
Info:
The Doors television performance of Hello, I Love You on BBC's Top of the Pops is simultaneously broadcast on FM radio. Copies of this broadcast have survived.
VARA - AMSTERDAM INTERVIEW BROADCAST
Broadcast Date: September 16th - 1968
Station ID: VARA Radio
Programming: Interview Broadcast
Host: Unknown
Recording Date: September 16th - 1968
Recording Location: Unknown Hotel - Amsterdam, NL
Info:
A short interview with Jim Morrison by Dick Slootweg of VARA radio is recorded the day after The Doors performance in Amsterdam in 1968, and is reportedly broadcast later the same day. No copies of the interview or broadcast are currently known to exist. Click HERE for more information on this broadcast.
Jim Morrison Interview On VARA - Photograph By Nico van der Stam
SVERIGES - STOCKHOLM CONCERT BROADCAST
Broadcast Date: Possibly Live on September 20th - 1968
Station ID: Sveriges Radio
Programming: Concert Broadcast
Host: Lennart Wretlind
Recording Date: September 20th - 1968
Recording Location: Konserthuset - Stockholm, SE
Info:
The Doors give an early and a late show in Stockholm, Sweden on September 20th 1968, and both concerts are recorded in their entirety for broadcast on Sveriges Radio. The details on whether or not the concerts were broadcast live as they happened are unknown, however a broadcast date of December 4th, 1971 has been documented. The master tapes are intact and bootleg copies of broadcasts are known to collectors. Click HERE for more information on these concerts.
WKYC - COLUMBUS CONCERT PROMO SPOT
Broadcast Date: Unknown - 1968
Station ID: WKYC - 105.7FM
Programming: Concert Promotion
Host: Unknown
Recording Date: Unknown - 1968
Recording Location: WKYC Studio - Columbus, OH
Info:
A WKYC promotional advertisement for The Doors performance in Columbus, OH on November 2nd, 1968 is known to collectors. Click HERE for more information on this concert.