1970

WABC - HOWARD SMITH TALKS ABOUT THE DOORS

Broadcast Date: January 20th - 1970
Station ID: WABC - 95.5FM
Programming: Love
Host: Bob Lewis 'The Bobaloo'
Recording Date: Exact Date Unknown - January 1970
Recording Location: Unknown

Info:
This aircheck reel featuring Howard Smith talking about The Doors two days following their performances at the Felt Forum in New York 1970, was recorded during a broadcast on 95.5 WABC-FM's programming known as Love, and hosted by Bob Lewis 'The Bobaloo'. Howard talks for approximately a minute, and includes a brief clip from his original November 1969 interview recording of Jim Morrison. This broadcast is available for download in our Recordings section of the site!

KRSP - SALT PALACE CALL-IN

Broadcast Date: Exact Date Unknown - April 1970
Station ID: KRSP - 103.5FM/1060AM
Programming: Unknown
Host: Michael G. Kavanaugh
Recording Date: Exact Date Unknown - April 1970
Recording Location: Various

Info:
This phone-call interview with Robby Krieger appears to have been recorded in April 1970 by DJ and radio-host Michael G. Kavanaugh for KRSP in Salt Lake City, and may or may not have been broadcast live. The interview is later incorporated into a radio special airing on KRSP shortly after the death of Jim Morrison. Leon Barnard conducts the phone-call from The Doors rehearsal space and can be heard briefly on the recording.

WHMC - THE BARRY RICHARDS RADIO SHOW

Broadcast Date: May 10th - 1970
Station ID: WHMC - 1150AM
Programming: Unknown
Host: Barry Richards
Recording Date: May 10th - 1970
Recording Location: WHMC Studios - Gaithersburg, MD

Info:
Jim Morrison appears on The Barry Richards Radio Show on May 10th, 1970 while in Maryland for The Doors performance in Baltimore. Few details are known about this broadcast, however a tape recording of the show is known to exist. Click HERE for more information on this broadcast.


Jim Morrison On The Barry Richards Radio Show - Photograph By Michael Klavans

CBC - SOMETHING TO SAY

Broadcast Date: September 27th - 1970
Station ID: CBC-FM
Programming: Something To Say
Host: Warren Davis / Interview by Tony Thomas
Recording Date: May 27th - 1970
Recording Location: The Doors Office - Los Angeles, CA

Info:
This weekly CBC radio program hosted by Warren Davis airs nationwide on Sundays in Canada. For the September 27th, 1970 episode, an interview with Jim Morrison conducted by Tony Thomas on May 27th, 1970 is featured, along with Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane and Charlie Allen of Pacific Gas & Electric. A recording of this broadcast is known to collectors.

WIOD - THE LARRY KING RADIO SHOW

Broadcast Date: Exact Date Unknown - 1970
Station ID: WIOD - 610AM
Programming: Talk Show
Host: Larry King
Recording Date: Exact Date Unknown - 1970
Recording Location: WIOD Studios - Miami, FL

Info:
On an unknown date during the Miami trial period, Jim Morrison appears on Larry King's radio show on WIOD in Miami, FL. His interview talk show program airs Monday to Saturday from 8pm to 10pm. In July of 1970, Larry King praises The Lords and The New Creatures in a newspaper article in the Miami Daily News. No recordings of this broadcast are known to exist.

< Click To See An Original Ad For Larry King's Talk Show!

NEW ORLEANS CONCERT PROMO SPOTS

Broadcast Date: December - 1970
Station ID: Unknown
Programming: Concert Promotion
Host: Unknown
Recording Date: November/December - 1970
Recording Location: Unknown - New Orleans, LA

Info:
Promotional advertisements for The Doors concert at A Warehouse were aired by an unknown radio station in New Orleans to advertise The Doors performance. This station was likely WRNO 99.5 FM. No broadcasts or copies of these ads are currently known to exist.