Friday Jan. 09, 2015...the KMEL family lost Nick Bazoo. Nick was the PD that was chosen to "flip" the format of KMEL from Album Rock to Top 40 in 1984.
http://www.centredaily.com/2015/01/11/4548994/retired-radio-personality-nick.html
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/137139/industry-mourns-the-untimely-passing-of-nick-bazoo
Here is a URL to hear an interview that Nick gave for the History Of KMEL project:
http://www.kmelforever.com/nick-bazoo.html
Here is a URL to see Nick on the day the format was changed to top 40:
http://www.kmelforever.com/all-hit-106-kmel-signs-on-august-25-1984.html
Here is a URL to hear the audio of the day KMEL "flipped" the format:
http://www.kmelforever.com/all-hit-106-kmel-signs-on-august-25-19841.html
Here is a URL to hear Nick's interview in the History Of KMEL project:
http://www.kmelforever.com/the-history-of-kmel-1984-1990-pt-1--2.html
http://www.centredaily.com/2015/01/11/4548994/retired-radio-personality-nick.html
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/137139/industry-mourns-the-untimely-passing-of-nick-bazoo
Here is a URL to hear an interview that Nick gave for the History Of KMEL project:
http://www.kmelforever.com/nick-bazoo.html
Here is a URL to see Nick on the day the format was changed to top 40:
http://www.kmelforever.com/all-hit-106-kmel-signs-on-august-25-1984.html
Here is a URL to hear the audio of the day KMEL "flipped" the format:
http://www.kmelforever.com/all-hit-106-kmel-signs-on-august-25-19841.html
Here is a URL to hear Nick's interview in the History Of KMEL project:
http://www.kmelforever.com/the-history-of-kmel-1984-1990-pt-1--2.html