Don Sainte-Johnn, author of San Francisco’s Last Top 40 Disc Jockey
Original Airdates: June 5-7, 2026
TVC 737.3: Ed welcomes Hall of Fame radio broadcaster Don Sainte-Johnn. For more than twenty years, Don was one of the voices heard every day on KFRC, The Big 610 in San Francisco, the powerhouse station that not only shaped a generation of listeners in the San Francisco Bay Area, but was one of the most successful radio stations anywhere in the U.S. throughout the 1970s. Don’s memoir, San Francisco’s Last Top 40 Disc Jockey, not only takes you behind the scenes of KFRC and the world of Top 40 radio, but is filled with many great stories about a career that also took him to Chicago, St. Louis, San Diego, and other media markets. San Francisco’s Last Top 40 Disc Jockey is available through Amazon.com. Topics this segment include how Don fell in love with radio from a very young age; the important role that angels, sponsors, and mentors played in his path to becoming a broadcaster; and how he helped develop his vocal muscles early in his career by reading aloud with a cork in his mouth.
How Wilber Johnson became Don Sainte-Johnn
Original Airdates: June 5-7, 2026
TVC 737.4: Hall of Fame radio broadcaster Don Sainte-Johnn, author of San Francisco’s Last Top 40 Disc Jockey, talks to Ed about how he came to choose his radio name; the importance of show prep in the course of a daily broadcast; and the role that Joe Adams, Ray Charles’ manager, played early in Don’s career.
San Francisco’s Last Top 40 Disc Jockey is available through Amazon.com.
Don Sainte-Johnn on some of the crazier moments behind the scenes at KFRC
Original Airdates: June 5-7, 2026
TVC 737.5: Hall of Fame radio broadcaster Don Sainte-Johnn, author of San Francisco’s Last Top 40 Disc Jockey, shares a few of the crazier moments that went on behind the scenes and on the air at KFRC-AM, The Big 610. San Francisco’s Last Top 40 Disc Jockey is available through Amazon.com.
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