Where it all began: The musty dusty offices of KKLZ/KMTW on Desert Inn Road in Vegas. Put your nose up close to the monitor and sniff. Now that was radio.

The one, the only John Earl & The Boogieman Band, in an extremely rare photo from around 1994 featuring daylight at the Sand Dollar Blues Lounge, and everyone with a very different shade of hair color.

The Warrior, Program Director Bob "Big Hairy Bastard" Edwards, Promotions Goddess Lin Aubuchon and Dale Wood at one of many listener appreciation parties, circa 1993.

Lin Aubuchon with Dan Lea in 1996, the year their hair turned grey.

Lin Aubuchon establishes a rapport with Las Vegas' finest before one of the many Grateful Dead concerts at Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, 1991-1995.

The Classic Rock Station invades the video shoot for ZZ Top's "Viva Las Vegas," on pre-Experience Fremont Street in 1992. Listeners were offered $1000 to get the station call letters into the video and although no one won, check out that marquee on the Horseshoe Club!

The Warrior with NHRA Champion Tony Schumaker at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After 2001 the Classic Rock Station also became the Rockin' and Racin' station, carrying NASCAR races on Sundays.

The Warrior and friend, Dan and Cheryl Lea along with Kahuna at the Speedway.

Letter from Styx's management, asking the Classic Rock Station to help pick their next single.

Dennis Mitchell and Bruno with human sound effects machine Robert Winslow.

An artifact of the best noontime show on the radio.

Dan Lea tells Hamburglar he ought to go into politics.

This yellow monstrosity would eventually become the rolling mascot of the Classic Rock Station. The call letters you see are from the AM station our bosses owned at the time. After one of our receptionists couldn't get the hang of saying "boombox," she dubbed it "The Big Yellow Boom Train."

Dan Lea interviews Grace Slick, October 2001

Dan, Pat McRight and Smilin' Ted, 2002

Dan Lea hangs out with NASCAR hero Jeff Gordon

Special issue O Brothers t-shirt.
Wrinkles and photo provided by listener David Maher.

And the accompanying convenience store coffee cup!

Some news clippings: Johnson & Tofte sell their best bits for charity.

The day Neil Young died. Not.

The competing station's ad campaign, and our morning heroes' appropriate response.