A sticker circa 2000 from "K-Otter 94.9" KOTR licensed to Cambria, California. They carried an Adult Album Alternative format and were on the air from 1984 until they were sold in 2004. I'm guessing that the "K-Otter" logo is upside down because real otters float around (and even sleep) on their backs.
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Mine is so torn and tattered that only those who know what it is recognize it. I worked as a reporter in Cambria and knew most of the hosts. It was a great station.
Betcha some of the reason for the upside down sticker is related to the then current KMET/Los Angeles upside down sticker!
Filthy Phil was the best!
You used to see these all over SLO County back in the day, and they slowly transitioned to K-Pig stickers after the station was sold. One can still spot a rare K-OTTER sticker here and there, in places like bars and locally owned establishments….
Stay in the water with the otter.
Where the pines meet the sea.
My dad made these stickers.
I have the original KOTR 94.3FM stickers before the station increased power to 50’000 watts and switched to 94.9 call numbers. My mother was Sister Ashly the morning drive DJ before lady tye di was.
My dad’s call Handel was Buck Naked.
Mine was the master blaster.
I was the guy that built The Otter, put it on the air in 1984 and even taught the owner how to be an announcer. I was the only paid Broadcaster at the station. I used my real name, Michael Coleman and the first thing I played was The Dark Side of the Moon. The whole album.
We didn’t have a bumper sticker back then.
We weren’t “Rockin’ Rhythm and Blues” it was block programming. As long as you showed up for your block, you could play whatever you wanted. Many times nobody showed up, so I’d stay on the air for 12 hours at a time and take my breaks by playing entire albums. As the years went by, I was working for the Mapleton group of stations in Monterey, when they bought The Otter and switched the format to simulcast their flagship station KPIG.
It’s been 42 years and of course, I miss it, but I don’t miss being broke. However, It sure was fun to live in Cambria, surf and have fun at work everyday. I drove over 46 the other day and could still see the 200’ tower we had built by a tower company from Las Vegas. It’s easy to see, way up high above the ocean at an old U.S.Navy WWII era tracking station. There’s even a two lane bowling alley up there. I could tell you all stories about the early days at KOTR, that would have you falling out of your chair. I’m glad I happened upon this group. Thanks for your time.
Michael Coleman here again. I don’t know my Google URL.
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