Forgot the Words Weekend
May 26, 2023
Happy 12th Birthday to Us!
July 30, 2024
July 28-31, 2012
Boss Boss Radio plays a preview of our new station by airing the very first “Beatles to Blondie,” every song in our library in order from The Beatles to Blondie.
Aug 1. 2012
Boss Boss Radio Launches as a re-imagined Boss Radio for the 21st Century listener, all hit music all the time, entertaining Boss Jocks (DJs) with attitude and swagger of radio presentation from days gone by
The original line up: John Van Camp, Bonnie Stacy, Kapt. Kris & Kat Jones weekdays, Raechel Donahue, Terry McGovern, Rockin’ Rog, Peter B and Brad Chambers weekends
November 2012
The Who Cares News debuts daily on the Big Boss Show with John Van Camp, eventually Morgan will join and hosts the WCN.
April-May 2013
The Boss brings on a quintet of Jocks! Matt Collier joins the Boss in the evenings followed by our first late night jock, Wyatt Jennings. Jamey Karr and Big Mike begin their Boss Journeys on the weekends, and “Almost Famous” Ben Fong-Torres begins his Sunday show on The Boss
June 2013
“Uncle” Wyatt Jennings takes over as our afternoon Boss Jock
July 2013
The first meeting of the California Boss Jocks in Northern California: Rockin’ Rog, Terry McGovern, Peter B, Wyatt Jennings, Ben Fong-Torres and John Van Camp.
YEAR 2
August 2013
The Boss 30 Countdown makes its weekly Wednesday debut, hosted by Matt Collier
September 2013
“Uncle” Wyatt Jennings begins hosting the Vinyl Nuggets feature daily during his show.
October 2013
Bonnie Stacy launches the Boss Boss Workday Double Play hour, a pair of Boss Hits by your favorite Boss artists back to back all lunch hour long.
February 2014
Boss Boss Radio celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles coming to America.
March 2014
“Mister Smooth” Peter B. takes over weeknights and the Boss 30 Countdown
Morgan joins The Boss on weekends
April 2014
Breakfast with Big Mike becomes our first weekday East Coast morning show
Jamey Karr hosts Saturday Night in The USA every Saturday Night: Boss 60s & 70s music, requests and more!
June 2014
The Boss 30 Countdown salutes the songs of summer, in order all summer long, from 1968 thru 1979
July 2014
Boss Boss Radio celebrates the 4th of July with the Boss Hits of Summer all Summer hits all holiday long.
YEAR 3
August 2014
Originals and Remakes Weekend kicks off our 2nd Birthday celebration
The Boss salutes the 45th Anniversary of Woodstock with a weekend of performances from the rock festival
November 2014
Thanksgiving with Alice’s Restaurant, a Boss Radio Tradition on Thanksgiving Day
Boss Beatles to Blondie weekend, every song in our massive Boss library played in order from The Beatles to Blondie (encore from 2012)
December 2014
The first Boss Boss Radio stickers are distributed to all who want them
The Boss celebrates Boxing Day with a continuation of wall to wall Boss Holiday hits
January 2015
Declared The Year of The Boss
May 2015
50th Anniversary of “Boss Radio”
Eddie Money visits with “Uncle” Wyatt Jennings on the air
Summer Gold Weekend kicks off the Summer of 15 and the birth of a Nation…The Boss Nation
July 2015
The Bill Graham exhibit comes to Los Angeles and so do Ben Fong-Torres and Raechel Donahue for a forum about San Francisco’s rock radio.
YEAR 4
August 2015
Bay Area Hall of Fame Boss Jock Bob Ray joins the Boss on the weekends
The Boss remembers the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley on the anniversary of his death
September 2015
Mister Smooth Peter B hosts the 60s @ 6 weeknights
January 2016
Bob Ray begins doing middays Mom thru Fri
February 2016
Radio for The Boss Generation
Bob Ray broadcasts live from the Rock Hall in Cleveland
Bill Wade original Boss Jock and LA Radio personality Lara Scott join The Boss
That Thing with Rich Appel joins Boss Boss Radio on Sundays
April 2016
Boss Boss Radio launches their podcast arm Mouthful Media and The Who Cares News becomes the first show
Los Angeles Radio vet Tammy Trujillo joins The Boss on Saturday mornings
June 2016
John Van Camp interviews Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. of the 5th Dimension
July 2016
Fourth of July we play all the Boss Hits that were on the charts on the 4th for the Boss Radio era
YEAR 5
August 2016
Cousin Dean joins the Boss weekdays from Noon to 3pm
Los Angeles Radio Legend The Insane Darrell Wayne joins the Boss on the weekends
September 2016
John Van Camp celebrates his 1000th morning show on the Boss 9/29
October 2016
Our globetrotting Boss Jock Bob Ray broadcasts from Manchu Picchu in Peru
November 2016
The Boss hosts a Super 70s Weekend throughout the long holiday weekend, all 70s Boss hits all weekend long
January 2017
Chris Kaye joins the Boss as a weekender
April 2017
Nothing But Old 45s with Larry Kratka premiers on Sunday mornings
May 2017
Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Mixtape Weekend
Expanded Beatles to Bon Jovi weekend, playing every song in our library in order from the Beatles to Bon Jovi
June 2017
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Monterey Pops Festival and the start of the Summer of Love
July 2017
The All American Boss 100 Countdown on 4th of July
Mark Elliott joins the Boss on weekends
YEAR 6
August 2017
The Insane Darrell Wayne starts as our Afternoon Drive Boss Jock weekdays
September 2017
Boss Bob’s Lost Hit Weekend
Bob Ray broadcasts from Memphis, TN, visits Sun Records and Graceland
John Van Camp interviews Little River Band founder Beeb Birtles
November 2017
Super 70s Weekend for the long Holiday Weekend, nothing but 70s Boss Hits’
Matt Collier returns to the Boss
“Uncle” Wyatt Jennings loses his 4 year battle with cancer.
Morgan’s Crazy Christmas Channel launches as our first all Christmas music station, Morgan is affectionately known as the “Crazy Christmas Lady”
For the Thanksgiving weekend, we celebrate the British Invasion with a weekend of British hits from the 1960s
January 2018
Sara Freeman joins the Boss on weekends
The Insane Darrell Wayne’s The Latest From The Greatest segment starts weekday afternoons on the Boss
Big Mike celebrates his 1000th show on Boss Boss Radio
March 2018
Where in The World is Bob Ray? Bob embarks on a month long trip around the Pacific Ocean, from Manila to the South China Sea broadcasting from the most exotic parts of Eastern Asia
May 2018
Going SOLO weekend, celebrating the new Star Wars movie while playing solo hits from artists who “went solo” after being part of a major band.
June 2018
Our first all 80s Friday night show begins with Jamey Karr as the host
Grease 40th Anniversary with Sha Na Na and the movie sing along at The Hollywood Bowl
The Summer of Boss launches
YEAR 7
August 2018
The 6 Degrees of Boss 6th birthday celebration
Your buddy Dave Garrity joins the Boss
Brian Puhek of Stuttgart Germany wins our 6 Degrees of Boss and gets to take over the station for a day
September 2018
The Summer of Boss Blowout weekend featuring the Top 100 Summer Songs as chosen by the audience
Kevin James joins the Boss on weekends
Rockin’ Rog gets married to Lillian after his show on 9/22
Next Boss Jock for a Day Brian Puhek gets the keys to the station for a day
October 2018
Matt Collier moves to late nights 9-Midnight
The Boss salutes a Facebook Boss of the day, highlighting a Facebook follower every day.
November 2018
The hardest working man in show business, Kevin James is the new Midnight Boss Jock every night of the week
Launch of our new Christmas station: Jingle Boss Radio including the Boss Jocks
The long Thanksgiving weekend is a Super 70s Weekend
December 2018
John Van Camp celebrates Big Boss Show Number 1500
Los Angeles rock jock Kelly Cox joins the Boss on Saturday mornings
First Christmas simulcast with Jingle Boss Radio. Forty-eight hours of Boss Christmas favorites over the holiday.
Expanded run of Boss Beatles to Bon Jovi over the Holiday week.
January 2019
Globe trotting Boss Jock Bob Ray broadcasts from South America!
February 2019
Jay Arnold joins the Boss on Sunday afternoons
Rock and Roll Never Forgets Weekend saluting the icons of rock that are gone but not forgotten
The Boss Buzz Newsletter is established with then listener Donna Hornsby as the editor
March 2019
The Knuckleheads joins Boss Boss Radio on Saturday nights with the one hour version of The Latest from The Greatest following
April 2019
Boss Boss Radio adds KTHO AM & FM South Lake Tahoe, CA as our first terrestrial affiliate, returning Classic Hits to Lake Tahoe
May 2019
Sadly, Mister Smooth, Peter B, passed away suddenly. He is forever missed.
Matt Collier moves to evenings (6-10pm) and Kevin James to the 10pm-2am slot
Larry Kratka hosts a Nothing But Old 45s Flip Sides weekend
July 2019
All American Top 100 Countdown on 4th of July
Auditions begin for our Next Boss Jock for a Day
Bob Ray is inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame
Rich Appel fills in for John Van Camp while he is on vacation
David Reed, son of L.A. and N.Y. radio legend B. Mitchell Reed joins the Boss as a weekender
YEAR 8
August 2019
We celebrate our 7th Birthday
Auditions open for our Next Boss Jock for a Day
Woodstock at 50 weekend celebrating the anniversary
Professor Chuck Bland is the winner of our Next Boss Jock for a Day
September 2019
Another Boss Bob’s Lost Hits weekend
The return of The Weekly Boss 30 Countdown with the late Mister Smooth Peter B. from the archives
The Boss takes part in the 10th Annual Beatles Festival in Southern California
October 2019
The Boss broadcasts live from the Hollywood Records Show
November 2019
Jingle Boss Radio signs on for its second season!
The Boss presents a Philadelphia Sound weekend
After a successful day as our Next Boss Jock for a Day, Professor Chuck Bland begins his Boss Jock career on Jingle Boss Radio and joins Boss Boss Radio after the holidays
December 2019
We celebrate the Holidays with the 12 Days of Boss Holidays, highlighting a different Boss artist’s Holiday songs every day
January 2020
Boss Country Radio signs on as our next Boss station on the net playing America’s Classic Country favorites from Hank to Blake
Corey Mitchell joins the Boss on weekends and fill-ins
Matt Collier hosts the 80s @ 8 and the 90s @ 9 weeknights
We get ready for Valentines Day with our pop-up station Love on The Boss
February 2020
Bob Ray is back after a month of globe-trotting
March 2020
Boss Boss Radio is your official listen at home station as we go into lockdown
Boss Boss Radio joins forces with PlayFM, a Contemporary Hits station that we’ve had a relationship with, now a part of the Boss Nation of Stations
Jingle Boss Radio returns for those of us needing a little comfort and festiveness in light of the lockdown
April 2020
Cruz from Boss Country Radio joins the Boss as a sometime fill-in Boss Jock
Matt Collier plays Totally Useless 80s Trivia during the 80s @ 8 and during the All 80s Friday nights.
May 2020
The Greatest of All Time (GOAT) weekend over the holiday
July 2020
Fourth of July is a Summer Jam 4th, the best Live performances of all time
YEAR 9
August 2020
We celebrate our 8th Birthday!
The Boss 30 Countdown from the archives of the late Mister Smooth Peter B moves to Sunday afternoons
Our family of Boss Nation of Stations grows with the addition of Boss 90s Now all 90s All The Time!
Auditions open for our Next Boss Jock for a Day!
September 2020
An encore presentation of Larry Kratka’s Nothing But Old 45s Flip Side weekend
The hardest working man in show business, Kevin James takes over weeknights from 6-10pm including the 80s@8 and the 90s@9
Corey Mitchell takes over the 10p-2a late night shift
Uncle Ricky joins us for fill ins
November 2020
Donna Hornsby is your Next Boss Jock for a Day!
The Originals and Remakes Weekend returns for Thanksgiving
After 3 years, Jingle Boss Radio merges with That Christmas Channel
December 2020
For the first time, the 6 stations of the Boss Nation present a worldwide simulcast of That Christmas Channel through the Christmas Holiday
January 2021
Van Camp and Morgan go Nationwide with the launch of their daily syndicated morning show
That 70s Channel officially joins the Boss Nation of Stations consisting of Boss Boss Radio, Boss Country Radio, Boss 90s Now, PlayFM, That 70s Channel and That Christmas Channel
February 2021
Donna Hornsby joins the weekend crew as a Boss Jock
April 2021
Bill Page joins the Boss from PlayFM and replaces Big Mike who steps down after 8 years with the Boss
After 5 decades of being the First Lady of Rock and Roll Radio, and 8 years with The Boss, Raechel Donahue retires
May 2021
Summer Breeze Weekend kicks off the summer of summer and yacht rock songs
July 2021
David Reed moves to weekdays, taking over the 2-6am shift and eventually landing in the 10pm-2am late night shift
YEAR 10
August 2021
We celebrate our 9th Birthday in Reno, NV at Hot August Nights Car Show and broadcast live from the 610 Sturgeon Mobile Studio for the first time in over 3 decades! Prof. Chuck Bland, Desmond Crisis, Kevin James and John Van Camp broadcast 18 hours.
After a short hiatus, Big Mike returns to his early morning show Breakfast with Big Mike
Paul “The Madman” Lee joins the Boss on weekends
Kevin James takes the reigns of the All 80s Friday Nights
September 2021
All Number Ones Weekend
The Boss Radio Network marks the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with a special live broadcast hosted by Van Camp and Morgan across the stations of the network and several other stations. Professor Chuck Bland directs the Broadcast which is Executive Produced by Troy Welch at PlayFM
Original Boss Jock and Voice of Boss Boss Radio, Rockin’ Rog steps down, The Real Bob McCoy checks in from Boss Country to take over Rog’s on air shift.
October 2021
The new Boss Stickers have arrived! Free for the asking…get it and stick it!
November 2021
Our Christmas Bonus Weekend kicks off the Holiday season
December 2021
All the stations of The Boss Radio Network participate again in the Worldwide Simulcast of That Christmas Channel for the Holiday
January 2022
Kathy Townsend joins the Boss on the weekends
February 2022
We celebrate the anniversary of the Beatles coming to America with a Beatles Invasion weekend
May 2022
The Insane Darrell Wayne’s Alt Boss Gold debuts as station number 7 of our Boss Radio Network playing classic alternative rock
It’s an American Graffiti Weekend, where were you in ’62?
June 2022
Boss Boss Radio takes to the road, the Modesto, CA and the American Graffiti Car Show, led by the 610 Sturgeon Mobile Studio! John Van Camp, Dave Garrity, Jamey Karr, Bryan Schaffer and Kevin James broadcast live all weekend from the Sturgeon on The Boss.
July 2022
Happy 20th Birthday to our sister station That 70s Channel
YEAR 11
August 2022
Celebrating our 10th Birthday!
September 2022
Blockbuster Blowout and Countdown weekend The Top 100 Movie songs as chosen by you
Van Camp & Morgan Right Now podcast launches, it’s a daily recap of that morning’s show segments
November 2022
That Christmas Channel comes to life in anticipation of the holidays, Van Camp and Morgan broadcast a special show every morning throughout the Holiday season
December 2022
Again, we join together with the Boss Radio Network for the Worldwide Simulcast of That Christmas Channel over the holidays
An even further expanded Beatles to Bon Jovi plays the week after Christmas Day. every song in our library in order from The Beatles to Bon Jovi!
January 2023
It’s the Bossification of your radio! Bossify!
We rebrand our Boss 90s Now station to align with That 70s Channel with the unveiling of That 90s Channel, all things 90s!
April 2023
Van Camp and Morgan’s Big Boss Show #2500 hits on April 3rd with a huge celebration!
After 7 years, Cousin Dean retires from Boss Boss Radio to pursue other interests, Boss Bud from That 70s Channel steps in to fill the gap.
May 2023
Guardians of The Galaxy Mixtape weekend, the best from all three films
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July 2023
We celebrate all things American, including American Graffiti with the music from the movie all 4th of July
Kathy Townsend fills in for Bob Ray while he globe trots before taking over for Boss Bud in the Noon to 3 slot
YEAR 12
August 2023
It’s our 11th Birthday!
September 2023
David Lovejoy joins The Boss on the weekends
October 2023
The Insanely Boss Halloween celebration kicks off with The Insane Darrell Wayne
November 2023
That Christmas Channel gears up for another Holiday Season with Van Camp and Morgan mornings
December 2023
Tragically, Kevin James passes away suddenly
Our Holiday Worldwide Simulcast of That Christmas Channel over the Holidays
January 2024
Totally Boss 80s Friday Night tribute to Kevin James
Bay Area Radio Hall of Famer Bob Ray retires from the Boss.
Jamey Karr takes over as midday Boss Jock
Matt Collier comes out of retirement to helm weeknights again on The Boss
February 2024
Sadly, “Rockin’ Roger” Jones loses his fight with ALS.
Kathy Townsend steps down from her daily show, continues the “KT Minute” for the 80s
March 2024
Welcome Boss Jock Chewy to the weekends
Welcome Boss Jock Allan Kaye to the weekends
April 2024
Boss Boss Radio and the Boss Nation of Stations are now heard everywhere on the iHeart Radio App
Matt Collier now hosts the 70s@7, 80s@8 and 90s@9 Mon-Thurs nights in addition to the Totally Boss 80s Friday night
May 2024
The Totally Boss 80s Weekend, all 80s all weekend long
July 2024
Stars, Stripes and 60s 4th of July. All 60s Boss hits for the holiday
YEAR 13
August 2024
The 12 Days of Boss! Celebrating our 12th Birthday
The Boss Swag store opens! Get your Boss Boss and Boss Air Patrol Swag!
to be continued…
