When Clifford quit the show in the 1970’s to pursue another job, listeners were devastated. I was the disc jockey, the newsman, the transmitter engineer – and for a 50,000 watt radio station with a directional array you have to have a first class licensee operate the transmitter – and there I was.” “I was a disc jockey who had a first class radiotelephone license and from midnight to about 6 a.m. Clifford claimed that was his claim to fame. You could hear it because Clyde decided he would run his show from the tower sight in Wrightsville rather than the radio station in Little Rock. I later found out that those strange sound effects in the background were Clyde masking the sound of a nearby transmitter. Clifford speaking over some eerie sounding background music. I can still hear a record fading out, some strange background noises and then in comes the easygoing voice of Mr. He created Beaker Street in Little Rock, Arkansas on a 50,000 watt AM radio station in 1966.
And nobody played better jams than Clyde Clifford on KAAY’s Beaker Street.ĭale Seidenschwarz, aka Clyde Clifford was a late night DJ and a pioneer of underground music at a time when culture and music was changing. Kids today don’t know what it was like to sit by the radio and wait for their favorite song to come on so they could push record on the cassette tape player. Cancer Fundraiser for Clyde Clifford and Beaker Streetįor the remainder of March, 100% of profits made from the sale of Beaker Street apparel will be donated to the family of Dale Seidenschwarz (Clyde Clifford) to help out with expenses in his fight against cancer.
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