The KWFM Timeline — 1979

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Calendar of Events

    February 19, 1979

  • Elvis Costello and the Attractions live at Dooley's.

    March 10, 1979

  • Peter Hammill in concert... at Dooley's?

    April 1979

  • KWFM celebrates 9 years at 92.9 with a free concert featuring Tucson groups Street Pajama, Tommy Tucker, Central Air & Bob Meighan. Expecting a turn out of at most 1500, Tucson showed KWFM how much we love them: an estimated 15,000 came to Reid Park to wish KWFM a happy birthday.

    August 1979

  • KWFM sponsors a Creative Photography contest with Kaples Kamera (sp?). The Grand Prize winner took home a Canon AV-1 Camera.

    August 23, 1979

  • KWFM Live at the Night Train with the Dixie Dregs.

    September 11, 1979

  • Their Desolation Angels Tour brings Bad Company to Tucson.

    October 27, 1979

  • KWFM Fall Jam '79. A benefit concert for The March of Dimes. The concert was held at the Tucson Dragway and featured Point Blank, Michael Nesmith, and the Air Brothers.

    December 22, 1979

  • KWFM welcomes ZZ Top to Tucson on their Degüello tour. It was to be the last "Festival Style Seating" concert in Tucson, a few weeks following The Who's Riverfront Coliseum venue.