cherandsteele — **Cher** and **The Real Don Steele** in Hollywood

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Gigantic cultural and business forces converged at full speed in the year 1965 in a rare crossroads moment.

Hollywood—the entertainment capital of the world were motion pictures and television shows are produced saw radio (a terrestrial means of broadcasting audio signals to individual receivers) intersect with rock and roll—a style of popular American music that began in the 1950s. Discover what actually happened.

Travel back in time to listen to the way it was: Legendary Hollywood radio station KHJ was featured prominently in Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

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You have arrived at the online companion to KHJ Los Angeles: Boss Radio Forever by Woody Goulart available in digital format as a eBook (updated August 2025) which is available for purchase exclusively from Amazon. Unfortunately, the paperback book is no longer in print. I started out working in the broadcast radio industry in Central California at a college radio station that prepared me for my time in Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard. This is a true story.

Is Hollywood Real?

Hollywood is a state of mind more than anything else. But, yes, Hollywood also happens to be a specific region within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. On the map below, you can easily find Paramount Studios in the bottom right. When the Boss Radio format was launched in 1965 on the air at KHJ, Los Angeles, the offices and studios were located on Melrose Avenue adjacent to that famous motion picture and television production facility.

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Hollywood Rock and Roll Radio

Is Hollywood Real?

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