▁from ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁and ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁was ▁a ▁Top - 4 0 ▁station , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁# 1 ▁" H o oper " ▁r ated ▁station ▁in ▁F res no ▁under ▁the ▁ownership ▁of ▁Eug ene ▁Chen ault . ▁K Y NO ▁was ▁the ▁testing ▁ground ▁for ▁the ▁" B oss ▁Radio " ▁format ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁adopted ▁at ▁major ▁market ▁stations ▁such ▁as ▁K H J , ▁Los ▁Angeles ; ▁K F RC , ▁San ▁Francisco ▁and ▁C K L W , ▁W inds or - Det roit . ▁ ▁Program ▁director ▁Bill ▁Dra ke ▁and ▁disc ▁j ock e ys ▁such ▁as ▁K . O . ▁Ba iley , ▁Les ▁Tur pin , ▁Ed ▁Mitchell , ▁and ▁Gary ▁Mack ▁went ▁against ▁the ▁cross ▁town ▁rival ▁ 1 3 4 0 ▁K MA K ▁( now ▁K C BL ), ▁its ▁program ▁director ▁Ron ▁Jacob s ▁and ▁DJ s ▁Robert ▁W . ▁Morgan ▁( who ▁would ▁become ▁legend ary ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ), ▁Jim ▁Price , ▁Gl enn ▁Adams , ▁Jay ▁Stevens , ▁Frank ▁Terry ▁& ▁Tom ▁Mau le . ▁ ▁This ▁radio ▁war ▁is ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" B attle ▁Of ▁F res no ." ▁ ▁Back ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁Richard ▁C ano ▁got ▁his ▁chance ▁to ▁DJ ▁there ▁at ▁the ▁tail ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁B oss ▁Radio ▁days . ▁C ano ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁work ▁at ▁other