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Photograph caption dated September 4, 1958 reads, "Trio of Valley college boys known as 'Playboys of Platterdom' rehearse one-half hour disc jockey show they perform on KBLA at 7 p.m. each Saturday. From left are Steve Kornfield, 18, and Steve Robertson, 19, both of Pierce Junior College, and John Glenn, 22, of San Fernando Valley State College. Youths spin records featuring jazz, show tunes and pop music."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
San Fernando Valley State College--Students Los Angeles Pierce College--Students Radio personalities--California--San Fernando Valley Disc jockeys--California--San Fernando Valley College students--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley Sound recordings--California--San Fernando Valley Phonographs Microphones San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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