July 20, 1984 was the day that 882-6328 was connected. The original name for REC was "California Comments". The name was taken from a short segment that used to air on KFI where callers would call 213-CALL-KFI and then their messages would be played on the air. The first 22 "CalCom" tapes were 6 minute recordings using a Radio Shack answering machine and a 6 minute loop cassette tape purchased from Sandy's Electronics in Canoga Park. Tapes were done twice a week. In late October, the Radio Shack machine was replaced by a Record-A-Call 675 which means that REC could run up to 30 minute output recordings. Mike "Wolfman Jack" Granada Hills and Don G. Calcom guest-stars on some episodes.
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