In the fall of 1971, KRLA Program Director Shadoe Stevens scored a huge coup!He got B. Mitchel Reed OFF OF progressive FM, and on to the now AM AOR KRLA.
He gave Reed the Noon-3pm shift in the fall of 1971, dumping Noon to 3 Top 40-sounding Jay Stevens in the overnight shift.
In 1972, Reed would be promoted to morning-drive 6-9am as the "anchorman" of the new KRLA AOR format.
