DANNY AND THE COUNTS PRODUCED BY STEVE CROSNO ELPASO TX

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Steve Crosno became a disc jockey for KGRT in Las Cruces in 1956 on his 16th birthday, hosting an hour-long show on Saturdays. Three years later he went to work for El Paso's KELP, a Top 40's radio station. He later moved to San Diego to work for a national radio station that offered him a substantial amount of money. However, the job didn't make him happy.

"I missed the people of El Paso and the climate. The people here are really warm and friendly," says Crosno. Steve Crosno came back to EL Paso in 1961 and returned to work for KELP, where he quickly became popular among young people.

El Pasoan Angela Pratt, a teen-ager in the '60s, remembers Crosno as a "wild and crazy guy with a very good sense of humor." Crosno was a master at using audio clips from radio and television shows and working them into his commentary. Pratt says, "He didn't make fun of things because he was bitter; he just wanted people to loosen up."

Another reason for his popularity, says Pratt, is that "he seemed to listen to young people. He made them feel like they were being listened to." Pratt adds, "Steve was quite in tune with living in a bicultural setting. I thought that was important. Different ethnic groups didn't feel alienated by him."

In the late summer of 1961, "Crosno's Hop" debuted on Channel 7, and ran for nine years. Crosno says, "It was a dance show for local television and was broadcast live on Saturday afternoons. All local kids were encouraged to go to the studio and participate in the taping of the show. The kids were charged 50 cents if the show was full and 25 cents if the studio needed more kids for the show. All money earned went to charity and to pay for security."

Though the show may have seemed reminiscent of "American Bandstand," Crosno says, "I didn't want to copy 'American Bandstand.' Besides, a friend of mine by the name of Rudy Telles had a show called 'Off the Record,' where they rated records and I didn't want to copy anybody's stuff."

DANNY AND THE COUNTS PRODUCED BY STEVE CROSNO ( LEGENDARY LOWRIDER DJ ) ELPASO TX THE FROGDEATH RECORD

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