Preaching the Dodger cause:When the Dodgers announced...

Preaching the Dodger cause:

When the Dodgers announced that they would switch to KIIS-AM (1150) in 1998, they added that the radio station’s tiny 5,000-watt signal would be beefed up to 50,000 watts, the maximum allowable.

KIIS disc jockey Rick Dees quipped that by the time “our engineers finish with it, it will be 50 zillion watts.”

If KIIS did get into trouble with the government, it wouldn’t be the first time for the station. In the 1920s, that spot on the dial was occupied by KFSG, whose owner, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, personally preached over the airwaves (KFSG stood for Kall Four Square Gospel.)

At one point, McPherson was shut down by the Commerce Department, which charged that her station was jumping from frequency to frequency. McPherson then sent Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover this telegram:

PLEASE ORDER YOUR MINIONS OF SATAN TO LEAVE MY STATION ALONE. YOU CANNOT EXPECT THE ALMIGHTY TO ABIDE BY YOUR WAVELENGTH NONSENSE. WHEN I OFFER MY PRAYERS TO HIM I MUST FIT INTO HIS WAVE RECEPTION. OPEN THIS STATION AT ONCE.

The government minions stood firm on their wavelength nonsense, however. Sister Aimee eventually agreed to find a more competent engineer and was allowed to reopen her station.

ANGELYNE GOES TOPLESS! Yes, she’s lost her head on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue.

It’s difficult to find Angelyne’s face on movie screens these days, as well. A spokesman for the mysterious Billboard Queen disclosed that she has turned down several recent film offers, including a part in “Escape From L.A.”

She seems a bit shy about making appearances in person, on film . . . or on the computer screen.

Bill Principa of La Canada Flintridge called up the Angelyne web site Friday and was greeted with the message:

ACCESS FORBIDDEN.

TALK ABOUT A DOG’S LIFE: Steve Shimokubo of Gardena found a pooch who must be the envy of the four-footed set. How many hounds have their own fire hydrant?

BASELESS: Alicia Silverstone, the star of “Clueless,” held a news conference at Beverly Hills High, where she urged students to refuse science assignments that require dissecting an animal. And she said she received an F in middle school for refusing to carve up a frog.

However, Silverstone seemed to be playing a partly fictional role here.

The San Francisco Chronicle tracked down her science teacher at Crocker Middle School in the Bay Area. The teacher said that not only did Silverstone not receive an F but that students in the class were not required to dissect animals.

We have to say this, though: Silverstone is the first actor we can recall who exaggerated her educational accomplishments downward.

miscelLAny:

We’re still receiving suggestions for lyrics that rhyme with “Los Angeles.” Michael Jarvis and Paul Ecker both nominated “banjo-less.” Ecker, in fact, is working on a song about singer Roy Clark’s luggage being lost at LAX.