Chased across the Mexican border twice by the FBI for subversive associations and drugs, and back once by the Federales of that noble nation for somewhat the same reasons, Hipp finally fell afoul the law and was doing a short term of county time when he was bailed out by the legendary Tom Donahue to go to work for KMPX, America's premier FM rock station in 1967.

      Rehabilitated by his conversion to capitalism, Travus first became a top salesman for the new format, then a public affairs talk host during the political turmoil of the era, working stations in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Reno and points between. Radical Radio, calling for the overthrow of a corrupt and unconstitutional government, was then a rarity and many of Hipp's listeners of the time remember him as an extremist, though by today's talk standards, he appears merely premature in his cynical outrage.

      In the late seventies, Hipp came to the attention of Jeremy Landsman, whose populist approach to broadcasting had made him a major thorn in the side of the FCC, whom he baited unmercifully. The meeting of like minds resulted in nearly a decade of unusual news and comment on KFAT, the progenitor station for the current "Americana" format as exemplified by KPIG, his current broadcast home.

      "I like to think that I have succeeded in becoming a subversive influence in the budding police state that is Amerika in the late half of the century, says Travus with a derisive smile. "I only hope that reformists can turn the nation around before it becomes necessary to decorate the arches of our Capitol rotunda with the dangling corpses of fascist lackeys."