[1] Compton Terrace, an amphitheater in Phoenix was named in his honor and he was inducted into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2005.
Using the on-air name of "Little Willie Sunshine," Compton played a diverse collection of music—folk, blues, jazz, and, of course, tracks on albums other than their hit singles.
[5] Mark Davis, a guest columnist in the Arizona Republic described its air sound: Free-form programming as used by KCAC allows the individual announcer complete discretion.
This allows some of the innovations in rock air time denied under Top 40 programming, as well as opening the door to other musical forms.
A typical show on KCAC will include elements of jazz, blues, folk, classical, hillbilly, country, soul and, of course rock.