Before New York’s “Lite”… it was Country
Oct 15, 2004 
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Country as WRVR (Calls now in Memphis), then as WKHK. Matt Seinberg sent this along. The jock is Batt Johnson.
Sounds a little different than what you’re used to huh. Talk about subdued– no wonder Country music never made it in the Big Apple!
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Batt Johnson came to New York in 1977 from KCMO and did night at “The All New WNBC.” He stayed there about a year, and then went to WRVR. Then RVR went country as WKHK, and finally they became WLTW, Lite FM. Batt stayed throughout all the format changes. Batt also worked at WBLS, WQEW, Sony Worldwide and finally WQCD, where he still does fill-ins and weekend shifts. Visit his website, http://www.battjohnson.com !
I was very successful playing country in NYC in 1966 and 67 on WTHE, The Sound of Country Music. With studios in Queens, I had a great morning listening audience, especially in Brooklyn. But, I gotta admit, the cold weather got this old Fort Worth, Texas kid down and I went south. First to KTOW in Tulsa where I was number one in the mornings, then to KPRC in Houston. I don’t have an aircheck of the “David Perkins Show” from WTHE but I do from KPRC and KIKK, also Houston, where I went by the airname “Charlie Brown.” I’ll send them along another time. I’m retired now, living in Fort Worth and missing radio every thanksgiving and Christmas…hahaha (when I’d have to be on the air, see and everyone else…..) One thing about NYC. I never met better fans. They were terrific! But, darn, that cold. It got cold in November and stayed cold till May. The old joke, “I was there in the summertime. I know it was summer cuz the snow was turning green.”