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Month: June 2011
The End of Oldies: 104.3 WJMK Chicago | March 2, 2005
Here’s a recording of WJMK “in transition” from “Oldies” to “Variety Hits”. The actual format change wouldn’t come for three more months, but apparently what we have here, is an aircheck of the day WJMK dropped the term Oldies and just went with the call letters. This was the start of a new jingle package…
Steve Sawyer, 103.7 KOUL Sinton/Corpus Christi TX | November 21, 1996
1996 was a great year for Country music. No matter what city one lived in, ‘New’ Country, as they called the format was hot, with artists like Faith Hill, Ty Herndon, Tim McGraw and John Michael Montgomery being the new up-and-coming or recently established artists of the day. This was before Keith Urban or most…
A Sample of KMJM “Majic 108” St. Louis | October 30, 1982
Exhibited here is a glimpse of what was then at 107.7 FM. The format today would be considered Urban AC, although the term didn’t exist in 1982. KMJM is considered the top rated minority station in St. Louis. A frequency swap in 1997 resulted in the station moving to 104.9 where it is to this…
Bax & O’Brien, “Tornado Coverage”, WAQY Rock 102 Springfield MA | June 2, 2011
Wednesday, June 1st at approximately 4:30 pm, the unthinkable happened. A large tornado formed on live television (WWLP 22), and with a captive audience watching the early news at the start of rush hour in Massachusetts’ third largest city, the twister roared across the Connecticut River and into Downtown Springfield causing an enormous amount of…
