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Year: 2020
Radio’s Death Throes and its Hopeful Rebirth – Kindness, Happiness and Joy (KHJ)
“…My prayer is for everyone in our industry, that they may find Kindness, Happiness and Joy (KHJ).”
Vinnie Brown, Q107 WRQX Washington | January 1, 1983
The 1980s was a great decade for Top 40 radio in Washington, D.C. As listeners migrated to FM, the had a choice of three great sounding CHR stations, 95.5 WPGC, 105 WAVA, and Q107 WRQX. In it’s 10 year run as a CHR station, from 1980, through 1990, Q107 had an amazing array of…
John Lanigan; Fig Newton, 1220 WGAR Cleveland | August, 1978
Flashback: Summer of 1978. It’s quite steamy this day, during the heyday of the original “Star Wars”.
Randy Robins, on 95 KIMN Denver | 1971
In the 1960s & 70s, Denver was a great market for Top 40 Radio. The battle for Top 40 dominance was fierce between KTLK 1280, KDEN 1340, KHOW 630, and the station that spent much of the time at the top of that mountain, 95 KIMN. Many legendary names worked on air at KIMN, including…
Earthquake & Volcano Coverage on 94.7 KWXX Hilo | May 6 2018
In May of 2018, I was on the island of Hilo, Hawaii, when we had an earthquake, and a volcano eruption. Naturally, the first thing I do is turn on the radio! It was a little scary, but we were ok. KWXX broadcasts a Hawaiian music & Reggae format. It’s a popular format you’ll only…
Final Hour of Mix 107.3 & First minutes of K-Love, WRQX Washington | May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 was a day that shook the radio world. To help get it’s massive debt to a more manageable level, Cumulus Media sold several stations to EMF, where they would install their K-Love CCM format. The stations sold included Hot AC 95.5 WPLJ New York, “Talk 106.7” WYAY Atlanta, “K-Fog” KFFG…
Imus in the Morning, 66 WNBC New York – First Anniversary Show | December 4, 1972
It’s a miracle NBC even kept the I-Man. Harry Harrison was KILLING it over at WABC!
Final Loren & Wally Show, WROR 105.7 Boston | June 28, 2019
Loren Owens & Wally Brine were a Boston radio institution. The two were first paired together at WVBF in the early 1980s, and managed to continue on the morning show, through management changes, ownership changes, call letter changes, and even format changes. The station went from AC, to Country, to Oldies, to Classic Rock,…
