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Ken Gilbert, WAQY “Wacky 102” Springfield MA | July 4, 1981
Ken Gilbert has had a long career in radio, all of it in the New England region. Ken is best known for doing middays at WAQY Springfield in it’s top 40 incarnation as “Wacky 102” and at WDRC AM-FM Hartford in its top 40 and Oldies iterations.
Glen ‘FM’ Stevens; Ken Gilbert, WAQY “Wacky 102” Springfield | Summer, 1980
Thanks to Wacky jock Ken Gilbert, here’s about 10 minutes of he and Glen “FM” Stevens on one of the northeast’s greatest FM Top 40 outlets ever (in your webmaster’s humble opinion), Wacky 102! WAQY was about a year away from flipping to AOR, and still using the late-70s era Wacky jingles – of which I…
Ken Gilbert, 102.1 WAQY Wacky 102 FM Springfield Mass | Summer, 1980
You have to listen to experience the momentum that Wacky 102 had, every break, every time!
Rick Kelly & Glenn “FM” Stevens, 102.1 WAQY Wacky 102 Springfield Mass. | December, 1979
**LISTENING LINKS FOLLOW DESCRIPTION BELOW** Over the years, it’s been increasingly difficult to obtain recordings of the old Top 40 station that preceded WAQY‘s Classic Rock format. Known as “Wacky 102”, the station was known for its personalities and (at least for a time), it’s automated Top 40 format. We’ve held on to this aircheck…
Ken Gilbert, 102.1 WAQY Wacky 102 Springfield | 1980
WAQY used to air a Top 40 format using the brand name “Wacky 102”.
Ken Gilbert, 102.1 WAQY “Wacky 102” Springfield MA | Summer, 1981
This was the Summer of 1981. “Wacky 102”, although branded at this time as “The Wack” was red hot!
Glenn “FM” Stevens, WAQY “Wacky 102 FM” Springfield MA | 1980
New contributor Paul DiMarco sends this original aircheck right off the source reel. We have a longer version of this which includes Ken Gilbert which was donated by Rick Kelly (northeastairchecks.com), but this particular copy is so clear and crisp its worth re-posting. Glenn “FM” Stevens was part of a tight-knit group of jocks who…
Bob Kester, 102.1 WAQY Springfield Ma. | July 3, 2003
Here’s a somewhat noisy and less than a stellar recording made some 45 miles north of Springfield, Mass… The recording unit was an 80s-vintage Sony boombox and the tape used was Maxell UR 90 minute cassette. As sometimes happens, the tape didn’t retain the bright sound it once had. Considering the amount of ‘white noise’…
