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Author: Ellis Feaster
Howard Stern Interviews O.J. Simpson, 92.3 K-Rock WXRK New York | 1993
Love him, or hate him, there is one thing Howard Stern does better than almost anyone else. The interview. He has a unique way of getting people to open up, and share personal details they have never shared anywhere else. If he doesn’t get an answer, he’ll keep pushing & pushing until…
Steve Ross, 92X WXTU Philadelphia | January 1, 1984
In 1973, Philadelphia’s WIFI 92 instituted a high-energy Top 40 format known as the Boogie Format with the slogan “Let’s Boogie.” It Philly’s first live FM Top 40 station. It performed fairly well for many years. When 98.1 WCAU-FM debuted its Hot Hits format in October 1981, which caused WIFI’s ratings to fall as…
Ron Lundy, 1430 WIL St. Louis | February 1962
Before Ron Lundy became a radio superstar at 77 WABC & 101 WCBS-FM in New York, he was a popular afternoon drive host in St Louis at 1430 WIL St Louis, from 1960 to 1965. Lundy was brought to WIL in 1960 by Dan Ingram, who was the station’s program director. When he…
Leona Graham, 1215 AM Virgin Radio UK London | June 24 1999
The 1990 Broadcasting Act allowed for the launch of independent national radio stations in the United Kingdom. Richard Branson of Virgin Record bid on & won one of those licenses, and the station launched as Virgin 1215 at 12.15 pm on 30 April 1993. Richard Branson was the first voice on the station. The station was…
Jim Payne & Mark Davis, Hot Hits 106 WMAR-FM Baltimore | Summer 1984
One of the great “Hot Hits” ™ formatted CHR stations of the 80s was Mike Joseph’s creation in Baltimore. Today’s “Mix 106.5” got its start as WMAR-FM, an incredibly high-energy hit music station that did, indeed, play all the hits. Rock, Pop, R&B… if it charted, they played…
Roger Ashby, 104.5 CHUM-FM Toronto | September 1, 1999
Roger Ashby visited a radio station when he was 10, and was so impressed & amazed, that he decided to become a radio personality, and has never looked back. That visit paid off for him personally, and for CHUM AM & FM in Toronto, where Roger worked for 50 years! For…
George Michael on 56 WFIL Philadelphia | November 1970
Long before he arrived at WABC New York to create nighttime energy, George Michael was a very popular night burner at Famous 56 WFIL in Philadelphia. George started at WFIL September 1966, and during his 8 years there, he became a superstar! George could talk up a record intro…
M. Dung Idiot Show, 104.5 KFOG San Francisco | 1985
Mike Slavko, was best known to Bay Area rock radio fans as the hyped-up, nutty DJ “M. Dung.” Soon after KFOG went from “beautiful music” to rock in 1982, Mike, who was doing production work at KFOG, was chosen to host the “Sunday Night Idiot Show.” He called himself “Dung Boy,” spun…
