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Author: Ellis Feaster
John Summers, KLUV AM 1190 Dallas | 1998
The Mighty 1190 AM in Dallas is a legendary frequency. It was the Gordon McLendon Top 40 powerhouse KLIF in the 50s & 60s. Fairchild Industries kept KLIF going as an AC in the 1970s. Susquehanna bought KLIF in 1980 and flipped the station to country, then to talk in 1986. In the 1990s,…
Eddie Gayle, KDUB 1340 Lubbock | December 1957
I have always been fascinated by 50s radio. it was the transitional decade from radio being the home of comedy & dramas, to the home of Rock & Roll & Radio DJs. So many radio stations were trying to figure out how to do this new style of radio. This air check features KDUB…
Mad Daddy (Pete Myers) Last Show on WHK 1420 Cleveland | June 1959
Pete “Mad Daddy” Myers was one of the most unique radio personalities, from the golden age of Rock & Roll radio. He drove around Cleveland in a pink Pontiac wearing a Dracula cape, which helped to create the visual of the Mad Daddy image. On air, his style might be described as “Gothic…
Larry Glick, WBZ Radio 1030 Boston | Feb 1982
Larry Glick was a legendary talk show host on Boston radio stations from the 1960s, through the 1990s. He was on WMEX, & WRKO, but he is best known for being on WBZ from the late 60s, until the late 80s. With his long running show, he built a loyal following of fans, called…
Billy Burke, Hot Hits 98 WCAU-FM Philadelphia | November 27 1981
Pure, uncut, Hot Hits! This is what the Hot Hits Format sounded like when radio consultant Mike Joseph installed the format on 98 WCAU-FM in 1981. Lots of energy, lots of the original TM Fusion jingles, and lots of quick jock banter into jingles, out of jingles, over jingles. A jingle is played after…
Paco Navarro on Disco92 WKTU New York| 1979
After hearing about the passing of Manuel “Paco” Navarro, I thought I’d share one more of his aircheck. Paco was one of the best known voices of disco in the late 1970s and early 1980s at once top-rated WKTU New York. He held down afternoon drive on Disco 92, later 92KTU. With his Spanish…
Paco on 92KTU WKTU New York | February 1984
After hearing about the passing of Manuel “Paco” Navarro, I thought I’d share some of his work. Paco was one of the best known voices of disco in the late 1970s and early 1980s at once top-rated WKTU New York. He held down afternoon drive on Disco 92, later 92KTU. With his Spanish accent, he…
WPLJ 95.5 New York, End of WPLJ & Launch of K-Love | May 31 2019
May 31, 2019 was a day many New Yorkers will never forget. It was the day WPLJ went away. 95.5 WPLJ signed on the air in 1971 as an Album Oriented Rock station. By the late 1970s, the playlist had tightened a bit to New York’s Best Rock. WPLJ was very popular with that format.…
