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Category: 98.5 WROR
Boston Morning Drive Radio Dial Sweep | June 1984
In summer 1984, I made a trip to Boston… with my boombox. One morning I got up early, and started recording morning drive from up & down Boston’s radio dial. This aircheck features clips of Boston area morning radio shows including: WXKS-FM (Matt Segal) WROR (Joe & Andy) WBZ (Dave Maynard) WBCN (Charles Laquidara)…
Boston Afternoon Radio Dial Scan | Tuesday June 19, 1984
On June 19, 1984, I was walking around Boston, from the Harbor, to Copley Place. I had never been to Boston, so I was soaking everything in, from the historical sites, the city’s architecture, to the radio stations. I was carrying a small radio with a built in tape recorder. I spent the afternoon listening…
Jim Roberts 90s Demo, WBMX Mix 98.5 Boston
This is a short demo dubbed from cassette. Apparently, it was rescued from a production room somewhere by Contributor David Boucher.
A Sample of Automated 98.5 WROR Boston | October, 1972
Despite this station’s heritage, there really are very few recordings available. Contributor Russ Oasis dug up this very short piece of audio.
The Rock & Roll Reunion, 98.5 WROR Boston | March 17-18, 1985 – Parts 3 & 4
These two segments feature Freddie Cannon, Joe Martelle and Dan Donovan
New England Radio Composite | April 1980
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Curator’s Notes: This composite is a collection of various airchecks of stations in the 6 state New England region. One of the real joys for a radio listener up there is, There are a lot of medium market stations, all within earshot of the major cities of Boston, Hartford, Providence, and, while not technically in New…
Composite: 98 1/2 FM WROR Boston | January 7-14, 1980
In all of it’s history, RKO General’s WROR (98.5) may be best remembered for the personality driven Adult Contemporary format launched just weeks before this recording was made. Out of the ashes of what was Boston’s first full-time Oldies station came this – a station where listeners were known to call and request WROR’s “I’d…
98.5 WROR Boston becomes WBMX Mix 98.5 | 1991
Your webmaster has always wondered why it is that radio companies can’t respect heritage call letters. Well, here’s another set of calls that went away in 1992– at least off the 98.5 frequency. WROR was the FM station to WRKO until RKO General was forced to sell off all it’s radio properties. Before WROR they…
