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Category: Miami
Ron St. John, “MusicRadio Seven-Thousand” The New WGBS – March 17, 1978, Part 1
The story of this aircheck is far more complex than one would think. HISTORY WGBS began as WFTL on December 3, 1939 at 1370 kHz. Through a long and often complex series of frequency and ownership changes. NARBA in 1941 would take change the frequency to 1400 and later in 1941 the station was sold…
Bill Tanner on Y100 WHYI Miami | February 1978
WHYI Y100 Miami – Bill Tanner – February 1978 Courtesy: Mike McCann Tauss If you grew up in South Florida in the 1970s and ‘80s and listened to Top 40 radio, chances are you can still hum the “Tanner in the Morning” jingle from Y-100. Tanner had a special way of bonding with…
Steve McVie & Big Apple Airchecks Present: Career Spotlight – Alton Irwin
This composite begins in Hartford at 106.9 WCCC (Then known as top 40 “Triple C”), then moves along in succession to 13 Waves New Haven, KC-101 New Haven, JB-105 Providence, HitRadio 103 WHTT Boston, HitRadio 95 WPLJ New York, Z100 New York and Y-100 Miami.
Quincy McCoy on 106 WAXY Miami | Summer 1974
WAXY 106 Miami – Quincy McCoy – Summer 1974 Courtesy: Mike McCann WAXY was a popular station in the Miami – Ft Lauderdale market. It was popular as a Top 40 station in the 70s, and later, it was popular playing oldies. WAXY had some pretty big names grace their microphones. Roby Yonge,…
South Florida Composite, 1975
…after hearing this for the first time, “Super-Q” is super-hot! The format moves along at light speed and it’s fun to listen to, even if the jocks do ‘puke’.
Miami Morning Radio Dial Sweep | February 1991
In February 1991, I made a trip to South Florida… with my boombox. One morning I got up early, and started recording morning drive from up & down Miami’s radio dial. This aircheck features clips of Miami radio stations in morning drive. WEDR 99Jamz, WKIS Kiss 99.9, WHYI Y100, WSHE, WHQT Hot 105, WMXJ,…
Steven J Gray, WHQT Hot 105 Miami | August 1990
Miami’s Hot 105, WHQT, came into being in 1985, when the station dropped it’s Soft Adult Contemporary format, because audience was older than advertisers wanted. The station flipped to a hybrid CHR / Urban Contemporary (or “CHUrban”) format as WHQT under their new name “Hot 105”. In the station’s first few years, the station moved between…
Robert W. Walker on WHYI (Y-100) Miami | Spring 1977
Here’s a slice of Miami Heat in the form of Robert W. Walker – smokin’ up the turntables at the big Y!
