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Category: 98.7 WOR-FM
Martin Block & The Make Believe Ballroom on WOR AM 710 & FM 98.7 New York | April 11 1965
WOR AM 710 & FM 98.7 New York – Martin Block – Make Believe Ballroom – April 11 1965 Martin Block landed on air in New York in 1934 at WNEW. Within a year, he was hosting a show called “The Make Believe Ballroom.” Block borrowing both the concept and the title from West…
Martin Block’s Make Believe Ballroom on 710 AM & FM 98.7 WOR New York | May 30 1965
WOR AM 710 & FM 98.7 New York – Martin Block – Make Believe Ballroom – May 30 1965 This aircheck features Martin Block & his Make Believe Ballroom on WOR New York. Martin Block landed on air in New York in 1934 at WNEW. Within a year, he was hosting a show called…
PM Drive Composite: Dan Ingram on WABC, Bwana Johnny on WWDJ and Walt Baby Love on WOR-FM | June, 1971
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If you were a fan of NYC radio in the early 1970s and want to get a feel for how Top 40 stations sounded in PM Drive, this is the aircheck for you!
QuickChexx: Rick Shaw, 98.7 WOR-FM New York | Winter, 1972
Rick Shaw is possibly best remembered for his days at 610 KFRC San Francisco. It is likely no coincidence that Shaw was on both stations, as KFRC and WOR-FM were co owned by RKO-General. This moves right along, and as short as this clip is, you get a feel for the radio station and for…
QuickChexx: Joe McCoy, 98.7 WOR-FM New York | Winter, 1972
Continuing where the Mark Driscoll aircheck left off, here’s former CBS-FM Programmer Joe McCoy doing his thing on WOR-FM! It’s a snowy Winter day in the Big Apple and Joe’s going to be giving away a top-10 album ‘very soon’ – don’t miss it! Credits Airchexx.com gratefully thanks Contributor Steve Bleecker for donating this high-quality…
Mark Driscoll, 98.7 WOR-FM New York | Winter, 1972
The legacy of New York’s 98.7 continues now with this late edition of WOR-FM featuring the pipes of Mark Driscoll. Listening to this, one might wonder why RKO General felt the need to change call letters. WOR-FM sounds here, much as WXLO sounded a year later, only with different jocks. Listen to the variety! While…
QuickChexx: Jimmy King, 98.7 WOR-FM New York | 1969
The audio in this exhibit isn’t the greatest, but this does give the listener a unique window into the modified Bill Drake sound of RKO General’s WOR-FM. Tightly formatted and with a consistent sound throughout all dayparts, WOR-FM was the sound of Drake in New York City. Up for constant speculation over the years is…
Composite: 98.7 WOR-FM New York | April & August, 1967
Another goodie sent in by Contributor Robyn Watts, here’s a short, somewhat muddy but listenable recording of WOR-FM as it sounded in the Spring & Summer of 1967. This features a number of people including Newsman Ted Malley reporting WOR-FM News, Murray the K (who announces that WOR-FM is doing block programming, with at different…
