Meat Loaf as a disc jockey? Well, yes and no. Bobby Rich has as his guest the guy that Ace Frehley would later call ‘Pot Roast” on as his guest… playing Mr. Loaf’s favorite songs and taking calls from fans.

There was about an 18 month stretch where WXLO was trying to be a top 40 / album rock hybrid, with a staff of jocks encouraged to be personality top 40 guys (and girls – sorry Sue O’Neal haha). One of their on air slogans was ‘playin your favorite songs right off the albums’. This is definitely during that period. Disco was in full swing, but 99X didn’t completely jump on that bandwagon the way WABC did, and disco was certainly a major factor in the demise of the Super X in ’79 when Disco 92 WKTU came along. In my opinion, WXLO had its very best sound in the 1977-1978 time period, and listening to this fantastic aircheck demonstrates that.

Imagine… Meat Loaf, Ace Frehley, Elton John… a radio station that brought in major recording stars to be DJ for a day. That’s one hell of a promotion, and something that no station does today, at least none we know of.

Bobby Rich with Meat Loaf on WXLO 99X New York | November 5, 1978 is a post from: Airchexx.com