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Category: 98.7 WXLO “99X”
Composite: Lee Roberts, WXLO “99X” New York | December 17, 1977; February 4, 1978
Station: 98.7 WXLO (WOR-FM/WRKS/WEPN) New York Format: Top 40 Branded: 99X Ownership: RKO-General (General Tire & Rubber, Co.) Featured Air Personality: Lee Roberts (WAVZ/WTIC-FM) Contributor: Big Apple Airchecks (Website) Total Time: 20:38 “The whole reason they never put escalators in apartment buildings…! Curator’s Notes: We originally posted this on 11.04.2010 after receiving…
Composite: 98.7 WXLO “99X” New York | June 15, 16 & 17, 1978
Date of Recording: 06.15-17.1978 Station: 98.7 WXLO New York Format: Top 40 Slogan: “99X-FM” Ownership: RKO General Contributor: Big Apple Airchecks Featured Air Personalities: Bobby Rich, Sue O’Neal, Bobby Messina, Jay Thomas, Dick Sloan, Glenn Morgan, Al Bandiero, John Larabee Post Date: 11.20.2017 Airchexx Entry: 1,256 Curator’s Notes Known on air as “America’s most listened…
Jay Thomas, Charlie Steiner, 98.7 WXLO “99X” New York | October, 1978
Date of Recording: 10.xx.1978 Station: 98.7 WXLO (WOR-FM, WRKS, WEPN) New York City, New York, USA Format: Top 40 Featured Air Personality: Jay Thomas Comments: Jay Thomas, who was well established in TV sitcoms after his radio career, died on August 24, 2017. His publicist says he had been suffering from cancer for quite some…
Mike Wade, 98.7 WXLO New York | August 22, 1979
Date of Recording: 08.22.1979 Station: 98.7 WXLO New York City, New York Contributor: Big Apple Airchecks Featured Air Personalities: Mike Wade, Bobby Messina Airchexx Entry: 1,449 We’re here with YOUR songs… Comments: This was donated several years ago but better late than never, as they say. 99X is captured here during a period of time…
Big Ron O’Brien, 98.7 WXLO 99X New York | Winter 1977
How many ways can you use ONE shotgun jingle? Listeners who remember the great 99X WXLO do remember… except for one several month period in 1972 when 98.7 FM morphed into WXLO from the old WOR-FM, WXLO used just ONE shotgun jingle… for about four years. Why change something if it works? The formula at…
Big Ron O’Brien, WXLO 99X New York | May 4, 1974
A bit of processing was required to make this tape listenable, but once you get a few minutes into it things clear up a bit. Here’s Big Ron O’Brien from his East Coast days at 99X! All the hits, high energy and one lone shotgun jingle make for a memorable listen on this ‘check –…
Al Bandiero, 98.7 WXLO New York: Sometime 1978
Fans got to hear Bandiero on 101.1 WCBS-FM in New York during one of their recent Radio Greats Weekends, which we plan to post sometime soon. Now, check out this GREAT, albeit somewhat short aircheck of the Italian Stallion on 99X! This is a high-quality recording, so sit back and relax, as the top 40…
Sue O’Neal, 98.7 WXLO 99X New York | October 30, 1979
Courtesy of longtime Contributor Tony Impieri, here’s a ‘new’ aircheck featuring Sue O’Neal. It’s in high quality Stereo! Why is that important? Considering the sound of today’s compressed and over processed FM stations, this is very refreshing. I noticed, and I’m betting you will too, that you can hear how good WXLO sounds here. Great…
