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Chris Jagger, WIOQ Q102 Philadelphia | 1989

Steve West — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:20:17 +0000

WIOQ was undoubtedly the outlet to turn to for the hits in Philly by the end of the 80s. Listening to this 12 minutes of CHR pleasure, Q102 leans Rhythmic, and features Chris Jagger.

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Philadelphia Composite, July 1991

Steve West — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:10:25 +0000

Hold on to your hats for 30 minutes of scopes from WEGX, WIOQ and WYSP. From the monster-sized Robyn Watts collection comes this one side of a cassette called Philly CHR from Hecht Enterprises out of Kansas City, KS… an aircheck service which is apparently long gone since we can’t find any information about on the internet or elsewhere. In case you’re familiar with Hecht… this one is numbered #61.

We’ve been sitting on this for a few years now, and it seemed like a good time to pull this out and post it. Listen at the end for a couple of minutes of Howard Stern on WYSP, way back in the days before syndication or even Sirius/XM radio! But pay attention, if you blink, the segment will go by…

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94 WYSP Philadelphia | June 14, 1985

Steve West — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:10:47 +0000

Back in ‘85, I was commuting back and forth every weekend from Norfolk, VA to my hometown in Massachusetts. It was my weekend escape from the Navy, when my ship was actually in port and not underway somewhere.

From about Dover, Delaware up to about midway up the NJTP (about 50 miles from NYC), I had my choice of TWO Philadelphia AOR stations.. 93-3 WMMR and this one, 94 YSP. WMMR was much harder, as I remember, playing more hair band stuff and more Zeppelin, etc. The alternative was to go here to 94 YSP.

I guess in 1985 I was a serious rocker, AM top 40 was completely dead, and for some reason (maybe it was Michael Jackson), I was loathe to listen to CHR for a while. So, this is a good representation of your webmaster’s crazy listening habits for a time from 1984-1987.

The jock doesn’t mention his name but, hey, I had to write some kind of summary!

Dead segues, occasional imaging… that’s what Album Rock USED to be like!

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Composite: WEGX Eagle 106 Philadelphia | February 1993

Steve West — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:10:58 +0000

First in a series of trade releases from FMQB (Friday Morning Quarterback) donated by Robyn Watts is this look back at Adult Hits formatted Eagle 106 in Philly. We start right out with Lander and the morning Nut Hut… a precursor to his next gig in Boston at WBMX. The ‘check then moves on to the rest of the broadcast day.

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Big Ron O'Brien, WYXR "Star 104.5″ Philadelphia | 1995

Steve West — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:20:30 +0000

A new add to the Big Ron O’Brien Archives is this great 22 minute, mid-90s scope of Big Ron at Star 104.5! Here’s a hugely uptempo, almost adult-chr O’brien doing the format he belongs in. Ron’s fantastic with callers, perfect in drive-time… this is a wonderful glimpse into the middle of the 90s and radio just before Telcom 96 sounded the death knell of it.

- Courtesy of Matt over at Big Apple Airchecks.

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KYW Reports the passing of radio great Hy Lit

Steve West — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:17:28 +0000

Thanks to a Philly resident who recorded this and posted it on our sister forum, Radioinsight.com’s Aircheck Traders Board, we have this HD quality aircheck of All News 1060 KYW’s reporting of the passing of Philly legend Hy Lit. A staple from the great 99 WIBG, Lit went into the hospital for knee surgery, and never came out.

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A Tribute to The Greaseman: Part 2 - Doug Tracht on WYSP Philadelphia | March, 2003

Steve West — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:47:49 +0000

In our second recording paying tribute to this legendary performer, Greaseman is heard on 94 WYSP… more outrageous than ever and demonstrating an ability to write a script with more creativity than any current morning show, here’s a real professional at work!

Welcome to all our friends at the WMET Greaseman Board! Don’t forget to leave your comments below!

A Tribute to The Greaseman: Part 2 – Doug Tracht on WYSP Philadelphia | March, 2003 is a post from: Airchexx.com

Vidchexx: Q102 Philly's Rock Alternative

Lance Venta — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:30:32 +0000

When people think of WIOQ in Philadelphia, the first thing that comes to mind is a beat. But go back to the 70’s and 80’s and Q102 was right there with WMMR as THE rock station in Philadelphia. However, competition from the WMMR powerhouse and a new import from New York, Howard Stern on 94.1 WYSP left Q102 as the odd station out. In this commercial, WIOQ promotes its new adult oriented rock format.

This format, too would be short lived. In late 1987, WIOQ would flip to Oldies as “Solid Gold 102″ a few hours after 98.1 WCAU-FM became “Oldies 98″ WOGL. The Oldies battle would last for a year-and-a-half before WIOQ was relaunched as a Rhythmic CHR (which would later evolve into a Mainstream direction where it remains to this day).

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Format Change: 95.7 WFLN Philadelphia Becomes Max 95.7

Lance Venta — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 23:26:55 +0000

After 40 years of service as Philadelphia’s Classical Music station, frequent ownership changes in the mid-1990’s and developing business trends led to the demise of 95.7 WFLN. Greater Media Broadcasting donated the WFLN music library to Temple University’s 90.1 WRTI. With Q102 leaning Rhythmic, the Modern AC format of Max was thought to fill a niche between Alternative Y100 and WIOQ. However, it took almost 6 months for Max to put together an airstaff and ratings were never able to get much higher than a 2.3 share. In May of 1999, as ratings were beginning to turn the corner after the addition of the Barsky Show in mornings, Greater Media pulled the plug on Max in order to beat AMFM to the punch with Rhythmic Oldies.

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"Crazy" Bob McLaine on WIBG Philadelphia | January, 1977

Steve West — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:45:51 +0000

Oops! Here’s another morning maniac almost lost to time. Almost! This is Bob McLaine, known for many years in both Philly and Memphis, as ol’ Bob was a TV personality and the morning guy at WOTO “Oldies 95.7″ before it was blown up by Clear Channel back a few years ago.

And… hey Bob! I met Bob when he did a short stint at WGKX before moving out of the Memphis market a few years ago. Yep. Crazy Bob! Crazy but damn good!

This is a great aircheck. First, listen to ‘Wibbage” – not calling themselves that anymore, now at this point in time, its the NEW WIBG. New? We don’t hear anything new about it, this is classic WIBG with reverb and some pretty hot music for the day, and Crazy Bob is the morning man. Just listen to the number of drops McLaine throws in over just about everything!

“Crazy” Bob McLaine on WIBG Philadelphia | January, 1977 is a post from: Airchexx.com