Who woulda thought that in 1973 AM Top 40 would sound this good! Rich Brother Robin could open a university on how to do high-energy radio. Perhaps he should… the former WSRR (now WKIM) Memphis PD and creator of the Classic Hits oldies format sounded awesome in his prime!
Anyway, at just over seven minutes, learn what ‘high-energy’ top 40 really was. KCBQ was known for it’s shotgun approach (to borrow Tom Kelly’s monniker), and here – KCBQ is at the TOP of it’s game!
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I’M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONE’S THAT HEARS THE RICH BROTHER EVERY AFTERNOON. I CATCH HIS LAST HOUR WHEN I GET OFF EVERY AFTERNOON, AND FRIENDS THE RICH BROTHER STILL MAKES MY RADIO SMOKE! I’M LUCKY I’M IN MEMPHIS AND YOU’RE NOT. I HATE TO RUB IT IN. IF SIRIUS HAD ANY SENCE THEY’D FIND A SPOT FOR THE RICH BROTHER IN SPACE TO BRING IT TO NORTH AMERICA EVERYDAY!
THE DOCTOR
I’M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES, I GET TO RICH BROTHER BRING EVERY AFTERNOON. LET ME TELL YA HE DOESN’T MISS A BEAT. I CATCH HIS LAST HOUR, CRANK UP IN THE CAR (IF I CAN’T Q IN MY CAR I CAN CAT). IF SIRIUS HAD A LICK OF SENCE THEY WOULD LET NORTH AMERICA HEAR THE RICH BROTHER DAILY!
THE DOCTOR
I just happened to change stations one day and found out that there had been a programming change. I am very happy to hear the changes. I used to look forward to trips to Little Rock so that I could listen to their rock stations. Thank you to the person that rescued me from the boring radio stations that Memphis has offered for so long.
richy EMAIL me , its minny
I love those High Energy Jocks. Rich was one of the best. That whole KCBQ staff in the early 70’s could smoke the speakers.
Observations…a commercial(s) between just about every song except 4 times in this hour when two songs in a row were played. And did I not hear a weather forecast? Seems strange for a radio show in this era not to include a weather forecast….unless he sped through it so fast I missed it! But of course there were the timechecks. Does any music station today (outside of AM Drive) do that today?
KCBQ was the only radio station to listen to in San Diego in the 1970’s. Hot Stuff!!!!
Here is the guy who can stand with Bill Drake, no – he can stand in front of him. Drake made the radio organized. “Rich Brother” made it exciting. GOD ONLY KNOWS how many guys have joined the D J ranks because of hearing the excitement from KCBQ.
Fans of Rich Brother Robin should scour around for the “B-100 FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY” segment
from American Airchexx Magazine from 1976. It’s the most energetic celebration “one hundred hours of no-commercial better boogie on B-100FM”! A lot of San Diego classic personalities came to party
too, including Billy Pearl, Beaver Cleaver, Chuck Browning, and more!
I am one of those guys who got into radio because of the excitement of the Q formant. Dave Conley, Shotgun Tom, and of course Rich Bro. Robbin. Funny how things work out.
Rich is a one-of-a-kind. I had the pleasure of working for and with Rich Bro in the 80s. The guy taught me more than any one ever before and certainly ever since.
It is truly a shame that the man isn’t running a radio group – much less a radio station.
So. Anybody know how to get in touch with Rich Robin now. I was a drake jock and knew him.
The first two breaks talk about a concert in December and free coffee through New Year’s Day…think maybe this isn’t June, 1973?
And, it’s not January, 1973, either…again…concert in December…free coffee through New Year’s Day….match that with the music…
December, 1973.