Now we’ve kinda come full circle with the WVBF airchecks. We’ve hit the WKOX-FM era from 1969, the F-105 Top 40 era from 1978 and now here’s a clip from the beginning of the last era of WVBF- as an up tempo AC station, known at the time as “The Wave of Boston”.

There’s plenty of imaging and promos from morning guys Loren & Wally (Loren Owens & Wally Brine, now on 105.7 WROR – these guys survived about 4 different incarnations of 105.7), but otherwise this is kinda dry. No jingles and cheesy, familiar 80s tunes all packaged in a laid back typical 80s AC approach. And this is what “Hot” AC would have sounded like at it’s very beginning. Still, for those who follow the evolution of WVBF under the ownership of Fairbanks Broadcasting, it showcases an important era of 105.7 – a station which ol’ grampa Fairbanks would flip to Country as WCLB just 5 years later in an effort to head off Greater Media’s WCDJ 96.9’s imminent flip to Country as WBCS.

That story, we’ll get to in a later post.