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Mike Addams on 68 WRKO Boston | December 25, 1978

Aircheck courtesy of Big Apple Airchecks! - Thanks!Yes, the disco era is in full swing, and WRKO is doing its part to burn a hole through the genre… but there’s plenty of Rock to be found on this Christmas day 1978. True ’nuff, this is a scoped presentation but you will hear the artist titles, and promotions for picture disk giveaways, concerts and more, with Mike Addams. Notice, there’s no Christmas music? Interesting.

It’s just a typical day at the legendary 68 WRKO – this aircheck very representative of the late 70s when we all were in a different state of mind.

This ‘check includes a ‘60 second news update’ – that’s the way they used to present news from about 1976-1978.

68 WRKO Boston

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3 Responses to “Mike Addams on 68 WRKO Boston | December 25, 1978”
  1. tom whalen says:

    interesting how three of the personalities on this aircheck are still on Boston radio , like Mike Adams on Magic 106 , Jordan Rich and Bill Rossi on WBZ 1030 Bill occuping Gary LaPierre’s old spot

  2. Karl Phillips says:

    Mike started his radio career back in the mid to late 60’s with WFOM in Marietta, Georgia and worked a spell on weekends at WQXI 790 Quixie when I was there in 1968 and 1969.

  3. Jason Wright says:

    I have the enviable and distinct privilege of being able to say that I was on the same air staff with Mike Addams.

    It was 1993, WODS/Oldies 103/Boston (at that time, still, a CBS wholly owned & operated) on Winter Street.

    From March of 1993 to September 1993, WODS did not have a Program Director. Also, during that time, I was the Production Director; (which, by default, made me the “go-to” person in WODS’s Programming Department; in lieu of the fact that Music Director, Sandy Benson was off-premises during her maternity leave) in addition to my regularly scheduled on-air shifts. I was working 70 hours per week; and I loved it!

    When Arbitron ratings still mattered, (prior to corporate mergers and subsequent leveraged buyouts) WODS-Oldies 103/Boston pulled down BACK TO BACK (overall) #-1 books; #-1 Spring and #-1 Summer in 1993.

    This incomparable WODS lineup was:

    Mike Addams – Mornings
    Paula Street – Mid-Day
    Austin of Boston (R.I.P.) Afternoons
    Jay Gordon – 6 to 9 P.M.
    Mike Finegan – 9 to 1 A.M.
    Jason Wright and Scott Roberts (Overnights)
    and “The Weekend Warriors” – Little Walter, Jason Wright and Scott Roberts.
    Music Director – Sandy Benson
    Production Director – Jason Wright.

    While other Boston radio stations were giving away cars, gobs of money and vacation trips, the (above) OLDIES 103-WODS-Boston on-air Programming staff pulled down back to back #1 (Spring and Summer 1993) Arbitron Books with only their collective talents and mere keychain and t-shirt giveaways.

    It’s all there in glorious (Arbitron) black and white. Some of the (daypart) breakdowns are staggering!

    The moral to the story…

    In October 1993, WODS-Oldies 103 finally hired a Program Director, Rick Shockley.

    Suffice to say, WODS-Oldies 103 went from 1st to 5th; resulting from the “departure” of Mike Addams, my “steadfast” demotion from Production Director/Air Talent to only “Weekend Warrior” status; coupled with the subsequent (Rick Shockley/new WODS Program Director) hirings of “air talent” who had absolutely no business being on air; not only at WODS, but any major market.

    After 30 years in the biz, I left, (becoming totally convinced that “management” will never “get it;” meaning, when to leave a good thing alone) and presently have a thriving business working solely for myself.

    In closing, (as they say) it was fun while it lasted, and I am very proud of having been a professional peer in (you be the judge) what I consider to be the greatest, most-listenable on air lineup the Boston radio market has ever heard.

    Perhaps I’m being a bit biased. Nonetheless, from March to September of 1993, I was a major part in the success (of what used to be) a premier, CBS, Inc. owned and operated radio station; when (real) ratings, professionalism, talent and craftsmanship mattered.

    P.S.: Mike Addams, you’re a “fine American!”

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