WPRO-FM Providence | August, 1974 (1:28) Scoped
WPRO-FM, only a few short months away back at the time of this QC from being called ‘92 PRO-FM’, is shown here doing what this station has been doing continuously for THIRTY YEARS now - playing the hits of the day! That kinda makes it a honest-to-goodness legendary Top 40 station - I mean, even WABC only played the hits for 22 years. How many stations can claim that?
If any of our listeners remember hearing this station in the early 70s, we’d appreciate reading your comments!
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Mighty “Mike’ Osbourne kickin butt as always here..we were roomates at Grahm Junior College at the time. My first PD at the college station, and still keep in touch..great ‘berko’ radio station. seems like it was yesterday, not 40 years ago..great station, great jock..great time in east greenwich
‘The Station that reaches the beach’s’ featuring.. Salty Brine, Larry ‘Ice Cold’ Krueger and Sandy Beach just to name a few.. as a neighbor in CT .. 63 WPRO was always a great station to listen to. A toss up though during the week from 1360,WDRC Hartford, 56 WHYN Springfield and for you real old audio philes WCCC Hartford back when Boston Bill Stevens ruled that market. At night, Jim Quinn from KB Radio Buffalo was the balls right up to the Nixon joke that got him canned. NE CT was radio heaven in the 60’s and 70’s…
Had the pleasure of working at both WPRO-AM (1969-1976 middays, and Morning Drive on 92PRO-FM from 1976-1992. Cap Cities was a super company to work for and we had great talent at both stations, led mostly on the FM due to the astounding efforts of Berko. Who could forget Salty, Holland Cooke, Howard Hoffman, Big John, and the battles PRO-FM ratings wise had with JB-105. Lots of Great memories.
BACK IN 74 I WAS SERVING ABOARD THE USS RICHMOND K TURNER DLG-20. PRO WAS RECORDING SHOWS FOR US TO REPLAY ON A LONG DEPLOYMENT. “AMERICA” WAS IN TOWN AND I REMEMBER THE DJ SAYING “IN TIMES LIKE THESE AMERICA NEEDS AMERICA, THIS IS FOR THE CREW OF THE RICHMOND K TURNER. WHILE THIS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL TO SOME IT WAS FOR ME AND MANY OTHER GUYS FROM THIS AREA BEING SO FAR FROM HOME AND HEARING PRO. GREAT JOB, AND I ALWAYS LISTEN STILL. FRANK LEARY
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