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Jim Kerr 50th Anniversary Aircheck Montage: WLS / WDAI / WPLJ / WPIX / WMXV | 1970s-1990s
Jim Kerr 50th Anniversary Aircheck Montage – WLS / WDAI / WPLJ / WPIX / WMXV – 1970s-1990s Courtesy: Jimmy Kerr Jim Kerr, New York’s legendary morning radio host, is best known for hosting the morning show at 95.5 WPLJ through it’s Rock & Top 40 years, as well as hosting morning on Q104.3.…
Pat St. John, 95.5 WPLJ New York – August 28, 1975
This telescoped aircheck really doesn’t do WPLJ justice. It’s somewhat difficult to convey the sound of the station with all the music taken out, except for a few segues. Most people remember WPLJ as one of three album rock (AOR) formatted stations in the New York City area. The audio image most think of when…
Jim Kerr, Trip Reeb, & Jimmy Fink on 95.5 WPLJ New York | October 18 1976
WPLJ 95.5 New York – Jim Kerr, Trip Reeb, Jimmy Fink – October 18 1976 Courtesy: Mike McCann Tauss Here’s a sample of 95.5 WPLJ New York when it was playing “New York’s Best Rock. Heard on this aircheck, in order: Jim Kerr, Tripp Reeb, & Jimmy Fink. In short, this is part of…
Carol Miller, 95.5 WPLJ New York Carol Miller | Fall 1982
Carol Miller is one of the longest-running New York radio personalities. Miller’s professional journey began in 1971 at Progressive Rock WMMR in Philadelphia. She quickly got the attention of New York’s Rock powerhouse 95.5 WPLJ in 1973, where she first became a New York radio icon. Miller says, at a very young age, while working…
Jim Kerr, 95.5 WPLJ New York | August 29 1975
In the 1970s, New York’s 95.5 WPLJ was a Rock powerhouse. I have noticed that many seem to thin WPLJ was a hard Rock station in the mid-70s, but it was not. The boundaries of what the station considered Rock, was pretty wide. In addition to what you would consider “Classic Rock, by today’s standards,…
Carol Miller, 95.5 WPLJ New York | 1979
Carol Miller is one of the longest-running New York radio personalities. Miller’s professional journey began in 1971 at Progressive Rock WMMR in Philadelphia. She quickly got the attention of New York’s Rock powerhouse 95.5 WPLJ in 1973, where she first became a New York radio icon. Miller says, at a very young age, while working…
Scott Shannon, 95.5 WPLJ New York | March 13 1992
By 1991, Michael Scott Shannon had done just about everything you could do in radio. He had been on air at legendary stations like WMPS in Memphis, Nashville’s WMAK, & Quixie in Dixie, WQXI Atlanta. At WRBQ Tampa, Shannon, along with partner Cleveland Wheeler, developed the morning zoo radio format. He programmed WPGC in D.C.,…
Dave Charity & WPLJ’s Transition from ROCK to TOP 40, 95.5 WPLJ New York | July 1983
In early 1983, longtime Rock stalwart, 95.5 WPLJ, began a slow transition from Album Oriented Rock station to a Top 40/Contemporary Hit Radio format. When word started spreading around the market that a Top 40 format was coming to 100.3 WVNJ-FM in New Jersey, WPLJ decided to move further in a CHR direction. Though the station…
