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George Klein, 56 WHBQ Memphis | Spring, 1973
George Klein, by 1973, was known nationally, and internationally, as Elvis Presley’s best friend. Aside from allegations of payola that circled around Kline, he never was directly accused. And this is good. One of the most influential Memphis Jocks and programmers in the 60s/70s, Klein certainly had his connections in Graceland. And he spent lots…
Chris Curtis, 56 WHBQ Memphis | Spring, 1973
Contributor Rob Grayson has digitized more of his tape collection. This is from the first of six sent in this week. Rob writes: “More goodies… these were recorded all on the same day in Spring of 1973, and I think I got them from Memphis DJ Don Roberts (Barney Raines), straight off the radio. You…
Walt Jackson & Bob Landry “Buffoon of Memphis”, 56 WHBQ Memphis | Summer 1977
Returning a classic into the Archives, here’s the station that launched the careers of Rick Dees, Jack Parnell, and even Elvis Presley. RKO General O/O WHBQ was known as the ‘farm station’ of the RKO chain. Dees had left for Los Angeles the year prior, and the Q is still rockin. Its 1977 and Star…
Memphis Composite – WHBQ, WMPS, Others | September 2, 1972
Well… Look what we found lurking on the back of a KLIF tape… Dueling Top 40 stations 56 WHBQ (RKO General) and 68 WMPS (Plough)! Imagine the surprise hearing this tape. Rob Grayson, where are ya! This is from before the Memphis appearance of Rick Dees, before FM 100 was Top 40… even before FM…
Charles Allen, 56 WHBQ Memphis News | 1967
Looking back, for all the history that goes with WHBQ including the launch of Elvis’ career, the station that got Rick Dees noticed, etc., there’s really very little in the way of recorded audio left for us history buffs. Especially the 1960s. What does exist likely was recorded by the people that were there and…
The Founder’s Blog #2: 9.11.2001 and the Inside Workings of a Radio News Network
As I write this, today is September 11. Many radio stations will have short memorial productions about the event, but for the majority of stations on the air today, it’s’ just business as usual. This is especially true of most FM music stations. Today’s music stations have neither the staff nor the time to produce…
Gary McKee on 79 WQXI Atlanta | 1973
WQXI kick the can time…… 8:47 Now for a slice of AM top 40 the way we all remember it! Gary McKee was a highly rated morning jock on 79 WQXI Atlanta, then the most popular station in the city. McKee claims to be the ‘mouth of the South’… a description Rick Dees would use later…
Election Parody: 1996 Presidential Debate, 103.7 KOUL Corpus Christi Tx
A FUNNY parody of the 1996 Presidential Debate from the Doc & McKeever Morning Show on 103.7 KOUL Corpus Christi.
