Charlie Van Dyke with Rick Dees on 93 KHJ Los Angeles | 1976
If you haven't heard this aircheck before, you're definitely in for a treat. Memphians know that Rick Dees was a huge star at WHBQ around the time of this aircheck.…
Charlie O, 1110 KRLA Pasadena CA | June 16, 1967
We're going all the way back to the Summer of 1967 for this clip of KRLA! Known for boosting the careers of such famous deejays as Casey Casem (of "American…
Format Change: WMBZ 94.1 The Buzz Memphis flips to Snap! 94.1 | October 27, 2006
This one is very much an example of the cause-and-effect of corporate mergers. Consider the previous format change at 94.1 FM. Entercom had just closed on the purchase of WOGY-FM…
Rick Dees in the Morning, 102.7 KIIS-FM/1150 KIIS-AM Stereo Los Angeles | Summer, 1985
Rick Dees began his career sometime in the early 1970s in the state of Mississippi. His first claim to fame occurred in Memphis, at 56 WHBQ, that powerful Top 40…
Earle “The Pearl” Augustus, WKSL ‘107-5 Kiss-FM’ Memphis | 1998
I met Earle Augustus while at then-Barnstable owned WJZN and WGKX, part of the Memphis Radio Group. Earle was on both WJZN and WRBO at the time and I was…
Steve Sawyer, 103.7 KOUL Sinton/Corpus Christi TX | November 21, 1996
1996 was a great year for Country music. No matter what city one lived in, 'New' Country, as they called the format was hot, with artists like Faith Hill, Ty…
