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WDBO 96.5 Orlando, Format Change from News 96.5 to Exitos 96.5 | June 29 2020
WDBO 96.5 Orlando – Format Change from News 96.5 to Exitos 96.5 – June 29 2020 For decades, WDBO Orlando has been Central Florida’s News & information leader, originally on AM 580, and then in 2011, WDBO’s programming moved to a 100,000 watt signal on 96.5 FM. It was chugging along for years with…
Ted Richards & Johnny Williams, on AM 800 CKLW Detroit (Windsor) | December 1981
CKLW AM 800 Detroit – Ted Richards & Johnny Williams – December 1981 Ted “The Bear” Richards was one of the smoothest and longest running jocks on CKLW, Ted Richards started at ‘CK in 1972 and was there until the end of the *Big 8* era in 1984. According to the Rock Radio Scrapbook…
Elroy Smith on AM1090 WILD Boston | June 1984
Radio Station: WILD Boston Frequency: 1090 kHZ Format: R&B Elroy Smith was a giant figure in Chicago radio from 1992 to 2007 as operations manager and program director of urban contemporary WGCI FM 107.5 and urban adult-contemporary WVAZ FM 102.7, both owned by Clear Channel Radio. As of 2021, he is still a programming powerhouse at KBLX &…
Joe Niagara, during the Final Week 99 WIBG Philadelphia | September 5 1977
If you grew up during the glorious days of AM radio in Philly in the 60s and 70s, there were 2 AM radio stations that you probably listened to for Pop music. One option was Famous 56, WFIL. The other was “Wibbage,” WIBG, located at 990 on the AM dial. These two pop radio behemoths…
Joe “Butterball” Tamburro Tribute on 105.3 WDAS-FM Philadelphia | July 29, 2012
In Philadelphia, WDAS AM & FM was the R&B powerhouse. From the 1950s, on AM 1480, & from the early 1970s on 105.3 FM, WDAS was the place to go for R&B, Soul, & Gospel. For decades, the man responsible for the programming on the stations was Joe “Butterball” Tamburro. He started a a sales…
Dan Murphy on AM 880 KIXI Seattle | March 1996
Seattle’s AM 880 KIXI, is a unique radio station. It’s an AM station, playing music, and it still shows up in the ratings. Back in the 1990s, KIXI had a Nostalgia, or Adult Standards format. For a while it carried Al Ham’s Music Of Your Life programming, but over the years it evolved. As of…
John Summers, AM 1190 KLUV Dallas | 1998
The Mighty 1190 AM in Dallas is a legendary frequency. It was the Gordon McLendon Top 40 powerhouse KLIF in the 50s & 60s. Fairchild Industries kept KLIF going as an AC in the 1970s. Susquehanna bought KLIF in 1980 and flipped the station to country, then to talk in 1986. In the 1990s, 1190…
Dave Mann, 1330 WTRX Flint | 1975
1330 WTRX Flint, was a popular Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s, using the name “Trix.” You can hear what WTRX sounded like in the 1960s, here. Around 1975, WTRX evolved from Top 40 to adult contemporary, as younger listeners migrated to FM radio. I really don’t know much about WTRX, but if…
