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Tag: Harry Nelson
Harry Nelson on 68 WRKO Boston | 1976
WRKO 68 Boston – Harry Nelson – 1976 From The Robert Nicholson Collection WRKO was the dominant Top-40 station for metro Boston in the 1960s & 70s. Many legendary jocks worked behind the WRKO microphones, including Bobby Mitchell, Johnny Williams, Dale Dorman, Shadow Stevens, Jerry Butler, Willie B, & the voice heard on…
Harry “Bud” Nelson on 1300 WRBC Jackson, MS | 1972
WRBC 1300 Jackson – Harry “Bud” Nelson – 1972 1300 WRBC was one of the Top-40 stations serving Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1960s & 70s. One of the legendary jocks who worked behind the WRBC microphones, was Harry “Bud” Nelson. Nelson’s long radio career included on-air and later PD at Top 40 68…
Harry Nelson on 68 WRKO Boston | Summer 1979
Credit, once again, our good friend Matt over at Big Apple Airchecks for this look at Boston’s legendary 68 WRKO! No I can’t give you an exact date on this aircheck but we’ll just narrow it down to sometime around August 1979, based on one news item about Windsor Locks (CT) recovering from a tornado.…
KFRC Station Composite, 610 KFRC San Francisco | 1979
There are some radio stations that are considered legendary. WABC New York, WLS Chicago, KHJ Los Angeles, and I think KFRC San Francisco would be in that category. It was San Francisco’s Top 40 giant, in the 1960s, 70s, and into the 80s. The talent at the station was unbelievable! in fact, this composite aircheck…
Harry Nelson, Mark McKay & Bill Lee; 610 KFRC San Francisco | May 18, 1982
The trio sound so good on this composite, it’s a shame if visitors don’t take a half hour out of their day to listen to all of this! **VIDEO AIRCHECK**
Harry Nelson, 94.5 WZOU Boston | March 7, 1987
The all-new Z94 was really hot at this point, although not exactly ‘new’. WZOU came along in late 1984 from the ashes of Album Rocker turned Soft-AC WCOZ, and called itself 94-5 “The Zoo”. Z94 was a re-branding to help better compete with crosstown CHR’s WHTT HitRadio 103 and WXKS-FM “Kiss 108“. Inevitably, it didn’t…
Steve Bleecker, WJBQ (98 JBQ) Portland, ME | July 1983
Description by Steve Bleecker: Harry Nelson had recently come from KFRC, and I got the call to “get my ass” (his words) to JBQ to do mornings! Almost as soon as I arrived… he left for Fargo, N.D. and JBQ’s FORMER PD, Brian Phoenix was called back to JBQ, to resume as PD! In between…
Harry Nelson, 98.7 WXLO New York | December, 1977
Active on Facebook (so you can contact him), Nelson has been in radio for a very long time. Much of it was with RKO-General’s chain of radio stations. His resume includes radio stations like WRKO Boston, KFRC San Francisco, WJBQ Portland Maine, WROR Boston, and even a stay at WXLO “99X” New York! As heard…
