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John & Ken FIRST WEEK at 104 WMGM Atlantic City | January 1989
WMGM 104MGM Atlantic City – John & Ken FIRST WEEK On Air – January 1989 John Kobylt & Ken Chiampou are talk radio legends in Los Angeles at 640 KFI. However, there was a time when John & Ken were playin music in CHR radio. The duo got their start on the radio as…
Rambling With Gambling on 710 WOR New York – – August 9 1976
WOR 710 New York – Rambling With Gambling – August 9 1976 Courtesy: Kevin Fennesey Back in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, & 80s, WOR’s Rambling With Gambling, was one of New York’s most popular morning shows. The host through many of those years was John A Gambling. He took over the show from…
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…
John Willis on WZOU 94.5 Boston | July 1988
Boston’s 94.5 WZOU came along in late 1984 from the ashes of Album Rocker turned Soft-AC WCOZ, and called itself 94-5 “The Zoo”. The station was in a Top 40 battle against crosstown rivals WHTT HitRadio 103 and WXKS-FM “Kiss 108“. Inevitably, it didn’t work and WZOU would eventually go Urban as WJMN – “Jammin’ 94-5”, the station…
“Long” John Wade, 56 WFIL Philadelphia | August 1970
Philadelphia’s Famous 56 WFIL, the Delaware Valley’s Pop Powerhouse, was the home of many broadcasting legends. Jim O’Brien, Dr Don Rose, George Michael, Jim Nettelton, Dick Heatherton, Frank Kingston Smith, & the jock featured on this aircheck, Long John Wade. Wade landed in Philly from Hartford’s WDRC in late 1966. He worked on air…
London & Engelman, K-West 106 KWST Los Angeles | March 1982
The KWST call letters and “K-West 106” name, first appeard on the in 1969. KWST had a beautiful music format, until January 1, 1975, when the station flipped to Rock, with a sound similar to KLOS. Over time the ratings fell, and in 1981, KWST changed to a short lived Top 40 format. KWST…
Zacherly’s Halloween Special, 101 WCBS-FM New York | October 31 1984
In 1958, John Zacherle arrived in New York city, and launched his scary alter-ego, Zacherly on WABC-TV. Dick Clark nick-named him “The Cool Ghoul.”He became a sensation in New York by hosting pre-1948 Universal horror films, on WABC’s Shock Theater. With the star’s popularity growing, the show soon was rechristened Zacherley at Large. He…
John Zacherle, 95.5 WPLJ New York | Summer 1975
John Zacherle began his broadcast career as an actor at local WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, where he was hired as the host of the classic horror film show “Shock Theater.” He appeared as a horror host in a long black undertaker’s coat. Zacherle moved his act to New York City in 1959 and changed the name…
