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Tag: Memphis
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…
Jumpin’ Jack Flash, 94.1 WOGY “Froggy 94” Memphis | June 4, 2000
In making this presentation, it was difficult to combine brevity with a complete background picture of WOGY as it was in 2000 as compared with the station that followed it, WMBZ “The Buzz”, or even the next two stations that followed, Rhythmic WSNA “Snap 94.1!” and Classic Hits 94.1 WKQK. Forgetting for a moment that…
Steve West, 105.9 WGKX Memphis TN | March 5, 2005
Recorded about 6 weeks or so before being summarily let go – nevermind, wait for the book deal… your webmaster is caught trying to juggle elements around another ’12 In-a-row’, which, as the format clock said, was from the first song out of the :52 stop set until about :35 past the hour – the…
Steve West, 99.7 WMC-FM Memphis | May 7, 2005
It’s a “Whatever Weekend” on FM 100! WMC-FM (CBS, inc) had its answer to the “Jack-FM” craze which saw the demise of such legendary stations as WCBS-FM New York and others (fortunately, that was a short lived debacle). Most weekends in 2005 saw the HotAC ratings leader essentially flip to a Classic Hits station, pretend…
Greg Peters, 104.5 WRVR Memphis | 1998
Recorded on a “Solid Gold Sunday”, Greg Peters plays all Oldies from the 60s & 70s. It’s Father’s Day, although we can’t quite guess the year this was recorded. About halfway through this tape (side 2, actually), you get to hear the regular format of AC “The River 104 FM”. Because this came directly out…
Lisa Manning, WSRR 98.1 “The Cat” Memphis | September 27, 2004
From your Webmaster’s personal collection, here’s a ‘check of Lisa Manning on PD Rich Brother Robbin’s 98.1 The Cat Memphis from 2004. Recorded off the air on a Boston Acoustics HD radio plugged into a TEAC dual Cassette recorder, this is a great sounding off the air aircheck of Lisa Manning on WSRR. The Cat…
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 from Sinclair Broadcasting in January, 2000. The ink was barely dry on this purchase when it became obvious to most observers that the writing was…
Henry Nelson, WHRK “K97” Memphis | November 20, 1984
Contributor Henry Nelson (WMC-FM 100) gave us this glimpse one of Memphis’ most popular stations, WHRK “K97”. It’s a Tuesday morning and Nelson goes by a different name here, on the morning show, Henry Seeds. You’ll hear lots of commercials, a couple of news updates by Angela Murry, and many morning show features that are…
