Walt “Baby” Love, Lee Douglas present The Top 300 of All Time on WXLO 99X New York | 1974

Given to us by Ray Bozzanca over the Summer of ‘08, here’s a scoped down composite of some of the best of this most awesome countdown presented here by Walt “Baby” Love and Lee Douglas, presumably over a weekend back in the year when Nixon resigned (now why would we remember THAT right now?)

In typical early 99x fashion, this station is lightning fast, the jocks in and out of breaks with one and two line quips then right back into music. They had to, WABC still was king and this was a major challenge to the throne, although in 1974 and on FM, they didn’t really stand a chance… but had this been on AM, can you only imagine how different the radio landscape might have turned out? This brings up an interesting discussion. What if RKO General had an AM station in NYC in the 70s and that 99X sound had come along on the AM dial to challenge WABC? There’s fodder for discussion…

This aircheck was scoped by the contributor, and with the exception of one or two edits for song length, its been left intact. Runs about 17 minutes.

Walt Baby Love on WXLO 99X New York | May 17, 1974

Always known for it’s high-energy jocks, 99X is featured here with Walt Baby Love, one of the station’s best remembered and most loved personalities. This is 1974 and RKO General has all of it’s stations wound up as tight as ever, but it’s in New York City where the big FM experiment is going full-tilt.

It’s hard to fathom why the one pioneering FM station in Gotham, the ONLY FM to really seriously challenge WABC for Top 40 ratings until about 1979 ended up a relic which changed to an Urban station in the early 80s, but one thing is certain… this slice of 99X will capture your attention for 3 of your precious quarter hours – and that’s better than most stations today can claim.

Jarrell Mason interviews Walt “Baby Love” on WUAG 103.1 Greensboro, NC | April, 2008

Airchexx site fan and new contributor Jarrell Mason is featured here doing a wonderful interview with former WXLO 99X personality Walt “Baby Love”. Mason wanted to describe this interview and others like it in his own words:

I’m at 22 yr. old senior at The University Of North Carolina at Greensboro majoring in Communication Studies with a minor in radio along with being radio host of “The Time Machine” on my campus radio station WUAG 103.1 FM. I’ve been doing the show for 4 years since Fall 2004 when I was an 18 yr. old freshmen and have had the chance to interview people like Nina Blackwood, Donnie Simpson, Cameron Paul (KMEL), Maurice Starr(Guy that created New Edition/New Kids On The Block) just to name a few. To check out more of my stuff just type in my name on you tube and you will see those interviews along with others.

The interview with Mr. Love is basically about his beginnings in radio, how he feels about the state of commercial radio, what made him want to go into preaching the word of God, and he also shares an interesting story about Donnie Simpson and WKYS along with how The Countdown came about. It’s good for those that know who he is and can serve as a history lesson to those that don’t.

Well, I guess that pretty much says it all, and dovetails nicely with our post of Walt Baby Love on 99X from 1974 that you just should NOT miss!