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Tag: WCAU
Philadelphia Radio Jingles Through The Years – In Alphabetical Order – 1950s-2010s
Philadelphia Radio Jingles Through The Years – In Alphabetical Order – 1950s-2010s This recording features radio jingles used by many Philadelphia area radio stations through the years. Some of the radio staions include: KYW, WCAU, WCAU-FM, WDAS, WDAS-FM, WEAZ, WEJM, WFIL, WGMP, WHAT, WIBG, WIFI, WIOQ, WIP, WKSZ, WLLC, WMGK, WOGL-FM, WPEN, WPGR, WRCP,…
Music Line With Kevin Fennessy on 98 WCAU-FM Philadelphia | 1974
WCAU-FM Golden 98 Philadelphia – Music Line with Kevin Fennessy – 1974 Courtesy: Kevin Fennessy Back in the early 1970s, Philly’s WCAU-FM was one of the very first all oldies radio station. It launched in 1971 with enough early success, it’s sister station. WCBS-FM New York, decided to also flip to all oldies, with…
Dick Clayton on 610 WIP Philadelphia | August 28 1973
WIP 610 Philadelphia – Dick Clayton – August 28 1973 Courtesy: Alan Tolz This aircheck features Dick Clayton on 610 WIP Philadelphia. Metromedia’s WIP was an MOR stations, that performed very well in the Delaware Valley. The format was very similar to it’s sister station WNEW 1130 in New York. Dick Clayton hosted…
Philadephia Top 40 & Urban Afternoon Drive Dial Sweep | October 1983
Back in October 1983, I recorded Philadelphia’s FM Top 40 & Urban stations. This is from that cassette tape. Stations in this aircheck include: WXTU New 92 (Mike Brophy) 105.3 WDAS-FM (Doug Henderson, son of Jocko Henderson) WWSH The Top FM 106 (Bobby Rich) WUSL Power 99fm (Jeff Wyatt) WCAU-FM Hot Hits 98 (Billy Burke).…
“Long” John Wade on FM 98 WCAU-FM Philadelphia | August 1973
Radio Station: Golden 98 WCAU-FM Philadelphia Frequency: 98.1 MHZ Format: Oldies Golden 98 WCAU-FM was one of the first Oldies stations in the U.S. It was automated it’s first few years, and by 1973, the station had live jocks. The Oldies format lasted until 1976, when the station flipped to Disco. This aircheck features…
Terry “Motormouth” Young, Hot Hits 98 WCAU-FM Philadelphia | May 1983
If you grew up listening to Big Jack Armstrong, on one of the many stations where he worked, you may have thought… “I can do that!” But we all discovered, we could not. As a boy Terry Young thought he could be like his radio hero Jack Armstrong. In Terry’s case, he actually COULD…
Jerry Blavat, WCAU-FM Solid Gold 98 Philadelphia | 1972
In 1960 when starting his broadcast career at WCAM in Camden N.J., across the river from Philadelphia, Jerry Blavat was already a local celebrity. Blavat was one of the teenage dancers on the WFIL TV show “Bandstand”— the local Philadelphia precursor to Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand.” This skinny little kid from South Philly, who uses…
Richard Hawkins, Hot Hits 98 WCAU-FM Philadelphia | July 1984
Before the birth of what’s known today as WOGL, 98.1 was home to a heritage set of call letters and a trademarked hot Top 40 format which graced a dozen or so markets from 1977-1986. Mike Josephs’ “Hot Hits” format revolutionized the way the Top 40 format was presented. “Hot Hits” was so tight, Josephs’…
