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Tag: WCOZ
Boston Morning Drive Radio Dial Sweep | June 1984
In summer 1984, I made a trip to Boston… with my boombox. One morning I got up early, and started recording morning drive from up & down Boston’s radio dial. This aircheck features clips of Boston area morning radio shows including: WXKS-FM (Matt Segal) WROR (Joe & Andy) WBZ (Dave Maynard) WBCN (Charles Laquidara)…
Boston Afternoon Radio Dial Scan | Tuesday June 19, 1984
On June 19, 1984, I was walking around Boston, from the Harbor, to Copley Place. I had never been to Boston, so I was soaking everything in, from the historical sites, the city’s architecture, to the radio stations. I was carrying a small radio with a built in tape recorder. I spent the afternoon listening…
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…
Carla Leonardo, 94.5 WCOZ Boston | 1983
WCOZ was one of Boston’s Rock stations through the 1970s & into the 80s. Many in Boston remember it’s on air slogan, “Kickass Rock ‘N’ Roll!” It was extremely successful, peaking with a phenomenal 13.1 in the ratings. But with the changes in rock music during the early 1980s, the station’s success did…
Eric Cheney, 94.5 WZOU Boston | February, 1985
Eric Chaney WZOU Boston First posted several years ago and now restored, this very short clip of Eric Chaney on the old WZOU brought back lots of memories! This is a mid-Winter aircheck from the month of February. While its short, listen to the elements in this authentic, high energy CHR format! Courtesy of U.K.…
New England Composite, October-November 1978
Original Comments: Close your eyes and imagine yourself in Boston. The year is 1978. You start tuning around the radio dial. You start on the AM band, because that’s where your favorite station has been for many years. You stop for a moment at 680. WRKO is still going strong. They call themselves “New England’s…
