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Month: September 2019
Ron Chapman, KLUV 98.7 Dallas | November 2003
Forty-five years in one market. Thirty-two of them at the same station. He was No. 1 & he killed the competition. Ron Chapman was the king of Dallas morning radio. And his listeners loved him. They loved him so much, that in 1988, Chapman asked his KVIL listeners to send in $20 each, without…
NBC News & Information Service, WRR 1310 Dallas | July 30 1976
There was a time when radio news was a big deal. In 1974, NBC Radio was trailing the other big networks, ABC, CBS and Mutual. NBC’s O&O (Owned and Operated) FM stations were not doing well. The radio division needed a big new idea. At that time FM listener penetration in many markets was beginning…
Jim Elliot & Don O’Day on WPGC AM & FM Washington | September 22, 1977
WPGC, an AM/FM combo, was a Top 40 powerhouse licensed to serve Washington DC.
Gladys “Gee Gee” Hill, 1430 KCOH Houston | 1970
1430 KCOH Houston, proudly described itself as Texas’s first black radio station. It was the first black owned radio station in Texas, third in the nation. The station has been broadcasting it’s Soul, Gospel, Talk, Zydeco, & Blues format since 1953. The station’s “Looking Glass” studio has provided an opportunity for the station’s…
Rick Rumble & Scott Thrower, 98.1 KMPZ Memphis | January 5, 1989 – Part 1
98.1 Memphis has had a large number of formats over the years. As I was relating to our contributor, John T. McMullan, perhaps it’s because the station never stuck with a format long enough to gain a large enough audience. Maybe. Back to 1989 for this nearly perfect quality, first-generation recording of the old Z98.…
The Rock Radio Reunion with Harvey Wharfield, 105.7 WROR Framingham/Boston | September 21, 2002 – 2:00pm
Wharfield made a name for himself at Top 40 WVBF.
Jim Philips, Real Radio 104.1 WTKS Orlando | April 1995
Every once & a while, we like to feature some talk radio aircheck. Orlando’s Real Radio 104.1 is a Hot Talk station that launched in 1992, and continues to this day. When many other Hot Talk stations have gone the way of the Dodo bird, WTKS continues to keep the format alive. Real Radio…
