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Month: February 2020
Mike Mann, 79 KULF Houston | June 1979
Houston’s 79 KULF had a 12 year run as an Adult Contemporary station, from 1970, until 1982. At one point, it was the home to the long running Stevens & Pruett morning show. Other broadcasting notables that graced the KULF microphones include Dave Hull, Phil Konstantin, Gary Harmon, Hank Moore, Jim Shannon, Andy Barber,…
Time Machine Jingles, Sweepers, & Promos, 66 WNBC New York | 1986
It wasn’t around for very long, but so many people loved WNBC & The Time Machine! It was one of NBC’s most popular features at the end of it’s run on 66 AM in New York. The Time Machine was a great recreation of late 1960s WABC, right down to the PAMS jingles, resung…
The End of a Rock Legend: 107.3 WAAF Westborough (Boston), Final Day Broadcast | February 21, 2020
WAAF was everywhere. The kids who were old enough to get cars had WAAF bumper stickers. We all seemed to have WAAF tee shirts. The station was on all over town.
WCAU-FM Hot Hits 98 Philadelphia – WCAU-FM Hot News – November 27, 1981
In 1981, radio consultant Mike Joseph installed his Hot Hits format on WCAU-FM in Philadelphia, and that began the 1980s Contemporary Hit Radio revival. Hot Hits was fast paced, lots of forward momentum, quick jock raps, and nothing but the hits with it’s short, currents only playlist. The format was reminiscent of some of…
Freddie Colon, Hot 97 WQHT New York | Summer 1989
WQHT Hot 103 launched in 1986 on 103.5 FM when Top 40 WAPP (Adult Oriented Rock format) went off the air after trying to compete with WHTZ & WPLJ. Hot 103, lasted onthe 103.5 frequency for 2 years, until summer of 1988, when 97.1 WYNY & WQHT flipped frequencies, & WQHT became Hot 97.…
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…
Alex Stone & The Boston Top 40 Countdown, HitRadio 103 WHTT Boston | July 8 1984
In the early 1980, many FM stations were ditching their older skewing, soft formats, for Top 40, or Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR). One of those stations was WEEI-FM. In 1982, the soft sounds on 103.3 FM were slowly being pushed out in favor of new music. It was done very gradually, with the idea of…
“Long” John Wade, 56 WFIL Philadelphia | August 1970
Philadelphia’s Famous 56 WFIL, the Delaware Valley’s Pop Powerhouse, was the home of many broadcasting legends. Jim O’Brien, Dr Don Rose, George Michael, Jim Nettelton, Dick Heatherton, Frank Kingston Smith, & the jock featured on this aircheck, Long John Wade. Wade landed in Philly from Hartford’s WDRC in late 1966. He worked on air…