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Month: June 2020
Lee Paris, on Rock of the 80s i92, WIFI Philadelphia | June 1983
Back during the early 1980s, mainstream Rock acts dominated Album Oriented Rock (AOR) radio, leaving very little room for the emerging New Wave & Punk Rock artists, like Depeche Mode, Culture Club, . Rick Caroll, Program Director at KROQ Los Angeles, introduced a new Rock format called “ROQ of the Eighties.” Carroll’s approach was to…
Jessica Walker, 101.3 KDWB Minneapolis | April 1990
Since 1984, 101.3 KDWB-FM has been playing the hits! It continued the tradition of it’s AM counterpart, 63 KDWB, of being the Twin Cities Top 40 station. It was home of legendary morning guy Steve Cochran, who later took the morning shift at WGN Chicago. Today, longtime morning host, Dave Ryan holds down the fort.…
Q Morning Zoo, Q105 WRBQ Tampa | March 1988
In 1981, when two radio vets came together, something magical happened! Scott Shannon & Cleveland Wheeler started a morning radio revolution, when they lauched The Q Morning Zoo, on Q105, WRBQ. The show became the watercooler talk of every office and construction site in Tampa Bay, blowing away all the competition. The Q Morning Zoo…
Charlie Tuna, KROQ 1500 AM Los Angeles | June, 1973
A slice of L.A. Radio history is heard in this rare recording of the legendary Charlie Tuna (left) on KROQ-AM. A time before the now-legendary K-Rock on FM, this station started out as an original Top 40, KBLA, and after a number of format changes, returned to Top 40 from the ashes of Country station…
Joe Martelle, Rock & Roll Reunion, 98.5 WROR Boston Pt. 2 | March 17, 1985
It seems like a lifetime ago. Boston Radio was exciting and while the city’s original Oldies station was CHR at this time, Jor Martelle still reigned the king of all Oldies shows… Here was the first reunion!
“Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, 94.1 WOGY “Froggy 94” Memphis | June, 2000
20 years ago it was the last Summer on the air for the former Country station called Froggy 94.
Chris Tarrant, 95.8 Capital FM London | October 9 1996
Until the 1970s, the British airwaves belonged almost exclusively to the BBC. However, the British government eventually decided to open the country’s radio environment to commercial stations in 1972, and new stations emerged as a result. one of those new stations was Capital Radio. Capital’s first few years were rough because advertisers were slow to…
Dan Ingram, 77 WABC New York | December 1978
It’s December 1978. Many people consider this the beginning of the end of Musicradio 77 WABC. Right around the time of this aircheck, WABC was days away from being knocked off of it’s perch at the top of the ratings. The new Disco 92 WKTU will defeat WABC in the Fall 1978 Arbitron ratings…
