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Year: 2020
Charlie Tuna, 1520 KOMA Oklahoma City | 1966
As a young kid in the 1970’s, I would lie in bed at night, with my transistor radio next to my ear, listening to clear channel stations from around the country, like WLS, WWL, & WABC. 1520 KOMA in Oklahoma City was one of those clear channel stations, with a protected 750 mile nighttime signal…
Howard Stern on 66 WNBC New York | 1983
In 1983, WNBC was riding high in the ratings! Before Z100 arrived, it was the #1 contemporary music radio station in New York. WNBC’s format in the years 1983-1986 was one of the most entertaining and best all-around radio that was ever done in New York. Perhaps anywhere. You got music, information, laughter; WNBC IMHO,…
Ron Lundy on Musicradio 77 WABC New York | Jan 1979
It’s the“WABC Disco Era!” Many people consider this the beginning of the end of Musicradio 77 WABC. In December 1978, the new Disco 92 WKTU defeated WABC in the Arbitron ratings. It was the first time an FM station had beaten WABC. Around the country, FM radio stations were beginning to overtake AM music stations,…
The Greaseman, DC101 WWDC Washington | August 27 1987
It’s Doug Tract, better known as The Greaseman. He is truly a one of a kind radio personality. In an era of 3, 4, & 5 person morning shows, Grease would make radio comedy gold, all by himself. The Greaseman pseudonym originated while he was in college. Grease has said in an interiview, “In those days of top 40, everybody who was…
Bill Mack on 62 KWFT Wichita Falls, TX | August 3 1957
Bill Mack, “The Midnight Cowboy” was a texas radio legend! For many years, Mack was best known as the host of The Country Roads Show, (later U.S. 1 Trucking Show, and later still, Midnight Cowboy Trucking Show) the overnight country music show on 820 WBAP in Fort Worth. Mack’s show targeted long distance truck drivers, who traveled…
Format Change: Smooth Jazz 96.9 WCDJ Flips to Country WBCS | May 6, 1993 4:00 PM
WBCS came along at a time when the Country Music industry was experiencing a sort of re-birth.
1991 K-Earth 101 Station Composite / 101.1 KRTH Los Angeles
Much of the Oldies format at K-Earth 101 from the mid 1980s through the end of the 1990s was centered around the personalities and formatics used at the K-Earth 101’s former sister station, 93/KHJ.
Sample, 1400 WLLH Lowell | June, 1993
By 1993, AM stations that even played MUSIC on a regular basis were becoming an endangered species as well.
