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Year: 2020
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…
Terry Young, Valley Girl Stunt on WCAU-FM 98 Philadelphia | July 1982
Back in 1982, Hot Hits 98, WCAU-FM in Philadelphia, was the number 1 music station. Terry Young, “The Motormouth,” owned teens around Philly. One night, he played the song “Valley Girl” by Frank Zappa, & his daughter, Moon Unit Zappa. He played the noventy song over and over for at least an hour or so.…
Steven J Gray, WHQT Hot 105 Miami | August 1990
Miami’s Hot 105, WHQT, came into being in 1985, when the station dropped it’s Soft Adult Contemporary format, because audience was older than advertisers wanted. The station flipped to a hybrid CHR / Urban Contemporary (or “CHUrban”) format as WHQT under their new name “Hot 105”. In the station’s first few years, the station moved between…
