Thanks to longtime Contributor Steven Green, Legendary Deejay Dan Ingram is the subject of this 26 minute composite of his air work on 77 WABC New York. A FEW WORDS ABOUT SUPPORT Now that the holidays are over, won’t you consider a donation to help us defray the cost of bringing the audio archives to…
The dreaded “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…
George Michael, WABC’s night burner, initially turned down the offer to join WABC Radio. PD Rick Sklar and others involved came to know that George was interested in moving on to sports broadcasting. There just so happen to be an opening for a weekend sports anchor on WABC-TV Channel 7 and that as they say…
Dan Ingram on 77 WABC was always entertaining, always clever, and always fun to listen to. Â In this aircheck, it’s summer 1962. Pre-Beatles, pre-Beach Boys, & pre-giant ratings, but WABC was well on it’s way to become the New York Powerhouse we all remember. Even here in the early days of…
It’s April 10 1968. A very turbulent time! We were just a week removed from the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Vietnam was raging, & Big Dan and WABC offered us a diversion from all the craziness of the late 60s. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, & Motown rule the airwaves,…
This aircheck is from WABC’s final few months as a music station. By this point, WABC had evolved into an Adult Contemporary station, that played quite a bit of gold, going back to the mid 1960s. Peter Bush is featured here. He was one of the jocks brought in for WABC’s final years, along…
