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Author: Ellis Feaster
Human Newman, Z100 WHTZ New York | November 1993
Radio Station: Z100 WHTZ New York (Newark) Frequency: 100.3 MHZ format: Top 40 Since 1983, WHTZ has spent most of it’s time on the air as New York’s CHR (Contemporary Hit Radio) leader. But there was an era when Z100 struggled to find an audience. In the early to mid 1990s, CHR radio fell out…
Dan Ingram, 77 WABC New York – May 1969
Radio Station: WABC New York Frequency: 770 kHz format: Top 40 It’s 1969. The last 12 months have been very turbulant. We went through the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., & Robert Kennedy. We had just finished with the presidential election of 1968. Vietnam was raging, & Big Dan and WABC offered us a diversion from all…
Larry Glick, 1030 WBZ Boston | Friday June 16, 1972
Radio Station: WBZ BOston Frequency: 1030 kHz format: Full service Larry Glick was a legendary talk show host on Boston radio stations from the 1960s, through the 1990s. He was on WMEX, & WHDH, but he is best known for being on WBZ from the late 60s, until the late 80s. With his long running…
CHOM-FM 97.7, CFQR 92, CKOI 96.9 Montreal | August 1990
Back in summer 1990, I made a trip to Monreal, Canada. While I was there, with my trusty tape recorder, I recorded a few radio stations. This is one of the tapes I recorded. The lion’s share of this tape features Montreal rocker 97.7 CHOM-FM. I also recorded a bit of Adult Contemporary formatted 92.5…
“Soul Sound” Sonny Hopson on 1340 WHAT Philadelphia | 1969
Station: WHAT / Philadelphia Frequency: 1340 khz Format: R&B Philadelphia’s 1340 WHAT was known for innovation. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, “WHAT became the first U.S. radio station to hire a full-time black announcer in 1945, the first to program a regular show featuring a black woman as hostess and the first station in the…
KFRC Station Composite, 610 KFRC San Francisco | 1979
There are some radio stations that are considered legendary. WABC New York, WLS Chicago, KHJ Los Angeles, and I think KFRC San Francisco would be in that category. It was San Francisco’s Top 40 giant, in the 1960s, 70s, and into the 80s. The talent at the station was unbelievable! in fact, this composite aircheck…
WYNY WPIX-FM WCBS-FM New York | October 1983
Back around Halloween 1983, I made a trip to New York City, and recorded several radio stations. I was hosting an afternoon radio show in Atlantic City, NJ. To help make me better on the radio, I would make trips to New York City and record the radio stations there, hoping to learn from them.…
John London & The House Party, The Beat 92.3 KKBT Los Angeles | January 1995
If you Lived in SoCal in the 70s & 80s, it would be hard to miss London & Engelman. John London and Ron Engelman hosted mornings on on KRTH K-Earth101.1. They were later hired away to do mornings at K-WEST/Magic 106. The wacky duo would do spoofs of television shows and often bring listeners and…
