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Author: Ellis Feaster
Howard Stern, WYSP 94 Philadelphia | February 1987
In 1985, Howard Stern, and his crew were fired from WNBC, as they were near the top of the New York ratings. It’s no surprise they were quickly scooped up by New York’s WXRK, 92.3 K-Rock. Howard did the afternoon show on K-Rock, as Jay Thomas hosted mornings. In a short period of time, Jay…
End of 1050 WHN / Launch of WFAN New York – Format Change. Dan Taylor & Suzyn Waldman | July 1, 1987
On July 1, 1987, America’s first all-sports station was born as Emmis Broadcasting launched 1050 WFAN in the nation’s No. 1 market. At the same time, a New York radio legend ended as 1050 WHN went off the air. Over 15 years, WHN had become a Country Music legend in New York city, with names on…
Bruce Morrow’s Return, FIRST SHOW, 77 WABC New York | September 5, 2020
Station: WABC New York Frequency: 770 khz Format: Talk This aircheck features New York City’s Legendary radio personality Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow, on his first night back at the radio station that made him a legend, 77 WABC. He started in New York radio min 1959 at WINS, but Cousin Brucie became synonymous with rock…
Carl P Mayfield & The P Team, on 103 KDF WKDF Nashville | November 1989
This aircheck features Nashville rocker, 103 WKDF, and it’s legendary morning man, Carl P. Mayfield. Carl, his crew, and his antics, made him the most popular morning guy in Nashville for decades. Carl P., and his P-Team: Bubba Skynyrd, Brother Jonah, Cleon and cast of crazies ruled the airwaves not only on WKDF, but also…
New York City Radio Dial Scan | June 1984
Back in June 1984, 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. I would tune up & down the dial, trying to record as many…
Herb Kent on 1450 WVON Chicago | April 1970
Herb Kent, “The Cool Gent,” spent decades on air, most of that time in Chicago. His radio career started in 1940s, and went right to the day he died in 2016. In the 1940s, Kent received his first paid radio job at WGRY in Gary, for $35 dollars a week. He went on to work at…
Terry “Motormouth” Young, Hot Hits 98 WCAU-FM Philadelphia | May 1983
If you grew up listening to Big Jack Armstrong, on one of the many stations where he worked, you may have thought… “I can do that!” But we all discovered, we could not. As a boy Terry Young thought he could be like his radio hero Jack Armstrong. In Terry’s case, he actually COULD…
Joe Niagara, during the Final Week 99 WIBG Philadelphia | September 5 1977
If you grew up during the glorious days of AM radio in Philly in the 60s and 70s, there were 2 AM radio stations that you probably listened to for Pop music. One option was Famous 56, WFIL. The other was “Wibbage,” WIBG, located at 990 on the AM dial. These two pop radio behemoths…
