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Author: Ellis Feaster
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…
92KTU Composite Aircheck, 92 WKTU New York | 1983
77 WABC was the undisputed radio leader in New York, until 1978, when WKTU ditched it’s Soft Rock format, and started playing Disco music 24/7. It was an instant success. The station shot to number one in the Big Apple, dethroning WABC. Names like Paco, G Keith Alexandar, Jim Harlan, JD Holiday (Paul Zarcone), Dale…
Billy V on Hawaiian 105 KINE Honolulu | 2012
If you have never been to Hawaii, you’ll find radio is a bit different in the 50th state. In addition to the radio formats you’ll find on the US mainland, you’ll also find different formats featuring Hawaiian music. You have Contemporary Hawaiian, or as they call it, “Today’s Hawaiian Hit Music,“ on KCCN FM100. On…
WFIL 56 & WIBG 99 Philadelphia Through The Years | 1969 -1983
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…
Joe “Butterball” Tamburro Tribute on 105.3 WDAS-FM Philadelphia | July 29, 2012
In Philadelphia, WDAS AM & FM was the R&B powerhouse. From the 1950s, on AM 1480, & from the early 1970s on 105.3 FM, WDAS was the place to go for R&B, Soul, & Gospel. For decades, the man responsible for the programming on the stations was Joe “Butterball” Tamburro. He started a a sales…
Howard Stern with Don Imus on 66 WNBC New York | 1983
66 WNBC’s format from 1983 to 1987 was one of the most entertaining and best all-around radio that may have ever done in New York. Perhaps anywhere. You got music, information, & laughter. This is what radio was SUPPOSED to be like, and WNBC actually got it right! You had personalities like Soupy Sales, Alan…
Joey Reynolds Show / N-Copter Crash, 66 WNBC New York | October 22 1986
In the mid 1980s, New York’s 66 WNBC was full of big on air personalities! Don Imus, Soupy Sales, Howard Stern, Wolfman Jack, Alan Colmes, & Joey Reynolds. Joey took over the afternoon show when Howard was fired, which had to be pretty stressful. If he was stressed, he never showed it. You did hear…
