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Author: Ellis Feaster
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…
John Records Landecker, Oldies 104.3 WJMK Chicago | April 1996
If you ran down the list of radio stations where John Records Landecker work, it would be a list of some of the greatest stations in America. WTRX Flint, WERX Grand Rapids, Philadelphia’s iconic WIBG Radio 99 (Using the name Scott Walker). There was also Toronto’s CFTR 680, mornings in Cleaveland at Power 108 WPHR,…
Ingrid Schumacher FIRST MIDDAY SHOW, 104.5 CHUM-FM Toronto | September 1, 1999
Ingrid Schumacher was one of Toronto’s longest serving radio personalities. From 1977 through 2017, she was on 104.5 CHUM-FM. From the AOR days, and through the CHR days. Right out of college, she was hired by CHUM. She replaced Rick Moranis. in 1978, Ingrid became the first female in Canadian Radio to host a Drive…
Sergio Dean,107.5 WBLS New York | September 1983
Sergio Dean was one of those unsung heroes of NY radio. He came to New York after programming ZBF in Bermuda. He spent almost 30 years on air in New York, with much of that time in morning or afternoon drive. He started at WWRL in the 1970s as Program Director & AM drive. He…
WXTU First Day On Air, 92 WXTU Philadelphia | September 12 1983
In 1973, Philadelphia’s WIFI 92 instituted a high-energy Top 40 format known as the Boogie Format with the slogan “Let’s Boogie.” It Philly’s first live FM Top 40 station. It performed fairly well for many years. When 98.1 WCAU-FM debuted its Hot Hits format in October 1981, which caused WIFI’s ratings to fall as WCAU-FM quickly grabbed most of…
