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Author: Ellis Feaster
Jerry Williams, Chicago Riot Coverage & MLK Tribute, 78 WBBM Chicago | April 5 1968
Something a bit different. An aircheck of a legendary talk show host, on a legendary station, 78 WBBM Chicago. Jerry Williams was one of the originators of the 2-way talk radio format. His radio career spanned more than 50 years, starting in 1946 as a small station in Bristol, VA. His talk radio career took…
Frankie Crocker Tribute, 98.7 Kiss WRKS New York | October 2000
Frankie Crocker, “The Chief Rocker,” began his radio career at WUFO Buffalo, while studying pre-law at the University of Buffalo. Crocker’s smooth, on air style soon had New York City calling. Frankie took a job at New York’s R&B station, 1600 WWRL. After a few years, WMCA came calling, and Crocker did evenings there until…
Launch of Oldies Format, 56 WFIL Philadelphia | September 2 1983
From the mid 1960’s, to the mid 1970s, Famous 56 WFIL was on fire in Philadelphia. The station was played everywhere. The WFIL Boss Jocks seemed bigger than life! It seemed like they were at every event in Philly. Parades, sporting events, high schools, and of course at every WFIL event. Some of these names are still talked about today, like Jim…
Bob Sirott, FIRST SHOW on 720 WGN Chicago | January 6, 2020
You may remember Bob Sirott, from his days on 89 WLS Chicago, back in the 1970s. You can hear Bob on this WLS Composite from the 1970s. He was actually on WLS from 1973, through 1979, when he left radio for television. Bob took a job at WBBM-TV in 1980. After five years at Channel 2, Sirott…
Howard Stern Talks About The Stern-DeBella Feud, WYSP Philadelphia | October 1993
It was ugly… It was mean… It was cringeworthy… And it all happened live on the radio. If you were in New York or Philadelphia in 1986, you would have had to live in a cave to miss the bloody battle that had ensued on the radio when WXRK New York’s Howard Stern’s morning show…
Bob Dearborn, 880 KIXI Seattle | March 29, 1996
Bob Dearborn was one of my favorite air personalities. I listened to him on WCFL, WTAE, WJJD, WJMK, and his national show, Overnight America, back in the 80s. I used to board op Overnight America, when I worked at WOND in Atlantic City. I’ve always felt like he was so polished and smooth… Weaving the…
Jack Diamond, WRQX Mix 107.3 Washington | April 28 1997
Longtime D.C. radio host, Jack Diamond began his radio career at the age of 16 when he was a junior in high school, at WINX, a Top-40 radio station in Rockville, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C. Jack worked at many stations across the country, including WLS, KNBR, KSON, WPRO and WPRO-FM, WQXI, WCBM, WRKO, and…
Larry Glick, WBZ 1030 Boston | February 1982
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 show, he built a loyal following of fans, called “Glicknics,”…
