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Author: Ellis Feaster
Gene Klavan, 710 WOR New York | 1978
Gene Klavan was a great radio artist who used every inch of Mr. Marconi’s audio stage to create great radio. He began his radio career in Baltimore and Washington, but came to New York to replace Gene Rayburn, who was leaving the popular duo of Rayburn and Finch on 1130 WNEW. From 1952…
King Biscuit Time with “Sunshine” Sonny Payne, 1360 KFFA Helena AR January 2, 2015
King Biscuit Time, one of the longest running radio shows in radio history, first aired on KFFA-AM radio on November 21, 1941, the creation of Station Manager Sam Anderson, Delta blues harmonica man, singer, and songwriter Sonny Boy Williamson, young blues guitarist Robert Lockwood Jr, and Max Moore, head of the show’s longtime sponsor, Interstate…
Andy Barber, KULF 79 Houston | June 1979
Houston’s 79 KULF had a 12 year run as an Adult Contemporary station, from 1970, until 1982. At one point, it was the home to the long running Stevens & Pruett morning show. Other broadcasting notables that graced the KULF microphones include Dave Hull, Phil Konstantin, Mike Mann, Gary Harmon, Hank Moore, Jim Shannon,…
Weekend With Roy, 1600 KOHI St. Helens, OR. | October 23 1965
Over the years we have seen many radio formats disappear from our radio dials… Oldies, Nostalgia, Full Service Adult Contemporary, Beautiful Music, & Middle Of The Road. I remember MOR being a pretty big format in the 1960s, but was gone by the late 1970s. This aircheck features a small market MOR in Oregon.…
Davey D, KCCN FM 100 Honolulu | April 17 2009
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’ll find a mix of Traditional & Contemporary Hawaiian music in English & Hawaiian, on Honolulu’s…
London & Engelman, K-West 106 KWST Los Angeles | March 1982
The KWST call letters and “K-West 106” name, first appeard on the in 1969. KWST had a beautiful music format, until January 1, 1975, when the station flipped to Rock, with a sound similar to KLOS. Over time the ratings fell, and in 1981, KWST changed to a short lived Top 40 format. KWST…
John Mack Flanagan, KCBS-FM 97 San Francisco | November 27 1981
John Mack Flanagan was a west coast radio legend. He spent nearly 40 years in broadcasting, much of that time in Top 40 radio. Flanagan was on the air at KFRC from 1973 to 1979. His show followed the famed Dr. Don Rose, who did morning drive. He also spend time on air at…
Mike McCann, 1340 WMID Atlantic City | June 20 1979
Long before he was a sports anchor on 66 WFAN, and before he cranked out the oldies on 101.1 WCBS-FM, and even before his 8 years on 97 WYNY, Mike McCann rocked Atlantic City on WMID 1340. WMID was the pop music leader in Atlantic City in the 1960s & 70s, but in 1979,…
