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Author: Ellis Feaster
Station Composite, G98 WGCL 98 Cleveland | 1974
Here is an aircheck of 98 WGCL Cleveland from it’s early days. It had a CHR format from 1970 to 1986. It had moderate success, but with WMMS being such a dominant station, WGCL often struggled. This station composite from 1974, features J.R. Nelson, Bob North, Chris Bailey, Shotgun Tom Kelly, & Skip O’Brien.…
Ellis B Feaster & Bobby Hatfield, 99BBF WBBF-FM Rochester | March 8, 2000
In the 1960s & 70s, 95 WBBF AM was the dominant Top 40 station in Rochester, NY. Flash foward to April 1998. Oldies 98.9 decided that since it was playing the songs that WBBF played 30 years earlier, why not move the WBBF calls from 950 AM, to 98.9 FM. Oldies 98.9 WKLX,…
Vinnie Brown, Q107 WRQX Washington | January 1, 1983
The 1980s was a great decade for Top 40 radio in Washington, D.C. As listeners migrated to FM, the had a choice of three great sounding CHR stations, 95.5 WPGC, 105 WAVA, and Q107 WRQX. In it’s 10 year run as a CHR station, from 1980, through 1990, Q107 had an amazing array of…
Randy Robins, on 95 KIMN Denver | 1971
In the 1960s & 70s, Denver was a great market for Top 40 Radio. The battle for Top 40 dominance was fierce between KTLK 1280, KDEN 1340, KHOW 630, and the station that spent much of the time at the top of that mountain, 95 KIMN. Many legendary names worked on air at KIMN, including…
Earthquake & Volcano Coverage on 94.7 KWXX Hilo | May 6 2018
In May of 2018, I was on the island of Hilo, Hawaii, when we had an earthquake, and a volcano eruption. Naturally, the first thing I do is turn on the radio! It was a little scary, but we were ok. KWXX broadcasts a Hawaiian music & Reggae format. It’s a popular format you’ll only…
Final Hour of Mix 107.3 & First minutes of K-Love, WRQX Washington | May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 was a day that shook the radio world. To help get it’s massive debt to a more manageable level, Cumulus Media sold several stations to EMF, where they would install their K-Love CCM format. The stations sold included Hot AC 95.5 WPLJ New York, “Talk 106.7” WYAY Atlanta, “K-Fog” KFFG…
Final Loren & Wally Show, WROR 105.7 Boston | June 28, 2019
Loren Owens & Wally Brine were a Boston radio institution. The two were first paired together at WVBF in the early 1980s, and managed to continue on the morning show, through management changes, ownership changes, call letter changes, and even format changes. The station went from AC, to Country, to Oldies, to Classic Rock,…
Tom Collins, Philly 15 WSNI-AM Philadelphia | 1983
In the early to mid 1980s, many AM stations were struggling to reinvent themselves as many listeners had migrated to FM. Some stations were moving towards News, Talk, or Sports. Some were trying different approaches, like big personalities, All Oldies, or even Comedy. In Philly Sunny 104 WSNI-FM, just simulcast it’s FM AC format…
