After his success with his Hot Hits format at WCAU-FM Philadelphia, WBBM hired Mike Joseph to bring the Hot Hits format to Chicago in 1982. By 1983, WBBM-FM was already moving away from the Hot Hits moniker, but a lot of the Hot Hits formations were still on the station, as you can hear on the composite aircheck. On this aircheck you’ll hear morning man Tomm Rivers, as well as Dave Robbins, Gary Spears, Jeff Hooker, Joe Dawson, Tony Taylor, and weekenders Frank Forster & Mark Windsor. -Ellis
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WBBM-FM B96 Chicago - Don Geronimo - FIRST SHOW - 1983 Chicago’s WBBM-FM... B96... Chicago’s Killer Bee... Hot Hits 96... Chicago’s Party Station.... and all the other names the CHR powerhouse has been called over the years. Since May 1982, when WBBM-FM began airing a Top 40/CHR format…
WBBM-FM B96 Chicago - Don Geronimo - May 24 1984 Courtesy: John Yangi Chicago’s WBBM-FM... B96... Chicago’s Killer Bee... Hot Hits 96... Chicago’s Party Station.... and all the other names the CHR powerhouse has been called over the years. Since May 1982, when WBBM-FM began airing a Top…
WBBM-FM B96 Chicago - Don Geronimo - December 1984 Chicago’s WBBM-FM... B96... Chicago’s Killer Bee... Hot Hits 96... Chicago’s Party Station.... and all the other names the CHR powerhouse has been called over the years. Since May 1982, when WBBM-FM began airing a Top 40/CHR format known as "Hot…
Since 1979, Ellis has been on the radio, mostly hosting morning radio shows across the country, from Philly to Salt Lake City, Tampa to Seattle, and for the last 25 years, has been waking Orlando & Daytona Beach.