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Category: Albany/Troy NY
Steve Bleecker, 92.3 WFLY Troy | 1982
Description by Contributor Steve Bleecker: After my 2 year absence from the Radio business, after leaving WROK, Rockford, Il. and joining my Dad’s extremely successful Sales Rep Business…I had ‘Hunger Pains’ to get back on the air …so, I literally pulled the car over, used the pay phone at Denny’s on Wolf Road…and called Kelly…
Steve Bleecker, WFLY 92, Troy (Albany) | 1983
Description by Steve Bleecker: I left for JBQ JUST PRIOR to the “Spring” Arbitron Ratings , which showed Very Big Numbers…NOT ONLY for my Afternoon Drive Show…but for the ENTIRE STATION ! AND…it had been that way for MOST of Chuck Taylor’s reign as FLY’s Program Director ! Matter of fact…that was one of the…
Mike Hotaling’s Final Broadcast, “Earth Speaks” – 1300 WQBK Rensselaer NY | 1996
In what would turn out to be its final broadcast, Contributor Mike Hotaling hosts a uniquely local environmental program called “Earth Speaks”. Special guest is Ward Stone. This show deals with the environmental movement and the political consequences of the then-recent elections. “Earth Speaks” was an important community program. Of all the areas which has…
QuickChexx: Steve Novak, WGY-FM “Oldies 99.5” Schenectady NY | Winter 1992
Contributor Steve Bleecker is featured here in this short example of the relatively short-lived Oldies format at the former WGY-FM 99.5. Licensed to Schenectady NY, this signal serves the Albany/Troy market in upstate New York. This is a clean, interference free recording made by our Contributor. We don’t have anything else here of this era…
QuickChexx: Richie Norris, 980 WTRY Troy (Albany) | February, 1987
When people in the Albany NY area think of their favorite AM radio stations growing up, the first one that comes to mind is usually 1540 WPTR. The next one, undoubtedly, is 980 WTRY. Never a runner-up, at least in presentation, ‘TRY ran Top 40 until sometime in late 1983 or 84. By the time…
Rick Mitchell – Last show on Musicradio 98 WTRY Troy, NY | February 16, 1979
According to Frank Izzo, the contributor of this aircheck, Mitchell had the #1 morning show in the Capitol District for four years. Now, this is his final show. It’s GREAT AM Top 40, complete with TM (c) Fusion jingles and all!
Mike Hotaling, WQBK/WQBJ “The Edge” | March, 1997
Here’s another skimmer tape of Mike Hotaling on Albany’s Alternative 103.5 The Edge. Hotaling is live at the studio and Kelly McNamara is at a live remote after having more than a few drinks. Mike wrote when sending this in, “…note as the phone breaks went on how much fun I was having getting clearly…
The Scott Lonsberry Show with Special Guest Mike Hotaling, 1300 WQBK Albany NY | 1994
Contributor Mike Hotaling is the guest on the Scott Lonsberry show this particular day. As you’ll hear, Mike was also the host of a show called “Earth Speaks”, an environmental program aired on WQBK/WQBJ “The Edge”. At the time, Mike was also a Rock Jock on The Edge as well. As our Contributor describes this,…
