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Category: Hartford
Lee Roberts, WTIC-FM “96 TICS” Hartford | 1978
Thanks to Steve McVie out on Cape Cod, one of my all-time favorite stations. Mike Josephs “Hot Hits” ™ formatted CHR WTIC-FM. There are a number of “Hot Hits” stations profiled here and at other web sites, but none quite capture the engergy and creativity of TIC-FM. Prior to flipping to Top 40 in 1977,…
Frank Holler, 1410 WPOP Hartford | May 18, 1969
AM was still king in Hartford and all around the USA when this recording of WPOP was made. Now, unless you’re intimately familiar with the Bill Drake “Boss Radio” Top 40 format, you probably think this is his handiwork. Someone out there knows for sure, but it sure sounds like WPOP ran a Drake knock-off…
Robin King & the “Power Request Hour”, WKSS “Kiss 95.7” Hartford | 1989
Courtesy of longtime Contributor Robyn Watts, this un-dated scope of night jock Robin King, and an assortment of GREAT phone call requests. In fact, aside from this wonderfully fun personality, the best part of this aircheck has to be the way King handles the phones. There’s one bit where a woman requests Guns N Roses,…
New Year Predictions – 1360 WDRC Hartford | December 31, 1975
These dire, yet hardly believable predictions for the new year 1976 were made by the WDRC News Department. Imagine listening to this and hearing a prediction that then President Ford was going to be shot! Its amazing this stuff made it to air! Contributor Steve Tefft sent this in, in time for New Years but…
Bill Lenke on WTIC-FM Hartford | 1979
Broadway Bill Lee is caught on tape once again at the station that made him famous! WTIC-FM was in it’s “Hot Hits” ™ era, before WKSS arrived and took the CHR format to new heights. Here in 1979, 96 TICS is on FIRE! Lee used his real name in Hartford, before moving on to a…
The Damon Scott Show, 96-5 WTIC-FM Hartford | March 5, 2002
From the new Doug North collection, here’s a different look at a former Hot Hits ™ station that outgrew its old Top 40 roots. 2002 is not that long ago, but WTIC-FM is a heritage hit music station, and although these days there’s lots of voice tracking and nighttime syndication with the Billy Bush show,…
John Saville, WWYZ “Country 92.5” Waterbury/Hartford | March 21, 1989
From the Steve West collection comes this 23 year old tape just found in an old box. Honestly, I forgot that I even recorded this. Here’s John Saville on his former night shift on Country 92.5, about six months after the station flipped to Country from AC. The station is using its original jingle package,…
