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Category: Kansas City
Mark Van Gelder on 1190 KJLA Kansas City | 1979
KJLA 1190 Kansas City – Mark Van Gelder – 1979 From the Dean O’Neal collection. Back in the late 1970s, radio stations across the country were jumping on the “all Disco” music format as a quick ratings fix. For many stations, they did see an uptick in listeners numbers. Some Disco stations became the…
Brush Creek Follies, KMBC 980 Kansas City | March 1941
If you’ve watched Ken Burns’ series, Country Music, you may have seen the episode where it featured live Country Western live performance shows going on at many radio stations around the country. Some of these shows, from the 1930s & 40s, include Nashville’s “Grand Ole Opry” on WSM, Chicago’s “National Barn Dance” on WLS,…
The PD’s Collection: Scotty Lawrence, 107.3 KMJK Kansas City, MO. Tape #1
What is “The PD’s Collection”? Quite simply, it’s a large box full of demo cassettes that were sent in to various Program Directors from places I worked over the years. This first batch of tapes comes from Contributor Rich Brother Robbin, who was programming WSRR 98.1 The Cat Memphis when he gave it to me.…
Composite: Kansas City CHR Stations | May, 1989
Curator’s Comments: This was posted a LONG time ago. So long ago, it sat at the bottom of the list of posted airchecks… within the first 100 donated to the site back in the year 2002. Therefore, much of the ‘technical information’ isn’t quite available. Still. its a good composite showing off some of the…
Ronnie Philips, KBEQ Kansas City | October 5, 2005
Go ahead, you double-takers! Combine a former 90s CHR powerhouse, the same station name and combine it with a Shootout, a girl named Nikki, a guy who could hold his own at ANY of the old 90s CHR stations named Ronnie Philips, and some sawdust-kickin’ hell-raisin’ Beer drinkin’ Country Music and what do you have?…
QuickChexx: Mike Kennedy, 104.3 KBEQ Kansas City | 1992
“…on Q104, its the right music, right now!” Mike Kennedy starts his show on this little tiny scope of Q104. He has passes to the movie, “A League Of Their Own”, starring Tom Hanks. Was it really THAT long ago? This really sounds GOOD! And you’ll notice all the big hits being played from Boyz…
Dancin’ Danny Wright, 104.3 KEBQ Kansas City
Who knew Danny Wright was such a hot CHR jock! Here’s a GREAT composite of a weekday featuring Dancin’ Danny Wright on Q104.3 Kansas City. Here’s the best of the decade of big hair and fantastic jingles, courtesy of new contributor Dave Erwin! Your task, as listeners, is to identify: 1. The jingles. Company and…
