Category: New York
Hollywood Henderson, Power 95 WWPR New York| 1988
In the mid to late 1980s, WPLJ, Power 95, was doing well. It was normally trailing behind CHR Leader Z100 WHTZ, but billing was high, and ratings were good. On December 20th, WPLJ did something that shocked many in New York. […]
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Jim Kerr, 95.5 WPLJ New York | August 29 1975
In the 1970s, New York’s 95.5 WPLJ was a Rock powerhouse. I have noticed that many seem to thin WPLJ was a hard Rock station in the mid-70s, but it was not. The boundaries of what the station considered Rock, was pretty […]
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Dan Ingram, 77 WABC New York | January 22 1979
The dreaded “WABC Disco Era!” Many people consider this the beginning of the end of Musicradio 77 WABC. In December 1978, the new Disco 92 WKTU defeated WABC in the Arbitron ratings. It was the first time an FM station had beaten […]
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Howard Hoffman, 77 WABC New York | January 1980
In late 1979, the winds of change were blowing through MusicRadio 77 WABC. People were spending more time listening to FM radio, and the once mighty WABC, was seeing it’s numbers drop. WABC management thought changes were needed save the station. One […]
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Salute to American Radio, BBC Radio 1 London | July 4 1976
- 1000 WCFL
- 101.1 KRTH
- 102.7 WNEW-FM
- 1150 KIIS-AM
- 1600 WWRL
- BBC Radio 1
- Casey Kasem
- Jeffrey Troy
- Larry Lujack
- Wink Martindale
- Wolfman Jack
In the mid 1960s, there was nowhere easy for British youngsters to listen to rock ‘n’ rollers like The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones. Commercial radio wasn’t yet an option, and the guardians of the publicly-owned British Broadcasting Corporation considered […]
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FINAL Dan Ingram Radio Show, 101.1 WCBS-FM New York | September 16 2007
I’m warning right up front, that this aircheck is a little hard to listen to. It’s Dan Ingram’s final radio show. WCBS-FM had returned to it’s “modified Oldies” format 3 months earlier, after the Jack FM debacle. Dan was invited back […]
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Dan Ingram FIRST SHOW, 101 WCBS-FM New York | October 19 1991
If you grew up in the metro New York City in the 1960s, or 70s, you probably listened to Dan Ingram. He hosted afternoon drive on WABC for 20 amazing years. (He also hosted morning drive for one year, but everyone […]
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Carol Miller, 95.5 WPLJ New York | 1979
Carol Miller is one of the longest-running New York radio personalities. Miller’s professional journey began in 1971 at Progressive Rock WMMR in Philadelphia. She quickly got the attention of New York’s Rock powerhouse 95.5 WPLJ in 1973, where she first became a […]
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Scott Shannon, 95.5 WPLJ New York | March 13 1992
By 1991, Michael Scott Shannon had done just about everything you could do in radio. He had been on air at legendary stations like WMPS in Memphis, Nashville’s WMAK, & Quixie in Dixie, WQXI Atlanta. At WRBQ Tampa, Shannon, along with partner […]
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“Match Game 1984”, 66 WNBC New York | December, 1984
In your webmaster’s opinion, the whole of WNBC’s format in the years 1983-1986 was one of the most entertaining and best all-around radio that was ever done in New York.
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72 Hours of Radio – From the Naugatuck Valley Region of Connecticut | March 12, 2019 – Part 1
One of your founder’s hobbies is scanning the FM band looking for “DX”. This particular day, the band was a dud. And, the entire recording was a mistake.
I was given a cassette tape with this montage almost 40 years ago. It contains Top 40 stations from the east coast. It’s a fun listen. It includes WLS WCFL WFIL WIBG WABC WLAC WAKY WSBA WMAK WPGC WKBW Includes: Fred Winston, […]
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