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Category: 560 WFIL
Philadelphia Radio Jingles Through The Years – In Alphabetical Order – 1950s-2010s
Philadelphia Radio Jingles Through The Years – In Alphabetical Order – 1950s-2010s This recording features radio jingles used by many Philadelphia area radio stations through the years. Some of the radio staions include: KYW, WCAU, WCAU-FM, WDAS, WDAS-FM, WEAZ, WEJM, WFIL, WGMP, WHAT, WIBG, WIFI, WIOQ, WIP, WKSZ, WLLC, WMGK, WOGL-FM, WPEN, WPGR, WRCP,…
George Michael FINAL SHOW on 56 WFIL Philadelphia | September 6 1974
WFIL 56 Philadelphia – George Michael FINAL SHOW – September 6 1974 Famous 56 WFIL, & The Pop Explosion was a radio powerhouse in Philadelphia, from 1966, into the 1970s! The station was tight, cranked out the hits, and had some of Philly’s biggest personalities, the WFIL Boss Jocks…. Jim O’Brien, JJ Jeffrey,…
‘Banana’ Joe Montione on 56 WFIL Philadelphia | 1974
WFIL 56 Philadelphia – Banana Joe Montione – 1974 Philadelphia’s Famous 56 WFIL, the Delaware Valley’s Pop Powerhouse, was the home of many broadcasting legends. Jim O’Brien, Dr Don Rose, Long John Wade, George Michael, Jim Nettelton, Dick Heatherton, Frank Kingston Smith, & the jock featured on this aircheck, Banana Joe Montione. Banana Joe…
Jim Nettelton & FIRST HOUR Of The New Oldies Format, WFIL 56 Philadelphia | September 2 1983
Radio Station: Golden Oldies 56 WFIL Philadelphia Frequency: 560 kHZ format: Country / Oldies WFIL was one of the big powerhouse radio stations of the 1960s & 70s in Philadelphia. In the 1970s, as listeners migrated to FM, WFIL was losing listeners. The station changed to Adult Contemporary, then Country, but they still could not…
FORMAT CHANGE, From Country to Oldies, 56 WFIL Philadelphia | September 2 1983
Radio Station: Golden Oldies 56 WFIL Philadelphia Frequency: 560 kHZ format: Country / Oldies WFIL was one of the big powerhouse radio stations of the 1960s & 70s in Philadelphia. In the 1970s, as listeners migrated to FM, WFIL was losing listeners. The station changed to Adult Contemporary, then Country, but they still could not…
WFIL 56 & WIBG 99 Philadelphia Through The Years | 1969 -1983
If you grew up during the glorious days of AM radio in Philly in the 60s and 70s, there were 2 AM radio stations that you probably listened to for Pop music. One option was Famous 56, WFIL. The other was “Wibbage,” WIBG, located at 990 on the AM dial. These two pop radio behemoths…
Launch of Oldies Format, 56 WFIL Philadelphia | September 2 1983
From the mid 1960’s, to the mid 1970s, Famous 56 WFIL was on fire in Philadelphia. The station was played everywhere. The WFIL Boss Jocks seemed bigger than life! It seemed like they were at every event in Philly. Parades, sporting events, high schools, and of course at every WFIL event. Some of these names are still talked about today, like Jim…
“Long” John Wade, 56 WFIL Philadelphia | August 1970
Philadelphia’s Famous 56 WFIL, the Delaware Valley’s Pop Powerhouse, was the home of many broadcasting legends. Jim O’Brien, Dr Don Rose, George Michael, Jim Nettelton, Dick Heatherton, Frank Kingston Smith, & the jock featured on this aircheck, Long John Wade. Wade landed in Philly from Hartford’s WDRC in late 1966. He worked on air…
