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Category: Philadelphia
Bill O’Brien, the Philly “Hot 30 Countdown”, 98.1 WCAU-FM Philadelphia, Part 1 | January 8, 1984
An impressive aircheck from this date in January 1984 – the GREAT “98 Now” Hot Hits ™ format at WCAU-FM. Here’s the first part of the Philly Top 30 Countdown which we hear shortly after the start. Plenty of mentions of schools, dedications and all the great things that classic Top 40 radio was about.…
Joe Niagra, 95 WPEN Philadelphia | Undated
Posting just in time for the format and call letter change this date to Family Radio programming, this came to us with no date, but the music is mainly late 70s fare. Joe Niagra is the jock. WPEN here sounds like a full-service AC and you’ll hear all the great elements that made good radio…
Philadelphia CHR Wars 1 – Part 1a | 1992
Robyn Watts is one of our earliest and largest contributors, having donated tapes that were recorded from home, and and obtained through some of the largest legitimate traders in America, such as California Aircheck, etc. Several of our early composite cassettes donated by Robyn Watts had descriptive labels that identified them with a company called…
Philadelphia CHR Wars 1 – Part 1b | 1992
Several of our early composite cassettes donated by Robyn Watts had descriptive labels that identified them with a company called “Hecht Enterprises”. I’m not sure if this was part of a weekly trade publication or if they were an airchecking service outright, but I could certainly see this in the hands of a PD, listening…
Ross Brittain; Harriet Coffee, 106.1 WZGO (Z106) Philadelphia | September 24, 1986
Spanning the changeover from Morning to Midday drive times, here’s a somewhat rough sounding recording of the Ross Brittain morning show (“Brittain for Breakfast”). Our ‘annonymous’ Contributor says this was recorded between 9:45 and 10:30 AM, so what we get to hear is almost constant banter from Ross Brittain and crew, the final stop set…
Geoff Fox, 95 WPEN Philadelphia | Sometime, 1978
Geoff Fox and WPEN both have exciting histories – Fox was an AM Top 40 Deejay before obtaining a degree in meteorology and launching a career in Television. He was a longtime Weatherman for WTNH News 8 in New Haven, CT before being let go in 2010 (in favor of a young female Meteorologist). Fox…
Mike Frasier, 98 “The Hot FM” WCAU-FM Philadelphia | July 27, 1987
Call this “Diary of a Confused CHR Station”. WCAU-FM is in the waning days of its contemporary music format, and obviously at a crossroads as to which way to go, musically. The station leans very rhythmic, and while the jocks are now calling this “98 The Hot FM” in their live banter, all the imaging…
Mike St. John, Oldies 98.1 WOGL Philadelphia | November 5, 1997
WOGL no longer identifies itself as “Oldies 98”, as many stations in recent years have dropped most music from the 1960s and even early 70s from their playlists. However, the “Oldies” format was alive and well in the late 90s. Here’s a 45 minute ‘check of WOGL Philadelphia, featuring Mike St. John. It was recorded…
