Rochester Archives

Ellis B Feaster & Bobby Hatfield, 99BBF WBBF-FM Rochester | March 8, 2000

January 20, 2020January 10, 2020 Ellis Feaster98.9 WBBF-FM

In the 1960s & 70s, 95 WBBF AM was the dominant Top 40 station in Rochester, NY. Flash foward to April 1998. Oldies 98.9 decided that since it was playing the songs that[…]

Tim Griffin, 95BBF WBBF Rochester | January 2 1972

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 Ellis Feaster950 WBBF

From the late 50s, until the late 70s, 95 WBBF was a Top 40 powerhouse in Rochester, New York. It dominated in the ratings against competitors WSAY & WAXC. Many legendary western New York[…]

Introducing The Greaseman (Doug Tract), 1460 WAXC Rochester | 1972

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Steve West1460 WAXC

The beginnings of someone the world would come to know as the Greaseman.

Composite: 1460 WAXC Rochester | 1974

August 13, 2016 Steve West1460 WAXC

Date of Recording: 1974 (exact date unknown) Station: 1460 WAXC Rochester, New York Featured Air Talent: Robert Craig Savage, Tom Birch, The Greaseman, Larry White Contributor: Steve Bleecker Date of Contribution: 08.09.2016 Aircheck Entry: 1,431[…]

Tom Birch, 1460 WAXC Rochester | February 14, 1974

November 2, 2015June 23, 2016 Steve West1460 WAXC

1974 was a VERY long time ago – in radio years it’s an eternity! Listening to Tom Birch and his SCREAMING upbeat show, one would think this is a major market station in competition with[…]

WAXC Demo Tape | 1972

November 16, 2014July 2, 2016 Steve West1460 WAXC

Here’s what probably was a sales demo used by station salespeople to give potential advertisers an idea of what the station sounded like. A very common practice in the industry in the years prior to[…]

Chuck Ingersoll, 90.1 WGMC (Jazz 90.1), Rochester, NY | July 12, 2013

January 5, 2014July 2, 2016 Steve West90.1 WGMC

Description by Contributor Chuck Ingersoll: While he did a morning show at album rocker WCMF in the mid-to-late ‘70s and middays at MOR WSAY in the early ‘80s, both in Rochester, Chuck was always a[…]

Chuck Ingersoll, 1370 WSAY, Rochester, NY | February 14, 1981

January 5, 2014July 2, 2016 Steve West1370 WSAY

Description by Contributor Chuck Ingersoll: In 1980, Lew Dickey, Sr. purchased WSAY/1370 in Rochester, NY. For many years it had been one of two stations owned by Gordon Brown (the other in the Buffalo suburb[…]

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