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Category: Washington DC
Don Geronimo FIRST SHOW on 95.5 WPGC Washington | March 17 1980
WPGC 95.5 Washington – Don Geronimo FIRST SHOW – March 17 1980 For over 20 years, the team of Don & Mike were a force on the radio in the nation’s Capital. From December 1985 through April 11, 2008, the pair performed their zany radio show, first on the WAVA Morning Zoo on WAVA,…
Washington DC CHR Wars: WAVA, WRQX & WPGC | May 1990
Donated to this site by the late Robyn Watts, here’s a 28 minute scope highlighting three Washington DC area stations that were in a heated ratings battle for much of the late 1980s and early 1990s. All three stations are no longer involved with Top 40. WRQX decided to quit the format later in 1990,…
The Greaseman, DC101 WWDC Washington | August 27 1987
It’s Doug Tract, better known as The Greaseman. He is truly a one of a kind radio personality. In an era of 3, 4, & 5 person morning shows, Grease would make radio comedy gold, all by himself. The Greaseman pseudonym originated while he was in college. Grease has said in an interiview, “In those days of top 40, everybody who was…
Jack Diamond, WRQX Mix 107.3 Washington | April 28 1997
Longtime D.C. radio host, Jack Diamond began his radio career at the age of 16 when he was a junior in high school, at WINX, a Top-40 radio station in Rockville, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C. Jack worked at many stations across the country, including WLS, KNBR, KSON, WPRO and WPRO-FM, WQXI, WCBM, WRKO, and…
Vinnie Brown, Q107 WRQX Washington | January 1, 1983
The 1980s was a great decade for Top 40 radio in Washington, D.C. As listeners migrated to FM, the had a choice of three great sounding CHR stations, 95.5 WPGC, 105 WAVA, and Q107 WRQX. In it’s 10 year run as a CHR station, from 1980, through 1990, Q107 had an amazing array of…
Final Hour of Mix 107.3 & First minutes of K-Love, WRQX Washington | May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 was a day that shook the radio world. To help get it’s massive debt to a more manageable level, Cumulus Media sold several stations to EMF, where they would install their K-Love CCM format. The stations sold included Hot AC 95.5 WPLJ New York, “Talk 106.7” WYAY Atlanta, “K-Fog” KFFG…
Greaseman, DC101 WWDC Washington | 1985
There are three radio personalities, who normally work alone, who have blown me away with what they can do on the radio. All 3 make it look so easy. First is Gene Shepherd, who would tell stories on the radio every night on WOR, and he kept me riveted for a whole hour. Second…
Elliot & Woodside, Q107 WRQX Washington | December 31 1982
Jim Elliott & Scott Woodside, first teamed up at Washington’s WPGC AM & FM in 1978, and they quickly became a sensation. For most of their eight years together, Elliott and Woodside enjoyed high ratings and were each believed to be earning $200,000 annually. They were so popular in the early 1980s, Q107 WRQX…
