You’ll really love the laid back style of these Soft Rock jocks heard on the not-long-for-this-world ‘CFM FM 94. Reminiscent of both WEEI-FM 103 Boston and KNX-FM Los Angeles around the same time period, this is Mellow Rock – a format that was soft AC before the format existed. Actually, this format was soft Album Cuts, kinda the direct opposite of Album Oriented Rock (AOR) – similar in presentation, but featuring the soft cuts from non hard rock artists.
Here's a quarter hour worth listening to. Starting with the great Joe Martelle, on the old 98.5 WROR, this goes back and forth between WROR and 103.3 WEEI-FM. Just two years before this was recorded, WROR had just morphed into a soft, personality AC from its days of automated Oldies.…
Original Comments: Close your eyes and imagine yourself in Boston. The year is 1978. You start tuning around the radio dial. You start on the AM band, because that's where your favorite station has been for many years. You stop for a moment at 680. WRKO is still going strong.…
"Ok, I got the crew together now... I think we're all set to go!" Curator's Notes: This is a pristine recording that held up very well over the years. A donation from AircheckDownloads.com, this is over a year before the flip to Oldies as WODS and there couldn't be a…
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2 thoughts on “Composite: 93.7 KCFM St. Louis | 1979”
Nashville’s SM95 (WSM-FM) had a similar format during the late 70’s and early 80’s. As I recall, WLAC-FM, taking a more hits- oriented AC approach, won the ratings war and prompted WSM-FM’s change to country music.
KSD-FM had a great line-up around 1983-until it all blew up and went country with the format change. Back in early 1980’s, KSD-FM used to id as …ks94 is KSD-FM 93.7, St. Louis. Their morning show was JC Corcoran, with his crew after he left K-SHE.
Nashville’s SM95 (WSM-FM) had a similar format during the late 70’s and early 80’s. As I recall, WLAC-FM, taking a more hits- oriented AC approach, won the ratings war and prompted WSM-FM’s change to country music.
KSD-FM had a great line-up around 1983-until it all blew up and went country with the format change. Back in early 1980’s, KSD-FM used to id as …ks94 is KSD-FM 93.7, St. Louis. Their morning show was JC Corcoran, with his crew after he left K-SHE.