From a cassette labelled Midwest Aircheck MW# 122, Dan Shannon is on the old 102.7 WBMX Chicago.
They call this 102-7 the NEW ‘BMX. This is Contemporary Urban, or whatever they were calling the format back then. Mixed in with a lot of crossover Top 40 hits, WBMX had a captive audience in the Dan Shannon show.
I don’t know much more about either Dan Shannon or WBMX Chicago, other than the call letters were changed to WVAZ on 10/19/88. As of this writing the WBMX call letters reside in Boston at 104.1, the former frequency of WBCN. Prior to moving to that frequency in ’09, the call letters were in use at 98.5 having replaced the old WROR on 02/26/1991.
Those of you from Boston are probably thinking... What the?... Yes, WBMX was a Chicago FM station before the call letters were dropped and subsequently picked up for 98.5 in Boston after they dropped the WROR calls. Confused yet? This aircheck isn't about format changes. It IS about Chicagoland CHR,…
"V 103, The Best Variety of Hits and Dustys" Six minutes of Classic Soul are heard here in this 1990 recording showcased by aircheck distributor California Aircheck. Our Contributor donated a large number of these Market Profile tapes to our archives many years ago, and we're not even close to…
"Saturday Night Live At The Oldies" was arguably the most popular show on the old WROR on 98.5 and ran from 1977 when the station first started playing some contemporary music until 1991, when WROR became WBMX "Mix 98.5"
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I was the one who originally put this aircheck together.
WBMX was in a head to head battle with WGCI.
Both stations played urban contemporary music, a lot of those songs crossed over to CHR.
WGCI countered WBMX’s 10 “strong” songs with 11 “power” hits. So WBMX countered with 12 “strong” songs. Then WGCI kicked it up to 13. I think it hit a pinnacle at WBMX’s 14 !!
WBMX changed call letters to WVAZ…..V-103 and became the first Urban/Adult Contemporary station.
Great Station WBMX , They had great radio talent and 10 strong songs in a row
WBMX call letters are now here in Boston
WBMX Oak Park -Chicago
WBMX Was Not The Only Station That Had 10 Strong Songs In A Row, Detroit’s WJLB & Boston’s WZOU Did The Same As Well.
I was the one who originally put this aircheck together.
WBMX was in a head to head battle with WGCI.
Both stations played urban contemporary music, a lot of those songs crossed over to CHR.
WGCI countered WBMX’s 10 “strong” songs with 11 “power” hits. So WBMX countered with 12 “strong” songs. Then WGCI kicked it up to 13. I think it hit a pinnacle at WBMX’s 14 !!
WBMX changed call letters to WVAZ…..V-103 and became the first Urban/Adult Contemporary station.
Don – thank you for your comments. I’ll be doing some audio restoration on this one shortly and when it’s done I’ll re-post it with your comments.
Oak Park and The Windy City’s turning to The New BMX 102.7 – that’s the sweeper from the sexiest FM station in Chicagoland.