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Gary Bridges, 66 WNBC (Stereo) New York | November, 1985
Enter WNBC New York. One of the last remaining hit music stations in the country by 1985, the station had everything going for it – except the format to itself. Two years earlier, WHTZ Z100 came along out of the ashes of formerly “Beautiful Music” station 100.3 WVNJ Newark, New Jersey and pretty much took the Top 40 (by then, the format was renamed Contemporary Hit Radio in the trades..) format by storm. Z100 has remained the CHR king in NYC ever since.
WNBC, in 1985 was still playing contemporary music, but was a more personality oriented station by this point in time than anyone could have imagined. Gary Bridges was one of a large staff of known personalities, some of whom listeners had grown up with. Personalities such as Don Pardo (the voice of many of WNBC radio and television’s promotions), Soupy Sales, who had been around in the 1950s and on television, Imus, who by this time was already an institution and the whole WNBC news department.
Heard on this aircheck: Jane Dornacker (WNBC Traffic & Transit), News from Doug O’Brien, tons of commericals, a few WNBC jingles and the talent of Gary Bridges.
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