For the fans, this is VINTAGE Z-94! Across town, CBS had just thrown in the towel on Hitradio 103 WHTT, moving it to AAA right around the time of this aircheck. As you’ve read elsewhere on this site, WZOU nearly went back to rock, but gave CHR new life when their crosstown rival cashed out.
Here’s two capable jocks with all the great formatics the 80s version of this station was known for. Compare this to our 1991 aircheck and see how far the station had fallen by that time.
WZOU 94.5 Boston - Harry Bud Nelson - March 7 1987 For a while in the 1980s, Boston had a three-way Contemporary Hit Radio battle, between WXKS Kiss 108, Hit Radio 103 WHTT, and the station heard on this aircheck, 94.5 WZOU. One of the legendary jocks who…
In "94.5 WZOU"
Boston's 94.5 WZOU came along in late 1984 from the ashes of Album Rocker turned Soft-AC WCOZ, and called itself 94-5 “The Zoo”. The station was in a Top 40 battle against crosstown rivals WHTT HitRadio 103 and WXKS-FM “Kiss 108“. Inevitably, it didn’t work and WZOU would eventually go Urban as WJMN…
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Boston Morning Radio Aircheck PART 1 - WZOU WCGY WXKS WBCN WROR WJIB WODS WZLX WMJX WHDH - July 1990 Here are some clips of Boston area morning radio shows I recorded on a trip to New England, including: WZOU, WCGY, WXKS, WOKQ, WBCN, WROR, WJIB, WODS, WZLX, WMJX,…
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Steve West is a 41 year veteran of broadcasting. His air work as a Jock and News Anchor includes six radio markets and over two-dozen radio stations. Steve is the founder of Airchexx.com and Hitoldies.net - All the BIG Hits!
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Hiya,
J. Michael Fox is none other than JJ McKay (the VO dude). Also, I think Harry Nelson was the PD of WZOU during this time.
Robyn
Absolutely right. This was the beginning of Harry Nelson’s reign at ZOU. In fact, this was the very first week of the “Z-94” era. It happened at just the right time for those of us who were still mourning the loss of WHTT. Tom Jeffries would take over for Harry Nelson when the station was sold the next year. Its too bad because I grew up with this station and the on-air staff Harry put together was just terrific. Brian Pierce joined a couple of months after this check, then “incredible” Bob Campbell was the night guy, followed by Karen Blake. Jay Michael Fox would leave “z” and Brian Pierce switched to mornings with Judy Paperelli. When Brian Pierce left, Judy Paperelli was teamed with Mike Adams and Christian Paul. Others at the time included Dan Justin (now of WMJX), John Willis, AKA jw (now of country WKLB), Dan Mccoy and Bob Travis. These were all personalities that the whole family could listen to in the car and I’m sorry it didn’t last.
It was great – I worked there during that time. What a great group of people!
Harry Nelson is great people! I remember the summer of 1985 when there were 4 hit music stations in Boston…Kiss 108, WZOU, WHTT, and WKKT.