Here’s a 41 minute recording of the Les Davis show on WQEW. Listen for a promo for the upcoming Batt Johnson show. You’ll hear some fading, as this was likely recorded in the evening hours some distance from New York City.
Courtesy of early Contributor Joe Tymecki
In your webmaster’s opinion, the whole of WNBC’s format in the years 1983-1986 was one of the most entertaining and best all-around radio that was ever done in New York.
Charlie Greer was one of WABC’s “All-Americans”. Branded “Channel 77”, this was the era when WABC became the dominant Top 40 station, and became legendary with its connection to The Beatles!
Bumper Morgan is the first voice you hear on this hour-long scope, then Bobby Rich starts off this particular show, in his words, “broadcasting from a brand new studio that’s never been used before”.
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Hearing Les Davis again after all of these years brought a smile to my face. I used to listen to him as a teenager and he turned me on to many musicians. THANKS for posting this.
He’s still working. You can hear Les’s show Mon-Thu 6pm-midnight plus Sunday middays (Eastern time) on Sirius XM 67.
A wonderful piece of audio! Thanks for posting! I loved this radio station and was, like many, devastated when it was taken down.
This would have aired in the afternoon. Batt was on 7:00 PM to 12:00 Midnight. Les regularly filled in for Jonathan Schwartz whose show was on 3:00 to 7:00 PM. And I often filled in for Batt following Jonathan.
Back in the late 70s, Les Davis hosted a jazz show (live from a restaurant or jazz club–I forget which–in New York City on jazz station WRVR New York. Circa September 1980, it abruptly flipped its format to country and call letters to WKHK. Not long thereafter, Davis moved his jazz show to otherwise beautiful music WVNJ-FM. He remained there until it became Top 40 station WHTZ–AKA Z100– in ’83.