J.R. Russ Air-Production Sampler 1985
J.R. Likes to say he worked on the 106.1 frequency "Seven formats and TEN sets of call letters ago" in 1984-85.
Nancy Plum, 57 KLAC Los Angeles | April 12, 1988
Nancy Plum was a veteran DJ, having worked elsewhere in the L.A. market, perhaps most notably at Top 40 1020 KTNQ Ten-Q a decade earlier.
Vaughn Harper, 107.5 WBLS New York | November 1980
Nicknamed “The Velvet Voice,” Vaughn Harper was a major pioneer of the smooth and soulful “Quiet Storm” R&B/blues/jazz format at 107.5 WBLS that became popular at Urban stations across America in…
Charlie Tuna, 1520 KOMA Oklahoma City | 1966
As a young kid in the 1970's, I would lie in bed at night, with my transistor radio next to my ear, listening to clear channel stations from around the…
Q Morning Zoo, Q105 WRBQ Tampa | March 1988
In 1981, when two radio vets came together, something magical happened! Scott Shannon & Cleveland Wheeler started a morning radio revolution, when they lauched The Q Morning Zoo, on Q105,…
Barbara Sommers, 99FM WUSL Philadelphia (KISS 99/Power 99 FM) | Dec 27 1982
Here is a rare aircheck of WUSL Philadelphia, before it had become Power 99 FM. The station flipped from Country, to Urban in Oct. 1982, with the new name KISS…
End of Eagle 106 & Launch of Smooth Jazz 106.1, WEGX WJJZ Philadelphia | March 12 1993
In the 1980’s, Philadelphia’s 106.1 FM seemed cursed. No matter what Cox Radio put on the frequency, nothing seemed to work. In 1981, it was WWSH Stereo 106, playing…
Neil Fox, 95.8 Capital FM London | July 1994
Until the 1970s, the British airwaves belonged almost exclusively to the BBC. However, the British government eventually decided to open the country’s radio environment to commercial stations in 1972, and…
