WHBQ 56 Memphis - Dewey Phillips - November 1950 As the most popular radio disc jockey in Memphis in the late 1940s and the 1950s, Dewey Phillips was…
WHBQ 56 Memphis - Dewey Phillips - 1950s As the most popular radio disc jockey in Memphis in the late 1940s and the 1950s, Dewey Phillips was a…
Station: 56 WHBQ Memphis Format: Top 40 Branded: "56 HBQ" Ownership: RKO General Featured Air Personality: "Dicky" Edwards Contributor: Rob Grayson #1606 ...Magic Man, and ya know I really don't…
Well... Look what we found lurking on the back of a KLIF tape... Dueling Top 40 stations 56 WHBQ (RKO General) and 68 WMPS (Plough)! Imagine the surprise hearing this…
"From the Gateway to Mid-America!..." The WMPS Top hour legal ID says it all. A Broadcast service of Plough, Incorporated, WMPS put up stiff competition to RKO General's 56 WHBQ…
Our friend and Contributor Rob Grayson was, indeed, in Jackson MS before landing his prime gig at 56 WHBQ Memphis. Sent in with no fanfare or description, this is, nonetheless,…
Rick Dees began his career sometime in the early 1970s in the state of Mississippi. His first claim to fame occurred in Memphis, at 56 WHBQ, that powerful Top 40…
Chances are you remember Wink Martindale from TV gams shows. He hosted 21 different game shows, including “Trivial Pursuit”, “Can You Top This”, “High Rollers”, “Debt”, “Gambit”, and the long-running…