KFOG 104.5 San Francisco, Format Flip From Beautiful Music to Rock | Sept. 16 1982
KFOG first went on the air in 1964 as an easy-listening station, and its trademark fog horn sound quickly caught on. By the early 1980s, the easy listening…
Big Mack, 1250 WTMA Charleston | April 30, 1982
For many years, 1250 WTMA was a Pop powerhouse in Charleston. WTMA flipped to a Top 40 format in the early 1960s and was hugely successful. As the late…
Elliot & Woodside, Q107 WRQX Washington | December 31 1982
Jim Elliott & Scott Woodside, first teamed up at Washington's WPGC AM & FM in 1978, and they quickly became a sensation. For most of their eight years together,…
Don Imus Does Billy Sol Hargus, 66 WNBC New York | 1982
It was at KUTY, in Palmdale, California, where Don Imus began his on-air character Billy Sol Hargus, a radio evangelist named and inspired by preacher Billy James Hargis. The bit…
Bob Garrett, “Hot Hits”(tm) 98 Now WCAU-FM Philadelphia | November 26, 1982
First, a little history. Before the birth of what's known today as WOGL, 98.1 was home to a heritage set of call letters and a trademarked hot Top 40 format…
KFOG 104.5 San Francisco Format Change From Beautiful Music To Rock & Roll | September 16 1982
For almost 20 years, starting in the early 1960s, KFOG 104.5 played Beautiful Music. Lots of instrumentals, with a few show tunes mixed it. The station did fared…
The “Next To Last Aircheck” with Ross & Wilson, Final Day Musicradio 77 WABC New York | May 10 1982
I think everyone has heard "The Last Aircheck" from the final three hours of Musicradio WABC, with Dan Ingram & Ron Lundy, before the flip to talk. I call…
Dan Ingram From Final Week on 77WABC New York | May 3 1982
This is kind of a bittersweet aircheck. It's from the final week of MusicRadio 77 WABC. At this point in WABC's history, you can feel the changes…
