Back around Halloween 1983, I made a trip to New York City, and recorded several radio stations. I was hosting an afternoon radio show in Atlantic City, NJ. To help…
In the mid 1980s, New York's 66 WNBC was full of big on air personalities! Don Imus, Soupy Sales, Howard Stern, Wolfman Jack, Alan Colmes, & Joey Reynolds. Joey took…
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…
1190 KLIF Dallas, is a station steeped in history. It's owner, Gordon McLendon, is credited, along with Todd Storz and Bill Stewart, with the creation of Top 40 radio. Back…
In the early 1970s, Philadelphia's WDAS-FM switched from a "progressive rock" format to "progressive R&B." "Progressive" in early '70s radio lingo meant "album-oriented." Just as progressive rock stations were…
Frankie Crocker, "The Chief Rocker," began his radio career at WUFO Buffalo, while studying pre-law at the University of Buffalo. Crocker's smooth, on air style soon had New York City…
It was ugly... It was mean... It was cringeworthy... And it all happened live on the radio. If you were in New York or Philadelphia in 1986, you would have…