In 1973, Philadelphia’s WIFI 92 instituted a high-energy Top 40 format known as the Boogie Format with the slogan “Let’s Boogie.” It Philly’s first live FM Top 40 station. It…
When it come to classic Top 40 radio out of Buffalo, NY, for many, one set of call letters come to mind... WKBW. But those who know Buffalo radio, know…
The topic of this jock's show is not the music, but rather, the fact that the phone company has told the station that it can only use ONE listener line. Apparently, the station blew out one of the lines and the utility decided it can't have the station tying up those resources.
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…
Bob Dearborn was one of my favorite air personalities. I listened to him on WCFL, WTAE, WJJD, WJMK, and his national show, Overnight America, back in the 80s. I used…
In 1970, Don Imus went to work at WGAR in Cleveland, before hitting it big in New York City at WNBC. Imus had bounced through a few smaller markets in…