Boston's 94.5 WZOU came along in late 1984 from the ashes of Album Rocker turned Soft-AC WCOZ, and called itself 94-5 “The Zoo”. The station was in a Top 40 battle…
Larry Glick was a legendary talk show host on Boston radio stations from the 1960s, through the 1990s. He was on WMEX, & WHDH, but he is best known for…
By 1985, Boston had become a very competitive radio market. There were FOUR different CHR (Contemporary Hit Radio) stations in Beantown. Kiss 108, WXKS-FM was Top 40, with a…
WAAF was everywhere. The kids who were old enough to get cars had WAAF bumper stickers. We all seemed to have WAAF tee shirts. The station was on all over town.
In the early 1980, many FM stations were ditching their older skewing, soft formats, for Top 40, or Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR). One of those stations was WEEI-FM. In 1982,…