Howard Hoffman, 77 WABC New York | January 1980
In late 1979, the winds of change were blowing through MusicRadio 77 WABC. People were spending more time listening to FM radio, and the once mighty WABC, was seeing it's…
Johnny Scott, The Big 13 KYNO Fresno | February 8, 1968
For many, The Big 13 KYNO, is where it all began. In the 1960s, KMAK was the big Top 40 station in Fresno. Gene Chenault, owner of KYNO thought his…
Bobby Ocean, 1170 KCBQ San Diego | May 26, 1971
A bit of light processing returns this performance of the Bobby Ocean show on KCBQ to life! Quoted from Wikipedia "Some of KCBQ's most legendary personalities included Don Howard, Jim…
Harry Nelson, 94.5 WZOU Boston | March 7, 1987
The all-new Z94 was really hot at this point, although not exactly 'new'. WZOU came along in late 1984 from the ashes of Album Rocker turned Soft-AC WCOZ, and called…
Jimi Roberts, 105.7 WROR Framingham (Boston) | January 13, 1998
"WROR, You're caller number 15!!!!'
Steve Bleecker, WJBQ (98 JBQ) Portland, ME | July 1983
Description by Steve Bleecker:
Harry Nelson had recently come from KFRC, and I got the call to “get my ass” (his words) to JBQ to do mornings! Almost as soon as I arrived… he left for Fargo, N.D. and JBQ’s FORMER PD, Brian Phoenix was called back to JBQ, to resume as PD! In between Nelson and Phoenix – we all had the best fun! The fun stopped as soon as Phoenix got back – he ‘let me go’ in early Jan ’84, and it wasn’t pretty! I was on a medical leave of absence – hepatitis – when
he came to my apt. – to fire me – as I was so sick, already! That’s when I got completely out of radio!
Curator’s Notes:
Radio is often a cruel business and while one programmer may love what a particular jock brings to a station, another may feel entirely different. That’s the way the radio business has always been. My advice to anyone wanting to join this rather unstable career field is that he or she should understand that each programmer has his or her own preferences as to voice intonation, personality, etc. It’s not entirely arbitrary and it’s not always fair, regardless of government employment rules.
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Steve Jordan, Natural Neal & Michael O’Connor – 1260 KYA San Francisco | July 13, 1977
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