Don Imus, 1220 WGAR Cleveland | May 1, 1971
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…
Mark Sebastian, HitRadio 103 WHTT Boston | February 9 1985
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…
Mike Mann, 79 KULF Houston | June 1979
Houston's 79 KULF had a 12 year run as an Adult Contemporary station, from 1970, until 1982. At one point, it was the home to the long running Stevens…
Time Machine Jingles, Sweepers, & Promos, 66 WNBC New York | 1986
It wasn't around for very long, but so many people loved WNBC & The Time Machine! It was one of NBC’s most popular features at the end of it’s…
WCAU-FM Hot Hits 98 Philadelphia – WCAU-FM Hot News – November 27, 1981
In 1981, radio consultant Mike Joseph installed his Hot Hits format on WCAU-FM in Philadelphia, and that began the 1980s Contemporary Hit Radio revival. Hot Hits was fast paced,…
Freddie Colon, Hot 97 WQHT New York | Summer 1989
WQHT Hot 103 launched in 1986 on 103.5 FM when Top 40 WAPP (Adult Oriented Rock format) went off the air after trying to compete with WHTZ & WPLJ.…
Carla Leonardo, 94.5 WCOZ Boston | 1983
WCOZ was one of Boston’s Rock stations through the 1970s & into the 80s. Many in Boston remember it’s on air slogan, "Kickass Rock 'N' Roll!" It was…
Alex Stone & The Boston Top 40 Countdown, HitRadio 103 WHTT Boston | July 8 1984
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,…
