Pat St John, Power 95 WPLJ New York| July 1987
Pat St. John was a New York City radio fixture for 42 years. on the air with WNEW-FM, WAXQ and WCBS-FM, and for many, they remember him best for his…
Paco Navarro on Disco92 WKTU New York| 1979
After hearing about the passing of Manuel “Paco” Navarro, I thought I’d share one more of his aircheck. Paco was one of the best known voices of disco in…
WPLJ 95.5 New York, End of WPLJ & Launch of K-Love | May 31 2019
May 31, 2019 was a day many New Yorkers will never forget. It was the day WPLJ went away. 95.5 WPLJ signed on the air in 1971 as an Album…
A Sample of CHR Formatted 95.5 WPLJ New York, Thanksgiving Day, 1988
What in the world became of this station?!! With a set of jingles that other stations had JAM voice for their own, a format that eventually BEAT Z100? One does…
William B. Williams Farewell; Bob Jones, WNEW 1130 New York, Part 2 | August 3, 1986
... There's only one. WNEW Eleven Three Oh in New York. There was, until 1992. Not counting it's sister Album Oriented Rock FM station on 102.7, WNEW (AM) was the…
William B. Williams Farewell; Bob Jones, WNEW 1130 New York, Part 1 | August 3, 1986
Somewhere, in some vault, there is a master recording of this tribute to the late William B. Williams. But, for this website dedicated to classic radio, perhaps it's better that…
Coverage of the Inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama, WCBS 880 New York, Part 3 | January 20, 2009
Eight years ago, we inaugurated a new era with the swearing in of then President-Elect Barack Obama. It separated the old view of America as represented by President George W.…
Coverage of the Inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama, WCBS 880 New York, Part 2 | January 20, 2009
How did radio cover the last presidential inauguration? We just happened to be recording the audio for posterity from Connecticut, monitoring the various AM news outlets. Here's another sample. In…
