Dewey Phillips, 56 WHBQ Memphis | 1952
When did the Rock & Roll genre begin and where? It's possible it all started right here, in a tiny little studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
Doug “Jocko” Henderson on 1280 WOV New York | 1957
Radio Station: WOV New York Frequency: 1280 kHZ Format: R&B/Various “It’s your engineer, Jocko, your Ace from Outer Space, way up here in the stratosphere! Back on the scene with…
Ken Gilbert, 102.1 WAQY Wacky 102 FM Springfield Mass | Summer, 1980
You have to listen to experience the momentum that Wacky 102 had, every break, every time!
D-Day Covered by Radio. CBS Radio Network Reports on the Allied Invasion of France | June 6, 1944
The announcer/news anchor heard is Bob Trout. There is a report from Edward R. Murrow in London, and CBS even had it's own "Military Analyst", Major George Fielding Elliot, who tries to interpret the reports that come in during the night.
Ralph “Birdman” Lockwood, 98 CKGM Montreal | October 4, 1978
Ralph Lockwood woke up listeners in Montreal from 1972-1981 and again 1985-1987. He was known as the Birdman, cracking jokes about everyone, whether they were on staff at CKGM or…
Jim Stevens, 1400 WLLH / 99.5 WLLH-FM Lowell Mass | July 25, 1964
Listen for Jim Stevens playing the hits, then "Double L News at 25, with an all-of-a-sudden very serious Jim Stevens reporting.
J.R. Russ Air-Production Sampler 1985
J.R. Likes to say he worked on the 106.1 frequency "Seven formats and TEN sets of call letters ago" in 1984-85.
Ken Gilbert, 102.1 WAQY Wacky 102 Springfield | 1980
WAQY used to air a Top 40 format using the brand name "Wacky 102".
