Tag: 1987

November 6, 20201050 WFAN, 1050 WHN, Dan Taylor, Suzyn Waldman

End of 1050 WHN / Launch of WFAN New York – Format Change. Dan Taylor & Suzyn Waldman | July 1, 1987

On July 1, 1987, America’s first all-sports station was born as Emmis Broadcasting launched 1050 WFAN in the nation’s No. 1 market. At the same time, a New York radio legend […]
April 17, 2020106.7 WZRC, Pat Dawsey

Pat Dawsey, Z-Rock 106.7 WZRC Chicago | February 1987

Back in the mid-1980s, many Rock radio stations were ignoring songs on the harder end of the Rock music spectrum. This left the door open for Z Rock to […]
April 15, 2020660 WNBC, Frank Davis, Jim Collins, New York, The WNBC Time Machine

Jim Collins, The “Time Machine”; 66 WNBC New York | September 5, 1987 8:50-10:20 AM

Lots of 1987 commercials, reverb and PAMS jingles, resung for WNBC, to give this station an unmistakeable WABC sound - all WNBC needed was the WABC jocks to make it complete.
November 13, 2019106.1 WEGX, 106.1 WTRK

End of Electric 106 & Eagle 106 Launch, WTRK & WEGX Philadelphia| March 13 1987

In the 1980’s, Philadelphia’s 106.1 FM seemed cursed. No matter what Cox Radio put on the frequency, nothing seemed to work. In 1981, it was WWSH Stereo 106, playing a […]
August 24, 2019660 WNBC, Frank Davis, Jim Collins, New York, The WNBC Time Machine

Jim Collins and the WNBC Time Machine- 66 WNBC New York | September 6, 1987, 10-11 AM

The WNBC Time Machine is featured prominently here at Airchexx – in various parts, one hour at a time! In this segment which has never been posted before, the late […]
August 9, 2019660 WNBC, New York, The WNBC Time Machine

Jim Collins, The Time Machine; 66 WNBC New York | 1987

By 1987, WNBC was playing a fair amount of Oldies in its mix. Weekdays started with Imus in the Morning and Top 40 music, Middays, WNBC returned to a music […]
July 7, 2019660 WNBC, New York, The WNBC Time Machine

Dan Taylor, the Weekend Time Machine, 66 WNBC New York | December 26, 1987

The WNBC ‘Time Machine’ is on the air! Here’s Dan Taylor (WHN, WYNY, WCBS-FM) with one of NBC’s most popular features at the end of it’s life on 660 AM […]
March 16, 2019660 WNBC, New York, The WNBC Time Machine

Jack Scott, Dan Taylor, The Time Machine; 66 WNBC New York | September 5, 1987 1:50-3:20 pm

Jack Scott and Larry Scott? Brothers? Or just brothers in air-names? Well, either way here’s a talented radio performer who effortlessly rolls back the years to the 1960s. It’s Labor […]