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Tag: Butterball
Bill “Butterball” Crane on 1450 WVON Chicago | August 1967
WVON 1450 Chicago – Bill “Butterball” Crane – August 1967 This aircheck featured Chicago’s longtime R&B station, 1450 WVON. WVON was a “heritage” R&B station that Chicago’s black community, launching in 1963. WVON featured great air personalities like Moses “Lucky” Cordell, Herb Kent “The Cool Gent”, E. Rodney Jones, Joe “Youngblood” Cobb, Pervis…
Bill “Butterball” Crane on 1450 WVON Chicago | August 1967
WVON 1450 Chicago – Bill “Butterball” Crane – August 1967 This aircheck featured Chicago’s longtime R&B station, 1450 WVON. WVON was a “heritage” R&B station serving Chicago’s black community, launching in 1963. WVON featured great air personalities like Moses “Lucky” Cordell, Herb Kent “The Cool Gent”, E. Rodney Jones, Joe “Youngblood” Cobb, Pervis Spann,…
Doug Henderson & Mimi Brown on 105.3 WDAS-FM Philadelphia | Dec 1983
WDAS-FM 105.3 Philadelphia – Doug Henderson & Mimi Brown – December 1983 In the early 1970s, Philadelphia’s WDAS-FM switched from a “Progressive Rock” format to “Progressive R&B.” “Progressive” in early ’70s radio lingo meant “album-oriented.” Just as progressive rock stations were trying to do the opposite of the AM Top-40 stations, the progressive soul…
Joe “Butterball” Tamburro Tribute on 105.3 WDAS-FM Philadelphia | July 29, 2012
In Philadelphia, WDAS AM & FM was the R&B powerhouse. From the 1950s, on AM 1480, & from the early 1970s on 105.3 FM, WDAS was the place to go for R&B, Soul, & Gospel. For decades, the man responsible for the programming on the stations was Joe “Butterball” Tamburro. He started a a sales…
