Sorry, you have Javascript Disabled! To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript!

Tag: Dave Charity

Dave Charity & WPLJ’s Transition from ROCK to TOP 40, 95.5 WPLJ New York | July 1983

Oct 25, 2019

—

by

Ellis Feaster

in *Site Updates, 95.5 WPLJ, Dave Charity

In early 1983, longtime Rock stalwart, 95.5 WPLJ, began a slow transition from Album Oriented Rock station to a Top 40/Contemporary Hit Radio format. When word started spreading around the market that a Top 40 format was coming to 100.3 WVNJ-FM in New Jersey, WPLJ decided to move further in a CHR direction. Though the station…
A Composite of 95.5 WPLJ New York | December 31, 1978 – January 3, 1979

Feb 16, 2019

—

by

Steve West

in *Airchexx By Region, 95.5 WPLJ, Big Apple Airchecks, Bob Maroni, Carol Miller, Dave Charity, Jimmy Fink, John Zacherle, New York, Pat St. John, Tony Pigg

Here’s a sample of WPLJ New York during the heyday of its Album Rock format. It’s the start of 1979. Courtesy of Big Apple Airchecks this is a tightly scoped recording spanning a few days. Heard on this aircheck, in order: John Zacherle Jimmy Fink Pat St. John Tony Pigg Carol Miller Bob Maroni Dave…