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Tag: FM
Terry “Motormouth” Young, Hot Hits 98 WCAU-FM Philadelphia | May 1983
If you grew up listening to Big Jack Armstrong, on one of the many stations where he worked, you may have thought… “I can do that!” But we all discovered, we could not. As a boy Terry Young thought he could be like his radio hero Jack Armstrong. In Terry’s case, he actually COULD…
Matt Siegel on Kiss 108 WXKS FM Boston | June 21, 1984
WXKS-FM Boston, Kiss 108 is one of the most listened to radio stations in New England. The one time Disco outlet, turned CHR, has been a market leader since the late 1970s. The station had some of the best jocks to be heard anywhere in the Northeast. Matt Siegel is the longtime morning man…
92KTU Composite Aircheck, 92 WKTU New York | 1983
77 WABC was the undisputed radio leader in New York, until 1978, when WKTU ditched it’s Soft Rock format, and started playing Disco music 24/7. It was an instant success. The station shot to number one in the Big Apple, dethroning WABC. Names like Paco, G Keith Alexandar, Jim Harlan, JD Holiday (Paul Zarcone), Dale…
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…
40 Years of WCBS-FM Jingles Montage, WCBS-FM 101 New York | 1972-2012
Since 1972, (except for a few years around 2005 to 2007 that no one wants to talk about) 101.1 WCBS-FM has been the station to go to for great hits from the past. Over the years WCBS-FM has had some great jingles. Whether it was Jam, TM, or the legendary Frank Gary jingles, WCBS-FM always…
Jerry Blavat, WCAU-FM Solid Gold 98 Philadelphia | 1972
In 1960 when starting his broadcast career at WCAM in Camden N.J., across the river from Philadelphia, Jerry Blavat was already a local celebrity. Blavat was one of the teenage dancers on the WFIL TV show “Bandstand”— the local Philadelphia precursor to Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand.” This skinny little kid from South Philly, who uses…
Richard Hawkins, Hot Hits 98 WCAU-FM Philadelphia | July 1984
Before the birth of what’s known today as WOGL, 98.1 was home to a heritage set of call letters and a trademarked hot Top 40 format which graced a dozen or so markets from 1977-1986. Mike Josephs’ “Hot Hits” format revolutionized the way the Top 40 format was presented. “Hot Hits” was so tight, Josephs’…
Q Morning Zoo, Q105 WRBQ Tampa | March 1988
In 1981, when two radio vets came together, something magical happened! Scott Shannon & Cleveland Wheeler started a morning radio revolution, when they lauched The Q Morning Zoo, on Q105, WRBQ. The show became the watercooler talk of every office and construction site in Tampa Bay, blowing away all the competition. The Q Morning Zoo…
