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Chris Tarrant, 95.8 Capital FM London | October 9 1996
Until the 1970s, the British airwaves belonged almost exclusively to the BBC. However, the British government eventually decided to open the country’s radio environment to commercial stations in 1972, and new stations emerged as a result. one of those new stations was Capital Radio. Capital’s first few years were rough because advertisers were slow to…
Steven J Gray, WHQT Hot 105 Miami | August 1990
Miami’s Hot 105, WHQT, came into being in 1985, when the station dropped it’s Soft Adult Contemporary format, because audience was older than advertisers wanted. The station flipped to a hybrid CHR / Urban Contemporary (or “CHUrban”) format as WHQT under their new name “Hot 105”. In the station’s first few years, the station moved between…
John Records Landecker, Oldies 104.3 WJMK Chicago | April 1996
If you ran down the list of radio stations where John Records Landecker work, it would be a list of some of the greatest stations in America. WTRX Flint, WERX Grand Rapids, Philadelphia’s iconic WIBG Radio 99 (Using the name Scott Walker). There was also Toronto’s CFTR 680, mornings in Cleaveland at Power 108 WPHR,…
Ingrid Schumacher FIRST MIDDAY SHOW, 104.5 CHUM-FM Toronto | September 1, 1999
Ingrid Schumacher was one of Toronto’s longest serving radio personalities. From 1977 through 2017, she was on 104.5 CHUM-FM. From the AOR days, and through the CHR days. Right out of college, she was hired by CHUM. She replaced Rick Moranis. in 1978, Ingrid became the first female in Canadian Radio to host a Drive…
Norm Gregory, KJR 95 Seattle | January 1983
KJR Channel 95 was Seattle’s dominant Top 40 station, from the 1950s, through the 1980s. Big promotions, big personalities, and the biggest songs of the era were featured on KJR. Some of the names that were on KJR include Larry Lujack, Pat O’Day, Dick Curtis, Scotty Brink, Eric Chase, Bob Shannon, Dick Curtis, “World…
Gary Franklin, Hot Hits 106 WMAR-FM Baltimore | Summer 1983
One of the great “Hot Hits” ™ formatted CHR stations of the 80s was Mike Joseph’s creation in Baltimore. Today’s “Mix 106.5” got its start as WMAR-FM, an incredibly high-energy hit music station that did, indeed, play all the hits. Rock, Pop, R&B, Novelty… if it charted, they played it. A true Top 40…
Neil Fox, 95.8 Capital FM London | July 1994
Until the 1970s, the British airwaves belonged almost exclusively to the BBC. However, the British government eventually decided to open the country’s radio environment to commercial stations in 1972, and new stations emerged as a result. one of those new stations was Capital Radio. Capital’s first few years were rough because advertisers were slow to…
Jerry Wells, 105.3 WDAS-FM Philadelphia | October 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 stations were trying to be the opposite of the AM R&B stations,…
