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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By 1985, Boston had become a very competitive radio market. There were FOUR different CHR (Contemporary Hit Radio) stations in Beantown. Kiss 108, WXKS-FM was Top 40, with a…
In 1981, radio consultant Mike Joseph installed his Hot Hits format on WCAU-FM in Philadelphia, and that began the 1980s Contemporary Hit Radio revival. Hot Hits was fast paced,…