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End of 1050 WHN / Launch of WFAN New York – Format Change. Dan Taylor & Suzyn Waldman | July 1, 1987
On July 1, 1987, America’s first all-sports station was born as Emmis Broadcasting launched 1050 WFAN in the nation’s No. 1 market. At the same time, a New York radio legend ended as 1050 WHN went off the air. Over 15 years, WHN had become a Country Music legend in New York city, with names on…
KFOG 104.5 San Francisco, Format Flip From Beautiful Music to Rock | Sept. 16 1982
KFOG first went on the air in 1964 as an easy-listening station, and its trademark fog horn sound quickly caught on. By the early 1980s, the easy listening format was drawing an older audience, & management saw a hole in the market, and they thought KFOG should fill it. On September 16, 1982,…
End of Electric 106 & Eagle 106 Launch, WTRK & WEGX Philadelphia| March 13 1987
In the 1980’s, Philadelphia’s 106.1 FM seemed cursed. No matter what Cox Radio put on the frequency, nothing seemed to work. In 1981, it was WWSH Stereo 106, playing a mix of Beautiful Music & Soft Adult Contemporary. It had an audience, but that audience was older than station management wanted. 1982, The format was…
Launch of Capital Radio 539 London | October 16 1973
The launch of Capital Radio in London, was a big deal. It was the first of the UK general entertainment stations. Until the 1970s, British radio waves were the exclusive domain of BBC Radio, which usually lagged behind the times, especially when it came to Rock & Roll. This is why Pirate…
