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Tag: New York
“New Is…” Jingles, from Newsradio 88 WCBS New York | 1979
If you are a radio geek (and if you were not, you probably wouldn’t be here) you have probably had a radio jingle package get stuck in your head over the years. Normally it’s the CHR or Top 40 stations that tend to have the catchiest jingles. For many years I had the jingles for…
Chuck Leonard, 77 WABC New York | August 3, 1979
This aircheck goes back to the final few years of MusicRadio 77 WABC. We find a lively Chuck Leonard playing the hits of ’79. WABC seemed to play a lot of Disco music in 1979, but by the time of this aircheck in late summer 1979, the stations seems to be starting to play fewer…
Max Kinkel on 101.1 WCBS-FM New York | 1994
In the 1980s, WCBS-FM was considered the most listened to Oldies Station in America! It had great personalities on the air. There was Bill Brown, Ron Lundy, Harry Harrison, Dick Heatherton, Don K Reed, Norm N Nite, and holding down the late night shift was “Super” Max Kinkel. If you listened to CKLW Detroit…
Vaughn Harper, 107.5 WBLS New York | November 1980
Nicknamed “The Velvet Voice,” Vaughn Harper was a major pioneer of the smooth and soulful “Quiet Storm” R&B/blues/jazz format at 107.5 WBLS that became popular at Urban stations across America in the early 1980s. Before radio, basketball was Harper’s first love. He was a fifth-round draft pick for the Detroit Pistons in 1968, but his basketball…
Alan Colmes with guest Cousin Bruce Morrow, 66 WNBC New York | January 1987
Long before Alan Colmes hosted Hannity & Colmes on Fox News, Alan spent decades on the radio, mostly in New York. His radio career took off when WABC hired him for the morning drive slot. He was billed as “W. Alan B. Colmes,” & replaced Ross & Wilson. He spent time on air at…
Ron Lundy on Musicradio 77 WABC New York | Jan 1979
It’s the“WABC Disco Era!” Many people consider this the beginning of the end of Musicradio 77 WABC. In December 1978, the new Disco 92 WKTU defeated WABC in the Arbitron ratings. It was the first time an FM station had beaten WABC. Around the country, FM radio stations were beginning to overtake AM music stations,…
Joey Reynolds Show / N-Copter Crash, 66 WNBC New York | October 22 1986
In the mid 1980s, New York’s 66 WNBC was full of big on air personalities! Don Imus, Soupy Sales, Howard Stern, Wolfman Jack, Alan Colmes, & Joey Reynolds. Joey took over the afternoon show when Howard was fired, which had to be pretty stressful. If he was stressed, he never showed it. You did hear…
Jim Collins, The “Time Machine”; 66 WNBC New York | September 5, 1987 8:50-10:20 AM
Lots of 1987 commercials, reverb and PAMS jingles, resung for WNBC, to give this station an unmistakeable WABC sound – all WNBC needed was the WABC jocks to make it complete.
