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Tag: WHAT
Philadelphia Radio Jingles Through The Years – In Alphabetical Order – 1950s-2010s
Philadelphia Radio Jingles Through The Years – In Alphabetical Order – 1950s-2010s This recording features radio jingles used by many Philadelphia area radio stations through the years. Some of the radio staions include: KYW, WCAU, WCAU-FM, WDAS, WDAS-FM, WEAZ, WEJM, WFIL, WGMP, WHAT, WIBG, WIFI, WIOQ, WIP, WKSZ, WLLC, WMGK, WOGL-FM, WPEN, WPGR, WRCP,…
Jerry Blavat & “Lost Dedications” on 88.5 WXPN Philadelphia | June 17 2021
WXPN 88.5 Philadelphia – Jerry Blavat, Ben Vaughn – Lost Dedications – June 17 2021 This aircheck features Philadelphia radio legend, Jerry Blavat (aka the Geator With The Heater), who spent over 60 years on radio & TV around the Delaware Valley. He spent time playing Rock & Roll his way on WFIL, WIBG,…
Jerry Blavat “The Geater” on 1310 WSSJ Camden (Philadelphia) | December 23 1996
WSSJ 1310 Camden (Philadelphia) – Jerry Blavat – The Geater – December 23 1996 From the Steven Green Collection Since 1961 “The Geator” has done radio his way, playing a different kind of music, different from what was playing in other cities and even from what other DJs were playing in Philadelphia. Over the…
KYW Reports the Passing of Radio Legend Hy Lit | November 17, 2007
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Hy Lit (May 20, 1934 – November 17, 2007) was a legendary Philadelphia area radio personality whose career spanned several decades. This aircheck was recorded from KYW Newsradio 1060 in Philadelphia the afternoon of Lit’s death from complications after knee surgery. Hy Lit had been suffering from Parkinson’s Disease for much of his final 10…
Doug “Jocko” Henderson on 1280 WOV New York | 1957
Radio Station: WOV New York Frequency: 1280 kHZ Format: R&B/Various “It’s your engineer, Jocko, your Ace from Outer Space, way up here in the stratosphere! Back on the scene with the record machine, sayin’ oop-pop-a-doo and how do you do?” -Jocko Henderson Douglas “Jocko” Henderson, also know as “The Ace from Outer Space,” was one…
“Soul Sound” Sonny Hopson on 1340 WHAT Philadelphia | 1969
Station: WHAT / Philadelphia Frequency: 1340 khz Format: R&B Philadelphia’s 1340 WHAT was known for innovation. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, “WHAT became the first U.S. radio station to hire a full-time black announcer in 1945, the first to program a regular show featuring a black woman as hostess and the first station in the…
Hot Rod Hulbert, 1340 WHAT Philadelphia | April 1954
It seems that over the years, so many of the pioneers of early R&B radio have been forgotten about. We may know the names Jocko, & Rosco, but there were so many others unique personalities of the 50s & 60s. One of those jive-talking pioneers was Maurice “Hot Rod” Hulbert. In 1949 he began his…
