Tag: WHAT
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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Kenny Gamble & Georgie Woods, WDAS AM-FM Philadelphia | January 1, 1984
Kenny Gamble & Georgie Woods, two Philadelphia legends! In the early 1960s, Kenny Gamble, as a teenager, would hang around 1480 WDAS, Philly’s R&B Powerhouse. He would often […]
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Jerry Blavat, WCAU-FM Solid Gold 98 Philadelphia |1972
In 1960 when starting his broadcast career at WCAM in Camden N.J., across the river from Philadelphia, Jerry Blavat was already a local celebrity. Blavat was one of the […]
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Philadelphia Radio Jingle Mega Montage | 1960s -2014
One day, back in 2014, I was bored. I mean REALLY bored. I started going through my audio files, and thought, I have hundreds, probably thousands of Philadelphia radio jingles. […]
