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Tag: WRQX
Washington DC CHR Wars: WAVA, WRQX & WPGC | May 1990
Donated to this site by the late Robyn Watts, here’s a 28 minute scope highlighting three Washington DC area stations that were in a heated ratings battle for much of the late 1980s and early 1990s. All three stations are no longer involved with Top 40. WRQX decided to quit the format later in 1990,…
Jack Diamond, WRQX Mix 107.3 Washington | April 28 1997
Longtime D.C. radio host, Jack Diamond began his radio career at the age of 16 when he was a junior in high school, at WINX, a Top-40 radio station in Rockville, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C. Jack worked at many stations across the country, including WLS, KNBR, KSON, WPRO and WPRO-FM, WQXI, WCBM, WRKO, and…
Vinnie Brown, Q107 WRQX Washington | January 1, 1983
The 1980s was a great decade for Top 40 radio in Washington, D.C. As listeners migrated to FM, the had a choice of three great sounding CHR stations, 95.5 WPGC, 105 WAVA, and Q107 WRQX. In it’s 10 year run as a CHR station, from 1980, through 1990, Q107 had an amazing array of…
Final Hour of Mix 107.3 & First minutes of K-Love, WRQX Washington | May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 was a day that shook the radio world. To help get it’s massive debt to a more manageable level, Cumulus Media sold several stations to EMF, where they would install their K-Love CCM format. The stations sold included Hot AC 95.5 WPLJ New York, “Talk 106.7” WYAY Atlanta, “K-Fog” KFFG…
Elliot & Woodside, Q107 WRQX Washington | December 31 1982
Jim Elliott & Scott Woodside, first teamed up at Washington’s WPGC AM & FM in 1978, and they quickly became a sensation. For most of their eight years together, Elliott and Woodside enjoyed high ratings and were each believed to be earning $200,000 annually. They were so popular in the early 1980s, Q107 WRQX…
Scott Woodside, 107.3 WRQX Washington DC | October 16, 1986
Often, airchecks arrive here with a slightly incorrect date. The only reason (outside of the music) that this was noticed was Scott Woodside’s comment about the Red Sox making a huge mistake the previous night. As it turns out, the previous night was Game 6 of the 1986 World Series between the New York Mets…
Dave Thompson, 107.3 WRQX Washington | March 22, 1980
Less than a year after changing formats to Top 40 from Album Rock, the station branded as Q107 is upbeat and exciting! Dave Thompson, who had been heard at WXLO 99X in New York City, is running a tight show that’s a lot of fun. Become an Airchexx Supporter! Click below to make a donation!…
Stony Richards, 107.3 WRQX Washington | February 24, 1979
Become an Airchexx Supporter. Click the link below to donate to Airchexx The apparent continuation of the Marleen Foxx aircheck of “FM 107 WRQX Washington’s Best Rock”, this is the morning show of the day following a big blizzard in the Nation’s capital. Just a few teaser notes are in order. First, the audio quality…
