I found a few clips on YouTube from Rock 103.5's final broadcast with their airstaff from October 30, 1998. I do have a couple questions: On the second out of the 3 clips from that final hour, they mentioned their Production guy did a piece that was played when they changed from the "Blaze" to "Rock" in 1994. When did "Rock" actually sign on? I heard from them that it was May 4, yet their A-Z weekend was during the July 4th weekend. Also, does anyone remember Rock's final song and The Beat's first song on November 2?
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Rock 103.5
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Nothing? Nothing at all?
The last song on the Rock was For whom the bell tolls, by Metallica. The first song on the Beat was Turn the beat around.
Ned Spindle did imaging for the Rock, he filled the 6p-10p shift on the station, of course that was a radio name not his real name.
He might not be the one who did what you heard I know he later did some work for Q101.1, The Rock started in the early summer and was very popular due to Mankow.
The owner of the Loop bought the station months before the change from the Blaze to the Rock and had Scott Loftus doing a shift on both, which was ironic because he had a nightly metal show on the then mono WVVX and called the Blaze fake and poser music. The wvvx show didn't last long after the Blaze started up, it was on a 3,000 wt. mono signal on an old tower in Highland Park.
It was not as strong as the current 103.1 which is located west around Paletine somewhere. It is on much taller tower and puts out 6,000 wts., its now a Univision station.
In between it was owned by Big City, who did the upgrades along with 103.1 in Morris.
Ned Spindle did imaging for the Rock, he filled the 6p-10p shift on the station, of course that was a radio name not his real name.
He might not be the one who did what you heard I know he later did some work for Q101.1, The Rock started in the early summer and was very popular due to Mankow.
The owner of the Loop bought the station months before the change from the Blaze to the Rock and had Scott Loftus doing a shift on both, which was ironic because he had a nightly metal show on the then mono WVVX and called the Blaze fake and poser music. The wvvx show didn't last long after the Blaze started up, it was on a 3,000 wt. mono signal on an old tower in Highland Park.
It was not as strong as the current 103.1 which is located west around Paletine somewhere. It is on much taller tower and puts out 6,000 wts., its now a Univision station.
In between it was owned by Big City, who did the upgrades along with 103.1 in Morris.
Wow...what a way to sign off with Metallica! Good choice of a song!Going back to Nashville said:The last song on the Rock was For whom the bell tolls, by Metallica. The first song on the Beat was Turn the beat around.
Ned Spindle did imaging for the Rock, he filled the 6p-10p shift on the station, of course that was a radio name not his real name.
He might not be the one who did what you heard I know he later did some work for Q101.1, The Rock started in the early summer and was very popular due to Mankow.
The owner of the Loop bought the station months before the change from the Blaze to the Rock and had Scott Loftus doing a shift on both, which was ironic because he had a nightly metal show on the then mono WVVX and called the Blaze fake and poser music. The wvvx show didn't last long after the Blaze started up, it was on a 3,000 wt. mono signal on an old tower in Highland Park.
It was not as strong as the current 103.1 which is located west around Paletine somewhere. It is on much taller tower and puts out 6,000 wts., its now a Univision station.
In between it was owned by Big City, who did the upgrades along with 103.1 in Morris.
Thanks for answering! Do you happen to have the flip archived?
Rock 103.5 went jockless for the weekend. The final rock song on 103.5 was "Sad But True" by Metallica. The first song on 103-5 The Beat was "Get Ready" by The Temptations. In actuality, it was originally called "The New 103-5" with a contest to "name the station" It wasn't named The Beat until a few months after.
I have it on tape.
"For Whom The Bell Tolls" was the last song on 94.7 The Zone
Here is the audio of the format change.
http://www.mediafire.com/?8m0euvu4jdenzhb
I have it on tape.
"For Whom The Bell Tolls" was the last song on 94.7 The Zone
Here is the audio of the format change.
http://www.mediafire.com/?8m0euvu4jdenzhb
Thanks! You're a very knowledgeable dude about radio!Jeremy Andrews said:Rock 103.5 went jockless for the weekend. The final rock song on 103.5 was "Sad But True" by Metallica. The first song on 103-5 The Beat was "Get Ready" by The Temptations. In actuality, it was originally called "The New 103-5" with a contest to "name the station" It wasn't named The Beat until a few months after.
I have it on tape.
"For Whom The Bell Tolls" was the last song on 94.7 The Zone
Here is the audio of the format change.
http://www.mediafire.com/?8m0euvu4jdenzhb
What memories do you remember from this station? Rockstock? The stunt beforehand? The end? Why did the station flip anyway? Was it because Mancow jumped ship?
Who has airchecks of Rock? Ones of their first day or last day(s)?
They went "jockless" for the last weekend because they took all the microphones out of the studio to keep the DJ's from saying anything on the air.
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What memories do you remember from this station? Rockstock? The stunt beforehand? The end? Why did the station flip anyway? Was it because Mancow jumped ship?
An obvious stunt, but i remember listening to kevin Mathews on The Loop when he and another went to the Blaze studio, supposedly tied up the jock on-air, and then proceeded to run about 4 minutes of Carpenters on 103.5 before anyone could get in to take it off. Dunno if it was "real", but it was hysterical.
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