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1470 all christmas.

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radiosanchez

Not that anyone cares or has noticed, but supposedly WHBO already moved back home to 1040 and 1470 is stunting with all Christmas.

Comments, anyone?? (again, assuming anyone cares).

-a.s.
 
1470 WCWR (Where the STARS are) Rick Robbins (There were many) Tedd Webb (There were a few) And who can forget the greatest songs of all time promo (It was Cherish).

Art Karp where are art thou?

Believe it or not, it was a cool station in it's day.
 
radiosanchez said:
Not that anyone cares or has noticed, but supposedly WHBO already moved back home to 1040 and 1470 is stunting with all Christmas.
Comments, anyone?? (again, assuming anyone cares).
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Oy vey, all dis Chrissmas programmink, it's makink me wanna nosh on some latkes.
I'll tune to dat suntanned station, where they have the MOYL show all da time.
http://www.tantalk1340.com/programs.htm
It's circumscribed listenink, and dey say it's at the foreskin... er, forefront of modern radio.
Feh!!
 
Might have been. "1470--------From North Cleawater to South Tarpon Springs and ALLLLLLLL of Dunedin!" Did they have a better signal before FM dominance? Did they compete with 570, 970, and 1380 in their Rock'n'Roll heaven days.

As for Mister Music--------are you a cousin to Adam Sandler? I sure am-------wanna meet down by the temple?

Mama Pajama from the Hadassah rolled out of bed and went to the police station.----------------Me and Leo down by the schoolyard.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Both Paul and Art were cousins too. Happy Holidays. ::)
 
1470's (WCWR) signal was not any better in those days, but......... people in most of Tampa could pick them up and people in Tampa and most of St. Petersburg listened. At that time radios (even transistor radios) had better senstivity and selectivity than most radios made today. (where, the AM band is an afterthought) and you certainly would not have had interference from computers, the new light bulbs and 2 zillion remotes etc.

WLCY 1380 was still number one in the ratings though, mostly by virtue of the stronger (non-directional daytime signal) and also the fact they were the only rock station that was not limited to daytime only operation; unless you count WKXY 930 out of Sarasota, which didn't come in so well in St. Pete at night.

WFSO 570 was wonderful; Tedd Webb was also on the air there, but at that time their tower was where the current 1040 tower was and they were daytime only (they did have a pre-sunrise authorization, if I recall) and their directional pattern was horrible; could not even receiver them in St. Pete Beach or north Tampa. They had to protect Cuba and WDBO 580 in Orlando. At the time I was traveling back and forth between St. Petersburg and Bradenton on a daily basis and there was an especially deep null to the south on the Misner Bridge just north of the main span of the Sunshine Skyway. (by this time, WCWR was history) This area (Misner Bridge) is and was in the St. Pete city limits and in that area, you could almost hear WFSO- 570 under Radio Reloj.

1340 was middle of the road at the time but was only 250 watts day and night, I'm not sure when they went to 1,000 watts day, but I was told that due to unnecessarily strict treaties with Cuba that they couldn't do the standard 1,000 watt daytime signal, with their tower then directly on the intercoastal waterway and the skip over the water to Cuba. This was also the reason was 570's null to the south at the time. You could pick up WFSO 570 in Citrus county on U.S. 19 better than in south St. Pete in those days...... and those were the days my friend. (we thought they'd never end :) )

drt
 
About this time was also 86 WAZE, broadcasting from "world famous Clearwater Beach" They had the old spring reverb maxed out. Probably from a Hammond Organ.

For those that remember WCWR here is an aircheck: www.amtower.com/wcwr.mp3

Download it and play it.... Real heavy reverb here too...
 
sbe1 said:
About this time was also 86 WAZE, broadcasting from "world famous Clearwater Beach" They had the old spring reverb maxed out. Probably from a Hammond Organ.

For those that remember WCWR here is an aircheck: www.amtower.com/wcwr.mp3

Download it and play it.... Real heavy reverb here too...
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Thanks for the memories, SBE 1; I don't remember that particular dj, was he using the name Chris Wayne or Chris Wade?

I had forgotten about 860 WAZE, for some reason I seldom listened to them.


drt
 
Wasn't WALT 1010 Top 40? Didn't WFLA also have a Top 40 phase and weren't they FT.
 
MsMusicRadio said:
Wasn't WALT 1010 Top 40? Didn't WFLA also have a Top 40 phase and weren't they FT.
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When WLCY 1380 was number 1 all the time; nearly everyone tried rock for a time; 1010 WINQ tried, 1110 WALT was rock for at several years and they really gave WLCY a run for their money; but again, they were daytime only and WBT took over the 1110 spot at night.

WFLA flirted with rock several times, in what friends of mine would call chicken rock; they were hesitant to play some Beatles songs and I don't know if they played any but the most mellow songs by the Rolling Stones. Even 1550 was rock for a year or so.
 
drt said:
MsMusicRadio said:
Wasn't WALT 1010 Top 40? Didn't WFLA also have a Top 40 phase and weren't they FT.
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When WLCY 1380 was number 1 all the time; nearly everyone tried rock for a time; 1010 WINQ tried, 1110 WALT was rock for at several years and they really gave WLCY a run for their money; but again, they were daytime only and WBT took over the 1110 spot at night.

WFLA flirted with rock several times, in what friends of mine would call chicken rock; they were hesitant to play some Beatles songs and I don't know if they played any but the most mellow songs by the Rolling Stones.(looking back, maybe they were the first soft rock station in the area)

Even 1550 was rock for a year or so (as well as Spanish, easy listening, country and R&B!!).
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con't: WALT ceased to be rock on or around the first of February 1968,then briefly had a beautiful music format (perhaps to compete with WWBA 680 or WPKM 104.7? Then 1110 became WQYK country; now 1110 is WTIS and they sell religion and vitamins ( and have the infamous colon cleanse infocommercials that references John Wayne.)

btw- the full time am stations in the 1960's through most of the 1970's were WSUN-620; WKXY 930 (RIP) WFLA 970; WDAE 1250, WTAN 1340, WLCY 1380, WSPB 1450 and WTRL 1490; all other AM stations in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Sarasota and Manatee counties were daytime only; although many daytime had the presunrise authorization and signed on at 6am.

drt
 
Since we're going down memory lane...I remember in the late 60's to around 1970 or so, most of the teens in my neighborhood listened to WFSO. AM rocked back then. I also remember back then, WSUN had a fair bit of rural news in the morning, complete with rooster crows etc. And even though it was a bit later, I always enjoyed 1300 WTYM "The Time Machine." And in the early 80's I could get 930 WKXY in Lutz, with it's pop format. Those were the days.
 
This is before my time, but I know that 1470 did programming for New Port Richey before New Port Richey got a radio station in 1963 (WGUL-1500). This picture

http://fivay.org/images/ghs1316.html

is taken at the Chasco Fiesta in NPR around 1959. You can't really tell from the picture, but the flag on the microphone mounted on a floor stand says WDCL on it. I would guess the man wearing headphones was from WDCL....
 
86/WAZE had four really nice towers DIRECTLY accross from what was Clearwater mall..in the field that would become Bombay Bicycle Club, and Perkins Pancake house..right off of Gulf to Bay..

"It's 8:25 on the Great 138! A great time to buy a Chick Smith FORD"

LISTENING TO THE REVERB ON WCWR..must have been a Fisher ((((SPACE-EXPANDER))))
 
Don't forget too, that up until the early to maybe even the mid 70's... WTRL 1490 & WKXY 930 didn't stay on all night... WTRL 5:30 - 12 mid, except on Sunday when they went off the air @ 10:00 following 4 hrs of classical music.... I think KXY was 6 AM - 12 Mid. all the time... Nighttime signal (500 watts) was basically in the Gulf of Mexico...shrimpers and fisherman loved it reportedly..

I worked @ both WTRL / WSPB in the early 70's ..overnights @ WSPB 1450 around 1972 when Neil Rogers was PD and they did stay on all night, and they like WTRL were 250 watts @ night..Both also NON directional...... I think it was around 1971 or so that FCC allowed them to go 1000/250... then later stay @ normal high power.... WKXY was 1000/500 with different directional patterns..

in the late 1960's and even into the early 70's, WYND 1280 was also known for "fine tuning" their antennas so that they did in fact cover Siesta Key better than they were supposed to..

enjoy the day...
 
MsMusicRadio said:
So WLCY was like WQAM and there was no WFUN?
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BINGO! :); that was pretty much the story; WALT 1110 was WLCY's closest and longest running competitor and they (WALT were daytime only). No real FUN with a W, in this market, but........ there were a lot of WSRF's, they were also rans. After WALT give up the rock format, I suppose WCWR, , then WFSO would have been the almost equivalents to WFUN 790, but both were daytime only at the time.

I suppose for people in Bradenton, living south of Cortez Rd, WKXY was the equivalent to perpetual *2, WFUN and WKXY was 6am to midnight. (locally run and owned by the Fernandez family)

Now Jacksonville, had two full time rock stations in the late 60's and 1970's and that would be a closer equivalent to WQAM vs WFUN; only it was the APE, WAPE 690 vs WPDQ 600; although where I was in the mid 70's (Mayport NAS), WAPE was a challenge to receive at night on the beaches(understand that has changed with a nighttime power increase and readjusting the directional pattern); but both stations were very competitive.

As far as the WQAM vs WFUN competition; it was very intense; WQAM for example would not play FUN FUN FUN by the Beach Boys. Poor WSFR 1580 Ft. Lauderdale always seemed to be a distant third.

btw- WYND was awesome and had a following in St. Pete; although the signal wasn't that great in St. Pete. but it did come in considerably better in St.Pete than Tampa, which was pretty much in the null. (protecting the 1280 in Lake Wales).

drt
 
IN 1962, WAPE was daytime only. It was co-owned with WVOK in Birmingham Ala, also Top 40 daytime only.
 
I know someone who was the overnight jock at "The Great 138" back when they did a 24/7 live broadcast from the roof of a local McDonalds.....I think this was the time both the McDonalds began 24/7 operation and WLCY went with live jocks 24/7.... don't remember when that was, mid 60s maybe? He was fired one day after making a reference to "------ lovers" after a Public Service Announcement for the ASPCA

he owned a chain of restaurants in Central Florida (Tampa, Orlando and Brevard County) before getting out of that business.. and is now working at 98.5 The Beach WSBH in Melbourne in the Production/Promotions/Sales Department as the Market Manager)
 
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