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91X Rock of the 80's?
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ajc_trw said:Radio3787 said:
I think it was a flashback to celebrate their birthday. Was that just before they played Berlin's Sex? That was the first song they played as an 80s station back in 1983.
Just 91X celebrating an XETRA special birthday.
I recall hearing that when the new format launched, the on-air liner card jock, who had no idea what the song was (or what a 12" single was for that matter), played the record at 33 rpm, probably wondering "what is this $#&@?"
I'm trying to remember when we put that format on. I think it was 1982, and XETRA-Feffay Emmay had been on the air for a couple of years with a current/recurrent format under Gene Knight that did OK, but because of our physical limitations of running tapes delayed by four hours down to Mexico for playback just couldn't break through. I recall pulling a fill in air shift for middays that had to be recorded from 2AM to 6AM for playback from 10AM to 2PM. It's the way it had to be done. As things progressed, we built a studio at the Tijuana transmitter site and started sending people down there to do live slots. This was before satellite delivery was possible, and a live STL link was way difficult, and very expensive. But the Rock of the 80's format took off, big time. I remember the first X fest and how crazy it all was because no one had a clue how to run such an event, and I had to get in a bouncer's face to get Kathy Lynch in backstage because she didn't have an all access pass. Great times, no regrets, and great memories.
RadeoEngineer said:
Was that when John and Mary did mornings? (Mary's at http://www.marycurrandowney.com )
When the station went to "New Wave" it was quite exciting
Yep, and it was from the Harcourt-Brace-Jovanovich Building downtown before the move to Pacific Hwy. By then we had a live operation from TJ.
I had the pleasure of being one of the 91X interns while attending SDSU. Great times
with some incredible talent - Max Tolkoff, Steve West, Pam Wolf, Billy Bones.....
I was manning the phones one day when Steve was horribly sick and they could
not get anybody to pull his shift. People were calling like crazy telling me to get Steve
off the air.
More than once I screwed up the alarm at Pacific Hwy sending Max out to fix it.
Also worked the day Chris Anderson at the "Mighty 690" jokingly said he was going to
give away a "limited edition Michael Jackson dartboard" during the Jackson 5 Victory Tour
show at Dodger stadium. People we're hacked.
Remember when radio had people? And you know those things called cars... in the parking lot?
Chris
www.clubcountryradio.com
with some incredible talent - Max Tolkoff, Steve West, Pam Wolf, Billy Bones.....
I was manning the phones one day when Steve was horribly sick and they could
not get anybody to pull his shift. People were calling like crazy telling me to get Steve
off the air.
More than once I screwed up the alarm at Pacific Hwy sending Max out to fix it.
Also worked the day Chris Anderson at the "Mighty 690" jokingly said he was going to
give away a "limited edition Michael Jackson dartboard" during the Jackson 5 Victory Tour
show at Dodger stadium. People we're hacked.
Remember when radio had people? And you know those things called cars... in the parking lot?
Chris
www.clubcountryradio.com
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