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A QUESTION FOR DAVID E. (LA EXITOSA 107.5)

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thebeach33445

Hey David:

How are you doing? Haven't talk to you in a while. I am back to my research on the history of Miami radio and I have a question for you. Would you know the exact date in 1992 that WQBA-FM went from Super Q to La Exitosa 107.5 and was the format Spanish AC or Salsa?

Thanks

T.J.
 
t.j. said:
Hey David:

How are you doing? Haven't talk to you in a while. I am back to my research on the history of Miami radio and I have a question for you. Would you know the exact date in 1992 that WQBA-FM went from Super Q to La Exitosa 107.5 and was the format Spanish AC or Salsa?
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I have no idea of the date... All I remember is the planning meetings in 1995 leading up to the launch of Amor on 107.5. As I recall, when we made the flip, 107.5 was a lot like the old Super Q, a hits format with a little of everything. I don't even remember the date that we flipped to Amor.
 
Hey t.j....

I asked this during the Great Board Malfunction last week, and I don't know if you ever saw it or replied before it vanished, so I'll ask again, especially now that David's right here in the thread:

You collect an awful lot of great information on specific dates for format flips and station histories, but I've said before and will say again that just posting that information in message-board threads doesn't make it very easy for fellow historians to find or to contribute to updates down the road. And as last week's board blip demonstrated, there's no guarantee that what's posted in these threads is going to be available on any kind of guaranteed basis going forward.

If someone like David were to make some web space available to you, would you be willing to put all this data together somewhere that's more easily accessible and searchable? I think it would be a fantastic resource, and it's a shame to see all this data drift away in the obscurity of message board archives.
 
Scott Fybush said:
If someone like David were to make some web space available to you, would you be willing to put all this data together somewhere that's more easily accessible and searchable? I think it would be a fantastic resource, and it's a shame to see all this data drift away in the obscurity of message board archives.
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I could certainly make room for some text files such as the market and station format threads represent. They could be identified as "t. j.'s format corner" or something. It would make a nice addition to the site, and give t.j. a place to preserve his efforts.
 
Pre-Super-Q, pop station WIGL launched several prominent south Florida broadcast careers, including Sandy Payton (?) and longtime WPLG reporter, Ileana Ros Bravo.
In 1977, they beat every other pop station in the market to air Charlene (Duncan)'s, Never Been to Me, by five full years.
All the others aired it's re-release in '82.
 
ai4i said:
Pre-Super-Q, pop station WIGL launched several prominent south Florida broadcast careers, including Sandy Payton (?) and longtime WPLG reporter, Ileana Ros Bravo.
In 1977, they beat every other pop station in the market to air Charlene (Duncan)'s, Never Been to Me, by five full years.
All the others aired it's re-release in '82.
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Ah so YOU were the other listener! :) (I remember the ratings.....they really didn't go out there to spread its word around.) Maybe you remember them playing the Cory Braverman version of "I Saw the Light." No? :)

They prided themselves on less commercials.....they were a little rougher than WA1A, but less than WGBS.....I seem to have heard WIGL breaking out "New Kid in Town."

cd
 
Hey Scott and David:

Thanks for the info about the Great Board Malfunction. Now I know what happened to all the posts. And YES!! I would love to give my research info to David so he can put it some where on a site or even his site. Miami area has no site for this type of info and I really think we need one. (EX DALLAS, NYC AND L.A.)

I have a lot of holes to fill and I want to make sure my info is correct before it is "in the final" stages to be posted.

I have noticed lately that I have been changing some info that I come up upon that has been wrong so I want to make sure everything is correct. I have so much good info on the history of South Florida Radio that I can't wait to get it on a site.

You guys rock!! Thanks again for your input.
T.J.
 
t.j. said:
Hey Scott and David:

Thanks for the info about the Great Board Malfunction. Now I know what happened to all the posts. And YES!! I would love to give my research info to David so he can put it some where on a site or even his site. Miami area has no site for this type of info and I really think we need one. (EX DALLAS, NYC AND L.A.)

I have a lot of holes to fill and I want to make sure my info is correct before it is "in the final" stages to be posted.

I have noticed lately that I have been changing some info that I come up upon that has been wrong so I want to make sure everything is correct. I have so much good info on the history of South Florida Radio that I can't wait to get it on a site.

You guys rock!! Thanks again for your input.
T.J.
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With nearly 30 years of research on the history of Dallas radio and thousands of specific data points, I can assure you there is never a "final" stage - there will always be corrections and addenda! :)
 
t.j. said:
You guys rock!! Thanks again for your input.
T.J.
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Another thing to think of:

Include in the timeline major talents in the market like Rick Shaw, Bill Tanner, Neil Rogers, Rob Walker, Kidd Curry and many others. Very often the success of stations had much to do with the presence or programming guidance of folks like these.

Of course, being ex-Metroplex, I could add Cox on the Radio, The Madame, Mark in the Dark, Footy, Cramer Haas (has anyone else ever had a market wide minute of silence upon his passing?), Earle the Pearl, Quincy McCoy, and industry greats Tom Birch and Eric Rhoads. Add in Coleen, who came from a Pittman (yeah, that guy) programmed station to Miami.

And the Spanish language segment has its share, too... García Fuste, Betty Pino, Javier Romero, Pérez Roura, Álvarez Güedes, Augustín Acosta, Martica Yedra and others should be included in timelines, too.
 
ai4i said:
Pre-Super-Q, pop station WIGL launched several prominent south Florida broadcast careers, including Sandy Payton (?) and longtime WPLG reporter, Ileana Ros Bravo.
In 1977, they beat every other pop station in the market to air Charlene (Duncan)'s, Never Been to Me, by five full years.
All the others aired it's re-release in '82.
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:eek: I beg to differ on your statement. Charlene's "I've Never Been To Me" WIGL didn't beat every other pop station.. I, along with my former co-workers at 96X played the livin' spooge out of it in 1977.
 
Include in the timeline major talents in the market
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We were fortunate in South Florida to enjoy all the great talent listed, before the days of the wonderful PPM & centralized programming.
 
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