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And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'

biggguy said:
I would also like to nominate a station for being an absolute home for the stiffs- I remember hearing so many things there that I never heard anywhere else ever- especially in the mid 70s......drum roll please..........

[size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt]WHFM 98.9 Rochester[/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size]​

a.k.a FM99, M99, or whatever positioner they were using at the time. I don't have the foggiest of who the the PD/MD was in those days, but, I'd bet recreational substances abounded around there- I cant begin to remember how many new songs I'd catch on there that I actually liked, which inside of two weeks were consigned to musical oblivion.

Am I alone in this observation, or does any one else remember this phenomemon......
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You are not alone in your observation that there were rare stations that played absolute stiffs, although I was not in the Rochester market during that time. The 60's are another great era for that sort of thing. It may explain why I have driven some to absolute frustration by having "stiffs" as some of my favorite music. For Instance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZxB0IsgFA
 
nitro99 said:
We're running into rerun territory with the Addrissi Brothers. Both were brought up about 250 posts ago. You know what they say...Miss A Day - You Miss A Lot.

For those of you who remember K-Tel LP's from the 70's, they were chock full of their share of stiffs. Speak to the Sky was on an early one (Music Power?)

How about Redbone's follow up to Come and Get Your Love....

Witch Queen of New Orleans

Anybody want to get an elimination bracket together of all these stiffs to crown the King of the Stiffs?

Uh...while "Witch Queen" wasn't as big of a hit as "Come And Get Your Love"...

"Witch Queen" came out in 1972..."Come And Get Your Love" was released in 1974.

Just keeping the record straight here.

Yeah...too much work.
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RE: WHFM. I believe the programmer there was Lee O'Day. They also had a chick on there (can't remember her name) who, swear to christ, ALWAYS sounded high when she was on the air.
 
qman said:
RE: WHFM. I believe the programmer there was Lee O'Day. They also had a chick on there (can't remember her name) who, swear to christ, ALWAYS sounded high when she was on the air.
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I'm pretty sure Lee O'Day (for the record, a really nice guy who more than once took the time to chat with a bored listener) was gone by then- he was masterminding and voicetracking the automation they were using before they went live in the mid 70s. For some reason, the name Glenn Stone (A.K.A. "The Stoneman") comes to mind...

And the chick was Adrienne Edwards- yeah she sounded like she was on the party train....but, if she looked anything like she sounded, that was one party train I'd like to have boarded!

OK- I admit it...I was a pretty faithful listener of WHFM back in those days starting when Dad brought home a really nice stereo in the late 60s until their demise as Country KC99 in the mid 80s- CHR (top 40 in those days) kicked butt in FM stereo!
 
And the chick was Adrienne Edwards- yeah she sounded like she was on the party train....but, if she looked anything like she sounded, that was one party train I'd like to have boarded!
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I partied on those Saturday nights, consumed the brew (illegally at the time), and had a great time (stiffs are in the ears of the beholder). I had the occasion to meet her, and you are an ill puppy.
 
Just in time for Easter dinner: "Canned Ham" by Norman Greenbaum and "The (butter) Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (near Sattlers)" by Genesis. And for Dyngus Day, a repeat but still fitting, "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Drury and the Blockheads.
 
biggguy said:
I would also like to nominate a station for being an absolute home for the stiffs- I remember hearing so many things there that I never heard anywhere else ever- especially in the mid 70s......drum roll please..........

[size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt]WHFM 98.9 Rochester[/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size]​

Am I alone in this observation, or does any one else remember this phenomemon......
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See Reply #2 in this thread.

The PD of WHFM in the early 70's (when the station was semi-automated) may have been Rick St. John, or was it Nick St. John? He was working at WROC 1280 on Humboldt St when I visited there in summer 1975, and we discussed the old FM99 format. I was a regular listener from 1970 until 1975 when I found Q-FM-97.

Here are some WHFM "music surveys" from that time:

http://las-solanas.com/arsa/stations_item.php?rsid=387
 
I don't remember for sure - but it might have been Mick St. John. He was around Rochester radio back then. Bob Oliver was the PD there during 1970 as I recall.
 
It this topic reaches 500.....I'm going to crawl into the fetal position and open a vein!
 
Hmmm...got better response than I would have thought.

Mr. Freebird- actually you were post #3- and we're in agreement about my beloved FM99. However, we do disagree about one thing (and probably a few more). I remember that another station I used to listen to back in the day was WGRQ- fake- Drake all the way. IIRC, when they flipped to Q-FM-97, I had the stereo on in my dorm room, listening to the Q (and probably in some state of altered consciousness)- and at midnight, they flipped. I kept them on for probably another hour, and dialed up FM99- never to tune in 96.9 again!

Also, Mr. Begone- I gather by your reference to my comment about wanting to board the "party train" that Adrienne Edwards was on as my being an "ill puppy"...would I be correct to assume that if you wanted to have dinner with her, you'd open a can of dog food and call her? Doesn't matter though. That's why they call radio "theatre of the mind".

Finally- the guy was Mick St. John

You know, I've thought more than once about doing a "tribute" web page for WHFM. What stops me is first, lack of resources, and second, I don't think anybody would care.

That's about enough out of me!
 
Also, Mr. Begone- I gather by your reference to my comment about wanting to board the "party train" that Adrienne Edwards was on as my being an "ill puppy"...would I be correct to assume that if you wanted to have dinner with her, you'd open a can of dog food and call her? Doesn't matter though. That's why they call radio "theatre of the mind".
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Your assumptions are incorrect. I was mearly suggesting that amoungst the crowd, it is known that "perception is reality". You felt a need to express it. (fine, I guess). I didn't say either way what kind of food you should bring to dinner, IIHO, you probably should have had the background before sounding, um, rude.
Dats all.
 
Śmigus-dyngus: Tyskie beer, pussie willows, a crazy aunt armed with a super soaker and a cell phone to keep me updated and call when she needs a ride home. In the background I hear a polka band playing "I Don't Want Her, You Can Have Her, She's Too Fat For Me." I'm so glad I went to work today.

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I just previewed this post and the auto censor deleted the word before "willows" when spelled with the letter "y." ??? Just shakin' my head and laughin'.
 
Most correct about FM99 being the home of the stiffs in the mid 70's. I'll name a few. "Pour Me A Little More Wine" by Wayne Newton (1974), "Save Our Ship" by Blood Sweat & Tears (1973), "Ships In The Night" by Vicki Lawrence (1974), "I'm A Train" by Albert Hammond (1974), Walkin' In The Georgia Rain" by Climax (1973), They even tried to do country cross-overs ... "Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone" by Pat Daisy (1972), "Country Sunshine" by Dottie West (1973). And, Canadian product ... "West Coast Woman" by Painter, "Star Baby" by The Guess Who, "Absolutely Right" by The Five Man Electrical Band (1972). I could go on, but you get the point. WHFM actually got a gold record for "Midnight At The Oasis" by Maria Muldaur after it peaked in the summer of '74. They were playing it as early in September '73. One out of five million actually worked. Well, even broken clocks are right twice a day.

It was MICK St. John, by the way.
 


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