Atlanta FM Radio Dialscape c. 1976

[jabba17]

Actually WKLS started out as a beautiful music station. Don Kennedy ran it..studios, xmitter and antenna atop Black Jack Mountain in Marietta.
WBIE (the FM101.5) was also a beautiful music station.

That would be scary if WKXI/WQXI-FM (94.1), WPCH, WKLS, WSB-FM, WLTA, and WBIE were all BM at the same time. And then add WGKA-FM (92.9) to WABE playing classical. Not sure if the timelines would all match up but that's a lot of soft instrumentals on the FM dial at one time if they did. No wonder a lot of people speak of the pre-96 Rock WPLO-FM in such reverent tones...it being the lone exception to BM/classical on FM (they were AOR before they were country, which is what they were before the V-103 flip).

Of course, most people at the time were getting their top 40 from the AM dial--WSB-AM, Quixie, not to mention WFOM, et al.

 

[GoodTimesandGreatOldies]

Quxie In Dixie (WQXI) was a great station!

 

[BIGSTICK]

Quxie In Dixie (WQXI) was a great station!

It was, but the signal at the time was horrific at night. It of course was also the inspiration for the show WKRP in Cincinnati.

 

[trusty]

Quxie In Dixie (WQXI) was a great station!

Pat Hughes, with his slicked-back slightly-greased hair was aft DJ on QXI (mid '60's). When Paul Drew took over at 7pm, he would take a can of Lysol, spray it on the headphones and wipe them down.

(I don't think he had to do that at CKLW! )

 

[RoddyFreeman]

Didn't Pat Hughes pass away at a young age?

 

[trusty]

Yes-RIP. 404int.com says "Passed away in 1969, reportedly from diabetes." He was one of the best and helped keep quixie on top throughout the sixties.