Atlanta Radio Slogans

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"The blowtorch of the south" WSB

 

[Wildstyle K]

In the 1929 Citizen's radio guide...
WGST was for "Georgia School of Technology" and was owned by CBS.
WSB was for "Southern Broadcasting" and its slogan was "The Voice of the South" back in 1929. It was owned by NBC.
This edition had a picture of WSB's studios in 1929. It was no bigger than a bedroom. I can send a picture if anyone wants one.

Here are my memories since moving to Atlanta in 1993...
Star 94 in the 90s used to be "A Better Variety of Today's Hit Music" until Q and the Beat came along.
Z93 "Atlanta's Classic Rock."
95-5 the Beat started as "Atlanta's New #1 Hit Music Station."
96 Rock was "Atlanta's Rock Station" then "Atlanta's Classic Rock Station"
Anyone remember "1996 Rock" and "Hot 1997-5?"
Q100 was "Hot Hits Q100" when it signed on.
99X when I first arrived here was "Atlanta's Modern Rock Alternative."
I remember 99X doing stunts in 93/94 at the top of the hour when the WNNX calls were read. 99X was the most creative. I remember them doing Dan Rather singing "It's the End of the World as We Know It" by REM on Dave Letterman and then the WNNX calls going out and another stunt where they talk about saving money at the 99X studios because they put a brick in their toilet. There was a PSA at the top of the hour then the announcer said "99X, we have a brick in our toilet."
Kicks was "Kicks 101.5" then "Kicks 101-5" and was called "Kick's Country."
V103 has always been the "People's Station."
94.9 was Peach 94.9 then Today's Peach 94.9 and then 94.9 Lite FM "where it's all about variety."

V-103 hasn't always been "The People's Station", from 2003-2006 their slogan was "Atlanta's BIG Station" similar to other larger urban WGCI in Chicago.  They went back to "The People's Station" after CBS Urban VP/WVEE PD/OM Reggie Rouse took over in 2006.

I remember when I came Nov-Dec. 2001 and V-103 was Atlanta's BIG station! Porche Fox afternoons..
Then Hot 107.9 with their Coco Brotha, Hometeam Baby!!! Evening Host with the Hot 7@7

I also remember Hot 1997 5 - I still have my homemade yearbook with that on the front cover!

Of course - Star*94 wstr smyrna atlanta; a jefferson pilot communication station.

Does WGST still do their "I wish you a merry Christmas.." around Christmas time?

I'm sure there are other things I'm forgetting at the moment.. Oh, and who started this whole "Top 8 @ 8" with the electronic voice thing? They even did that here in Phoenix on KKFR for a while in the mid 90's. I also remember in 1997 when KKFR flipped to hip hop (because the new 103.9 Arizona's Party Station threatened them), someone at the station (KKFR) got a hold of "it's 6 o clock it's 6 o clock it's time for street to rock.." and every afternoon for about a week, the drive home guys would play it, baffled, wondering "what the heck was that all about?" It was funny. They just couldn't figure out what that whole song was about...

 

[MarcB]

What's the deal with Urban stations calling themselves "The People's Station"? We had a short lived AM Urban Station up here in Hartford that used that slogan sometimes. "Blaze 990 is The People's Station". Anyone in Atlanta ever use something similar using their own frequency? "Blaze 990. Blazin' 990 Jams". That one I never got because the station was only on the air 12 hours a day and you can't play 990 Jams in 12 hours even if you eliminated jock talk, stop-sets, and legal ids, etc.

 

[romer979fm]

Z-93...the station that reaches the beaches.
never got that one. Lake Lanier? White Water?

 

[jabba17]

Z-93...the station that reaches the beaches.
never got that one. Lake Lanier? White Water?

Acworth Beach?

To be more specific, didn't some Atlanta station say that they carried all the way to Panama City or something?

 

[frdeaconjosephz]

Stereo FM 101- W K H X always plays at least 3 or more country songs in a row!
Number 1 with the music you like best-WDUN AM55
Playing nothing but the hits-Lake 102FM