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Bygone Stations/Formats/DJs/Etc

Wimmmex said:
I think it has to be a "declared state of emergency".
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Eli Polonsky said:
The only time I remember hearing them do that was in the blizzard of ‘78.
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That's when I remember them doing it. It stuck in my mind because they always used to mention it all the time in their sign-offs. (Now there would be some good radio history. WCAS sign-offs.)
 
Ed Nielson said:
That's when I remember them doing it. It stuck in my mind because they always used to mention it all the time in their sign-offs. (Now there would be some good radio history. WCAS sign-offs.)
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My favorite was the one in which evil "FCC Man" would threaten brave little WCAS with "licensite," which would "rob you [WCAS] of your magical power until sunrise tomorrow morning!" You'd then hear the terrified 'CAS whining "Oh nooooo! My powerrrrr! I feel it faaaaading!" as his voice fades out and the transmitter shuts off for the night.
 
AerieAlso said:
I used to listen to Kenny regularly. Mostly because all the other stations (except WHDH) signed off for "maintenance" Mondays after the midnight news. I think he was pretty much forced to play the older comedy albums to avoid obscenity complaints from the FCC. I doubt he had any way to bleep anything in his basement studio. What happened to the show after he passed away? I vaguely remember a young woman taking over, who didn't have much of interest to say, and I went over to "Jazz in the Night" with Norm Nathan on WHDH.
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He used to give out the old-school phone number, which, if I remember correctly, was WO9-8989.

And he is not to be confused with Ken Meyer, (a.k.a. "Muck") the blind guy who used to produce for Larry Glick on WBZ.
 
Philip James Lagois was with Chris Robert’s in the morning that was followed by Dick “The Derby” Smith till 2 then BJ Dean from 2 to 7. Clyde Anderson did nights and Dave O overnights. Dick did Trading Post from 10 to Noon. Gary Scott was a weekends guy. Meredith Viera, for a short time, did afternoon news.
 
CTListener said:
My favorite was the one in which evil "FCC Man" would threaten brave little WCAS with "licensite," which would "rob you [WCAS] of your magical power until sunrise tomorrow morning!" You'd then hear the terrified 'CAS whining "Oh nooooo! My powerrrrr! I feel it faaaaading!" as his voice fades out and the transmitter shuts off for the night.
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I remember that one! This widget is a rotating cart of many of their station IDs: https://740wcas.com/smp3/wcas-signoff01.mp3
 
Radio Roadie said:
103.3 WMRQ - Quality Rock (Somewhere after WHTT 103.3 and before Oldies 103)
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Ed Nielson said:
WMRQ was a short-lived format. If I remember it was a rather eclectic mix of rock, folk, with a lot of deep tracks. They even ran a new age music show on Sunday mornings.
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I'd almost call it an early version of AAA, a couple years before audiences were ready for it. I don't think they broke a 1 share during the year they did that.
A couple months earlier, WZOU (briefly, as it turned out) dropped out of the CHR race and went back to almost-AOR, so by the time WHTT became WMRQ it was just a 2 player game (with Kiss 108 being top dog). ISTR it was a matter of days after 'HTT flipped for WZOU to dump the rock and go back to CHR as Z-94. Kind of ironic that the station whose slogan in the 70s was "kick@ss rock & roll and no disco" went on to top 40 (and later hip-hop).
 
Oldbones said:
I'd almost call it an early version of AAA, a couple years before audiences were ready for it. I don't think they broke a 1 share during the year they did that.
A couple months earlier, WZOU (briefly, as it turned out) dropped out of the CHR race and went back to almost-AOR, so by the time WHTT became WMRQ it was just a 2 player game (with Kiss 108 being top dog). ISTR it was a matter of days after 'HTT flipped for WZOU to dump the rock and go back to CHR as Z-94. Kind of ironic that the station whose slogan in the 70s was "kick@ss rock & roll and no disco" went on to top 40 (and later hip-hop).
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And of course the response from across town was "Are you tired of having your *ss kicked?
 
nowradioguy said:
I miss (not necessarily in any order):

WRKO from the late 60s under Bill Drake;

WHDH "Radio 85";

WEEI "Newsradio 59";

96.9 WTKK: Eagan and Braude, Michael Graham, Jay Severin;

Oldies 103.3 WODS;

105.7 WROR: The Loren and Wally Morning Show;

WBZ as a news station under Westinghouse and (later) CBS ownership (sorry, the 'BZ of today is of lower caliber);

WCRB 102.5 when they broadcast live concerts at night, followed by the news at 11:00 pm;

WBUR, WGBH playing music during the daytime;

WBOQ "North Shore 104.9";

Magic 106.7 before Entercom/Audacy screwed it up;
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I remember WCRB 102.5 when their transmitter and antenna was is Needham and everyone on the north and south shore could listen.
 
I remember there was a rivalry between WBCN and WZLX during the 80s. WBCN would mock WZLX's slogan of "Classic Hits" in their production by using the term "Classic Copycats." What's ironic about this is that one year WZLX did their "Classic 500 Countdown of All Time", I believe over a weekend. WBCN got ahold of a copy of the playlist (don't know if it was available in stores or not) and played the exact same songs in the same order, but approximately 15 minutes ahead of WZLX... all without ever mentioning a word.
 
Ed Nielson said:
I remember there was a rivalry between WBCN and WZLX during the 80s. WBCN would mock WZLX's slogan of "Classic Hits" in their production by using the term "Classic Copycats." What's ironic about this is that one year WZLX did their "Classic 500 Countdown of All Time", I believe over a weekend. WBCN got ahold of a copy of the playlist (don't know if it was available in stores or not) and played the exact same songs in the same order, but approximately 15 minutes ahead of WZLX... all without ever mentioning a word.
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And then the two rivals were brought together under the FCC's duopoly provision, and shortly thereafter became part of the Westinghouse/CBS/Infinity conglomeration.
 
How about when Charles Laquidara got into trouble when he did the Duane Ingalls Glasscock promo in which he criticized WZLX for playing Cat Stevens, who told everybody to kill Salamon Rushdie for writing "Satanic Verses." He really got the FCC pissed off.
 
Wimmmex said:
Is that true? I don't recall that

I believe Iran's Ayatollah said such, but not Cat Stevens.

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He was asked about the "fatwa" calling for the death of Rushdie, and responded that "the Qu'ran makes it clear. If someone defames the Prophet, he must die." But later, he issued a clarification in which he said he was just repeating what was written in the Qu'ran, but not personally calling for or endorsing killing anyone.
 


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