Classic WKHK TV Commercial (1981)

[DToTheJ]

Taking you back about thirty years, it's a spot for the precursor for WLTW/Lite-FM... of course, it's WKHK, also known as "Kicks 106.7"! (Incidentally, country is now on 106.7's HD2 channel.)

Click here to watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ReAaiZqVY

A couple of questions regarding a couple of scenes in the last five seconds of this clip:

1) Who is the deejay that appears at about 0:25?

2) At 0:27, perhaps symbolizing what a melting pot New York City was even back then, an Asian man appears - wearing a cowboy hat. Without getting into any controversial areas, knowing the kind of demographics that country music shoots for today, does anyone think there would be an uproar if a country radio station put such a commercial on the air today?

 

[WPPCProductions]

Thank you,I used to listen to this station, it came in good here.WCCC 106.9's neighbor I have some airchecks boxed up somewhere along with the great legend 1050 WHN.

 

[vinceapple]

The disc jockey who appears on the spot is Larry Kenney who was the morning man at WKHK back in those days.

 

[oasisrulz]

Was the liner "Stereo" a dig to WHN being on AM mono...was WHN country at the time...Stereo on FM music stations was around since the early 70's, this is fantastic in 1981 the term Stereo being used...great times...

 

[SuperRadioFan]

I really enjoyed that station. IIRC WHN was still on with it's country format. Yeh I was an Urban Cowboy

 

[DToTheJ]

Was the liner "Stereo" a dig to WHN being on AM mono...was WHN country at the time...

Indeed; in fact, the late Dene Hallam actually joined upstart WKHK after spending years at WHN.