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Favorite former formats
- Thread starter JH_Radio
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WOW! A great question (and my answers will probably elude to my age, LOL)..... let's see:
1) Hot Hits WCAU-FM
2) Eagle 106 and one of its predecessors, Z-106
3) The rebirth of Sunny 104.5
4) 103.9 WDRE
5) 94WYSP - with Stern, Don and Mike and Opie & Anthony
6) 92X - the short-lived rhythmic CHR format on 92.5
7) Early Power 99 (borderline Kiss FM)
8) 950 WPEN, when they started mixing in MOR (towards the end)
9) WWDB
10) 1210 WCAU's run as a news station in the late 70's
11) *bomp, bomp, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa* W-S-Sssss-Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
12) WBUX - your 70's music connection
13) Lite 1370 - WPAZ
14) WNPV circa 1988 (just "Hot MOR" and the morning/evening news, no talkers)
15) Down the shore: 98.7 K-Rock
16) Ditto WDOX
17) Solid Gold 102
18) "Hits of the 70's, 102-9 MGK"
19) WIFI 92
20) Your home for the fine arts in Philly, Classical 95.7, WFLN
21) You're on US-1
22) WKSZ 100.3 flips to Top 40 as Z-100
23) The original WLEV on 96.1
24) "It's the top of the hour at the top of the dial. WWSH, Philadelphia, The Top - FM 106"
25) Jammin' Gold 95.7
26) 610 WIP back in the MOR days
27) Famous 56 - WFIL (and the rebirth 1982-87)
28) 66 W Ennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn B C
29) 1110 WNAR
30) Stereo 105 - WRDR
UGH! I'm pooped....
1) Hot Hits WCAU-FM
2) Eagle 106 and one of its predecessors, Z-106
3) The rebirth of Sunny 104.5
4) 103.9 WDRE
5) 94WYSP - with Stern, Don and Mike and Opie & Anthony
6) 92X - the short-lived rhythmic CHR format on 92.5
7) Early Power 99 (borderline Kiss FM)
8) 950 WPEN, when they started mixing in MOR (towards the end)
9) WWDB
10) 1210 WCAU's run as a news station in the late 70's
11) *bomp, bomp, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa* W-S-Sssss-Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
12) WBUX - your 70's music connection
13) Lite 1370 - WPAZ
14) WNPV circa 1988 (just "Hot MOR" and the morning/evening news, no talkers)
15) Down the shore: 98.7 K-Rock
16) Ditto WDOX
17) Solid Gold 102
18) "Hits of the 70's, 102-9 MGK"
19) WIFI 92
20) Your home for the fine arts in Philly, Classical 95.7, WFLN
21) You're on US-1
22) WKSZ 100.3 flips to Top 40 as Z-100
23) The original WLEV on 96.1
24) "It's the top of the hour at the top of the dial. WWSH, Philadelphia, The Top - FM 106"
25) Jammin' Gold 95.7
26) 610 WIP back in the MOR days
27) Famous 56 - WFIL (and the rebirth 1982-87)
28) 66 W Ennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn B C
29) 1110 WNAR
30) Stereo 105 - WRDR
UGH! I'm pooped....
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I miss and loved Q102 during the "dance" days. It had a great format and I loved the "larger than life" imaging. The jocks were good too.
WCAU HOT Hits
honorable mention Y100 and Eagle 106
WCAU HOT Hits
honorable mention Y100 and Eagle 106
I-92 Rock of the '80s on 92.5 with Melvanius Toxic and the late Lee Paris
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WYSP circa 2005-07. Honestly.
er, how about Active rock WYSP with interesting talent?
Skin Radio.
Am I just digging my hole deeper?
er, how about Active rock WYSP with interesting talent?
Skin Radio.
Am I just digging my hole deeper?
Re: Favorite former formats-stations
Trying not to duplicate Rockin Rob's list too much - some of his choices, plus...
AM
WFIL ‘Radio 560’ pre-Pop Explosion MOR (Phil Sheridan, Jim Gearhart, Al Meltzer)
WFIL “Philly 56 Country” with Dan (Dennis) Malloy, Barbara Summers, Mike Crossan
WFIL 1980’s Oldies format (after the failed Boss radio revival) with Joey Reynolds,
Harvey Holiday, Sarah Louise, Kevin Fennessey, etc.
WARM “the Mighty 590” top 40 from Scranton (came in here clearly in the old days)
WIP in the personality MOR days of Dick Clayton, Tom Moran, Tom Lamaine, etc.
WWJZ 640 in their original standards/big band format
WYIS 690 with a local daytime talk format of one-time WCAU hosts Ed Harvey & Donald Barnhouse
WOR 710 in the days of entertaining talk radio without callers - John A. Gambling, Peter Roberts, Bob & Ray,
Jean Shepherd, Ed & Pegeen Fitzgerald, Barry Farber, Gene Klavan, etc.
WABC Musicradio 77 – Dan Ingram, Ron Lundy, Cousin Bruce Morrow, Frank Kingston Smith, etc.
WTMR Radio 8 in the days of Tommy Roberts’ MOR (and horse racing) format (Ed Harvey, mornings)
WFLN 900 as a simulcast to the classical FM (the AM mono music had a different sound)
WDVT 900 as “Talk 900” with morning host PeterTilden in his first regular on-air shift
WTTM 920 as “Double T-93” Country
WTTM as a local talk station in the ‘90’s with only 2 regular callers, neither from Trenton
(an alchoholic-sounding man from Levittown & a guy from Roslyn, Montgomery County)
WPEN in the first days of 95-PEN the market’s first ALL oldies station
(with all out-of-town jocks - Loren Owens, Geoff Fox, Mike St. John, etc.)
WPEN in the standards ‘80’s with the best of the WIP jocks plus Grady & Hurst from their past
WIBG in the 1960’s Wibbage era (before WFIL’s competition) Hy Lit, Joe Niagara, Alan Dean, Bill Wright, Sr.
WIBG in the 1969-73 era of progressive personality top 40 (with Joey Reynolds, John Landecker,
Ed Richards, Hy Lit, Joe Niagara, Long John & Don Wade, Bill Gardner, etc.)
WNAR in the block-programmed era with shows like “SuperLou”
WNAR as easy listening “Good Music on AM”
WNEW 1130 from New York – MOR format similar to WIP but with a little ‘older’ sound like the
“Make Believe Ballroom” and “The Milkman’s Matinee”
WCAU “Radio 1-2-1” talk format with full time news department plus good local talk hosts like Joel A. Spivak
WBUD 1260 with the NBC “News & Information Service” 1976 national/local inserts all news format
WHAT 1340 & WDAS 1480 competing in the r&b/soul format with solid lineups of local jocks
WNJC 1360 “New Jersey Country” format & Gus Calley
WNPV 1440 – I agree the daytime full-service MOR years were their best on “The Sporty 1440”
WJJZ 1460 Country (with a Hank Williams tribute every New Year’s day)
WSAN 1470 Allentown’s 1970’s Progressive Rock on AM format
WJIC “Just Country” 1510 in Salem, NJ
WRCP “Real Country Power” on 1540 & 104.5, especially in the late ‘60’s-early ‘70’s with Bob Lockwood,
Joe Moran, Shelly Davis, Don Paul, Austin Culmer, Brad Bradley, Jerry Kline, Trish Hennessey, Alan Swan, etc.
WRCP “Philadelphia Gold Radio” with Ron Cade, Hy Lit, Tommy McCarthy, etc.
WSNI 1540 “All Beatles & Motown” format (when not simulcasting Sunny 104 and 1/2)
WPGR 1540 “Geator Gold Radio” Jerry Blavat & Armond plus an exile for Tommy McCarthy, Harvey Holiday until Solid Gold 102 came along in 1987, and the home of Sally Starr’s return to radio (she had started there in the WJMJ era).
WBUX 1570 in the 1960’s block programming era – top 40 (Bob Hamilton), country (Hugh Clinton),
plus the rev. Dr. Carl McIntire in morning drive, a half hour game show “The Auto race of the Air”, etc.
WBUX all-country format 1967-1969 – they switched just before WRCP – they had 4 daytime only jocks when they started, ended up with 2 shifts sign on-noon & noon-sign off
WEEZ 1590 country format 1965-early ‘70’s
WEEZ 1590 “People Power” talk format mid-1970’s until WWDB took all their talent in their 1975 startup
(Wynn Moore, Irv Homer, Ken Boehm in Your Home, etc.)
WCZN 1590 “Your Country Couzin” revived country format (with live concerts from Sunset Park)
FM
WIFI 92 pre “Hit Parade ‘70” with a suburban based format including high school sports sponsored by
“The Genardi Brothers” going into the area’s first Progressive Rock show Friday nights mid-60’s
WIFI 92 “Rock of the ‘80’s” format – Mel Toxic, Bill E., Moe Hawk, etc.
WMMR 93.3 “The Radio Station” Progressive Rock format from 1968 until John DeBella arrived
WNJO 94.5 “New Jersey Oldies” including Philly’s Mike St. John
WFLN 95.7 The classiest of Classical stations – even the commercials were classy
WWDB 96.5 “Jazz-Talk” in April, 1975 when they switched from jazz to talk – all the callers
were left-over listeners calling in to Sid Mark to talk about jazz (and the lack of it)
WUSL 98.9 “Continuous Country 99” (with Pat Winters, Juan Varlita, etc.)
WFMZ 100.7 “FM 100+” beautiful music format
WFIL-FM “Popular 102” soft MOR format (pre-WMGK & WUSL refining the format)
WIOQ as oldies “Solid Gold 102” – in the beginning of the 1987 war with WOGL they had the more local sound with Mike St. John, Harvey Holiday, Bob Pantano, Tommy McCarthy, etc. until they ended up on WOGL
WMGK “Magic 103” soft AC format – one of the first anywhere (with the windchimes between songs)
WIBF “104 FM’ as a local Jenkintown station playing Dixieland Jazz daytime, Country evenings in the 1960’s
WRCP country (see comments under 1540 AM)
WSNI “Sunny 104’ experiment by former WWSH’er Nelson Hobdell as PD with “beautiful country”
WSNI “Sunny 104 and ½” with a 1980’s oldies-based AC format with Hy Lit, Mike St John, Don Cannon, Tony Bruno, etc.
WSNI Sunny 104.5 as revived in 2002 – still the gold standard for all-Christmas music stations here
WDAS-FM “Hyski’s Underground” Progressive Rock format programmed by Hy Lit with Ed Sciaky, Michael Tearson, Joe Niagara, My Father’s Son, Harvey Holiday, etc.
WWSH “Wish” 106 beautiful music format with great liners (“A Wish to Build a Dream On, WWSH. FM 106, all music, all the time”)
WSNJ 107.7 as a local block-programmed station
Who am I forgetting?
Trying not to duplicate Rockin Rob's list too much - some of his choices, plus...
AM
WFIL ‘Radio 560’ pre-Pop Explosion MOR (Phil Sheridan, Jim Gearhart, Al Meltzer)
WFIL “Philly 56 Country” with Dan (Dennis) Malloy, Barbara Summers, Mike Crossan
WFIL 1980’s Oldies format (after the failed Boss radio revival) with Joey Reynolds,
Harvey Holiday, Sarah Louise, Kevin Fennessey, etc.
WARM “the Mighty 590” top 40 from Scranton (came in here clearly in the old days)
WIP in the personality MOR days of Dick Clayton, Tom Moran, Tom Lamaine, etc.
WWJZ 640 in their original standards/big band format
WYIS 690 with a local daytime talk format of one-time WCAU hosts Ed Harvey & Donald Barnhouse
WOR 710 in the days of entertaining talk radio without callers - John A. Gambling, Peter Roberts, Bob & Ray,
Jean Shepherd, Ed & Pegeen Fitzgerald, Barry Farber, Gene Klavan, etc.
WABC Musicradio 77 – Dan Ingram, Ron Lundy, Cousin Bruce Morrow, Frank Kingston Smith, etc.
WTMR Radio 8 in the days of Tommy Roberts’ MOR (and horse racing) format (Ed Harvey, mornings)
WFLN 900 as a simulcast to the classical FM (the AM mono music had a different sound)
WDVT 900 as “Talk 900” with morning host PeterTilden in his first regular on-air shift
WTTM 920 as “Double T-93” Country
WTTM as a local talk station in the ‘90’s with only 2 regular callers, neither from Trenton
(an alchoholic-sounding man from Levittown & a guy from Roslyn, Montgomery County)
WPEN in the first days of 95-PEN the market’s first ALL oldies station
(with all out-of-town jocks - Loren Owens, Geoff Fox, Mike St. John, etc.)
WPEN in the standards ‘80’s with the best of the WIP jocks plus Grady & Hurst from their past
WIBG in the 1960’s Wibbage era (before WFIL’s competition) Hy Lit, Joe Niagara, Alan Dean, Bill Wright, Sr.
WIBG in the 1969-73 era of progressive personality top 40 (with Joey Reynolds, John Landecker,
Ed Richards, Hy Lit, Joe Niagara, Long John & Don Wade, Bill Gardner, etc.)
WNAR in the block-programmed era with shows like “SuperLou”
WNAR as easy listening “Good Music on AM”
WNEW 1130 from New York – MOR format similar to WIP but with a little ‘older’ sound like the
“Make Believe Ballroom” and “The Milkman’s Matinee”
WCAU “Radio 1-2-1” talk format with full time news department plus good local talk hosts like Joel A. Spivak
WBUD 1260 with the NBC “News & Information Service” 1976 national/local inserts all news format
WHAT 1340 & WDAS 1480 competing in the r&b/soul format with solid lineups of local jocks
WNJC 1360 “New Jersey Country” format & Gus Calley
WNPV 1440 – I agree the daytime full-service MOR years were their best on “The Sporty 1440”
WJJZ 1460 Country (with a Hank Williams tribute every New Year’s day)
WSAN 1470 Allentown’s 1970’s Progressive Rock on AM format
WJIC “Just Country” 1510 in Salem, NJ
WRCP “Real Country Power” on 1540 & 104.5, especially in the late ‘60’s-early ‘70’s with Bob Lockwood,
Joe Moran, Shelly Davis, Don Paul, Austin Culmer, Brad Bradley, Jerry Kline, Trish Hennessey, Alan Swan, etc.
WRCP “Philadelphia Gold Radio” with Ron Cade, Hy Lit, Tommy McCarthy, etc.
WSNI 1540 “All Beatles & Motown” format (when not simulcasting Sunny 104 and 1/2)
WPGR 1540 “Geator Gold Radio” Jerry Blavat & Armond plus an exile for Tommy McCarthy, Harvey Holiday until Solid Gold 102 came along in 1987, and the home of Sally Starr’s return to radio (she had started there in the WJMJ era).
WBUX 1570 in the 1960’s block programming era – top 40 (Bob Hamilton), country (Hugh Clinton),
plus the rev. Dr. Carl McIntire in morning drive, a half hour game show “The Auto race of the Air”, etc.
WBUX all-country format 1967-1969 – they switched just before WRCP – they had 4 daytime only jocks when they started, ended up with 2 shifts sign on-noon & noon-sign off
WEEZ 1590 country format 1965-early ‘70’s
WEEZ 1590 “People Power” talk format mid-1970’s until WWDB took all their talent in their 1975 startup
(Wynn Moore, Irv Homer, Ken Boehm in Your Home, etc.)
WCZN 1590 “Your Country Couzin” revived country format (with live concerts from Sunset Park)
FM
WIFI 92 pre “Hit Parade ‘70” with a suburban based format including high school sports sponsored by
“The Genardi Brothers” going into the area’s first Progressive Rock show Friday nights mid-60’s
WIFI 92 “Rock of the ‘80’s” format – Mel Toxic, Bill E., Moe Hawk, etc.
WMMR 93.3 “The Radio Station” Progressive Rock format from 1968 until John DeBella arrived
WNJO 94.5 “New Jersey Oldies” including Philly’s Mike St. John
WFLN 95.7 The classiest of Classical stations – even the commercials were classy
WWDB 96.5 “Jazz-Talk” in April, 1975 when they switched from jazz to talk – all the callers
were left-over listeners calling in to Sid Mark to talk about jazz (and the lack of it)
WUSL 98.9 “Continuous Country 99” (with Pat Winters, Juan Varlita, etc.)
WFMZ 100.7 “FM 100+” beautiful music format
WFIL-FM “Popular 102” soft MOR format (pre-WMGK & WUSL refining the format)
WIOQ as oldies “Solid Gold 102” – in the beginning of the 1987 war with WOGL they had the more local sound with Mike St. John, Harvey Holiday, Bob Pantano, Tommy McCarthy, etc. until they ended up on WOGL
WMGK “Magic 103” soft AC format – one of the first anywhere (with the windchimes between songs)
WIBF “104 FM’ as a local Jenkintown station playing Dixieland Jazz daytime, Country evenings in the 1960’s
WRCP country (see comments under 1540 AM)
WSNI “Sunny 104’ experiment by former WWSH’er Nelson Hobdell as PD with “beautiful country”
WSNI “Sunny 104 and ½” with a 1980’s oldies-based AC format with Hy Lit, Mike St John, Don Cannon, Tony Bruno, etc.
WSNI Sunny 104.5 as revived in 2002 – still the gold standard for all-Christmas music stations here
WDAS-FM “Hyski’s Underground” Progressive Rock format programmed by Hy Lit with Ed Sciaky, Michael Tearson, Joe Niagara, My Father’s Son, Harvey Holiday, etc.
WWSH “Wish” 106 beautiful music format with great liners (“A Wish to Build a Dream On, WWSH. FM 106, all music, all the time”)
WSNJ 107.7 as a local block-programmed station
Who am I forgetting?
Re: Favorite former formats-stations
WIBG 94.1 (WIBG AM simulcast) (after 1967-automation 11p-11a)
WYSP 94.1 Your Station in Philadelphia (Big Band/Beautiful Music)
WHAT 96.5 Jazz, Sid Mark
WPBS 98.9 Philadelphia Bulletin Service (Beautiful Music)
WXUR 100.3 Dr. Carl McIntire (Radical Religion)
WPEN 102.9 (WPEN AM simulcat)
WQAL 106.1 Dave Custas (Pre Shulke; see broadcast pioneers)
John1 said:
WIBG 94.1 (WIBG AM simulcast) (after 1967-automation 11p-11a)
WYSP 94.1 Your Station in Philadelphia (Big Band/Beautiful Music)
WHAT 96.5 Jazz, Sid Mark
WPBS 98.9 Philadelphia Bulletin Service (Beautiful Music)
WXUR 100.3 Dr. Carl McIntire (Radical Religion)
WPEN 102.9 (WPEN AM simulcat)
WQAL 106.1 Dave Custas (Pre Shulke; see broadcast pioneers)
Now my turn...
WFIL 560 "Wish: Stereo 560" Beautiful Music days
WEGX "Eagle 106" CHR
100.7 WFMZ (Allentown, PA) Beautiful Music
101.1 WEAZ "EZ 101" Easy Listening days
WMGK "Magic 103" AC
WMGK "102-9 MGK: Philadelphia's Classic Hits Station" with 7 song supersetswith Mike Boe, Lauren Vally, Cathfish and Allen mornings. (Prefer that over the current Classic Rock format)
WSNI (Reincarnation August 2002) "Sunny 104.5" AC Gold before 70's Dance was thrown into the format.... (I am not old enough to remember WSNI of the 80's)
93.3 WMMR "Philadelphia's Home of Rock And Role" - AAA format, later 90's
94.1 WYSP "Philadelphia's Classic Rock station"
50's-70's Oldies "Oldies 98" Always thought of that format as oldies, and the current Oldies format (whitched morfed into a sorta Classic Hits format)
WEJM "Jammin Gold 95.7" Rhythmic Oldies
WYXR "Star 104.5" both when they were Hot AC, or flirting with CHR
WOGL "Oldies 1210 AM"
WPLY "Y100" mid 90's when they were Adult Top40, and into there Alturnative days (Though I stopped listening after '96 or so)
102.1 WIOQ (As Dance/CHR '97, 98')
WPST "Its The Music, That Matters" and "Trenton and Philadelphia's New Rock Experience"
I still like PST today.
WFXN "Max Knows Music" 95.7, in 1997-early 98
95.7 WMWX "As Mix 95.7" there Boogie Nights weeknight show, featureing classic dance, and some current pop dance mixes"
"New Jersey 101.5" mid 90's Much much better sound processing, prefered there jingles/promo's and line-up tallent at that point, too)
Boss 97 WBSs (Down the shore)
WNJO 94.5 "New Jersey's Oldies Station"
99.9 WODE "Oldies 99" in Allentown, PA (Remember listening to Dann Wade every sunday 8PM-mid, Michael Anthony too)
WRFY "Y102" mid 90's, they played rock that Y100 wouldn't play. I believe there mix of Classic Rock and Currents was better then it is today. You'd hear stuff on WRFY at that point that you wouldnt hear anyware else. I loved the Nick and Ted mornings, Freddy IZeddie, and the guy who did 12 midnight-5AM. What was his name? He did a request show in the middle of the night around 3-ish or so.
I know I said some others that others have mentioned.
John
Bensalem, PA
WFIL 560 "Wish: Stereo 560" Beautiful Music days
WEGX "Eagle 106" CHR
100.7 WFMZ (Allentown, PA) Beautiful Music
101.1 WEAZ "EZ 101" Easy Listening days
WMGK "Magic 103" AC
WMGK "102-9 MGK: Philadelphia's Classic Hits Station" with 7 song supersetswith Mike Boe, Lauren Vally, Cathfish and Allen mornings. (Prefer that over the current Classic Rock format)
WSNI (Reincarnation August 2002) "Sunny 104.5" AC Gold before 70's Dance was thrown into the format.... (I am not old enough to remember WSNI of the 80's)
93.3 WMMR "Philadelphia's Home of Rock And Role" - AAA format, later 90's
94.1 WYSP "Philadelphia's Classic Rock station"
50's-70's Oldies "Oldies 98" Always thought of that format as oldies, and the current Oldies format (whitched morfed into a sorta Classic Hits format)
WEJM "Jammin Gold 95.7" Rhythmic Oldies
WYXR "Star 104.5" both when they were Hot AC, or flirting with CHR
WOGL "Oldies 1210 AM"
WPLY "Y100" mid 90's when they were Adult Top40, and into there Alturnative days (Though I stopped listening after '96 or so)
102.1 WIOQ (As Dance/CHR '97, 98')
WPST "Its The Music, That Matters" and "Trenton and Philadelphia's New Rock Experience"
I still like PST today.
WFXN "Max Knows Music" 95.7, in 1997-early 98
95.7 WMWX "As Mix 95.7" there Boogie Nights weeknight show, featureing classic dance, and some current pop dance mixes"
"New Jersey 101.5" mid 90's Much much better sound processing, prefered there jingles/promo's and line-up tallent at that point, too)
Boss 97 WBSs (Down the shore)
WNJO 94.5 "New Jersey's Oldies Station"
99.9 WODE "Oldies 99" in Allentown, PA (Remember listening to Dann Wade every sunday 8PM-mid, Michael Anthony too)
WRFY "Y102" mid 90's, they played rock that Y100 wouldn't play. I believe there mix of Classic Rock and Currents was better then it is today. You'd hear stuff on WRFY at that point that you wouldnt hear anyware else. I loved the Nick and Ted mornings, Freddy IZeddie, and the guy who did 12 midnight-5AM. What was his name? He did a request show in the middle of the night around 3-ish or so.
I know I said some others that others have mentioned.
John
Bensalem, PA
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WIP in its later days as an MOR/AC full-service station--Garland, Webber, Moran/Stevens & Seneca, etc. Also the WIPeople talk era.
Eagle 106, pre Lander
Z 106 (not so much Electric 106 because the format was a horrid take on top 40, er, top 10, but the jingles kicked butt)
Star 104.5 pre and post "New Sound of Philadelphia" (but for the love of God, not during that phase)
The first AC incarnation of Sunny
Z-100/Y-100 pre modern-rock
Eagle 106, pre Lander
Z 106 (not so much Electric 106 because the format was a horrid take on top 40, er, top 10, but the jingles kicked butt)
Star 104.5 pre and post "New Sound of Philadelphia" (but for the love of God, not during that phase)
The first AC incarnation of Sunny
Z-100/Y-100 pre modern-rock
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John BOSS 97 down the shore was the best!!!!!!!!!!!! Mix 95.7??? are you serious?! IT WAS UNLISTENABLE!
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Rockin Rob said:
I don't think it was ever called "92-X". I recall it being called 92-WXTU during this period. With jocks like Dr, Perry Johnson and "Dangerous" Doug Weldon.
98.1 WCAU-FM Oldies
610 WIP with Ken Garland, Wee Willie Webber, etc.
950 WPEN the station of the stars (big band - standards)
95.7 WFLN classical music
96.5 WWDB the talk station - Dominic Quinn, Irv Homer, the saucey Aussie Sally, etc,
1210 WCAU Talk - Jack MacKinney, etc.
106.1 WWSH easy listening
Wilmington's 93.7 WDEL-FM (now WSTW) Easy Listening format with Big Band charts on Saturday nite from the 1950's and 60's rather than the 30's and 40's.
1150 WDEL MOR format
1150 WDEL - weekend coverage of NBC radio's "Monitor".
610 WIP with Ken Garland, Wee Willie Webber, etc.
950 WPEN the station of the stars (big band - standards)
95.7 WFLN classical music
96.5 WWDB the talk station - Dominic Quinn, Irv Homer, the saucey Aussie Sally, etc,
1210 WCAU Talk - Jack MacKinney, etc.
106.1 WWSH easy listening
Wilmington's 93.7 WDEL-FM (now WSTW) Easy Listening format with Big Band charts on Saturday nite from the 1950's and 60's rather than the 30's and 40's.
1150 WDEL MOR format
1150 WDEL - weekend coverage of NBC radio's "Monitor".
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John Holcomb II said:
Top of the list: Hot Hits 98. Talk about air-tight format execution.
Close second: 103.9 WIBF/WDRE... the Underground Network was kinda cool, but once that station went live and local, it was dialed-in perfectly between the airstaff, the music, and the imaging (the imaging was awesome, especially after the sale to Radio One and they had nothing to lose). I won't listen to WRFF because of how boring it sounds compared to what 103.9 sounded like in its prime.
I may be dating myself, but, here are a few New York City stations no one ever mentions anymore, but which were great and I loved listening to:
WMGM-1050 (pre-WHN) with Bob Lewis, et al
WINS-1010 in their Top 40 days (Murray the K, Cousin Brucie pre-WABC, Mad Daddy, Alan Freed, etc)
WCBS-AM-880 (pre-all news MOR/Talk)
WWRL-1600 (R&B Top 40 in the 1960s)
and, last but not least, WPAT 930/93.1 (Easy Listening/Beautiful Music)
WMGM-1050 (pre-WHN) with Bob Lewis, et al
WINS-1010 in their Top 40 days (Murray the K, Cousin Brucie pre-WABC, Mad Daddy, Alan Freed, etc)
WCBS-AM-880 (pre-all news MOR/Talk)
WWRL-1600 (R&B Top 40 in the 1960s)
and, last but not least, WPAT 930/93.1 (Easy Listening/Beautiful Music)
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