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lash
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I was in the parking lot at Monroeville Mall, listening to 13Q, then an AC, make the return to "The Music Of Your Life" 1320 WJAS
I cried the day 1250 WTAE stopped playing music and went talk.
I sat in my dorm room at Clarion listening to B-94 for the first time, with Banana Don, Jeff McKay, Bruce Kelly, Rich Anton and more.
I laughed a lot to Randy Miller, and loved Suitcase Simpson, Jay Stone, Clarke Ingram, Bob Savage, Keith Abrams, Calib James and O'Brien and Garry on 96KX, and then Hitradio 96.
I couldn't believe how much I disliked Classy 101, but kept listening to it for some reason.
After listening to the 89 WLS Rewind, and WABC specials this past weekend. I have two words for our current state of radio affairs.
It Sucks!
I cried the day 1250 WTAE stopped playing music and went talk.
I sat in my dorm room at Clarion listening to B-94 for the first time, with Banana Don, Jeff McKay, Bruce Kelly, Rich Anton and more.
I laughed a lot to Randy Miller, and loved Suitcase Simpson, Jay Stone, Clarke Ingram, Bob Savage, Keith Abrams, Calib James and O'Brien and Garry on 96KX, and then Hitradio 96.
I couldn't believe how much I disliked Classy 101, but kept listening to it for some reason.
After listening to the 89 WLS Rewind, and WABC specials this past weekend. I have two words for our current state of radio affairs.
It Sucks!
Suitcase Simpson!
The original (1976?) 96KX was a memorable station.
So was Atkins' original WTAE (Solid Gold 'TAE, circa 1973-74). Staffers used to call it "KHJ East."
I always thought KQV's peak was around 1969-70.
KDKA was phenomenal in the '60s.
The original (1976?) 96KX was a memorable station.
So was Atkins' original WTAE (Solid Gold 'TAE, circa 1973-74). Staffers used to call it "KHJ East."
I always thought KQV's peak was around 1969-70.
KDKA was phenomenal in the '60s.
I liked 97 Rock a lot. Just the way it was packaged because musically it wasn't all that different from DVE...maybe a little edgier.
WYDD was so cool...what was that format called? You could hear new pop music right beside classic pop. I mean they were playing deep album cuts during their block party weekends.
WXXP was packaged well and had some really cool music. The Cure, Gene Loves Jezebel, Godfathers...wow.
I really liked 104.7 The Beat in spite of the repetition and it trying to cater too much to white listeners.
WYDD was so cool...what was that format called? You could hear new pop music right beside classic pop. I mean they were playing deep album cuts during their block party weekends.
WXXP was packaged well and had some really cool music. The Cure, Gene Loves Jezebel, Godfathers...wow.
I really liked 104.7 The Beat in spite of the repetition and it trying to cater too much to white listeners.
1980's...... "Someplace Special, KDKA Pittsburgh, A Group W, Westinghouse Broadcasting Station"
No doubt about it, one of the best stations I ever listened to!
My all time favorite.....(as stated many times before....Trish Beatty ;D) also a quick nod to my friend Keith Abrams of
"WEEP" and "DAISY" fame. I never did get a chance to ride in the "WEEP JEEP" as promised! :'(
Like Lash, I also attended Clarion University (Class of '85) another quickie...Rich Anton, Clarion Grad!
Every Christmas Season, we would drive down to Pittsburgh, to see the Staff broadcasting from Horne's, Kauffman's or Gimbel's! We would naturally have to be there to see Trish!!!
I can still taste those "Farkleberry Ding-A-Lings"
"Have yourself a Farkleberry Christmas...KDKA Radio, listen to the pulse of Pittsburgh"
Stu
No doubt about it, one of the best stations I ever listened to!
My all time favorite.....(as stated many times before....Trish Beatty ;D) also a quick nod to my friend Keith Abrams of
"WEEP" and "DAISY" fame. I never did get a chance to ride in the "WEEP JEEP" as promised! :'(
Like Lash, I also attended Clarion University (Class of '85) another quickie...Rich Anton, Clarion Grad!
Every Christmas Season, we would drive down to Pittsburgh, to see the Staff broadcasting from Horne's, Kauffman's or Gimbel's! We would naturally have to be there to see Trish!!!
I can still taste those "Farkleberry Ding-A-Lings"
"Have yourself a Farkleberry Christmas...KDKA Radio, listen to the pulse of Pittsburgh"
Stu
My favorite radio stations were
1989-1990 WNRJ Energy 105
1982-1989 WHTX Hit Radio 96
1981-2004 WBZZ B 94
1990-1993 WMXP Mix Jamz 100.7
1985-1988 WXXP Double X 100.7
1995-1996 WNRQ 104.7 The Revolution
1989-1990 WNRJ Energy 105
1982-1989 WHTX Hit Radio 96
1981-2004 WBZZ B 94
1990-1993 WMXP Mix Jamz 100.7
1985-1988 WXXP Double X 100.7
1995-1996 WNRQ 104.7 The Revolution
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RadioMoo
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Support our troops...bring them home alive. And support the impeachment of Bush and Cheney.
Most of my Pgh knowledge fits in the era from 1973-1985, so here goes:
My favorite Pgh music station was the iteration of WYDD that was on the air in 1981-83. It was doing Frank Felix's more conservative take on KROQ-Los Angeles, in effect an early alternative station. They were playing an excellent music mix during that era. I believe Bryan McIntyre was their GM. McIntyre had been famous for programming the very adventurous Top 40 WCOL in Columbus, and its progressive sister station WCOL-FM. Some of my favorite songs that were never hits were on this station.
13Q had its moments as a great music station as well, although its big money promotion eventually was its downfall. Q was the first Top 40 station I had ever heard that didn't use jingles of any kind. It was all done on the shoulders of the talent, with clever production elements that broke the rules of the time. Quite a number of great jocks came through 13Q: Don Cox, Dennis Waters (later to start up WYNY New York), Sam Holman (one time WABC talent), Mark Driscoll, Batt Johnson, Ray Zoller, Bill Tanner, Dave Mason and Don Bombard (later known as Bob Shannon at WCBS-FM). Placing so much emphasis on the money, though, dwarfed any other good the station was doing. I remember driving the station van around town in 1977 (long after the money had dried up) and having less than savory characters coming up and demanding their money for saying the phrase that pays. When Bob Savage left, the "13Q Music Bingo" began, and then with the flip to that bizarro-world "WKTQ keeps you hummin' along" format, it was pretty obvious that, once Dick Janssen had gone, Nationwide had no idea what to do with it.
For sheer talent, though, nothing compares to 1250 WTAE in the mid 70s through the early 80s. I remember Don Imus being quoted as saying "don't ever let those guys O'Brien and Garry come to New York" for fear they'd put him out of business. (Guess he wasn't expecting Al Sharpton.) Look at that line-up of great personalities: O'Brien and Garry, Jim Quinn, Chuck Brinkman, Don Berns, the great Bob Dearborn, Mark Roberts, the original Johnny Williams from KHJ, Susie Barbour, Bob Kopler, Paul Long, Myron Cope for God's sakes! It was like listening to a good morning show ALL DAY LONG. Yoy!
Other great talents that made their mark during this time:
WPEZ: Buzz Brindle, Lee Douglas, Charlie Lake, Kelly Randall.
WXKX/WHTX: Suitcase Simpson, Jay Stone, Keith Abrams, Randy Miller, Mike McGann, Dennis Elliott.
B94 during Guy Zapoleon's reign as PD: Clarke Ingram, Bruce Kelly, Mike Elliott, Banana Don Jefferson, Alfred E. Neuman (now John Summers on KLUV Dallas), Jeff McKay.
KQV (although they were on their way out during most of this era): Can't forget Jeff Christie. He is, indeed, the 800 pound gorilla in the room.
WPNT: George Hart.
Imagine what the market would sound like with this lineup!
My favorite Pgh music station was the iteration of WYDD that was on the air in 1981-83. It was doing Frank Felix's more conservative take on KROQ-Los Angeles, in effect an early alternative station. They were playing an excellent music mix during that era. I believe Bryan McIntyre was their GM. McIntyre had been famous for programming the very adventurous Top 40 WCOL in Columbus, and its progressive sister station WCOL-FM. Some of my favorite songs that were never hits were on this station.
13Q had its moments as a great music station as well, although its big money promotion eventually was its downfall. Q was the first Top 40 station I had ever heard that didn't use jingles of any kind. It was all done on the shoulders of the talent, with clever production elements that broke the rules of the time. Quite a number of great jocks came through 13Q: Don Cox, Dennis Waters (later to start up WYNY New York), Sam Holman (one time WABC talent), Mark Driscoll, Batt Johnson, Ray Zoller, Bill Tanner, Dave Mason and Don Bombard (later known as Bob Shannon at WCBS-FM). Placing so much emphasis on the money, though, dwarfed any other good the station was doing. I remember driving the station van around town in 1977 (long after the money had dried up) and having less than savory characters coming up and demanding their money for saying the phrase that pays. When Bob Savage left, the "13Q Music Bingo" began, and then with the flip to that bizarro-world "WKTQ keeps you hummin' along" format, it was pretty obvious that, once Dick Janssen had gone, Nationwide had no idea what to do with it.
For sheer talent, though, nothing compares to 1250 WTAE in the mid 70s through the early 80s. I remember Don Imus being quoted as saying "don't ever let those guys O'Brien and Garry come to New York" for fear they'd put him out of business. (Guess he wasn't expecting Al Sharpton.) Look at that line-up of great personalities: O'Brien and Garry, Jim Quinn, Chuck Brinkman, Don Berns, the great Bob Dearborn, Mark Roberts, the original Johnny Williams from KHJ, Susie Barbour, Bob Kopler, Paul Long, Myron Cope for God's sakes! It was like listening to a good morning show ALL DAY LONG. Yoy!
Other great talents that made their mark during this time:
WPEZ: Buzz Brindle, Lee Douglas, Charlie Lake, Kelly Randall.
WXKX/WHTX: Suitcase Simpson, Jay Stone, Keith Abrams, Randy Miller, Mike McGann, Dennis Elliott.
B94 during Guy Zapoleon's reign as PD: Clarke Ingram, Bruce Kelly, Mike Elliott, Banana Don Jefferson, Alfred E. Neuman (now John Summers on KLUV Dallas), Jeff McKay.
KQV (although they were on their way out during most of this era): Can't forget Jeff Christie. He is, indeed, the 800 pound gorilla in the room.
WPNT: George Hart.
Imagine what the market would sound like with this lineup!
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lash
Guest
Cary....who was the last jock on 13Q the day it switched back to WJAS. Was it you? I'm trying to remember!
actually......the first morning guy at wpez was Ray Fallen...now a very successful insurance exec. he was succeeded by a young wonderkind, whom charliue warner found ,by the name of Bob ( yes he of aol) Pittman..
interesting side note.....94.5 was supposed to be country....in fact was country for a 'cup of coffee" in the late 70's.
the story is this.....charlie warner ( he and pittman later went on to fame ??? at wmaq chicago and 66 WNBC in NY) invited clients to a big client breakfast on the n side of p burgh and unvelied the country format....may clients were so pi**ed they cancelled their schedules.......
i was a seller in pburgh at the time and was the receipient of their budget from a client, on top of my regular buy.
was not long aftrer that the AC WWSW FM went on the air and from that begot WPEZ...
PS...Buzz Brindle...one of the nicest guys in radio is available after many years at the WGY statons in Albany..
interesting side note.....94.5 was supposed to be country....in fact was country for a 'cup of coffee" in the late 70's.
the story is this.....charlie warner ( he and pittman later went on to fame ??? at wmaq chicago and 66 WNBC in NY) invited clients to a big client breakfast on the n side of p burgh and unvelied the country format....may clients were so pi**ed they cancelled their schedules.......
i was a seller in pburgh at the time and was the receipient of their budget from a client, on top of my regular buy.
was not long aftrer that the AC WWSW FM went on the air and from that begot WPEZ...
PS...Buzz Brindle...one of the nicest guys in radio is available after many years at the WGY statons in Albany..
13Q...who could ever forget Jim Quinn's parody of "Undercover Angel" ("Undercover Pothole"...how Pittsburgh could you get?) back in those days.
The scary thing is...I started working in Pittsburgh in 1990 and all those people I idolized back then I was either working with side by side or crossing paths with later on down the road. Awesome feeling for a kid who just turned 21.
The scary thing is...I started working in Pittsburgh in 1990 and all those people I idolized back then I was either working with side by side or crossing paths with later on down the road. Awesome feeling for a kid who just turned 21.
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johnsummers
Guest
B-94FM 1981-'84
KQV.... Quinn and Brinkman....OK, I liked Larry Aiken, too....
13Q...loved the FM simulcast.
'PEZ FM 94 !!
96KX...
WIXZ
WZUM..... Bob Mack and Mad Mike....(What can I say, I'm from Pittsburgh!)
KQV.... Quinn and Brinkman....OK, I liked Larry Aiken, too....
13Q...loved the FM simulcast.
'PEZ FM 94 !!
96KX...
WIXZ
WZUM..... Bob Mack and Mad Mike....(What can I say, I'm from Pittsburgh!)
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ejjeff
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The Jim Quinn records have been available on Ebay for a while. Search for Jim Quinn and you'll see them in the Ebay Stores section on the bottom.
I do have them on my 13Q website.
http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/13qQuinnRecords.html
Jeff Roteman
http://13Q.andmuchmore.com
I do have them on my 13Q website.
http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/13qQuinnRecords.html
Jeff Roteman
http://13Q.andmuchmore.com
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johnsummers
Guest
This relates to a previous post.....I have it on good authority that that last jock on 13Q before the switch was Frank Ryan.
Kurt Toy said:
Correct. That was a John Gibbs idea that failed badly and got him fired.
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lash
Guest
So what year did 13Q flip to WJAS? And Cary Paul, when did you leave there?
There was actually WKTQ between 13Q and WJAS.
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lash
Guest
Correct Boss Radio, my mistake. The AC WKTQ with jingles etc. What year did it die. Again I was listening in my parents car at the Monroeville Mall, but can't remember what year.
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