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FM100 - 40 years ago

Excellent article; thanks to CA reporter Clay Bailey for getting the story into print.

Just goes to show what I've felt for years (and why I started this topic): Any serious rock listener in Memphis in the late 60's and early 70's owes a great deal of thanks to FM100 - I've said it before, and so have others, that a big percentage of my vinyl record/CD collection to this day is made up of albums I first heard on FM100. Not to take anything away from the Top 40 days of WHBQ and WMPS, because I listened to them plenty as well, but FM100 in their progressive rock era is an undeniably big part of Memphis radio history. And to celebrate, I'm going to go play the "First Base" album by Babe Ruth right now (I found it on CD a few years ago to replace my old LP - it really sounds great).
 
I should also mention that even if you read the FM100 article in the CA, go to the link listed above and listen to the great airchecks you can find on the on-line version of the story.
 
AlbumOldies said:
I should also mention that even if you read the FM100 article in the CA, go to the link listed above and listen to the great airchecks you can find on the on-line version of the story.
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Those airchecks were great...NON STOP STEREO ROCK FOR THE GREAT MIDSOUTH ;D

I forgot how much Pop music was also played besides the deeper good stuff.

Anyone have any airchecks from years '67 - '69 ??
 
Do you know if they'll be a website of airchecks from various Memphis FM stations including WMC-FM anytime soon? I would love to hear more of Memphis's radio history. Thanks.
 
Good ole rock n roll. I used to pull them in with my Fisher receiver with an "S" dipole on the roof, when I lived in Hot Springs, AR. That's a long haul from east Memphis.

I always wondered how I could hear them so far away, until I learned they were long ago grandfathered 290,000 watts horizontal ERP.
 
I used to hear fm 1 hunderd very often at night during summers when I would visit Nashville Ar.

I occasionally would here WYMX Greenwood climb through the static and have also heard the MPB's stations from Oxford, Jackson, and Greenwood from there.
 
I always remember that you could pick up FM 100 in about 5 different places on the dial WITH a Stereo signal....and we always Cranked the volume....
 
I remember: 1968-'69, looking and sounding like I was about 13 years old, trying to PD guys I had listened
to over in Stuttgart, AR when I was 13 ... and riding around one night with Juddy Phillips, "lookin' for some
sober," and he flipped over from my WHBQ all the way to FM...FM-100. Took me almost ten more years to
get to actually do that kind of radio and play that kind of music. Jon, you were a religious experience.
Kudzooter (a/k/a "Scott/Scooter B/Soxless" Segraves)
 
Mr. Seagraves-
The closest thing to a formal education I ever had in radio was "Bootleg Top 40" volumes 1 and 2. Thanks, professor!
 
Rob, thanks for the kind words.
Just went through all 7 pages, and may need triple Sominex to calm down enough from the laughing to
sleep tonight.
Seeing Jon & Greg's "up on the roof" references, makes me realize I was at the wrong station,
in more ways than one.
Only spent about a year in Memphis, but it seems like a decade worth of memories. And re-visiting
"beautiful Bluff'alopolis" through all these other eyes and ears, makes it even better.
 
It amazes and humbles me to see this board is still as active as it is. I'd not been on in a while and Steve told me to check it out.

I was tickled to find my old friend Scott Seagraves (WHBQ) alive and well on this board.

As I said in the beginning, if you folks have any questions about anything from back then, just put a post up and we'll try to respond. That is, if we can remember back that far.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Greg Hamilton
 
Russell W. said:
A bit OT: Does anyone have a copy of the custom version of "We Built This City" (Starship) for FM-100?
Back to lurking....
--Russell W., Savannah, Ga.
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I have a copy of Steve's adlibbing of that section near the end. I do not have the entire thing, because I just happened to "roll tape" when I heard it playing.
 
The STAX Museum has a last Monday Night series going on. Last night they had the Hi Rhythm Section. It was right on time. And it was great to see those guys and some of the folks in the SRO audience.

MIght want to check out their website from time to time...never can tell who's gonna show up next.
 
Ok, this goes way, way back.... which quick thinking jock was working the graveyard shift when a fire broke out at WMC, and just before exiting the burning building, he put on an album so there wouldn't be so much dead air?
 
JustARadioFan said:
Ok, this goes way, way back.... which quick thinking jock was working the graveyard shift when a fire broke out at WMC, and just before exiting the burning building, he put on an album so there wouldn't be so much dead air?
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I'll take Ron Olsen Trivia for 400, Alex.
 
JustARadioFan said:
Ok, this goes way, way back.... which quick thinking jock was working the graveyard shift when a fire broke out at WMC, and just before exiting the burning building, he put on an album so there wouldn't be so much dead air?
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Les Tivers (sp?)
 
Les was running AM, Ron on FM... Ron would probably have started an album (unless automation was on since it was overnight); perhaps Les played "El Paso" (The "Stairway to Heaven" for country radio, at least duration-wise).
P.S. for aged veterans... remember when you could say "I'll be in FM control" and people knew which room you were headed for? (Back when they didn't have to ask "which one"?)
 
robgrayson said:
Les was running AM, Ron on FM... Ron would probably have started an album (unless automation was on since it was overnight); perhaps Les played "El Paso" (The "Stairway to Heaven" for country radio, at least duration-wise).
P.S. for aged veterans... remember when you could say "I'll be in FM control" and people knew which room you were headed for? (Back when they didn't have to ask "which one"?)
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now that brought a tear to my eye :'(
 
....I've heard idle chat that Les Tivers did his air shift with his belt unbuckled and his pants unzipped so he he could breathe better. While I was there during that era, I can neither confirm nor deny that.
 
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