A photo from '64 published in today's NYTimes about demise of Deauville Hotel on Miami Beach. Now that I think about it my voice came out of that tower on 4 stations WOCN, WINZ, WBUS and Love 94.That was Love 94's 1st antenna and the old WBUS antenna and WINZ FM. I used to go up there with Roy Pressman to help him. It started as the tower for WAEZ 94.9 and then was WOCN FM also. WAEZ was one of the 1st stereo FM's in Miami. 94.9 at one time was WQAM FM then went off the air for few years and came back as WAEZ. I worked at WOCN for years and was on duty the day we switched it to WINZ FM and that is how I got on the air at WINZ. The owner of WOCN was Ed Winton one of the best guys I ever worked for. All of WOCN's records had a WAEZ label on them. Gonna miss that building.
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Goodbye Deauville Hotel
- Thread starter Alan Michaels
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Wow. Love 94. Now, you're taking me back. Granted, I'm only 26, but I remember the few very early days of my life and listening to Smooth Jazz on Love 94 (93.9 FM).
The 93.9 FM frequency has never been the same since.
The 93.9 FM frequency has never been the same since.
I remember G.Michael McKay, mornings on Love 94 with his "Jimmy Carpool"underground parking garage traffic reports.
There used to be a Yahoo group about South Florida radio history that had an aircheck from WAEZ but it's no longer accessible, even on the Wayback Machine. Interestingly there's still a WAEZ 94.9 in Tennessee with a top 40 format.
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At one point WAEZ call letters landed in Akron, OH. in 1974 at 97.5 and had an easy listening/beautiful music format They resided there until Jan. 1st, 1985 when it switched to a rock format and became WONE-FM, sharing the call letters with a sister AM station in Dayton, OH.
Interestingly enough, I was listening to WCBS 880 out of NYC [OTA of course, I'm in NE Ohio so they usually come in like a local] and they had a news story on the Deauville Hotel. Apparently since it was one of the first places The Beatles played, a local historical group was trying to save the hotel or, at the very least, save the stage and auditorium of the hotel where they performed. It was said that the current owners were being less than cooperative with the effort.
Look at where that lecherous old guy's eyes are landing on Gloria Brody:
Look at where that lecherous old guy's eyes are landing on Gloria Brody:
She might be holding a 33 1/3rd but I think he's looking at her 45s!
She might be holding a 33 1/3rd but I think he's looking at her 45s!
Not a bad studio set up there. Note positioning of the two turntables, and there appears to be isolation material between the turntable and tabletop. 77DX microphone, and flush mounted controls that could be custom Miami style at the time. Would be interesting to see what was in/on the angled turret in front. Perhaps live copy stand, more controls and meters.
When I arrived in Miami, 94.9 was known as Zeta 4. Later 94.9 became I-95. At that time 93.9, 94.9 and 105.1 shared an RCA antenna on One Biscayne. 93.1 was just north on 100 Biscayne. Later, following Docket 8090 rule change the stations were able to relocate to North Dade, joining the other full-market signals. The Gannett Tower facility was built first-class under the leadership and determination of the late Rick Edwards, and it was a pleasure and honor to work at the site.
When I arrived in Miami, 94.9 was known as Zeta 4. Later 94.9 became I-95. At that time 93.9, 94.9 and 105.1 shared an RCA antenna on One Biscayne. 93.1 was just north on 100 Biscayne. Later, following Docket 8090 rule change the stations were able to relocate to North Dade, joining the other full-market signals. The Gannett Tower facility was built first-class under the leadership and determination of the late Rick Edwards, and it was a pleasure and honor to work at the site.
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I think it was the board op who, when facing the board, was also looking out at people walking through the Lower Lobby.
The stations that had been in the way were 93.5, Belle Glade, and 94.3 and 104.5, WPB.
I have always hated third adjacent channel protections that were created to protect 1940s receivers.
The stations that had been in the way were 93.5, Belle Glade, and 94.3 and 104.5, WPB.
I have always hated third adjacent channel protections that were created to protect 1940s receivers.
And in most of the world, there is no such protection and there are stations in the same market with full power every other channel.
At least we now have second and third
adjacent channel translators and LPFMs.
Didn't Larry King work at WAEZ early in his career?
WAHR and then WKAT. But he was best known for his time at WIOD.
The Miami Herald says Larry frequented a deli across the street from the Deauville. Not a surprise.
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It was like that in Buenos Aires and Santiago when I lived there. Even with a relatively cheap portable radio I had no interference issues.
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