Heritage of 93.1

[radio-outsider]

Re: Heritage of 93.1 - WNAP

> I have a set of the 1972 and 1974 versions. I could dub
> them for you. 1972 was the "Electronic Mama" set. 1974
> included the "Shine a light on me, gotta help me see" cut
> (if you remember that one). Still looking for the '76 set
> which includes the longer jingle..."Indianapolis listens to
> FM 93....we do our best to be everything that you want us to
> be...WNAP"
>
>

Would love to get those jingles. How could we accomplish that???? By dub, I hope you mean an mp3 or wav file on CD.

I recently sent an e-mail to Buster Bodine (Hanks) inquiring if he had any airchecks from his show back in the seventies. He didn't. Any ideas????

 

[Jinglefreak]

Re: Heritage of 93.1 - WNAP

> > I have a set of the 1972 and 1974 versions. I could dub
> > them for you. 1972 was the "Electronic Mama" set. 1974
> > included the "Shine a light on me, gotta help me see" cut
> > (if you remember that one). Still looking for the '76
> set
> > which includes the longer jingle..."Indianapolis listens
> to
> > FM 93....we do our best to be everything that you want us
> to
> > be...WNAP"
> >
> >
>
> Would love to get those jingles. How could we accomplish
> that???? By dub, I hope you mean an mp3 or wav file on CD.

I can send the '74 jingles by means of an .mp3 file. The '72 jingles are in a wav file.
>
>
> I recently sent an e-mail to Buster Bodine (Hanks) inquiring
> if he had any airchecks from his show back in the seventies.
> He didn't. Any ideas????


I have several airchecks of his shows, including a short one from February, 1975 and a longer, unscoped 90 minute aircheck from January 2, 1980. E-mail me privately at [email protected] and we can work something out.
>

 

[jcurtis]

Re: Heritage of 93.1 - WNAP

I was doing middays at WELK in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1975 (preceding Dick Bartley who was doing afternoons at the time) when Cris Conner called me from his car and hired me over the phone. I came and stayed until late fall of 1978, first following Bodine from 10 to 2 and then later I did late mornings from 9 to noon. At the start of my tenure, Bob Richards was doing mornings (Bob is now Bob Foster, his real name, and works in advertising in his home state of Iowa); Don Michael Gerard fresh from WCFL was in middays (he later went to WZZD in Philadelphia and on from there); Cris Conner did afternoons (I believe Cris now works in a management capacity for Meijer); Buster Bodine held forth in evenings (listen for Michael D. Hanks on the latest Winsor Pilates infomercial); I did 10 to 2 including the 25th Hour album preview from midnight to 1, Steve Mitchell aka Magic Mitch did overnights (Mitch went back to school and became a college professor in Wisconsin). Tom Cochrun, now News Director at Channel 8, anchored a one hour radio news magazine every morning from 5 to 6 that was simulcast on WIBC (I don't know who came up with it, but that show had the best name I've ever heard: "Tomorrow Is Here") and he did the morning newscasts; John Polk was the APD and Prod Director (he is now a Louisville based voice talent); Bruce Munson did weekends. Cris eventually moved to mornings, me to late mornings, Boog Matthews came from Colorado to do noon to 3 (he later went to ZPL and then started a company called Enberg Electronics), Don to afternoons, Bohoney at night, Eric Edwards came in as Prod Director.

We did the Raft Race, the Free Fair, Magic Hours, the future radio project, the Organic Classifieds, tried not to get crushed by the reverb and generally had a pretty good time.

My favorite Heller jingle was from a later package and was called "Ear My Song".
("Ear my song, coming through; hear my laughter comin' to you...Honest and free, W-N-A-P.) If you have a copy, please e-me at [email protected]
I'd love to hear it again.









> > > I have a set of the 1972 and 1974 versions. I could dub
>
> > > them for you. 1972 was the "Electronic Mama" set. 1974
>
> > > included the "Shine a light on me, gotta help me see"
> cut
> > > (if you remember that one). Still looking for the '76
> > set
> > > which includes the longer jingle..."Indianapolis listens
>
> > to
> > > FM 93....we do our best to be everything that you want
> us
> > to
> > > be...WNAP"
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Would love to get those jingles. How could we accomplish
> > that???? By dub, I hope you mean an mp3 or wav file on
> CD.
>
> I can send the '74 jingles by means of an .mp3 file. The
> '72 jingles are in a wav file.
> >
> >
> > I recently sent an e-mail to Buster Bodine (Hanks)
> inquiring
> > if he had any airchecks from his show back in the
> seventies.
> > He didn't. Any ideas????
>
>
> I have several airchecks of his shows, including a short one
> from February, 1975 and a longer, unscoped 90 minute
> aircheck from January 2, 1980. E-mail me privately at
> [email protected] and we can work something out.
> >
>

 

[brian_stevens]

Re: Heritage of 93.1 - WNAP

> To truly have tried to bring back
> the Buzzard, the format needed the aura of the
> personalities, the Heller jingles and the edgy "hipness"
> that marked the original WNAP. Riley's liners and the
> music could only take it so far IMHO.

It was a kick to hear that "wrath of the Buzzard" ID again. The call letters gave the station some great street talk. The imaging was great. The music was good. But times had changed. It wasn't really WNAP. Dead call letters are usually best when they stay dead.

 

[IndyDan]

Re: Heritage of 93.1 - WNAP

> to late mornings, Boog Matthews came from Colorado to do
> noon to 3 (he later went to ZPL and then started a company
> called Enberg Electronics), Don to afternoons, Bohoney at

Wow, Jerry....what a great rundown! I know Boog personally, as I worked 30 years for his mom and stepdad in the printing business, but I also did radio part time, mainly on weekends. I always wanted to take a tour of WNAP, and Boog invited me to come by one evening when he was doing a board shift there. He threw on Loggins and Messina "Angry Eyes", which gave us enough time to tour the studio, music library, and also WIBC, which was playing music at the time. One of the engineers was there and I briefly talked with him. It was very interesting to see it all. Lots of albums and racks of carts! I think Boog also worked at WTLC in its' early days on Villa Avenue before going to Colorado, then also a weekend stint at WFMS before going to 'NAP. I haven't talked to him in a while, but I suppose he is still building those alert monitors with the fancy walnut cases! Thanks for sharing the memories!

 

[radio-outsider]

Re: Heritage of 93.1 - WNAP

> I was doing middays at WELK in Charlottesville, Virginia in
> 1975 (preceding Dick Bartley who was doing afternoons at the
> time) when Cris Conner called me from his car and hired me
> over the phone. I came and stayed until late fall of 1978,
> first following Bodine from 10 to 2 and then later I did
> late mornings from 9 to noon. At the start of my tenure,
> Bob Richards was doing mornings (Bob is now Bob Foster, his
> real name, and works in advertising in his home state of
> Iowa); Don Michael Gerard fresh from WCFL was in middays (he
> later went to WZZD in Philadelphia and on from there); Cris
> Conner did afternoons (I believe Cris now works in a
> management capacity for Meijer); Buster Bodine held forth in
> evenings (listen for Michael D. Hanks on the latest Winsor
> Pilates infomercial); I did 10 to 2 including the 25th Hour
> album preview from midnight to 1, Steve Mitchell aka Magic
> Mitch did overnights (Mitch went back to school and became a
> college professor in Wisconsin). Tom Cochrun, now News
> Director at Channel 8, anchored a one hour radio news
> magazine every morning from 5 to 6 that was simulcast on
> WIBC (I don't know who came up with it, but that show had
> the best name I've ever heard: "Tomorrow Is Here") and he
> did the morning newscasts; John Polk was the APD and Prod
> Director (he is now a Louisville based voice talent); Bruce
> Munson did weekends. Cris eventually moved to mornings, me
> to late mornings, Boog Matthews came from Colorado to do
> noon to 3 (he later went to ZPL and then started a company
> called Enberg Electronics), Don to afternoons, Bohoney at
> night, Eric Edwards came in as Prod Director.
>
> We did the Raft Race, the Free Fair, Magic Hours, the future
> radio project, the Organic Classifieds, tried not to get
> crushed by the reverb and generally had a pretty good time.
>
>
> My favorite Heller jingle was from a later package and was
> called "Ear My Song".
> ("Ear my song, coming through; hear my laughter comin' to
> you...Honest and free, W-N-A-P.) If you have a copy, please
> e-me at [email protected]
> I'd love to hear it again.

Excellent info!!! How about WNAP's ratings over the "golden" years. Were they ever #1 in the market, and/or beat WIBC.

 

[jcurtis]

Re: Heritage of 93.1 - WNAP

> > I was doing middays at WELK in Charlottesville, Virginia
> in
> > 1975 (preceding Dick Bartley who was doing afternoons at
> the
> > time) when Cris Conner called me from his car and hired me
>
> > over the phone. I came and stayed until late fall of
> 1978,
> > first following Bodine from 10 to 2 and then later I did
> > late mornings from 9 to noon. At the start of my tenure,
> > Bob Richards was doing mornings (Bob is now Bob Foster,
> his
> > real name, and works in advertising in his home state of
> > Iowa); Don Michael Gerard fresh from WCFL was in middays
> (he
> > later went to WZZD in Philadelphia and on from there);
> Cris
> > Conner did afternoons (I believe Cris now works in a
> > management capacity for Meijer); Buster Bodine held forth
> in
> > evenings (listen for Michael D. Hanks on the latest Winsor
>
> > Pilates infomercial); I did 10 to 2 including the 25th
> Hour
> > album preview from midnight to 1, Steve Mitchell aka Magic
>
> > Mitch did overnights (Mitch went back to school and became
> a
> > college professor in Wisconsin). Tom Cochrun, now News
> > Director at Channel 8, anchored a one hour radio news
> > magazine every morning from 5 to 6 that was simulcast on
> > WIBC (I don't know who came up with it, but that show had
> > the best name I've ever heard: "Tomorrow Is Here") and he
> > did the morning newscasts; John Polk was the APD and Prod
> > Director (he is now a Louisville based voice talent);
> Bruce
> > Munson did weekends. Cris eventually moved to mornings,
> me
> > to late mornings, Boog Matthews came from Colorado to do
> > noon to 3 (he later went to ZPL and then started a company
>
> > called Enberg Electronics), Don to afternoons, Bohoney at
> > night, Eric Edwards came in as Prod Director.
> >
> > We did the Raft Race, the Free Fair, Magic Hours, the
> future
> > radio project, the Organic Classifieds, tried not to get
> > crushed by the reverb and generally had a pretty good
> time.
> >
> >
> > My favorite Heller jingle was from a later package and was
>
> > called "Ear My Song".
> > ("Ear my song, coming through; hear my laughter comin' to
> > you...Honest and free, W-N-A-P.) If you have a copy,
> please
> > e-me at [email protected]
> > I'd love to hear it again.
>
> Excellent info!!! How about WNAP's ratings over the
> "golden" years. Were they ever #1 in the market, and/or
> beat WIBC.
>
The reason WNAP went through so many format incarnations was to be able to defend #1 WIBC from the latest threat. Even as popular as The Morning Team became, it would never have been allowed to seriously challenge Todd.

 

[beamer69]

Re: while we're at it how about wibc

> how much longer can wibc hang in there
> they have good numbers but they are just about unlistenable
> unless you're over 65
>
> imho
>

Boy... isn't this the truth. This is proven by listening to the
callers that 'call in' to the Dave Wilson show in the afternoon.
There sure are some 'octogenarian' voices in there, that's for sure.

I listen to the station just to get the news because it seems to be the only
place you can get a 'expanded' news report on the hour in this city. (If there
is a better station, please let me know) Fortunately, they stay on schedule so I can turn the radio on and off when I need to get information. And, I also know to turn the radio off at 12:20pm and 5:35pm when Paul Harvey comes on. Talk about useless information.

 

[mytwosents]

Re: while we're at it how about wibc

> I listen to the station just to get the news


but here's out of touch they are

I tuned in this morning to try to hear something about the f 1 farce in the news

The lead story of the news was cleaning up some rail road over pass then a story about how the state police are trying to catch pot growers the 3rd story was f 1.

 

[Bushala]

Re: while we're at it how about wibc

> > I listen to the station just to get the news
>
>
> but here's out of touch they are
>
> I tuned in this morning to try to hear something about the f
> 1 farce in the news
>
> The lead story of the news was cleaning up some rail road
> over pass then a story about how the state police are trying
> to catch pot growers the 3rd story was f 1.
>


I thought the same thing - flipped over to 1430 and they were covering it. Took a ton of calls on it too... funny.

 

[xmtrucker]

Re: while we're at it how about wibc

> > > I listen to the station just to get the news
> >
> >
> > but here's out of touch they are
> >
> > I tuned in this morning to try to hear something about the
> f
> > 1 farce in the news
> >
> > The lead story of the news was cleaning up some rail road
> > over pass then a story about how the state police are
> trying
> > to catch pot growers the 3rd story was f 1.
> >
>
>
> I thought the same thing - flipped over to 1430 and they
> were covering it. Took a ton of calls on it too... funny.

Sounds like trying to spin it to keep Tony G. happy. Dave Wilson interviewed Joie Chitwood and threw ALL softballs. No questions about refunds.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Re: while we're at it how about wibc

> Sounds like trying to spin it to keep Tony G. happy.

As I understand it, George is pretty pissed about the whole thing. I don't think story order would have made much difference to him.


> Dave Wilson interviewed Joie Chitwood and threw ALL softballs.
> No questions about refunds.

I think THIS is where your appeasement of the Speedway comes in. I can live with it; Emmis has a relationship with IMS and wants to protect it. Dave isn't a "hard interviewer" and I don't think anyone expects the tough questions from him. I do think it would have been easy to ask the refund question and let Chitwood give a cut-and-dry answer -- just don't follow-up. That way, Dave can say he asked and Chitwood can say he answered and everybody gets to save face. My guess is that Dave was told [by either Emmis highers-up or Chitwood] not to ask about refunds.

Back to the story order thing...

There's a school of thought, held mostly by "old-school" news guys, that sports is never news, period. These are the same kind of guys who didn't want to cover OJ and only begrudgingly give a Pacers score as the last line of a newscast. By both its personnel and presentation, WIBC is trying to do "old-school" news. My guess is that they were grumpy that they had to put a sports story in the news at all.

 

[Kelso66]

Re: while we're at it how about wibc

>
> > Dave Wilson interviewed Joie Chitwood and threw ALL
> softballs.
> > No questions about refunds.
>
> I think THIS is where your appeasement of the Speedway comes
> in. I can live with it; Emmis has a relationship with IMS
> and wants to protect it. Dave isn't a "hard interviewer"
> and I don't think anyone expects the tough questions from
> him. I do think it would have been easy to ask the refund
> question and let Chitwood give a cut-and-dry answer -- just
> don't follow-up. That way, Dave can say he asked and
> Chitwood can say he answered and everybody gets to save
> face. My guess is that Dave was told [by either Emmis
> highers-up or Chitwood] not to ask about refunds.
>
> Back to the story order thing...
>
> There's a school of thought, held mostly by "old-school"
> news guys, that sports is never news, period. These are
> the same kind of guys who didn't want to cover OJ and only
> begrudgingly give a Pacers score as the last line of a
> newscast. By both its personnel and presentation, WIBC is
> trying to do "old-school" news. My guess is that they were
> grumpy that they had to put a sports story in the news at
> all.
>
Good call. Also, the other radio news outlets in this town had reporters covering the story, the fact that it was sports not withstanding. The other radio news outlets also had their reporters at the Speedway throughout the week of the 500 and on race day. If that isn't hard work, by all means someone correct me! Quite simply, this WAS the story-who cares if it was sports?!?!

 

[Bushala]

Re: while we're at it how about wibc

> Sounds like trying to spin it to keep Tony G. happy. Dave
> Wilson interviewed Joie Chitwood and threw ALL softballs.
> No questions about refunds.
>

Let's be honest here - anyone expecting anything resembling a serious interview from Dave Wilson - regardless of the guest - is fooling themselves. His show IS fluff, from start to finish. Nice, easy to listen to fluff, but fluff nonetheless.

 

[MikeFromIndiana]

Re: while we're at it how about wibc

> >
> > > Dave Wilson interviewed Joie Chitwood and threw ALL
> > softballs.
> > > No questions about refunds.
> >
> > I think THIS is where your appeasement of the Speedway
> comes
> > in. I can live with it; Emmis has a relationship with
> IMS
> > and wants to protect it. Dave isn't a "hard interviewer"
>
> > and I don't think anyone expects the tough questions from
> > him. I do think it would have been easy to ask the
> refund
> > question and let Chitwood give a cut-and-dry answer --
> just
> > don't follow-up. That way, Dave can say he asked and
> > Chitwood can say he answered and everybody gets to save
> > face. My guess is that Dave was told [by either Emmis
> > highers-up or Chitwood] not to ask about refunds.
> >
> > Back to the story order thing...
> >
> > There's a school of thought, held mostly by "old-school"
> > news guys, that sports is never news, period. These are
> > the same kind of guys who didn't want to cover OJ and only
>
> > begrudgingly give a Pacers score as the last line of a
> > newscast. By both its personnel and presentation, WIBC
> is
> > trying to do "old-school" news. My guess is that they
> were
> > grumpy that they had to put a sports story in the news at
> > all.
> >
> Good call. Also, the other radio news outlets in this town
> had reporters covering the story, the fact that it was
> sports not withstanding. The other radio news outlets also
> had their reporters at the Speedway throughout the week of
> the 500 and on race day. If that isn't hard work, by all
> means someone correct me! Quite simply, this WAS the
> story-who cares if it was sports?!?!
>
if the San Antonio Spurs win the NBA Title tonight. It will probly be the Lead Story on the News on all of the San Antonio stations that air Radio News including the FLagship Station of the Spurs WOAI

 

[brewster]

Re: Heritage of 93.1 - WNAP

Thanks to all who dredged up the great memories of my youth. Somehow, waiting for the school bus in the morning in Anderson, I was just a little hipper than all my friends for listening to the 'NAP Morning Show. Moto, Munson (Ron Bilo - sp? when Bruce left) and Cochrun in the morning; the midday guy (forgot his name) thanking the gals "for their ardent participation in Ladies' Request Hour;" Buster, the jingles, the Bed Races...what a time to be young and "tuned in."

Somewhere, I have a WNAP Morning Show Reunion cassette (from air) that, if memory serves, was actually done on Q-95, during Steve Church's Sunday Night Live show. If I ever locate it, I'll try to dub to mp3 and make it available.

brewster<P ID="signature">______________
brewster</P>

 

[flashback]

i loved the original WNAP.i was 17 when it came on the air and i heard of it.i had to listen to it at my grandfathers house because i had no FM radio then but he did.

when i was 18 i got my first FM radio and thought WNAP was the greatest thing ever.i still doi wish radio like that could do well in the radio climate of today.

the first days of WNAP were to me the best days musically.

 

[jack of all trades]

Re: Heritage of 93.1 - WNAP

Over on the Facebook "WNAP Wrath of the BUZZARD Fan Club" page, Cris Connor intimates the return of the Buzzard is not impossible.

Where do I sign the petition?

Thanks to all who dredged up the great memories of my youth. Somehow, waiting for the school bus in the morning in Anderson, I was just a little hipper than all my friends for listening to the 'NAP Morning Show. Moto, Munson (Ron Bilo - sp? when Bruce left) and Cochrun in the morning; the midday guy (forgot his name) thanking the gals "for their ardent participation in Ladies' Request Hour;" Buster, the jingles, the Bed Races...what a time to be young and "tuned in."

Somewhere, I have a WNAP Morning Show Reunion cassette (from air) that, if memory serves, was actually done on Q-95, during Steve Church's Sunday Night Live show. If I ever locate it, I'll try to dub to mp3 and make it available.

brewster<P ID="signature">______________
brewster</P>

 

[Keith Kidd]

No, it’s not impossible at all. To program WNAP as you knew it would take independent ownership. That would last about a MONTH. The first thing the new “Buzzard” would want to do is make money, you know…to pay all of those so called legends that think they are the best thing next to God. The station would need luck convincing advertisers to stick with them when corporate stations would be offering a quarter of what this new WNAP could offer for ad space. It doesn’t matter if NAP is raking in more of an audience, the agencies have a smooth way of convincing advertisers that isn’t true, whether it really is or not. Independent ownership couldn’t withstand the corporate climate (is Russ Oasis coming to mind right about now?), so they of course would end up selling the station TO a corporation to hopefully make their investment back. The corporation that buys it will have a good thing on their hands and of course screw it up with their corporate playbook and the station would fail after three months of big daddy ownership. SO, I’ll give your new WNAP four months before it becomes a thing a thing of the past…AGAIN.

The only way that your new WNAP (hey does that sound familiar?) would last is to have investors with heart that aren’t totally in it for the money, and are willing to wait things out as long as it takes, even if that means loosing a few bucks a long the way, and wait for profits to come later. The owners should not have preconceived ideas about how radio should be run in the year 2011, and not be afraid to take gut feeling types of risk.

Good luck with all of that.

 

[Keith Kidd]

Now I suppose the corporation that buys this new WNAP could hire Larry Mago to run things out of desperation. Maybe Mago could do another “unveiling” stunt and give everyone a whole new and boring way to listen to radio before the station finally goes under again. Something to think about. Would definitely be a blast from the past. OK, so with Mago I would give it 4 1/2 months.