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Does anyone remember about 15 to 20 years ago when 93.7 WQKC in Seymour was a CHR as Z-93.7 but they had a weaker signal back then.... Also, even farther back their was a CHR in Bedford on 105.5 called F-105... Also, not quit as far back their was a CHR in Washington IND, called B-106.5 (NOW WBTU) Also, in Terre Haute their was a CHR on 102.7 called Power 103, using the WPFR calls.
But anyway, my main questions are directed to 93.7 Seymour. How long were they a CHR? When did 93.7 sign on?, I know Z-93.7 died in March of 1991 and became country, but how long did the CHR format last, and what were they before CHR, if anything? I think they had they same calls as the AM 1390 station back then. I think WZZB,,, I could be wrong.
106.5 Washington is currently WWBL. You mean their slogan in the 80s was "Now WBTU" ? Far as I knew, the only calls ever on that signal were WFML and WWBL.
you could prob. call there office down there and ask. since i cant find any history info on them stations. im shure they would have no problem telling you the history of the stations.
I doubt the people who work their now days would even know, its been too long. Anyway, 106.5 Washington was WRTB in the 80s and early 90s. Till they switched to country in 93.
93.7 WZZB "The Heat" used a satellite delivered rock-based CHR format for a year or two from '89- maybe '91.
WBIF-FM in Bedford was an automated "Adult CHR" (they played too much gold too be considered a mainstream Top 40). They changed formats in April '86 to "Classic Rock 105 FM WQRK." It was actually one of the first classic rock stations in the country. Fred Jacobs had "invented" the format a year earlier and John Lund was hired to consult. The station had plans of moving to Bloomington...but it never happened. Karl Moore was brought in to program from Montgomery, AL (he was most recently the ops manager for Clear Channel's traffic service in Boston). Scott Todd, Jennifer Board, Sean Duncan and some punk named Darren Tandy were hired to take the station live.
I remember the CHR at 106.5 in Washington but don't remember the exact timeline (mid 80's to early 90's?).
WPFR/Terre Haute was running a "rock based" Top 40 in the mid 80's. Beth Surrette, Frosty Stilwell, and a young, green "Bubba the Love Sponge" were among the personalities.
The Heat started in early 1990 with their old 10KW at 200' stick in Seymour and was discontinued in favor of Country by the time their big signal signed on from Freetown in June 1992. The Heat was actually the last CHR station I enjoyed before rap & rythmic CHR, etc took over the format & drove me away.
Z-93.7 had a kinda Rock Lean, but I remember them playing stuff like Madonna, and C&C Music Factory, Marky Mark, SEAL, so they played their share of Dance-Pop as well, there was no such thing as Rap on a Midwestern CHR back then, and at that time Hair Bands were still pretty popular around here, and the whole POP-Dance fad was just starting. WPFR wasnt that much Rock Leaned by the time I heard them in 1989-1991, in fact if anything they had a Dance Lean. 106.5 in Washington was kindof an anything goes CHR, they played everything from Dance-POP, Hard Rock, to AC, and Urban back then. I could have swore that F-105 was a CHR, but it was sooooo long ago I think I called anything a CHR that wasnt a soft AC, their really wasnt no such thing as Hot AC back then, I considered AC to be the Lite Rock stations like the 97.1 WENS format, and also WTPI at the time. Also 105.5 in Bedford eventually changed from Classic Rock, to Classic hits Q-105 WQRK, it was kinda like the Jack format of today, they played current Hot AC stuff, mixed with Oldies from the 60s and 70s, similar to what WHAS Louisville was airing during the day during that time.
106.5 in Washington was WFML until Bob Green bought it in the mid to late 1980's. Green owned WAOV 1450 and WRTB 96.7 in Vincennes. Back then, owners could only have one AM and one FM in a market, so the Greens swapped the callsigns and moved the WRTB format from 96.7 to the more powerful 106.5 frequency. The 96.7 frequency was donated to Vincennes University, and has been country since.
Until 1992, WFML 96.7 was live with professionals and students on air. Since then, they satellite automation and been involved in a couple of LMA's. 106.5 changed calls to WWBL and picked up the ABC Real Country format when Mark Lange bought it and WAOV.
I remeber Z93.7 from 1990 and 1991. They had one of the first Audisk systems (hard drive based automation), which sounded much better than the cart-based systems that were commonly used at the time. A pain to manage, as I learned later on at a station that had one.
Re: History Questions about 93.7 Seymour, IN & 106.5 Washington, IN (B-106)
Thanks for a great post! I also remember a CHR-like format playing at 93.7, in the early days. I don't think it was long after I found the station that they made the switch to country. As for 106.5 is concerned, sometime in the early 1990s, I was listening to them and won a call-in contest. My prize was a six (6) CD pack of The B-52's. I made the long trek south to visit the station and pick up the prize. I might have listened to one of the CDs since then, but, it was a nice trip (and a fairly long trip, too) and I enjoyed getting one of my first glimpses of a radio station. From what I recall, from just my brief visit, there was a lot of bad lighting (dim and depressing) and a lot of dark paneling, as witnessed from the visitors entrance.
I remeber Z93.7 from 1990 and 1991. They had one of the first Audisk systems (hard drive based automation), which sounded much better than the cart-based systems that were commonly used at the time. A pain to manage, as I learned later on at a station that had one.
I remeber Z93.7 from 1990 and 1991. They had one of the first Audisk systems (hard drive based automation), which sounded much better than the cart-based systems that were commonly used at the time. A pain to manage, as I learned later on at a station that had one.
We installed the FIRST Audisk at WIKY in Evansville. Massive storage! 2 GB! They kept their sat receiver at the transmitter (700 wire feet from the audisk). Phantom closures resulted that would lock it up.
Got a call from a listener of the AM who said "Your radio station has been saying go to hell for the last 5 hours" and sure enough it WAS. Phantom closures caused the unit to lock up on audio cuts saying a portion of "Hello from..." (Hell) and "go to Raben Tire" (go to).
At least they noticed they had a single listener.
other than this incident the unit was engineered well and if not for the station problem resulting from the closures being located so far from the unit which they came up with a fix for, this was a great item.
It always worked and there are stations using a newer version of this now. For it's time it was heaven sent.
LOL...... ;D Just the way you said that about your stations saying go to hell for the last 5 hours, and sure enough it was....Cracked me up.... I am still laughing very hard. I wish I would have heard that....lol Funny stuff.
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I also remember a CHR-like format playing at 93.7, in the early days. I don't think it was long after I found the station that they made the switch to country. 