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Magic In The Morning

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Just heard that Chris Charles, better known as Magic Christian” passed away July 2 from cancer at the age of 66. He was living in a boarding house in Iowa.

He did mornings at WHBQ between 1980 and 1982 during the AC/Oldies format. Ken Martin replaced him in mornings in 1982 and I believe would be the last morning man before the April 1983 switch to News/Talk.

Does anyone know who did mornings at Q between Dees and Magic? I know they had some temporary morning hosts like John Long and The Ques Brothers/Galagher and the Mayer/The Birdman as the Early Birdman etc. but who was doing mornings at Q in the summer of 1980?
 
Seems like Chuck Browning was in there somewhere... 440 Satisfaction lists him as being there in 1981. You can get some of the fill in on the Q's morning progression by reading John Long's "Puttin' On The Hits" at oidar.com. WHBQ almost got The Greaseman, but it didn't come to pass (that story is in John's material).
 
Q morning guy trivia... who was doing mornings at 56 when GK resigned as PD and Dees got canned at WMPS? It was the same guy who was on the air the afternoon the news broke that Elvis died.
 
A very good guess! It was actually me, under the name Robert Grey (baggage from my time at WJDX in Jackson, MS). Stew was doing afternoons at the time of GK's departure, and I was doing mornings (as swing jock) after Bob McLain left. When John Long came in, Bob Landree came along to do afternoons, and Stew moved to mornings (I moved to middays to fill GK's slot, still as the "swing" jock). Then Stew moved to permanent middays when Dees joined. I still speculate the largest audience I ever had was the Monday I did the overnight shift leading into Rick Dees' first day at Q.

When Elvis died, Landree was on vacation, and I was filling in the afternoon shift when the news broke. My normal shift then was 10 to 2 at night, after Dickie Doo Edwards.
 
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