Myrtle Beach top 40 in the 70s

[Viper252]

You had WNMB 105.5 and WTGR 1520 AM. WTGR in 1977 sounds great and upbeat but way too many commercials. 1979 WNMB has fewer commercials but much more laid back, at least with the aircheck I have.

WKZQ was more of a rock station then, but a legendary one with it's great on air talent.

 

[virgiltab1]

You had WNMB 105.5 and WTGR 1520 AM. WTGR in 1977 sounds great and upbeat but way too many commercials. 1979 WNMB has fewer commercials but much more laid back, at least with the aircheck I have.

WKZQ was more of a rock station then, but a legendary one with it's great on air talent.

I remember listening to Tiger Radio WTGR while vacationing at the beach and loving the music and presentation but yes, also remember lots of commercials, at that time all the money had to be made during the vacation season I suppose. Enjoyed WKZQ as a top 40 station, I remember them playing local band Alabama. Did not care for the Rock 40 type format WKZQ moved to though.

 

[TheBigA]

Enjoyed WKZQ as a top 40 station, I remember them playing local band Alabama.

Their guitar player, Jeff Cook, did some radio work in Myrtle Beach when they were playing The Bowery.

 

[useddj]

Jeff Cook did Sunday mornings at WYAK, aka Big Yak during my tenure there from April 1977 to December of 1981.

 

[vchimpanzee]

You had WNMB 105.5 and WTGR 1520 AM. WTGR in 1977 sounds great and upbeat but way too many commercials. 1979 WNMB has fewer commercials but much more laid back, at least with the aircheck I have.

If you have airchecks, can we hear them?

I have no memories of Myrtle Beach radio in the 70s. I should have tried those three cable channels that had music. Later there was only one and it was Ecstasy from Charleston, a beautiful music station. I don't think Myrtle Beach had one of those. I also don't recall what, if anything, we listened to in the car. We didn't have FM until 1983.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Does anyone know which three stations were on cable in the early 70s? I'm going to guess it was WKZQ, WMYB and WNMB. Or perhaps WLAT-FM could have been one of them.

We had broadcast stations on channels 2-8. NOAA Weather Radio was on Channel 9 with a camera going across gauges with ads at both ends. I forget what was on Channel 10. The list of channels, which was the size of a business card, showed "FM Music" on 10, 11 and 12 but that was an old list. The music was on 11, 12 and 13.