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The-Major said:
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I'm about to reply to a post in the XM Satellite Radio board here at Radio-Info, but first I need to confirm something with my panel of experts aqui en el Sur de Florida.
I am sure that our very own Y-100 has carried "American Top 40" - all of the various incarnations with Casey Kasem, Shadoe Stevens, Casey Kasem again, and now Ryan Seacrest - through the '70s, the '80s, the '90s, and today. As the longest-running continuous TOP 40 station in North America today - 33 years and counting - I believe they have been carrying AT-40 longer than any other station in the continent.
Can anyone prove me wrong or confirm this for me ?
THE MAJOR
I am sure that our very own Y-100 has carried "American Top 40" - all of the various incarnations with Casey Kasem, Shadoe Stevens, Casey Kasem again, and now Ryan Seacrest - through the '70s, the '80s, the '90s, and today. As the longest-running continuous TOP 40 station in North America today - 33 years and counting - I believe they have been carrying AT-40 longer than any other station in the continent.
Can anyone prove me wrong or confirm this for me ?
THE MAJOR
Stuart Elliott said:
DJ Stuart Elliott has successfully proven me wrong. Y-100 apparently did not begin to carry American Top 40 until possibly 1981 when the original 96-X went dark, so at the very most they have been carrying the show for the past 25 years which may or may not be the longest tenure in North America.
I remember when the first version of POWER-96 carried "Casey's Top 40" during the very late-1980s at the same exact time that Y-100 was airing the Shadow Stevens era of "American Top 40". Later in the 1990s when American Top 40 itself went dark (Shadoe killed the show) Y-100 took "Casey's Top 40" away from POWER-96, but it was hardly a steal since POWER by that time had evolved away from TOP 40 and deep into hip hop and rap.
Ryan Seacrest currently hosts "AT-40" from Hollywood. I don't listen to it anymore.
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Massive Smash
Hey Major.... Like anyone on this board, I marvel at your complex site,
but I haven't found anything about the three most Awesome happenings of the '90s (IMHO)
1. The election of Ronald Reagan!
2. The fall of communism!
3. Back To The Future!
You should have a search function, so I can find my favorite 80s band, DEVO.
(I'll take Whip It over Beat It any day. No puns intended.)
73s
Hey Major.... Like anyone on this board, I marvel at your complex site,
but I haven't found anything about the three most Awesome happenings of the '90s (IMHO)
1. The election of Ronald Reagan!
2. The fall of communism!
3. Back To The Future!
You should have a search function, so I can find my favorite 80s band, DEVO.
(I'll take Whip It over Beat It any day. No puns intended.)
73s
Re: Massive Smash
Innocent typo - You mean the '80s not the '90s.
Those were three very influential events of the 'Awesome '80s'. I actually do directly mention 'the fall of the Berlin Wall and Communism, and the end of the Cold War' on my web site. See my 1991 MASSIVE Memories page and reference "Wind Of Change" by The Scorpions.
THE MAJOR
954 said:
Innocent typo - You mean the '80s not the '90s.
Those were three very influential events of the 'Awesome '80s'. I actually do directly mention 'the fall of the Berlin Wall and Communism, and the end of the Cold War' on my web site. See my 1991 MASSIVE Memories page and reference "Wind Of Change" by The Scorpions.
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The-Major said:
I could say that I was just checking two sea if you were paying attention,
but that'd be very obvious BS. Yup, typo.
I checked out your '91 page and the Scorpions site. Interesting.
Are you forgetting something, McFly?
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954 said:
I never got in to those "Back To The Future" movies back then. They seemed too 'out there' for me. I can't get in to fantasy type flicks.
As for Devo (still performing, touring, and recording today after nearly 35 years) they were before my time (as far as the web site is concerned). It is a web site of the hit music of my adult life since 1985 (although I recently published a special 'DISCO SMASH' edition that was online for an extended period of time while I was on vacation).
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The-Major said:
Me neither. But this is sci-fi/comedy, not fantasy.
No dragons, hobbits, witches, droids, apes (except for Biff), Pizza the Hutt, or J K Rowling.
Just humans and a deLorean with a fllux capacitor.
May The Boortz be With You!
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Stuart Elliott said:
Reading this in New Jersey - got started professionally in the early 1980's at WCKO - K102 "Rock of the 80's." The station was cool - a few of us came out WVUM at the Univ of Miami, where we played a lot of alternative music. A great lady named Ruby Cheeks handled the music and was also on air full time - others included Dave Collins, Mark Taylor...Glenn Rickard...
Had a great time playing early modern rock - but got crushed in the ratings by 103 WSHE FM, "She's only Rock & Roll"...and we flipped to Majic - at first a HOT AC if memory serves me correctly - as I was bounced with the rest of the air staff...anyone remember K102?
Had a great time playing early modern rock - but got crushed in the ratings by 103 WSHE FM, "She's only Rock & Roll"...and we flipped to Majic - at first a HOT AC if memory serves me correctly - as I was bounced with the rest of the air staff...anyone remember K102?
Another New Jersyan on the Miami board! Welcome!
Sorry, nothing to say on K102.
Sorry, nothing to say on K102.
Thanks for the welcome. I did look and see some earlier posts regarding K102. A lot of folks seem to remember the rock years and WRBD - the R&B sister station = shared the same building on Rock Island Road in Pompano Beach.
The rock of the 80's thing was very short lived...but fun. First commercial station in Miami to play Elvis Costello, The Clash, Blondie, Billy Idol, Devo, etc...all of which at the time were not mainstream artists...
The rock of the 80's thing was very short lived...but fun. First commercial station in Miami to play Elvis Costello, The Clash, Blondie, Billy Idol, Devo, etc...all of which at the time were not mainstream artists...
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WCKO & WRBD
I'd love to have a picture of the old WRBD Rockin Big Daddy neon sign, preferably lit up at night, for South Florida Radio History. Anyone have one?
I believe K-102 (WCKO) was Greg Budell's first south Florida station. Remember him?
In his picturesque language, Budell used to refer to a station where he once worked as a "toilet."
Though he doesn't come right out and say it, I figure he means either WCKO or WPBR.
Here's a story he wrote, just posted last month:
Parton Me! WAXY-FM's Greg Budell's
Embarrasing Ex-Lax Experience, Emceeing
Dolly Parton at Dade County Youth Fair (1982)
http://RadioPages.net/radio/partonme.html
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I'd love to have a picture of the old WRBD Rockin Big Daddy neon sign, preferably lit up at night, for South Florida Radio History. Anyone have one?
NJ VET said:
I believe K-102 (WCKO) was Greg Budell's first south Florida station. Remember him?
In his picturesque language, Budell used to refer to a station where he once worked as a "toilet."
Though he doesn't come right out and say it, I figure he means either WCKO or WPBR.
Here's a story he wrote, just posted last month:
Parton Me! WAXY-FM's Greg Budell's
Embarrasing Ex-Lax Experience, Emceeing
Dolly Parton at Dade County Youth Fair (1982)
http://RadioPages.net/radio/partonme.html
73s
Speaking of Greg Budell and K-102 which obviously later on became Majic 102.7, I remember he joined Majic at what was probably the height of their popularity. I'm not sure if this would have been the early 90s which would make this a bit off topic for 70s-80s but allow me the license. 
Like it was yesterday, I remember Mindy was helping him on the air get to get used to things. He replaced Mindy in the 7PM-Midnight shift which was quite a departure for Greg. But after awhile, I recall he did a great job especailly with taking requests and having a good interraction with the callers. And as fast as he arrived, it seemed he was gone. I wonder what that was all about.
I'm not sure if I'm getting stories confused but I think the plan was to get him on WLYF in morning drive. Either that didn't work out or maybe Jeff Pilot promised him that and didn't deliver. At any rate, I do remember Majic was pretty protective of their franchise and did everything they could to sock it to WAXY in their many attempts to come back as oldies. Getting both Rick and Greg on board were big achievements but I was always curious why Greg didn't last longer with Jefferson Pilot. Anyone know the real story behind this? Just curious. (PS - I was from NJ originally)
Like it was yesterday, I remember Mindy was helping him on the air get to get used to things. He replaced Mindy in the 7PM-Midnight shift which was quite a departure for Greg. But after awhile, I recall he did a great job especailly with taking requests and having a good interraction with the callers. And as fast as he arrived, it seemed he was gone. I wonder what that was all about.
I'm not sure if I'm getting stories confused but I think the plan was to get him on WLYF in morning drive. Either that didn't work out or maybe Jeff Pilot promised him that and didn't deliver. At any rate, I do remember Majic was pretty protective of their franchise and did everything they could to sock it to WAXY in their many attempts to come back as oldies. Getting both Rick and Greg on board were big achievements but I was always curious why Greg didn't last longer with Jefferson Pilot. Anyone know the real story behind this? Just curious. (PS - I was from NJ originally)
NJ VET said:
I was there in 1979. K-102 was a wild place when I was there John Glancis was PD, Jeff Conrad did mornings, Bo Walker was in the afternoon, Alan Michaels was on at night and there were a host of others. It was a bit like WKRP at times! I hope they had something better than that crappy Ramko board by the time you got there! Back when I arrived we were still playing everything off the automation in kind of live assist mode but that changed quickly. I remember playing lots of new artists John Cougar, pat Travers, April Wine to name a few. The music was rock but the jocks delivery was not laid back like the Album Rock stations. It was like Rock music with a Top 40 delivery. The teens loved us....and it was fun!
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JohnJax writes: "I'm not sure if I'm getting stories confused but I think the plan was to get him on WLYF in morning drive. Either that didn't work out or maybe Jeff Pilot promised him that and didn't deliver."
Actually, Greg's tenure in evenings at Majic 102.7 preceded Jefferson-Pilot's purchase of the station in late 1993. Greg subsequently wound up doing mornings at WAXY 106 one more time in its (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt to compete with Majic.
Greg would later be heard on 101.5 LITE FM through the station's affiliation with Metro Networks. Metro acquired his services on behalf of LITE, to serve as the morning news anchor and resident wise-ass. That relationship lasted a little more than two years (Spring '01 through July '03), when Greg elected to take a morning host position at WJNA in West Palm Beach. He's now doing mornings at Rick Peters-owned Alice 96.1 in Montgomery, Alabama.
Actually, Greg's tenure in evenings at Majic 102.7 preceded Jefferson-Pilot's purchase of the station in late 1993. Greg subsequently wound up doing mornings at WAXY 106 one more time in its (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt to compete with Majic.
Greg would later be heard on 101.5 LITE FM through the station's affiliation with Metro Networks. Metro acquired his services on behalf of LITE, to serve as the morning news anchor and resident wise-ass. That relationship lasted a little more than two years (Spring '01 through July '03), when Greg elected to take a morning host position at WJNA in West Palm Beach. He's now doing mornings at Rick Peters-owned Alice 96.1 in Montgomery, Alabama.
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otterk9 said:
When did Greg Budell work at 'LOVE-94' ? I remember his promotional commercials on television at the time (sometime during the 1990s) when he was sitting on an easy chair in his 'living room' falling in love with the mellow love music that was being played on his station. He looked so relaxed ! 8)
It's funny how you remember such television commercials like that !
THE MAJOR
If I recall Greg worked at Love 94 two times. Obviously, the most amount of time throughout the 80s was at WAXY but I think he was at Love before WAXY and then sometime later on he turned up there when he seemed to be bouncing all over.
It's ironic that as I was about to comment on this, I am listening to "Whenever I call Your Friend" by Kenny Loggins on XM. Greg and his sidekick, Don Agony used to do this acappella routine at the beginning of the song houling and just having a good time with it. It was a hoot.
Of all the great talent that was apart of South Florida radio throughout the 80s, I always found Greg the most "interesting." His desires to be a success and loved were a part of his personna. Radio can be so unbelievably tough that it can no doubt lead to a lot of insecurity - especially with management and their perception of you. But in Greg's case, I think the more insecure he became, the better he was. Case in point, I recall the Sun Sentinel did a favorite morning radio personality contest and Greg was so bent on winning that. It turns out the late Mike Renieri won it but Greg gave daily accounts as to how the contest was developping. He made you want to root for the underdog.
Seriously, I think Greg was one of the most talented on the air at the time. He and Don Agony were really great together. In some respects, I think they were underestimated. I hope both are doing well!
It's ironic that as I was about to comment on this, I am listening to "Whenever I call Your Friend" by Kenny Loggins on XM. Greg and his sidekick, Don Agony used to do this acappella routine at the beginning of the song houling and just having a good time with it. It was a hoot.
Of all the great talent that was apart of South Florida radio throughout the 80s, I always found Greg the most "interesting." His desires to be a success and loved were a part of his personna. Radio can be so unbelievably tough that it can no doubt lead to a lot of insecurity - especially with management and their perception of you. But in Greg's case, I think the more insecure he became, the better he was. Case in point, I recall the Sun Sentinel did a favorite morning radio personality contest and Greg was so bent on winning that. It turns out the late Mike Renieri won it but Greg gave daily accounts as to how the contest was developping. He made you want to root for the underdog.
Seriously, I think Greg was one of the most talented on the air at the time. He and Don Agony were really great together. In some respects, I think they were underestimated. I hope both are doing well!
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