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Ole Timers first post.....Howdy, I'm Doug McCain

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Doug M

Just found this site and and thought I'd throw my two cents in. I grew up in Birmingham and was in the biz from 1968 -1998. Thought I would list some of my career highlights and see if I ever came across any of you or if you may have known any of the folks I worked with.

1971..WJRD/Tuscaloosa...PD..Hired Courtney Hayden for his first radio job.
1973..WAJF/Decatur..PD..Was told by the owner to fire our midday guy, Jim Batton, because he told a kid to "go flush your head down the toilet" when he gave the wrong answer to a contest question. I called Frank Lewis at WERC and told him he should give this guy a try. Jim went to Birmingham as Coyote J Calhoun.
1974-79...WYDE/Birmingham..Mornings...worked with Johnny Gray, Bob Barry, The Legend, Duke Rumore and Dave White.
1979-1984..WDJC/Birmingham..Mornings...Instrumental in pioneering Contemporary Christian Music in Alabama. Had the first Christian Rock program.
1986-88..WCRT/Birmingham..PD/Mornings...re-created 60's sounding oldies station with reverb, high energy jocks, the "time Chime" at the top of the hour and pams jingles from the 60's. Morning partner was Doug Layton.
1989-1991..WESP/Dothan...Afternoons
1991-94...WTID/Tuscaloosa...OP..built and operated "The Tide 101.7" as a Classic Rocker.

I retired from the biz in 1998 and miss it very much. I think that radio left me rather than me leaving radio. It just ain't what it used to be back then.
Would love to hear from anyone I might have crossed paths with.

Doug
 
i never worked with you but i have listened to your shows over the years. very glad to have you in our little community.

your resume is massive.
 
Hi Doug,

Long time radio guy here in Tallahassee...

Listened to WDJC quite often while traveling, as we had relatives living in Birmingham
at the time. I ended up getting into Christian radio in 1983. I started out with a hybrid
AC/oldies/cross-country AM station in 1979, which at the time, had pretty good ratings.

Never met him, but listened to Coyote on WERC many times!

Nice to meet you!

Alan
Tallahassee, FL
 
Hi there Doug, Its scotty morgan, ralphs buddy that helped put wcrt on the air in 1984, I moved from bham two years ago after my wife passes away. I now live in caribou maine. I have a radio studio at home from the gates turntables we had at wyde and carts decks a fostex 5.5 floppy disk cart decks mini disk and a gates 1960 gateway all reworked by bob mayben now 10 ch stereo and more , e mail me and I will send pic,s, [email protected] and see bob s radio site bobmayben.com take care scotty
 
Doug M said:
1986-88..WCRT/Birmingham..PD/Mornings...re-created 60's sounding oldies station with reverb, high energy jocks, the "time Chime" at the top of the hour and pams jingles from the 60's. Morning partner was Doug Layton.
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Well that certainly brough back some memories. I remember struggling valiantly as a kid to pick up WCRT at night in Pleasant Grove... And once in a blue moon I'd find a "sweet spot" and listen until too late.

'CRT was the first radio station that I ever called, in 90 or 91. I won a Temptations CD that I still have to this day. It was a great prize and egged my dad to finally jump in and buy a CD player. ;D
 
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