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One station you want back
- Thread starter phils07
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John1 said:
WOW, yes, I remember. Just before they launched the Oldies format, they were running their pre recorded history of Rock. Started at 1955, then worked it's way up. Use to listen nine hours a day at work, a textile factory.loved Geoff Fox and his joke of the day segment. Yeah, when radio was fun to listen to.
It'd like to see the Solid Rock & Sould/Motown format the 95.7 started out with. Where ever they are now they're surely lost
I'm surprised WJJZ 106.1 hasn't been mentioned yet.
K
KC2LDY
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Gad, there are so many stations I'd like back. Philly was my favorite radio market back in the 1960s and 70s. But I have to agree with those who'd like to hear WIP - as it sounded at the height of its ownership by Metromedia. The station had it all: music, personality, news, weather, sports
- and a level of professionalism not reached by most stations anywhere.
After that, WFIL circa 1967-75
WIBG (actually my favorite era for them was roughly 1969-75 despite their true dominant period being the late 50s to about 1967, but your mileage may vary)
WPEN in its first year as Oldies 1975-76
WRCP AM&FM when they were Country
WDVR as Beautiful Music circa 1960s and 70s
WCAU as all-news
I could go on...
Steve
KC2LDY
- and a level of professionalism not reached by most stations anywhere.
After that, WFIL circa 1967-75
WIBG (actually my favorite era for them was roughly 1969-75 despite their true dominant period being the late 50s to about 1967, but your mileage may vary)
WPEN in its first year as Oldies 1975-76
WRCP AM&FM when they were Country
WDVR as Beautiful Music circa 1960s and 70s
WCAU as all-news
I could go on...
Steve
KC2LDY
K
KC2LDY
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WCAUTVNBC10 said:
I'd second this... and also a return of full-time Classical WFLN so WRTI could return to full-time Jazz.
Steve
KC2LDY
Odd ... or maybe not ... that there is a thread similar to this on the Detroit board of Radio-Info.
Two others I haven't seen mentioned, at least in terms I remember:
I lived in NE Phila for a few years, late 80's. WPEN then was a treasure. I'd listen mostly at night after work. Managed to fill quite a list of 'want-list' songs from their Standards. I don't think I ever heard the format done better, anywhere -- and I mean even when the format was far more contemporary. And in the late 80s, it really stood out, even to this listener/former DJ/rocker.
And I know it was nowhere near their heyday, but the WHAT 1340 that came in afternoons and evenings with the show 'Night Flight' was terrific. Even though where I lived was within the city limits (Academy Road) WHAT's signal used to get chewed up a bit. Believe it or not, THAT part I also liked ; me being a DXer.
Aside from that, there are only about two thousand stations I'd like back.
Two others I haven't seen mentioned, at least in terms I remember:
I lived in NE Phila for a few years, late 80's. WPEN then was a treasure. I'd listen mostly at night after work. Managed to fill quite a list of 'want-list' songs from their Standards. I don't think I ever heard the format done better, anywhere -- and I mean even when the format was far more contemporary. And in the late 80s, it really stood out, even to this listener/former DJ/rocker.
And I know it was nowhere near their heyday, but the WHAT 1340 that came in afternoons and evenings with the show 'Night Flight' was terrific. Even though where I lived was within the city limits (Academy Road) WHAT's signal used to get chewed up a bit. Believe it or not, THAT part I also liked ; me being a DXer.
Aside from that, there are only about two thousand stations I'd like back.
Besides you, one person earlier in the string, xkrusdx, did mention Y-100.
Interesting observation though. Only two mentions compared to the surprising interest in a relatively shortlived 95PEN oldies station is interesting indeed.
My list:
Late top 40-era WFIL
WFIL reborn in the mid-eighties (a guilty pleasure)
WIFI both top 40 (well-executed) and I-92 (fun, and, for me anyway, less about lifestyle than Y100)
Progressive rock WIOQ - great personalities
Late 80s PST with modern rock in the rotation and great personalities
97.5 the Hawk
Interesting observation though. Only two mentions compared to the surprising interest in a relatively shortlived 95PEN oldies station is interesting indeed.
My list:
Late top 40-era WFIL
WFIL reborn in the mid-eighties (a guilty pleasure)
WIFI both top 40 (well-executed) and I-92 (fun, and, for me anyway, less about lifestyle than Y100)
Progressive rock WIOQ - great personalities
Late 80s PST with modern rock in the rotation and great personalities
97.5 the Hawk
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TimW
Guest
Just to bring back memories of high school I would like to see the return of "Between the Sheets" on star 104.5 with Christopher Knight. I still get flashbacks when I hear certain songs and does anyone know what song always closed the program?
I
instigator
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TimW it was "I Believe In You And Me " The Four Tops"TimW said:
WDRE... put it just the way it was when it was taken off the air.
observer2 said:
I'll second this one ... particularly before they increased the frequency of urban contemporary tunes in what would portend their move away from the Rock of the '80s format. Jocks included Mel-vanious Toxic, Bill E, and the late Lee Paris, aka Lee Salmons, who left us 25 years ago at the way too young age of 31.
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