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Q105's logo

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justthenumbers

Two questions regarding Q105's logo...

1) It's essentially the same logo that was used during the station's heyday as a Mainstream CHR, correct?

2) Besides Q105, KOY-FM Phoenix (Y95), WRVQ-FM Richmond (Q94), and KKLQ-FM San Diego (Q106), were/are there any other stations using that style of logo?
 
At the time all of those stations were owned by the same company (Southern?) so they all shared the same logo.

thank you

Howard
 
Those stations were owned by Edens Broadcasting back in the 80s. Also, WROQ Charlotte used that logo when Kabrich was the PD there. WROQ was not an Edens station.
 
"Beach 104" in Kill Devil Hills NC is similiar enough to create thoughts of
dejavu all over again
 
They are 107.3, but for whatever reason, they chose to use the 107and 1/2 ID. At that time, they were in a CHR battle with 105 AVA (WAVA) that got sold to Salem and consequently dunked as a witch and B106.7 that became "male guy talk" oriented WJFK with such luminaries as G.Gordon Liddy. I guess the call letters and the staff were just too macho for words. B106.7 had a weaker signal over DC anyway. WRQX then had the CHR field to itself, so it of course flipped to Hot AC. This again left the DC Metro Area with no true CHR for about 20 years. Of course this has nothing to do with Tampa as it seems Tampa has always had at least one CHR continuously.
 
probably more of a DC board post but since it came up here....

WRQX actually flipped to Hot AC "Mix" before WAVA went Religious...Think they flipped to Mix sometime around Labor Day 1990 while WAVA signed off as a CHR about a year later.

WBMW "B-106" had gone from CHR to Jazz/New Age a few years before when EZ sold it to Infinity (late 80s?), then Classic Rock as WJFK with Stern in the mornings, and then male talk.....They took Don & Mike from WAVA and put them in PM drive....Supposedly, Salem had some interest in keeping WAVA as a CHR had they been able to re-sign Don & Mike but I really question this.

I believe WQBZ "Q-106" in Macon used a similar logo to the Q-105 logo for a while, as well.
 
My daughter was 12 when we would drive through DC. Therefore I had to listen to these stations when I preferred WASH. I thought 105.9 went smooth jazz first and I swear that 105AVA flipped befor WRQX. That is what I remember.
 
MsMusicRadio said:
My daughter was 12 when we would drive through DC. Therefore I had to listen to these stations when I preferred WASH. I thought 105.9 went smooth jazz first and I swear that 105AVA flipped befor WRQX. That is what I remember.
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I made airchecks of those stations in June 1991 while travelling through the area. 105.9 was classic rock WCXR, 105.1 was Top 40 WAVA, and 107.3 was Mix.

As for the original question, I seem to recall Y95 (KHYI) in Dallas using a similar logo.
 
I guess my memory is fading. I really thought that WRQX went by Q107 and a half and WAVA flipped first. On the other hand, "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" . I also thought 105.9 went smooth jazz. The Q107 link mentions a jock from F95 in Tampa. Would that be YNF? What was Z98?
 
Never heard of "F95" so that had to be a typo. They are referring to Uncle Johnny who was on Q105 in the '70s. He may have been on Y95 at some point too.

Z98 was a Top 40 station on 97.9 from August 1983 to January 1986.
 
RMarino said:
I made airchecks of those stations in June 1991 while travelling through the area. 105.9 was classic rock WCXR, 105.1 was Top 40 WAVA, and 107.3 was Mix.
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Also have airchecks from roughly the same time period (Summer '91) as my aunt lived in DC at the same time and I asked her to tape both AVA and RQX for me...Side A was AVA and they positioned themselves as "Hits of the 80s and 90s", while Side B was "Mix 107.3".

Not to add another 'factor' into the conversation but since MsMusicRadio brings up WASH, they, too, briefly tried Top 40 ca. 1983-85 under PD Bill Tanner, best known for his work in Miami.

btw.....Something that hasn't been brought up regarding the Q-105 logo....Despite the fact the logo has more or less stayed the same, wouldn't it be true to say the color scheme has changed several times over the years??
 
radiosanchez said:
btw.....Something that hasn't been brought up regarding the Q-105 logo....Despite the fact the logo has more or less stayed the same, wouldn't it be true to say the color scheme has changed several times over the years??
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The logo was yellow until 1993 and the switch to country. At that point the logo became red with the words "Fresh Country Hits" on the bottom. That remained until 1997 when the station became "105 WRBQ The Bee" and the logo changed comlpetely. I believe it was 1999 when a variation of the classic logo came back with yellow lettering against a blue background as "Q105 Country" In 2002, a completely new logo was designed for "Oldies 104.7" and finally in 2005, the classic yellow "Q105" logo came back.
 
RMarino said:
As for the original question, I seem to recall Y95 (KHYI) in Dallas using a similar logo.
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Possibly. Take a look at the Y95 logos shown on the following pages:

http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1987.htm
http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1988.htm

Reading that site, it doesn't seem like Y95 used any logos other that the ones shown there (which don't match the Q105 style, although the second one is definitely closer than the first one). But I'm not sure.

On a somewhat related note...when I was visiting Tampa in the Summer of 1991 (July or August), I seem to recall that a TV station "simulcasted" Q105 in at least one daypart (mornings?) I think that the TV station played the music videos that corresponded with what was being played on the radio. And, in-between songs, they would show live video from the Q105 studio on the TV broadcast.

Any truth to this recollection?
 
The Tampa Cable System originally had it - then I believe it was Channel 32 that ended up simulcasting it in the morning.

Having played a part in the Programming of virtually every station mentioned in this thread - Q107 never used the Q105 type logo. Q107 did bail out of Top 40 before WAVA left the air as a Top 40.

WROQ used the balloon sticker that Q105 used for years in the 80s as SSumers notes.

Y95 in Dallas NEVER used the Q105 logo. Y95 (KOY-FM) under Jay Stevens (now VP of Radio One) did use the logo.
 
Right now there are two threads going on Q105. It seems like no other station in Tampa could generate this kind of discussion which is a tribute to everyone who made it work!

I have a question though . Why do you think CHR stations in DC did seem to have a short shelf life while other markets like Tampa and Richmond always had at least one functional CHR? Why did Q107 and WAVA bail? Was it because of WKYS and WPGC returning as a Churban? In the Sixties when other east Coast cities had CHR radio on major signals , DC had suburban WEAM, WEEL, and WPGC. THis certainly does not match up to WCAO , WFIL, and WIBG right up I-95.(or WLEE and WTVR down I-95) THoughts ?
 
justthenumbers said:
Possibly. Take a look at the Y95 logos shown on the following pages:

http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1987.htm
http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1988.htm

Reading that site, it doesn't seem like Y95 used any logos other that the ones shown there (which don't match the Q105 style, although the second one is definitely closer than the first one). But I'm not sure.
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Nah, Kabrich was right. I was confusing Y95 Dallas with Y95 Phoenix.

justthenumbers said:
On a somewhat related note...when I was visiting Tampa in the Summer of 1991 (July or August), I seem to recall that a TV station "simulcasted" Q105 in at least one daypart (mornings?) I think that the TV station played the music videos that corresponded with what was being played on the radio. And, in-between songs, they would show live video from the Q105 studio on the TV broadcast.
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That was the QZoo Tube. If I remember correctly, I believe it was first shown only on Jones Intercable. Then the show moved to the otherwise full-time Home Shopping Network affiliate WBHS Channel 50. Then it shifted to WTMV V-32. The final stop was WTTA Channel 38 where it even continued after Cleveland was long-gone (with Mike Elliot & Bo Reynolds doing the morning show.)

Do a search on You Tube, and you'll see some original footage of the QZoo Tube.
 
MsMusicRadio said:
Right now there are two threads going on Q105. It seems like no other station in Tampa could generate this kind of discussion which is a tribute to everyone who made it work!

I have a question though . Why do you think CHR stations in DC did seem to have a short shelf life while other markets like Tampa and Richmond always had at least one functional CHR? Why did Q107 and WAVA bail? Was it because of WKYS and WPGC returning as a Churban? In the Sixties when other east Coast cities had CHR radio on major signals , DC had suburban WEAM, WEEL, and WPGC. THis certainly does not match up to WCAO , WFIL, and WIBG right up I-95.(or WLEE and WTVR down I-95) THoughts ?
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You should ask in the DC thread, but in a nutshell, WPGC was the giant in DC. However, ABC came in at Q107 commercial free for what seemed like a year and was literally giving away a quarter million dollars to caller 10 which blew WPGC out of the ballgame quickly.

They then hired Elliott and Woodside and became the Top 40 station while WPGC went basically Hot AC under Al Casey who's next stop after WPGC was WNLT (Mix 96) in Tampa.

In 1983 I ended up at WAVA and Bill Tanner at WASH in a 3 way battle against Q107. No one gave WAVA a prayer in the battle. Within 9 months we tied Q107 spending literally no money (As I knew ABC could blow us out of the water money wise). I bailed because I could not stand DC and WAVA had some piss poor programming for a number of years until Chuck Beck showed up. However, Q107 was also on self destruct with Elliott and Woodside coked out of their mind and not being able to stand each other. They also made some poor choices on the Programming side after Alan Burns left. That took Q107 out of the picture as they blew it up and went Hot AC - leaving only WAVA - but Emmis ran into a cash crunch and had to sell a number of its stations including Minneapolis and DC (funny how history repeats itself) and that left WPGC in its Churbun format as the only game in town.
 
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