Remember the movie "FM" ?

[gr8oldies]

The obvious that station call letters don't start with "Q" in the U.S. Now if their sloagan was "Sky 93"....

 

[Betelguese]

Now that you mention that, I didn't realize that fact either. I know there are stations that start with "K" as in KDKA in Pittsburgh. I grew up in the Allegany mountain region of Pennsylvania and would listen to the Pirates in their night games and also alot of talk radio. We could also get WABC in New York (Cousin Brucie)at night as well, but not much else. In the daytime the only station we could get was a small local station "WFRM" in Coudersport. You had to like Polka and Evangelists, however. We had no TV reception, heck, we didn't have a TV. In 1969 Dad, me & my brother spent a month hauling three 30 ft towers with antennas up the mountain behind our house just so we wouldn't miss the live telecast of the first Moon landing. We got all three networks but, very snowy. That is one of my lifes most significant memories. But usually we just waited for evening and listened to a handful of AM stations till bedtime. Sounds like the 1930's but it was the 1960's. Looking back, I did enjoy radio more than (years later) Television...

 

[skippertthomas]

..I remember 63/KXOK in St.Louis took the "A" sylable from the Steely Dan song "Aja" and spliced it over the "F" in the Steely Dan title soundtrack "FM, No Static At All"... "No static at all.....'Aaaeeee-Eeeemm'!" 8)

 

[bherbstreit]

"As God as my witness, I thought turkey's could fly" The Big Guy ;D

 

[richmcdonald]

..I remember 63/KXOK in St.Louis took the "A" sylable from the Steely Dan song "Aja" and spliced it over the "F" in the Steely Dan title soundtrack "FM, No Static At All"... "No static at all.....'Aaaeeee-Eeeemm'!" 8)

Oh yes 630 KXOK the station that helped pioneer the Top 40 radio format. They did a lot of amazing bits like that in the 60s. Was it Johnny Rabbit bit if you can recall?

 

[skippertthomas]

The TWO Johnny Rabbits of St. Louis will always be a story in of it self..One dies and one goes on to help create the first midwest AOR powerhouse (KSHE), as a GM/OM... KXOK did not change much after creator and McLendon peer, Todd Storz died.. It was a broken record and led by lack of main competiton for years.. Little KIRL in St. Charles 'spooked them' for a short time, but was a daytimer in the waining days of AM dominace of the hit format.. KSLQ came in and Joel Denver put the concrete inthe gravestone mold (waining days of 'OK-63')....With KWK and a Rock-40 FM and then the evolving of KHTR and a couple of other FM's doing hits ('SLZ now there and been there a while), only us 45 and overs remember Kay-E-Ay, Ex-Oh-Kay-E-Ay, Saint Loooo-Issss....Raid-Dee-Oh, Six-Three-Oh!"

 

[kyscott]

According to the book "America's Favorite Radio Station", The primary inspiration for WKRP was WQXI, in Atlanta. Creator Hugh Wilson frequently dealt with the station when he worked in advertising. Johnny Fever was based on "Skinny" Bobby Harper. Arthur Carlson was based on QXI's GM at the time Jerry Blume.

 

[skippertthomas]

....And to think Buddy Scott told me I should call myself "Bobby Harper" in my short stint at the "Super-O"/1490-WOMI in Owensboro... Now, I know where Bobby Harper came from.. Learn something new, every few days.... ;D

 

[richmcdonald]

The TWO Johnny Rabbits of St. Louis will always be a story in of it self..One dies and one goes on to help create the first midwest AOR powerhouse (KSHE), as a GM/OM... KXOK did not change much after creator and McLendon peer, Todd Storz died.. It was a broken record and led by lack of main competiton for years.. Little KIRL in St. Charles 'spooked them' for a short time, but was a daytimer in the waining days of AM dominace of the hit format.. KSLQ came in and Joel Denver put the concrete inthe gravestone mold (waining days of 'OK-63')....With KWK and a Rock-40 FM and then the evolving of KHTR and a couple of other FM's doing hits ('SLZ now there and been there a while), only us 45 and overs remember Kay-E-Ay, Ex-Oh-Kay-E-Ay, Saint Loooo-Issss....Raid-Dee-Oh, Six-Three-Oh!"

You have to respect those guys who worked back then, it was a full blow radio production. These guys would read all their own commercials live and they did it in such a way that it just sounded like they were recommending the product. I do remember when KSL SUPER Q came in and knocked KXOK down. Remember the KSLQ promo ",..am radio is a drag." You may appreciate this website Also, I remember Johnny K taking the Rabbits place late 60 early 70s. http://630kxok.stlmedia.net/rabbit/running-intro.htm

 

[jimbo700]

> ....And to think Buddy Scott told me I should call myself
> "Bobby Harper" in my short stint at the "Super-O"/1490-
> WOMI in Owensboro... Now, I know where Bobby Harper
> came from.. Learn something new, every few days....

Hehehe... Didn't Burden have a Buddy Scott at each of his stations? Saved on jock-shouts and jingles...