Remember when WOXO was 93X

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Does anyone remember 93X and who was on the air?It was around for 2 or 3 years in the early seventies.I can only remember one name ,Jack Daniels.I'm not sure but I think Jack O'brien was also there.It was a really good sounding Top 40 station.They used a jingle package that was also used on N.Y.C.'s 99X.The station is WOXO 92.7 Norway Maine.

 

[pqgeorge]

WNWY/105.5 (was Re: Remember when WOXO was 93X)

I even remember when THAT station was WNWY (105.5/Norway, ME), an AOR hybrid in the early 1970's. It was (like WOXO) 3,000 watts in Stereo. When 50,000 watt WTOS (105.1/Skowhegan, ME) came to the air in mid 1970's, WNWY changed frequencies to 92.7 and became WOXO. Surprisingly, both WNWY and WOXO had fairly good signals for Class A's, well into New Hampshire. WTOS started life as a beautiful music station (elevator music) but quickly switched to AOR. The call-letters (WTOS), I believe stood for "We're on Top Of Sugarloaf", their transmitter site.

Does anyone else remember WNWY?

> Does anyone remember 93X and who was on the air?It was
> around for 2 or 3 years in the early seventies.I can only
> remember one name ,Jack Daniels.I'm not sure but I think
> Jack O'brien was also there.It was a really good sounding
> Top 40 station.They used a jingle package that was also used
> on N.Y.C.'s 99X.The station is WOXO 92.7 Norway Maine.
>

73,

Peter Q. (K1XRB)<P ID="signature">______________
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts</P>

 

[inthemorining]

> Does anyone remember 93X and who was on the air?It was
> around for 2 or 3 years in the early seventies.I can only
> remember one name ,Jack Daniels.I'm not sure but I think
> Jack O'brien was also there.It was a really good sounding
> Top 40 station.They used a jingle package that was also used
> on N.Y.C.'s 99X.The station is WOXO 92.7 Norway Maine.
>
It was a great little station...yes it was 93x...they used one shotgun jingle I believe it was in -75-76....one shotgun like 99x wxlo........At the time I worked occasionally at WLNH in Laconia...I remember Jack O Brien and I did one shift there in 76..I bleieve that was the same Jack O Brien that went on to WIGY Y106----I did weekends there in '77. Jack was the pd. OXO was a heck of a good top 40 for a little station in Norway ME...they were on the main st in town if I remember right.....as far a s WTOS yup top of sugarloaf...It's 10 o clock rocking you from the top of sugarloaf WTOS-Skowhegan 106-tos. good memories....how about andy carey at the old jbq?

 

[Gregg]

Re: WNWY/105.5 (was Re: Remember when WOXO was 93X)

> > Does anyone remember 93X and who was on the air?It was
> > around for 2 or 3 years in the early seventies.
>


I thought it was a great top 40 station for such a small
market FM ststion. While many FMs were still automated
with no DJs or only a morning host, 93X sounded to me
like 99X in NYC, when I would be with my family on
vacation near Sebego Lake Maine from the NY area.

And yes, WJBQ 106.3 was also a very well run top 40
station as well. I always wondered why stations in
Maine sounded so much different than WABC Musicradio 77?
Then I figured it out. Except for Stevie Wonder, the
Maine stations played almost no music by black artists
while the WABC playlist was usually around 50% urban
crossover.

Can anyone remember when AM 1530, a day only station in
Lewiston-Auburn was also a well-run top 40 station?
Meanwhile, the area's two most powerful FMs (94.9 WMTQ
and 102.9 WGAN-FM) were automated easy listening. And
WBLM, The Blimp, was a very hippie, free-form, progressive
rock station at 107.5 (and used FM 108 for short-hand).
I remember when every evening at 6pm, the DJ leaving and
the one coming on the air would read funny stories about
animals... And Darryl Martini, the Cosmic Muffin, would
give his astrology reports.





Gregg
[email protected]

 

[inthemorining]

Re: WNWY/105.5 (was Re: Remember when WOXO was 93X)

> > > Does anyone remember 93X and who was on the air?It was
> > > around for 2 or 3 years in the early seventies.
> >
>
>
> I thought it was a great top 40 station for such a small
> market FM ststion. While many FMs were still automated
> with no DJs or only a morning host, 93X sounded to me
> like 99X in NYC, when I would be with my family on
> vacation near Sebego Lake Maine from the NY area.
>
> And yes, WJBQ 106.3 was also a very well run top 40
> station as well. I always wondered why stations in
> Maine sounded so much different than WABC Musicradio 77?
> Then I figured it out. Except for Stevie Wonder, the
> Maine stations played almost no music by black artists
> while the WABC playlist was usually around 50% urban
> crossover.
>
> Can anyone remember when AM 1530, a day only station in
> Lewiston-Auburn was also a well-run top 40 station?
> Meanwhile, the area's two most powerful FMs (94.9 WMTQ
> and 102.9 WGAN-FM) were automated easy listening. And
> WBLM, The Blimp, was a very hippie, free-form, progressive
> rock station at 107.5 (and used FM 108 for short-hand).
> I remember when every evening at 6pm, the DJ leaving and
> the one coming on the air would read funny stories about
> animals... And Darryl Martini, the Cosmic Muffin, would
> give his astrology reports.
>
>
>
>
>
> Gregg
> [email protected]
>

Could that be WLAM? While you were at sebago lake i was on crescent lake a few miles away working as a division head at a summer camp. I remember a sub shop called Marios on sebago lake they had the best subs around!......Those summer days of the 70s were pretty darn good in the state of Maine..good memories

 

[DidYouKnow]

Re: WNWY/105.5 (was Re: Remember when WOXO was 93X)

Can anyone remember when AM 1530, a day only station in
> > Lewiston-Auburn was also a well-run top 40 station?

> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Gregg
> > [email protected]
> >
>
> Could that be WLAM? While you were at sebago lake i was on
> crescent lake a few miles away working as a division head at
> a summer camp. I remember a sub shop called Marios on
> sebago lake they had the best subs around!......Those summer
> days of the 70s were pretty darn good in the state of
> Maine..good memories

1530 was "The Super 15 'PNO", WPNO Auburn.
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