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Rock in WPB before the buzz

Axman278 said:
Where did west palm beach area get their rock music before the buzz came to birth in 1995?
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Well, Z-Rock had been around (on 103.1 proper) as early as late 1994, but I believe there was a time when 98.7 was AOR and not Classic Rock as it is now (think it was pre-1990)...For a while that station was known as "K-Rock" (late 80s) with Steve Streit as the PD. 98.7 also used the slogan "98.7, KGR" for a while. That was a throwback to their days as an "Eclectic Rock" station. Remember, too, the Treasure Coast's 92.7 ZZR was a Rocker from the time they dumped CHR (as "Z-93" in the Fall of 91 until the time they went "Real Talk" in '99). I believe 96.7 in Jupiter (now 106.3 WNEW) also listed once its' format as "Progresive" when it had the call letters WCEZ...This would be 81-ish.

Others on this list can tell you about earlier rockers like the ones that resided on what is now WRMF, although WSHE from what I know had a big presence up that way.
 
Before it was WRMF it was WJNO-FM J-98 an automated rock format. Prior to that it was a progressive rock station WMUM which they called "Mother". Don't ask me what the dates were though I have no idea.

WIRK 1290 was the top 40 station in town. Now the call letters have been all mixed up and moved around.

WIRK's old owners bought 92.1 in Hialeah WHMS (which stood for Hialeah-Miami Springs) and made it a country station for awhile as the "Country Q" WQXK. That didn't work with just 3,000 watts so it was sold to WCMQ becoming WCMQ-FM. Again don't ask for years but WQXK was around in 1973 but not long after that. The Country format was very short lived. I can't remember what the WHMS format was.
 
Somewhere in the 1999-2001 range, there was a short-lived Alternative Rock station at 92.1 in West Palm Beach. I am hard pressed to remember the moniker, but the station attempted to take on Buzz, but failed. Anybody remember the station's name?
 
Thanks for the info, T.J. I should have remembered that. I have some tapes of the station from the summer of 2000.

There certainly was a time that the West Palm Beach market was nearly oversaturated with Rock formats. Besides Planet Radio, there was the Buzz, and WZZR (which had lousy reception where I am from in western Lake Worth). There was also the Gater, Big in Miami, and even WSHE. It is amazing how the market "self-corrected."
 
WMUM was progressive rock from late '69 or '70 to 71. Studios were in the WQXT building on the Lake Worth Beach. Production room was an old Ampex 600 reel to reel. Early jocks were Geoff Fox and Tom Lane

Kerry Bogard was GM. Young flamboyant guy, drove all kinds of slick cars, Ferrari, Rolls, Detomaso. Ended up leaving radio after about 20 years and opening a classic car shop in mid Florida
 
Almost forgot this about Kerry Bogard.
He left joints inside the on-air console for the jocks for a "Mother's Day" gift.
 
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