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BACKnUSSR said:
SuperRadioFan said:
Maybe the suburban stations did this but as I recall I don't think the NYC FM stations (or AM) did this. Soooo David, you may be correct but am I also correct as well regarding NYC radio stations like WABC, WPIX, WNBC, WNEW-FM, WPLJ, WXLO (WRKS) and WKTU (Disco 92) and Philadelphia stations like WFIL, WIBG (later WZZD), WMMR, etc?
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David is actually correct. The stations you cited were indeed live 24/7 but other NYC stations in the 70's like WTFM (103.5), WRFM (105.1), WVNJ (100.3), WPAT (93.1),WQXR (96.1) and WNBC_FM/WYNY (97.1) all were voicetracked/automated at various points each day. The same is true for the 70's incarnations of Philly's WCAU-FM (98.1), WPPZ (103.9), WDVR (101.1), WFLN (95.7) and WPEN-FM (102.9).
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OK I will concede David's and your point (Damn am I sounding like Barack Obama? ;) )

Most of those NYC or NYC area stations were BM or Classical, except for WNBC-FM/WYNY (don't remember what format they had) and I was not a regular listener to them and most of the FM Philly stations I couldn't pick up (WCAU-FM because it was adjacent to my hometown station at 98.3 WMGQ) well enough to listen to. I remember WIOQ 102.1 was also definitely automated (mid-70s).
 
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