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Al Timiter said:
There was a DJ on QXL who played Roger Miller's "Chug-a-Lug" a lot just before I left USC. I don't remember his name, but he was a riot.
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There was a DJ on QXL who played Roger Miller's "Chug-a-Lug" a lot just before I left USC. I don't remember his name, but he was a riot.
But from 1982 to 1988 they were Energy 102 and Top 40. Really more like hot AC.Ssummers said:
Joy 92 from the 1980s, or even Easy 105.9 in the years 2001-06.
WISE from 1988 to 1990.
WIOZ-AM 2005-2007.
WIOZ-FM early 90s.
WQNS 1988, though it seemed to be satellite. Country still sounded good then.
Relax 102.9, 1987-89.
WISE from 1988 to 1990.
WIOZ-AM 2005-2007.
WIOZ-FM early 90s.
WQNS 1988, though it seemed to be satellite. Country still sounded good then.
Relax 102.9, 1987-89.
WOW Relax 102.9... Now that is a station I forgot about... Many of nights that I could not sleep that station could do things that sleeping pills could not do... CC1
vchimpanzee said:
I was aware of the Energy 102 brand when I posted, but for simplicity's sake, I used the original Rock 102 moniker to encompass the entire KZQ vibe from it's inception until the end of the Tom Rogers/Bill Hennecy era. During the Energy 102 days, it did have more of a Hot AC leaning direction, tho not totally. KZQ was always about the energy and attitude during Rogers/Hennecy period no matter what they played.
Was that WRLX? I remember when WTMZ was playing that standards format, two stints, from about 1997-2000, and again from 2002 to 2004. That was a good station, as for a brief time, they actually had local programming in the standards format, which is a rarity.
amos said:
Amos,
when Z103 came blasting out of nowhere back in the day,
all of you made being a DJ on the radio sound like what I
wanted to do. The lineup at Z103, along with WKZQ, gave
the 'art' aspect of radio far more importance and effort than
the industry as a whole does anymore. You all made me want
to be on the radio, man.
I know that feeling.
Only been to Myrtle Bch once in my life...but i apparently did some recording while there! enjoy
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Iceman 07 said:
Wasn't it FOXY 104.5? I remember that bumber sticker.
At one point of time it was Z-93 (93.5), now 93.3leecasey said:
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Is it OK to add non-com stations to the list?
If so, the South Carolina Educational Radio Network in the 1990's was a pretty respectable NPR network in a time when much of the south was without public radio. Wasn't there an actual SCERN news show during the day? And local shows?
I tend to think there's a TON of history on these stations. I'm sure more politics were/are involved in how they were located, what they aired, why they moved into a HUGE gazillion-dollar building and yet still signed off at night (well into the 1990's, right?). I think SCERN was the first state run network in the south too.
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If so, the South Carolina Educational Radio Network in the 1990's was a pretty respectable NPR network in a time when much of the south was without public radio. Wasn't there an actual SCERN news show during the day? And local shows?
I tend to think there's a TON of history on these stations. I'm sure more politics were/are involved in how they were located, what they aired, why they moved into a HUGE gazillion-dollar building and yet still signed off at night (well into the 1990's, right?). I think SCERN was the first state run network in the south too.
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WCOS when it was the great 98
WHLZ when it was wheels 92.5 with Matt and the gang
WIGL when it was 106.7 because it covered our area events so well
Country music when it sounded like country not some mix of pop and rock crap
WNOK when it was live and sounded real and you felt like you would like to be right there with them.
WXTC when it played soft background music and you wanted to mellow out
WXLY 102.5 when it played good oldies music
I miss Rock & Roll music since no body can play it now
I also miss Daniel Boone on WCSC TV in the afternoons along with sixgun theater on Saturday and Let's Go To The Races when you got your tickets at Piggly Wiggly, also I miss hearing Paul Harvey and the rest of the story, sometimes I even miss the static of an AM radio back when it was good.
WHLZ when it was wheels 92.5 with Matt and the gang
WIGL when it was 106.7 because it covered our area events so well
Country music when it sounded like country not some mix of pop and rock crap
WNOK when it was live and sounded real and you felt like you would like to be right there with them.
WXTC when it played soft background music and you wanted to mellow out
WXLY 102.5 when it played good oldies music
I miss Rock & Roll music since no body can play it now
I also miss Daniel Boone on WCSC TV in the afternoons along with sixgun theater on Saturday and Let's Go To The Races when you got your tickets at Piggly Wiggly, also I miss hearing Paul Harvey and the rest of the story, sometimes I even miss the static of an AM radio back when it was good.
SCERN used to be a great radio network. They had lots of great local programs, and at one time, even had a studio on the Yorktown, then moving to C of C (closed about a decade ago). They carried local folk, classical, jazz, and all types of other programs.
After they merged with ETV, they got really bad. One of the bad moves they made was when they flipped the Rock Hill jazz station to the same programming on WFAE, just so they could get those few shows about South Carolina they have on in the area.
ETV still signed off at like midnight or 1am late into the 1990s. WJWJ even had a local newscast until about four or five years ago, which was simulcast on WJWJ-FM.
They were the ones which distributed the Magic School Bus, and several other shows that played on PBS around the country. Now, they didn't even start streaming their radio feeds until last year.
After they merged with ETV, they got really bad. One of the bad moves they made was when they flipped the Rock Hill jazz station to the same programming on WFAE, just so they could get those few shows about South Carolina they have on in the area.
ETV still signed off at like midnight or 1am late into the 1990s. WJWJ even had a local newscast until about four or five years ago, which was simulcast on WJWJ-FM.
They were the ones which distributed the Magic School Bus, and several other shows that played on PBS around the country. Now, they didn't even start streaming their radio feeds until last year.
Many of my favorites had already been mentioned, but here's a few that hadn't been mentioned yet. To make my list short, I'll limit it to stations in SC or in markets where SC is part of the market.
WBBO-Greenville-Spartanburg (Both during the "Power 93" and 93.3 WBBO" days. On a related note, the first incarnation of Q-93 didn't move my needle, but the second version when they added alternative music was much better. Too bad Benchmark killed it.)
WSSX-Charleston (1985-1988 era and late 1995, when they came back after being stuck in Hot AC hell for a few years)
WHTK-Port Royal (When they've first sign on in 1988 to about 1991 when they went toward Hot AC).
WZAT-Savannah (from 1985 to late 1992).
WCHZ-Augusta (during the "Channel Z" days 1992 to 1996).
WZNY-Augusta (Savannah Valley ownership from the start of the CHR era from 1994 to 1998).
WJMX-Florence (when they were owned by the Atlantic Broadcasting Company, which was the same conglomerate that bottle Pepsi in SC.)
More later,
Robyn
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WBBO-Greenville-Spartanburg (Both during the "Power 93" and 93.3 WBBO" days. On a related note, the first incarnation of Q-93 didn't move my needle, but the second version when they added alternative music was much better. Too bad Benchmark killed it.)
WSSX-Charleston (1985-1988 era and late 1995, when they came back after being stuck in Hot AC hell for a few years)
WHTK-Port Royal (When they've first sign on in 1988 to about 1991 when they went toward Hot AC).
WZAT-Savannah (from 1985 to late 1992).
WCHZ-Augusta (during the "Channel Z" days 1992 to 1996).
WZNY-Augusta (Savannah Valley ownership from the start of the CHR era from 1994 to 1998).
WJMX-Florence (when they were owned by the Atlantic Broadcasting Company, which was the same conglomerate that bottle Pepsi in SC.)
More later,
Robyn
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hey Robyn hope you are doing allright down in SC!!! Another station that in a crazy kinda way that I miss was when WZNS in it's classic rock days. Dr Doug had that station so loud that it was hard to describe, but before it was mellowed down for a classic rocker it had a blass to the wall attitude... that was around laboor dya weekend of 1991... From stories I seen Scott post here I am even shocked that station near the end could even broadcast LOL CC1
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