Stations You Miss

[KeithE4]

Credit for the original goes to Yabadabado1 on the Cleveland board. What stations that are gone, either in format, call letters, or in reality, that you listened to back in the day, by decade?

1950s: I was too young. I got my first radio on my 7th birthday in 1962.

1960s: Among the best rock radio of the era, when Ancient Modulation was king, and 50,000 watts covered 38 states and Canada:
Chicago: WLS/890 and WCFL/1000.
Indianapolis: WIBC/1070 and WIFE/1310.
Phoenix: KRIZ/1230 and KRUX/1360.
Waterloo IA: KWWL/1330
New York: WABC/770
Louisville: WAKY/790
Milwaukee: WOKY/920 and WRIT/1340

1970s: The last hurrah for Top 40 radio for me:
Indianapolis: WNAP/93.1, WXLW/950, WNDE/1260
Phoenix: KDKB/93.3, KOOL/94.5, KUPD/97.9, and KBBC/98.7
Tucson: KIKX/580 and KTKT/990
Chicago: WXRT/93.1, pre-Disco WDAI/94.7, WLUP/97.9, WKQX/101.1

1980s: I was evolving into oldies and talk radio as I got older:
Chicago: WMAQ/670, WJMK/104.3
New York: WN-N-N-N-NBC/660

1990s: I pretty much listened almost totally to news, sports, and classic rock by then:
Chicago: WMAQ/670, WSCR/820
Phoenix: KTAR/620, KMVP/860, KGME/1360 & 550

 

[gr8oldies]

Good topic!
50s. Only lived 3 years and a month of it
60s Didn't know about much other than WOWO until 1967
WOWO, mid to late 60s version
The Big 8 CKLW
WLS and WCFL
WABC
WMER, Celina, Ohio---local

70s-- Still CKLW, WOWO, WLS, WCFL, WABC
(WOWO with its "next generation" including Chris Roberts, Ron Gregory, and Carol Ford along with Bob Sievers, Jay Gould and Jack Underwood
WGAR "A Sam Smith Station".
WDAO, Dayton "Stereo Soul Giant"
WMEE, Fort Wayne, on AM and starting in 1979, FM
WQHK, The Hawk 1380, (what WMEE AM became, interesting Country for a guy who doesn't like country, heavy on the crossovers.
WVUD, Dayton, first AOR I ever had access to
WPTH, Fort Wayne (TM Stereo Rock) and WLBC-FM, Muncie (D-C Solid Gold)

80s. From a very brief time in Sarasota:
WYNF (Y95), WRBQ Q105, and "Supermix 96" (forget the calls).
Central Indiana
WENS, Indianapolis (great Hot A/C with great personalities)
WNDE, Indianapolis (as oldies)
WXUS, Lafayette (former employer)
WIOU, Kokomo IN
WZWZ, Kokomo, IN

90s. WLS's first 7-10 years of talk.
WGRR, Cincinnati (oldies---one of the best)
Kool 95, (95.3/95.7) oldies and former employer.
WLW, 90s version, Jacor ownership
WBYR. "The Bear" Fort Wayne, early days (employer)

00s. Harder to think of them.

 

[KeithE4]

I should have included CKLW and WOWO in my 1960s list. Not so much in the '70s, as I was listening mostly to WNAP in that era, when I still lived in Bloomington IN. AM wasn't dead to me for music, but it was dying.

 

[gr8oldies]

I should have included CKLW and WOWO in my 1960s list. Not so much in the '70s, as I was listening mostly to WNAP in that era, when I still lived in Bloomington IN. AM wasn't dead to me for music, but it was dying.o

I didn't live close enough to Indianapolis to hear WNAP on a regular basis, by the time I moved to Central Indiana, WNAP was past its glory days.

 

[landtuna]

1950's - (Tucson) KCUB (Country & MOR), KCNA (Country), KTKT & KOMA (Top 40). All AM's.
1960's - (Bay Area) KYA & KEWB (Top 40) AM's and KGO-FM (Rock).
1970's - (NYC, Phoenix & Tucson) - WOR-FM, WABC, then back to KTKT and KOY.
1980's - (Phoenix) KSLX and KOPA (Rock), KOOL-FM (Classic Rock) 'lil bit of Country KJJJ-FM.
1990's - (Phoenix) KOOL-FM, KSLX-FM.
2000's - The Goldmine KAZG 92.7 & 93.3 HD2 (classic rock).