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Scooter Lesley

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Over my shoulder, at a backward glance, held in one stint in time,
WANS-AM, and WQOK-AM were the sources for Top 40. There was also 1070 WHYZ-AM (my fave) until it was sold in 1972, and flipped format. However, if you had a decent receiver, +plus a exterior antenna, you could pull in WFOX-FM outta Gainesville, GA. Behold my first taste of AOR, and they knew how to roll! I can only remember two names: Dave Welchel, and Sam Church. It was the first time that I heard Heart, Head East, and The King Biscuit Flower Hour.
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I began working at WANS AM/FM in August 1971. First did mid-days but quickly moved to mornings. Others on-the-air at that time included Ed Lively, who was our engineer, and Dale Keeney, whom I believe still lives in Anderson. I was told at the time I replaced a fellow named Ken Allison who went to a station in Greenville. I did not stay long at WANS because we built the original WNMB-FM in North Myrtle Beach. I went there in the spring of 1972.
 
In 1976, I only knew the 3 minute, top 40 version of Carry on Wayward Son. Then on a weekend trip to the Lake Hartwell, pulled in this cool station at 97.1 and heard the full length version of the song. It made me go out and buy Leftoverture. WFOX always died out around Easley, so you couldn't pick it up in Greenville. Why in the world did Cox let those call letters slip away?
 
This is truly ironic. WFOX was a great rock station? I was once in the N.C. mountains seeing what I could find and WFOX was a "Lite" radio station by this time. The first song I heard was "When the Going Gets Tough" by Billy Ocean.
 
I used to listen to "Murphy In The Morning" in the Gainesville area. Can't remember if that was on Fox 97 or 106.7. Either way, it was a hilarious show!
 
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