The OLD Tucson POWER 1490 Web site is still running today

[Radioguy2006]

The Old Power 1490 web site is still running today under www.power1490.com the copyright say 1994 Behan Broadcasting. I take a look at their web site R Dob was younger back when while still attends Amphitheater High School in 1994-1995 school year. http://www.power1490.com/rdub.html

So Bruce St. James was young back when at http://www.power1490.com/bruce.html

 

[tenchances]

This is a pretty amazing discovery...

It's hard to believe that an AM station in Tucson targetting 12-24 year olds would even bother putting up a Web site in 1994. The Internet didn't even begin becoming mainstream until around 1996, did it? Weren't computer nerds (definitely not Power 1490's target) the only ones who knew anything about the Internet in 1994? What other radio stations had Web sites back then? Power1490.com looks so much better than most Web sites did in that era.

I noticed that Power 1490 had the same logo (the one shown on the banner on the home page, not the one that appears at the top of each page) and slogan that Power 92 had until the end of 1993. Power 92 changed logo, slogan, and format at that time.

It's tempting to think that someone designed years after the format changed as a tribute site…but all the information there looks legit and very specific to 1994.

According to the information below, R-Dub registered (or maybe renewed?) the Web site in late August 2004. Did he design the site at that time???

Registrant:
Fusion Radio Networks LLC
PO Box 36731
Tucson, Arizona 85704
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: POWER1490.COM
Created on: 25-Aug-04
Expires on: 25-Aug-08
Last Updated on: 25-Aug-04

Administrative Contact:
REHAK, RANDALL [email protected]
Fusion Radio Networks LLC
PO Box 36731
Tucson, Arizona 85704
United States
5204447382 Fax -- 5205759346

Technical Contact:
REHAK, RANDALL [email protected]
Fusion Radio Networks LLC
PO Box 36731
Tucson, Arizona 85704
United States
5204447382 Fax -- 5205759346

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.GEODNS.NET
NS2.GEODNS.NET


The previous information has been obtained either directly from the registrant or a registrar of the domain name other than Network Solutions. Network Solutions, therefore, does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

Show underlying registry data for this record

Current Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
IP Address: 66.135.34.208 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
Record Type: Domain Name
Server Type: IIS 6
Lock Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Web Site Status: Active
DMOZ no listings
Y! Directory: see listings
Secure: No
E-commerce: No
Traffic Ranking: Not available
Data as of: 14-Jun-2005

 

[tenchances]

After giving this some more thought, I'm 99% convinced that R-Dub created that site from scratch in 2004, trying to make it look like it's been around and stagnant since 1994. I just can't believe a site like that could have existed at such an early phase of the Internet. He probably has a very good memory of working at the station (and/or he has lots of airchecks) - that's how he has so much detail (such as the Top 30 countdown, upcoming concerts, etc.) He probably created (from scratch) the images like "Street Soldiers with Bruce St. James", "The Downz Teen Nights", etc - I can't imagine that's something that would have existed in hard copy form that he would have been able to scan.

It's a brilliant idea - he certainly had me fooled (and maybe he still does...) Whatever the case - great job, R-Dub!

By the way, looking at the pictures section, there are at least 2 pictures featuring the same logo that is on the top of every page. So maybe they also changed their logo at the same time that Power 92 did.

 

[ZorioQStrange]

Look at the picture of "Fathead" on the <a href=http://www.power1490.com/djs.html>DJs page</a>. I think that's clear evidence that this site has not been around since 1994.

 

[vetDJ]

Say - aren't "Fathead" and "Pork Chop" (from the KIIM-FM morning show) one in the same?

 

[ZorioQStrange]

That's my point. Fathead is wearing a KIIM-FM shirt.