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WEAS Savannah Memories....

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Doug M

Any of you remember WEAS-FM being an AOR station in the early 70's? I came to WEAS in 1971 to do afternoons on the AM (Country). I was also put in charge of the FM. I was told I could do anything I wanted with it because Dee Rivers had just put 4 FM's on the air and didnt care if they made any money for the first two years. I called it "Stereo Rock" and played mostly album cuts. It had a Shaefer automation system with 8 reel to reels. I dont know how long it stayed with this format as I left in September of 1971. I have great memories of Savannah, still the most beautiful town I've lived in. You can find my bio and a great story about my days there at "satisfaction440.com".

Doug Monks (Sonny Gray)
 
Doug M said:
Any of you remember WEAS-FM being an AOR station in the early 70's? I came to WEAS in 1971 to do afternoons on the AM (Country).
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Yessir, I remember Stereo 93. To paraphrase Harry Chapin's W-O-L-D, I was into AM Pop, and WEAS-FM was hard rock. Some of hippie buddies were really into it, but I had to turn 40 before I could tolerate much of that music. Even today, I still like the hits (that's the old hits).

I came to Savannah in late '72, and Tex Lowther was holding down the PM-Drive slot on the AM, with the Tex Lowther "Bumper-to-Bumper" Club. He was, as my daddy would say, a Cobbtown sport. He later was the driving force in building WGEC/Springfield.
 
Doug M said:
Any of you remember WEAS-FM being an AOR station in the early 70's? I came to WEAS in 1971 to do afternoons on the AM (Country). I was also put in charge of the FM. I was told I could do anything I wanted with it because Dee Rivers had just put 4 FM's on the air and didnt care if they made any money for the first two years. I called it "Stereo Rock" and played mostly album cuts. It had a Shaefer automation system with 8 reel to reels. I dont know how long it stayed with this format as I left in September of 1971. I have great memories of Savannah, still the most beautiful town I've lived in. You can find my bio and a great story about my days there at "satisfaction440.com".

Doug Monks (Sonny Gray)
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Thank you for this.

I've always been very curious about WEAS' stint as a freeform rock radio station. The station's been Urban so long, it seems like its previous format and the details about it have become pretty much clandestine at best, with not too many people knowing about it today.
 
I never knew WEAS was an AOR station. I was afternoon dee jay on the Gospel WEAS am (later WWJD) from 1983 to 1986 and never even heard mention of the previous format. My earliest memories of WEAS FM were as an urban format, although they did experiment with a few "pop" tunes such as Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" in the mid eighties. Dee Rivers never seemed too concerned with compliance with format since the dee jays picked their own music both on AM and FM. Thanks for the great memories.

Neal Rhoden
FilmCritic3K said:
Doug M said:
Any of you remember WEAS-FM being an AOR station in the early 70's? I came to WEAS in 1971 to do afternoons on the AM (Country). I was also put in charge of the FM. I was told I could do anything I wanted with it because Dee Rivers had just put 4 FM's on the air and didnt care if they made any money for the first two years. I called it "Stereo Rock" and played mostly album cuts. It had a Shaefer automation system with 8 reel to reels. I dont know how long it stayed with this format as I left in September of 1971. I have great memories of Savannah, still the most beautiful town I've lived in. You can find my bio and a great story about my days there at "satisfaction440.com".

Doug Monks (Sonny Gray)
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Thank you for this.

I've always been very curious about WEAS' stint as a freeform rock radio station. The station's been Urban so long, it seems like its previous format and the details about it have become pretty much clandestine at best, with not too many people knowing about it today.
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Haven't been to Savannah in a while- at least to Tybee. Is there still a set of towers and a WSAV sign near them on the road to Tybee? Oh and what about Williams' Seafood; did it get rebuilt? That was the best seafood restaurant in Savannah! It was soooo packed in the early Eighties come Sundays.
 
kturnerga said:
Haven't been to Savannah in a while- at least to Tybee. Is there still a set of towers and a WSAV sign near them on the road to Tybee? Oh and what about Williams' Seafood; did it get rebuilt? That was the best seafood restaurant in Savannah! It was soooo packed in the early Eighties come Sundays.
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Willams Seafood has not been rebuilt The property is being used as a parking lot for the Diamond Casino Boat.
 
kturnerga said:
Haven't been to Savannah in a while- at least to Tybee. Is there still a set of towers and a WSAV sign near them on the road to Tybee? Oh and what about Williams' Seafood; did it get rebuilt? That was the best seafood restaurant in Savannah! It was soooo packed in the early Eighties come Sundays.
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It HAS been awhile for you, hasn't it? The three self supporters on Oatland Island are gone, as is the old WSAV sign. There's one single tower there for 103.9.

As for Williams', once the kids took it over & ran it into the ground, there was only one choice left for them: Set the thing ablaze, claim it was an "accident", get the insurance money, and use the land as a parking lot for a casino cruise until the deal for condos on that property is completed.

G
 
I guess I'll have to move down there and start my OWN Williams Seafood. If I can find the cook who did the wonderful work, that is. Otherwise to Corky Bell's in Macon I go.
 
I have fond memories of going with my mom and dad to Mizz Williams, as they called it.

Anybody remember Dasher's Lodge at Blitchton (on the Ogeechee River)? They had the most delicious battered french-fries I ever et (it's a Bulloch County word).

I played a jukebox for the first time at Dashers. Put two whole nickels in the slot. Sure, I still remember the first song I selected. It was "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley. The second one? "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Don Gibson.

Sadly, I cannot remember what I had for breakfast this morning!

Oh well, there's always Carey Hilliards ::)
 
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