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What station is this???

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TimeTraveler

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Going through some old radio surveys, that I own, I was curious to see who might remember this air staff. This is from a Boston area station. The DJs include John Leisher, Dick Stephens, Brother Bill Heizer, Al Fraser, Ken McKay, and F.M. Douglas. Who remembers what station this is???
 
I'm probably off by a million miles, but F.M Douglas sounds familier, so I'll
say it may be WKOX-FM (WVBF). I'm thinking late 60s early 70s.

> Going through some old radio surveys, that I own, I was
> curious to see who might remember this air staff. This is
> from a Boston area station. The DJs include John Leisher,
> Dick Stephens, Brother Bill Heizer, Al Fraser, Ken McKay,
> and F.M. Douglas. Who remembers what station this is???
>
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Going through some old radio surveys, that I own, I was
> > curious to see who might remember this air staff. This is
> > from a Boston area station. The DJs include John Leisher,
> > Dick Stephens, Brother Bill Heizer, Al Fraser, Ken McKay,
> > and F.M. Douglas. Who remembers what station this is???
> >

> I'm probably off by a million miles, but F.M Douglas sounds
> familier, so I'll
> say it may be WKOX-FM (WVBF). I'm thinking late 60s early
> 70s.
>

'KOX/'VBF was going to be my guess, too. I thought I remembered
Al Fraser doing mornings there, or was it the old 1440 in Worcester,
or maybe both?
 
> Going through some old radio surveys, that I own, I was
> > > curious to see who might remember this air staff. This
> is
> > > from a Boston area station. The DJs include John
> Leisher,
> > > Dick Stephens, Brother Bill Heizer, Al Fraser, Ken
> McKay,
> > > and F.M. Douglas. Who remembers what station this is???
> > >
>
> > I'm probably off by a million miles, but F.M Douglas
> sounds
> > familier, so I'll
> > say it may be WKOX-FM (WVBF). I'm thinking late 60s early
> > 70s.
> >
>
> 'KOX/'VBF was going to be my guess, too. I thought I
> remembered
> Al Fraser doing mornings there, or was it the old 1440 in
> Worcester,
> or maybe both?
>

You guys are good! It is WKOX-FM, (Stereo 105) in January, 1971, six months before the transition to WVBF, in July, 1971. And yes...I also remember hearing Al Fraser
on 1440-WAAB, back in 1969. After the change over to WVBF, he was moved to WKOX-AM, which at the time, was a 1000 watt daytimer at 1190. Somehow, I have held on to my WKOX-FM Top 100 list of 1970, all of these years. The final phrase on this survey claims "People who are with it listen to today's sounds with the sound of the 70's...Stereo".
 
I don't remember those names well, but I do recall after the station
changed to WVBF they stole a couple of big names from WMEX,
specifically Bud Ballou and Ron Robin. They had a jingle called
Electronic Mama.
 
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