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What station would you bring back?

I'd bring back almost all of them if some store would take them. No refund necessary, thank you, just take them...PLEASE. Too bad they're not re-gift-able...you know, dumping something really crappy that you received onto someone else.
 
cmhradiofan said:
WCOL-FM Stereo Rock 92. 1975- early 1978...the one I miss the most.
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They were around earlier in the 70's than 75, though I forget the exact start-up date...I know that they were around in 73, and probably earlier. It was kind of weird, because 92.3 was all-religion (brokered, I believe), and then an evening rock show was added. The "progressive rock -->> album-oriented-rock" eventually took over the whole day, and then caved and switched to "low hype Top 40" 92X less than a year after beautiful-music WTVN-FM became WLVQ "Ohio's Best Rock" on a snowy Valentine's Day, 1977. It's hard to believe that 92X actually played occasional album cuts (like Teenage Wasteland by the Who) in its early days. They actually kept all the Rock 92 air talent for awhile after the flip.
 
I'd at least bring back these stations.

WXGT 92.3 (92X)

WXST 107.9 (STAR 107.9)


Hmmm, kind of already did bring back STAR if you count the Internet. ;)
 
Hmmm...

Hot 105/107. The competiton between them and WNCI made them both fun. I miss Robb Case!

WXGT 92X. The on air talent and the format was awesome.

The 610 of the 70's-early 90's. Billy Ray, Hot Wax Weekends, all those contests they had, the Drew Zoo, Easy Ed Hartley, Cannon (of course), John Lane, The Bob Connors morning show that played music, "Desperate and Dateless" on Friday nights. That show was beyond funny! Open phones with people who are not all crazy.

Star 107.9. Great format, great people!

WBBY.

I guess it all boils down to these being locally run with real people behind the mike that made it great. I figured that out while writing this..It was not so much the music played, but how it was played after all!!
 
Josh.B said:
Hmmm...

Hot 105/107. The competiton between them and WNCI made them both fun. I miss Robb Case!

WXGT 92X. The on air talent and the format was awesome.

The 610 of the 70's-early 90's. Billy Ray, Hot Wax Weekends, all those contests they had, the Drew Zoo, Easy Ed Hartley, Cannon (of course), John Lane, The Bob Connors morning show that played music, "Desperate and Dateless" on Friday nights. That show was beyond funny! Open phones with people who are not all crazy.

Star 107.9. Great format, great people!

WBBY.

I guess it all boils down to these being locally run with real people behind the mike that made it great. I figured that out while writing this..It was not so much the music played, but how it was played after all!!
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Which WBBY? The AC-Oldies hybrid or Jazz?

Also, somehow I missed that WTVN had a Desperate and Dateless. I used to listen to the version on sister WKRC in Cincy when driving from Chicago back to Columbus, and it WAS fun.
 
LOVED 92X in its hey day. I also think people gave up on Star 1079 way too soon. It was a great station with great talent and loads of potential
 
This new 80's station in Cincinnati has been doing incredibly well -- #3 25-54 in the just-released trend.  Star's music was more rock or pop-rock oriented than this wasn't it? Needless to say, they have a full-market signal. If Star had been in a normal market, it probably would have had one as well.

WREW "Rewind" music monitors:

http://www.yes.com/#WREW
 
Hot 105/107/Kiss-FM. No matter what their name was, they were simply great...all that from two not-so-great signals. I remember when they switched KISS over to Arrow Classic Rock in April of 1994 and thinking what a stupid move it was. They relaunched 105.7 as Kiss on December 15, 1993 and then flip it four months later? WTF? Anyone know why they did that anyway?
Also...Star 107.9 was the little engine that could of Columbus radio. At least it is still online though! The reason it's gone is because the then-owners wanted to capitalize on 97.1's flip to Hot AC and possibly gain their old audience by going Oldies. That satelitte-based Oldies format, whatever in the hell it was, was some of the worst radio i've ever heard.
 
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