What was 94.3?

[warmland]

When I started At WSGD In 1989 (As Max Edison) It Was Doc Roberts with Annie Montoro On The Morning

Shift. Marilyn Kennedy (Bev From The Band "Pearl") Followed Them In The Mid-Day Position.

Drive Was The PD John "The Boz" Bosley ... I Followed Him Doing 7 to Midnight, And A Series Of Different

People Followed Me On The Overnight Including Bob "Diamond" Smith And A Woman Called Marianne Knight.

Others That Were There At The Time Included Mike Bettes From Australia (He Did A Stint At KRZ After That

Calling Himself "Ken Garoo") , R.J. Harkins (Late Of WARM) was There Too He Slid into the 7-Midnight Shift

When I Left To Help Put 107.7 On The Air In Tunkhannock. Scottie Young Had Taken Marilyn Kennedy's

1993 and 94 it was Chris O'Brien mornings, Marilyn Kennedy (replacing Scottie Young) midday's, RJ. Harkins afternoons and Maryann Knight 7 to midnight. Then evening and overnights went automated. After which several people left and The "Duke" went on mornings to save money for the cost of buying the automation, plus he loved to get on the air which he could never do at CBS.[/size][/size][/size].

 

[NEPA_radiobored]

Once S&P took over, the usual trappings of commercial radio (tight playlists) started to rear their ugly heads.

Can somebody say "The River???"

 

[masterg]

1993 and 94 it was Chris O'Brien mornings, Marilyn Kennedy (replacing Scottie Young) midday's, RJ. Harkins afternoons

Anyone know where O'Brien and Harkins are? Chris O'Brien/Chris Starr/Frank Cali worked at likely 75% of the stations in this market. Good guy. Harkins, likewise a good guy.

 

[warmland]

1993 and 94 it was Chris O'Brien mornings, Marilyn Kennedy (replacing Scottie Young) midday's, RJ. Harkins afternoons

Anyone know where O'Brien and Harkins are? Chris O'Brien/Chris Starr/Frank Cali worked at likely 75% of the stations in this market. Good guy. Harkins, likewise a good guy.

Last I heard, O'Brien had heart operation and retired from the biz a few years ago and was running his own company down south someplace.

Harkins...don't know anything on him. Your correct...they are both good guys and former WARM jocks from the 80s.

 

[davem999]

What about Rockin' Ron Phillips? He was a master at using drop-ins. I learned a lot for the Duke, Ciliberto, RJ Harkins and Rockin' Ron when I was there.

 

[travist102]

The Radio Greats Reunion Weekend was February 28, 29, and March 1, 1992... anybody have all of it on tape? I'm missing some parts of each day.

Thanx,
Travis

 

[Sgt Friday]

The Radio Greats Reunion Weekend was February 28, 29, and March 1, 1992... anybody have all of it on tape? I'm missing some parts of each day.

I am sure Paul Ciliberto has it. He is doing mornings at Thunder 102 in Honesdale. I am sure you can reach him via email @
www.thunder102.com

 

[jbozmo]

WSGD Playlist

I liked Boswell, though we never met. Assuming he had no research budget, it was way pre-internet,probably just his thumbworn copy of Joel Whitburn's book..., I wrote him a note with some regional favorites that I thought should have been on the playlist.
He added most of them!!

Actually we had every WARM survey from when they started printing them up though the 60s and perhaps into the 70s as well. We used the lists to see which regional or local songs were charted high in Scranton/Wilkes Barrie. Went from number 17 to 2 or three in 25-54 in a couple of books. Format clock was simply counting back to when 25-54 year olds were in High School and playing top ten songs with a few oh-wows thrown in. I don't remember playing the Buoys other than Timothy but you never knew what to expect from some of the DJs when we were in staff meetings. I regret firing Jim Spo but I was from larger high-pressure markets where one didn't argue with the management without getting bounced. Jim was a nice young man as were everybody concerned with Sage Broadcasting and WSGD-WCDL. I still have that thumb worm copy of the Whitburn book.

 

[usradioguy]

I worked at 94.3 WSGD in 1990 call letters stood for solid gold oldies .Mike Raymond the former GM came up with the call letters or so he claimed back in the late 80s when Sage broadcasting purchased the stations. WSGD-WCDL the dancing raisin was Raymond's idea he got the inspiration from a popular TV commercial at the time dancing California raisins to Marvin Gaye Heard it through the grape vine I remember Sage selling the stations to some chuckle heads from Allentown PA and most of the staff leaving or being terminated

 

[usradioguy]

I did not particularly care for John Boswell he was extremely difficult to work with

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

Onliest memory of 94.3 was getting them off some portable radio on a ski lift in the Catskills, as WCDL-FM

That was around 1966 or 1966 iIrc. We were kids ; we didn't go there to ski. We went to DX and drink beer when we got to the top.

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WCDL's 1440 AM used to be quite the sunset regular near Kennedy Airport, after WBAB 1440 signed off from Long Island.

Nowadays, WCDL 1440 is audible every day, but under WNPV Lansdale.