Re: Q-104 didn't suck....
My God! What a blast thinking about Ellen on GY. It was TOTALLY Progressive as I remember. An EXTREMELY wide variety of music, truly living up to what the format was (or shouldn't have been, since Progressive in it's true form has no rules).
As long as we're talking about blasts from the past, anyone remember the classic "Kalideascope (sp?) on WRPI? What a trip.
> Ellen McKinnon originally did mornings on "The Progressive
> 104", (later known as Q-104,) from around 1975-1982. Prior
> to that, she had done an all night progressive rock show, on
> WGY-AM, of all places, weeknights! After Ellen, Mark
> McGovern did mornings, for a year or so, and than it was
> Dave Ardman, until about 1986, or so... The Q-104 handle was
> dropped for a few years, around 1984, when they ditched
> progressive rock, for kind of a Rock/AC format. At that
> time, it was known as QBK-FM 104. In 1987, they flipped to
> Classic Rock, and also became known as Q-104, once again...
>
>
> > Funny, I don't remember the Morning show from that
> > > period...maybe cause we didn't "come to" in time.....
> >
> > Dave Armond(sp?) did mornings. He had a very unusual
> show...
> > more music than mouth.
> >
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