Sunday midnight was a vast wasteleand well into the 70s. The tv stations that normally were on overnight went off for maintenance. There was no cable tv. Radio stations also went off for maintenance. Most Sunday nights the only thing on was "Contact", a call in talk show with David Harding on WNDE.
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WNAP 70s & 80s
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jimbo700
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>Sunday midnight was a vast wasteleand well into the 70s. The tv stations that normally were on overnight
>went off for maintenance. There was no cable tv. Radio stations also went off for maintenance. Most
>Sunday nights the only thing on was "Contact", a call in talk show with David Harding on WNDE.
WIFE ran American Top 40 with Casey on Sunday evenings, sponsored by Indiana National Bank.
They let the AT40 split jingles play through (prior to AT40 having barter spots) and ran 1 or 2 60's an hour for Indiana National Bank. To make up for the shortage they played an AT40 "extra" at the top of the hour.
>went off for maintenance. There was no cable tv. Radio stations also went off for maintenance. Most
>Sunday nights the only thing on was "Contact", a call in talk show with David Harding on WNDE.
WIFE ran American Top 40 with Casey on Sunday evenings, sponsored by Indiana National Bank.
They let the AT40 split jingles play through (prior to AT40 having barter spots) and ran 1 or 2 60's an hour for Indiana National Bank. To make up for the shortage they played an AT40 "extra" at the top of the hour.
WNAP was truly an unusual station playing pre-Q95 album cuts mixed with Top 40 then disco on Saturday nights and all on top of this were PAMS jingles(I think)along with Buster,Smash Cris Connor "The 25th Hour" midnight show and of course that kick-butt Wolfman Jack intro-styled legal ID........
(Jet take off SFX)...THE WRATH...OF THE BUZZARD!
(Jet take off SFX)
WNAP,INDIANAPOLIS.
Smash I thought was a bit overhyped since he sung with the Roadmaster band but Bodine was truly ate up! He talked almost as fast as Jackson Armstrong who incidentally was lured by WIFE in the late 70s to try to bring back the audience it lost to 'NAP and Windy. The Vance Hartke incident however was the ultimate bomb that killed WIFE and its owner Star Stations...they never recovered and ended up playing "Music of Your Life" as WMLF in the 80s.
On the downside: "Booger" (or "Bug") Matthews and the voice of "Sexy Rexy Rona" were both absolute snobs and weren't the least bit funny don't you think?
....or don't you?
(Jet take off SFX)...THE WRATH...OF THE BUZZARD!
(Jet take off SFX)
WNAP,INDIANAPOLIS.
Smash I thought was a bit overhyped since he sung with the Roadmaster band but Bodine was truly ate up! He talked almost as fast as Jackson Armstrong who incidentally was lured by WIFE in the late 70s to try to bring back the audience it lost to 'NAP and Windy. The Vance Hartke incident however was the ultimate bomb that killed WIFE and its owner Star Stations...they never recovered and ended up playing "Music of Your Life" as WMLF in the 80s.
On the downside: "Booger" (or "Bug") Matthews and the voice of "Sexy Rexy Rona" were both absolute snobs and weren't the least bit funny don't you think?
....or don't you?
IndiaNAPolis' most unusual rocker was indeed unique. There will never be another one like it ever again. The WNAP call letters are now at an AM station in the Philadelphia market with a gospel format. It was just as much an Indiana original as Sammy Terry,Cowboy Bob and Dick The Bruiser.
Jim Foxglove was Buster's alter-ego. Kinda mellow, laid back, guy from the 'burbs of NAPtown.
I was never really an early Smash fan, but Kiss 99 grabbed Mr. Benroubi from 'NAP but couldn't appear on the air for 6 months because of a no compete agreement. That didn't stop Kiss from promoting Smash and mentioning him everyday until he signed on. Smash appealled the agreement in court but lost.
I've been (trying to) follow this thread and am a bit confused. I updated my Indiana Radio Archive pages on WNAP and WIKS, but still don't have much, as I'm confused by the information here (some of it contradictory).
If you want to see what I have now:
http://www.indianaradio.net/ -> Archive -> WIKS (or WNAP)
At the bottom of each page, click the "editors" link in the lower right hand corner of the webpage to e-mail me.
(I would strongly prefer that way of contacting me - Please do not mail me here.)
I appreciate your corrections and additions!
Blaine Thompson
Indiana RadioWatch
http://www.indianaradio.net/
If you want to see what I have now:
http://www.indianaradio.net/ -> Archive -> WIKS (or WNAP)
At the bottom of each page, click the "editors" link in the lower right hand corner of the webpage to e-mail me.
(I would strongly prefer that way of contacting me - Please do not mail me here.)
I appreciate your corrections and additions!
Blaine Thompson
Indiana RadioWatch
http://www.indianaradio.net/
ten_four said:I was never really an early Smash fan, but Kiss 99 grabbed Mr. Benroubi from 'NAP but couldn't appear on the air for 6 months because of a no compete agreement. That didn't stop Kiss from promoting Smash and mentioning him everyday until he signed on. Smash appealled the agreement in court but lost.
Didn't Smash sing in a band with another big morning drive DJ, Roger Holloway? What was the name of the band?
Steppenwolf said:Didn't Smash sing in a band with another big morning drive DJ, Roger Holloway? What was the name of the band?
That would be Pure Funk....Roger was a DJ/Evangelist at WTLC (one of the original DJ's) and the drummer for the band. Smash sang with them prior to Roadmaster (as "the electric throat"). He is now the morning guy at KLOU, an oldies station in St. Louis, and has a band called "The Smash Band" that performs regularly there. Pure Funk was quite popular around Indy and Bloomington back then.
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11south
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IndyDan said:Steppenwolf said:Didn't Smash sing in a band with another big morning drive DJ, Roger Holloway? What was the name of the band?
That would be Pure Funk....Roger was a DJ/Evangelist at WTLC (one of the original DJ's) and the drummer for the band. Smash sang with them prior to Roadmaster (as "the electric throat"). He is now the morning guy at KLOU, an oldies station in St. Louis, and has a band called "The Smash Band" that performs regularly there. Pure Funk was quite popular around Indy and Bloomington back then.
Smash does mornings on FM Talker KFTK in St. Louis owned by Emmis
11south said:[Smash does mornings on FM Talker KFTK in St. Louis owned by Emmis
Uh, According to KFTK's website, Some dude named Allman does mornings there. Go to www.klou.com and see who does mornings there..apparently they have changed formats (kinda jack-like if you look at the playlist) from oldies and Smash's paycheck comes from Clear Channel now.
Smash just recently returned to KLOU when it morphed into my 103.311south said:IndyDan said:Steppenwolf said:Didn't Smash sing in a band with another big morning drive DJ, Roger Holloway? What was the name of the band?
That would be Pure Funk....Roger was a DJ/Evangelist at WTLC (one of the original DJ's) and the drummer for the band. Smash sang with them prior to Roadmaster (as "the electric throat"). He is now the morning guy at KLOU, an oldies station in St. Louis, and has a band called "The Smash Band" that performs regularly there. Pure Funk was quite popular around Indy and Bloomington back then.
Smash does mornings on FM Talker KFTK in St. Louis owned by Emmis
majicjim said:WNAP was truly an unusual station playing pre-Q95 album cuts mixed with Top 40 then disco on Saturday nights and all on top of this were PAMS jingles(I think)along with Buster,Smash Cris Connor "The 25th Hour" midnight show and of course that kick-butt Wolfman Jack intro-styled legal ID........
(Jet take off SFX)...THE WRATH...OF THE BUZZARD!
(Jet take off SFX)
WNAP,INDIANAPOLIS.
The ID was done by Chuck Riley. His top of the hour sweep is still heard on WIBC..."Radio Indiana..." Chuck passed away recently. His real life brother was Michael Hanks, AKA Buster Bodine. The worked opposite sides of the hall during the heydays.
Rex Rona was done by Bruce Munson, who I believe is an attorney in Muncie.
I caught WNAP day one in 1968. It was indeed one class act. There is NOTHING on the airwaves today that could ever recreate the sense of community that listening to the Buzzard did back in the 70's.
Jet take off SFX)...THE WRATH...OF THE BUZZARD!
(Jet take off SFX)
WNAP,INDIANAPOLIS.
The "in-house" name for the sound effect on the Buzzard ID is "lightning bolt." Legend has it that it was a backwards sample of a song from a one album wonder called Four, (or fore.)
The buzzard would be hard to replicate nowadays. Their official format listing in the Broadcasting yearbook for a number of years was progressive top 40. They mostly played single edits during the day on most of the hits and then would open it up at night for the album cuts. (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Green-eyed Lady, Light My Fire, etc. and people would go, "Wow, I can't hear this on WIFE, or 'LS or anywhere on the AM band, this is soooo COOOL" {for awhile every Sunday night they would play Chicago's "Ballet for a Girl in Buchanan" that included Make Me Smile and Colour My World side 2, Chicago II vinyl.} It was the right station for the times. What really made the original Buzzard work was the personalities. It was just a beyond cool type of presentation. they made you feel cool for listening.
(Jet take off SFX)
WNAP,INDIANAPOLIS.
The "in-house" name for the sound effect on the Buzzard ID is "lightning bolt." Legend has it that it was a backwards sample of a song from a one album wonder called Four, (or fore.)
The buzzard would be hard to replicate nowadays. Their official format listing in the Broadcasting yearbook for a number of years was progressive top 40. They mostly played single edits during the day on most of the hits and then would open it up at night for the album cuts. (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Green-eyed Lady, Light My Fire, etc. and people would go, "Wow, I can't hear this on WIFE, or 'LS or anywhere on the AM band, this is soooo COOOL" {for awhile every Sunday night they would play Chicago's "Ballet for a Girl in Buchanan" that included Make Me Smile and Colour My World side 2, Chicago II vinyl.} It was the right station for the times. What really made the original Buzzard work was the personalities. It was just a beyond cool type of presentation. they made you feel cool for listening.
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Keith Kidd
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Buster Bodine mixed the stereo "lightening Bolts" to Chucks voice later on down the road. He did about three versions. The lightening bolt effect comes from the title track of Bad Company's album Burning Sky.
- Keith
- Keith
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Keith Kidd
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Read my post the way it was written. I said Buster Bodine mixed the stereo lightening bolts in later on down the road. Isn't that what I just wrote? Now, what does that statement mean to you? It's clear that I'm saying that later on the SFX was added. Bodine added it and it was taken from Bad Companies song Burning Sky. Now, if you dare to make a wager on this why you just let me know because I'm game if you are.
- Keith Kidd
- Keith Kidd
Another name from NAP's past is Bob Richards. He handled mornings for the Buzzard around '75/'76. I always enjoyed hearing him. I remember one time he did a bit where complained of being overpaid and throwing a fit, leaving the studio in the hands of Tom Cochrun while he drove the WNAP van all over town giving out free money and martiing his results back to the station. Cochrun hadn't jocked a board since his days at WERK and was kind of rusty. It was a fun morning.
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