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WRQO SELLS TO TELESOUTH

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WRQO CAME ON THE AIR NOV 1990, AND WAS LIVE WITH CLASSIC COUNTRY DURING THE DAY AND TALKNET AT NIGHT FROM 7 - MIDNIGHT INCLUDING BRUCE WILLIAMS AND DR LAURA. FROM 1990 - 1993 WRQO SIGNED ON AT 5AM AND SIGNED OFF AT 12 MIDNIGHT. THEN WENT 24 HOURS A DAY AFTER STARTING TO MAKE A PROFIT. I SAW ONE POST THAT MENTIONED CHUCK IVEY, WHO HAS BEEN GONE SINCE 2002 WHEN RICK AND BUBBA CAME ON IN THE MORNINGS. AD SALES WERE GOOD BUT ONY HAD 2 SALES PEOPLE AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THOSE 2 MADE A GOOD BIT OF MONEY. I KNOW ROBERT BYRD WHO HAS BEEN THERE SINCE MAY 1991 AND IS SALES MANAGER FOR ALL THREE OF O'NEALS STATIONS AND HE THINKS THE NEW ADMNISTRATION WILL BE A GOOD THING. FOR HIS SAKE...I HOPE SO
 
> WRQO CAME ON THE AIR NOV 1990, AND WAS LIVE WITH CLASSIC
> COUNTRY DURING THE DAY AND TALKNET AT NIGHT FROM 7 -
> MIDNIGHT INCLUDING BRUCE WILLIAMS AND DR LAURA.


Not quite. They did carry Bruce Williams but Dr. Laura's show wasn't syndicated until 1994. It was probably Dr. Joy Browne.

RFB
 
> WRQO CAME ON THE AIR NOV 1990, AND WAS LIVE WITH CLASSIC
> COUNTRY DURING THE DAY AND TALKNET AT NIGHT FROM 7 -
> MIDNIGHT INCLUDING BRUCE WILLIAMS AND DR LAURA. FROM 1990 -
> 1993 WRQO SIGNED ON AT 5AM AND SIGNED OFF AT 12 MIDNIGHT.
> THEN WENT 24 HOURS A DAY AFTER STARTING TO MAKE A PROFIT. I
> SAW ONE POST THAT MENTIONED CHUCK IVEY, WHO HAS BEEN GONE
> SINCE 2002 WHEN RICK AND BUBBA CAME ON IN THE MORNINGS.

I remember the Talknet days very well; I'm pretty sure it was Joy Browne. So, Chuck has been gone that long? I moved away at about that same time. Is Heather Thorogood still there? She started out at the same college station I did, but several years earlier.
 
> > WRQO CAME ON THE AIR NOV 1990, AND WAS LIVE WITH CLASSIC
> > COUNTRY DURING THE DAY AND TALKNET AT NIGHT FROM 7 -
> > MIDNIGHT INCLUDING BRUCE WILLIAMS AND DR LAURA. FROM 1990
> -
> > 1993 WRQO SIGNED ON AT 5AM AND SIGNED OFF AT 12 MIDNIGHT.
> > THEN WENT 24 HOURS A DAY AFTER STARTING TO MAKE A PROFIT.
> I
> > SAW ONE POST THAT MENTIONED CHUCK IVEY, WHO HAS BEEN GONE
> > SINCE 2002 WHEN RICK AND BUBBA CAME ON IN THE MORNINGS.
>
> I remember the Talknet days very well; I'm pretty sure it
> was Joy Browne. So, Chuck has been gone that long? I moved
> away at about that same time. Is Heather Thorogood still
> there? She started out at the same college station I did,
> but several years earlier.
>
maybe it was...joy brown and it seems like there was another male right after bruce williams...anyhow. And yes Heather is still on the air doing middays for now...not sure what will happen after going to talk station...
 
> > WRQO CAME ON THE AIR NOV 1990, AND WAS LIVE WITH CLASSIC
> > COUNTRY DURING THE DAY AND TALKNET AT NIGHT FROM 7 -
> > MIDNIGHT INCLUDING BRUCE WILLIAMS AND DR LAURA.
>
>
> Not quite. They did carry Bruce Williams but Dr. Laura's
> show wasn't syndicated until 1994. It was probably Dr. Joy
> Browne.
>
> RFB
>
Way back when, Sally Jesse Raphael had a radio advice show before she started the three legged nuns on dope and transvestite strippers on her TV show.
 
> WRQO CAME ON THE AIR NOV 1990, AND WAS LIVE WITH CLASSIC
> COUNTRY DURING THE DAY AND TALKNET AT NIGHT FROM 7 -
> MIDNIGHT INCLUDING BRUCE WILLIAMS AND DR LAURA. FROM 1990 -
> 1993 WRQO SIGNED ON AT 5AM AND SIGNED OFF AT 12 MIDNIGHT.
> THEN WENT 24 HOURS A DAY AFTER STARTING TO MAKE A PROFIT. I
> SAW ONE POST THAT MENTIONED CHUCK IVEY, WHO HAS BEEN GONE
> SINCE 2002 WHEN RICK AND BUBBA CAME ON IN THE MORNINGS. AD
> SALES WERE GOOD BUT ONY HAD 2 SALES PEOPLE AND FROM WHAT I
> UNDERSTAND THOSE 2 MADE A GOOD BIT OF MONEY. I KNOW ROBERT
> BYRD WHO HAS BEEN THERE SINCE MAY 1991 AND IS SALES MANAGER
> FOR ALL THREE OF O'NEALS STATIONS AND HE THINKS THE NEW
> ADMNISTRATION WILL BE A GOOD THING. FOR HIS SAKE...I HOPE SO
>
man i could have sworn it was 1988 or 89...i use to listen to a classic country show on there on sunday nights after church..i left that church in september 1991..so that was before then that they were playing music on sunday nights anyway..<P ID="signature">______________
note to the NAB..satellite radio..its worth paying for!!</P>
 
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