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Another feller afraid of blunt talk unless it comes from a liberal or government source?NoWayNoCC said:
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WUBE 1230 Cincinnati 1968 Scoped Air Checks Ready For Free Download
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Uncas said:
Beck himself has called himself a clown and not a journalist, so it's not just us liberals that don't take him seriously. Go watch Jon Stewart's Glenn Beck routine he did a week or two ago, it's dead on.
Just a tad...but it's a rare topic that doesn't meander off track. It's served it's purpose...hope Big Al gets wind of it eventually. Thanks for tipping him off.FRR said:
Close, it was 123WB...one of their jingles was "1-2-3 W B, Cincinnati".microbob said:
This should be great. We can see how many songs we never hear any more on "oldies" stations. I wish the RIAA would leave people alone we could get unscoped versions of these online. Thanks so much for sharing with us the glory days of radio when every station did not play the same old songs no matter where you went in the entire USA. That didn't take long. "Billy Sunshine" by Evie Sands and "Me The Peaceful Heart" by Lulu within the first minute. When's the last time you heard those, even if you have satellite radio? Never.
And Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Buy For Me The Rain, Lulu's Best Of Both Worlds & Cilla Black's Step Inside Love just to add a few. This was a real memory jogger...and I was able to find copies of every one of those titles. There are songs on those air checks that didn't even touch the Hot 100. No wonder my teenage ears were diggin' what Big Al was layin' down.storrs19 said:
Evie Sands had some great songs. My favorite would be "Billy Sunshine". It has a great beat but I also liked "Crazy Annie" which got to #9 in Louisville, KY in January 1970. She also did a good version of "Any Way That You Want Me". I love hearing these old airchecks and seeing how many songs we never hear now. I know we are in the minority but I get tired of the same old 300 songs every day.
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Worked there during the BOSS RADIO days ... mostly part-time, all nights, that sort of thing ... worked as asst music librarian to Bwana Johnny ... during my time, worked with Big Al Law, Wayne Shayne, Gary Cory, etc ... have LOTS of reel to reel tape (scooped) of the station (mostly me, of course), but some Bwana intros, etc. .. would like to share them, but don't know how???
Worked there during the BOSS RADIO days ... mostly part-time, all nights, that sort of thing ... worked as asst music librarian to Bwana Johnny ... during my time, worked with Big Al Law, Wayne Shayne, Gary Cory, etc ... have LOTS of reel to reel tape (scooped) of the station (mostly me, of course), but some Bwana intros, etc. .. would like to share them, but don't know how???
nice job
Hey Bob,
You did a nice job with these. It is like going back in a time machine.
These are just a little before my time...but I wanted to say that the guys on DJO sound like they are having the same kind of fun the Gary Cory (sp) and Big Al were having back then.
It is always a treat to hear radio that is done the way that it should be.
Congrats!
Hey Bob,
You did a nice job with these. It is like going back in a time machine.
These are just a little before my time...but I wanted to say that the guys on DJO sound like they are having the same kind of fun the Gary Cory (sp) and Big Al were having back then.
It is always a treat to hear radio that is done the way that it should be.
Congrats!
WUBE 1230...a little history
Proof positive that the young people recognise good entertainment when they hear it.
I did a little digging on Gary Cory...and lo and behold he pops up on Wikipedia on WUBE..
Here is a little bit of the posting:
"WCPO broadcasted with 1,000 watts during the day and only 250 watts at night. Some of the DJs on WCPO in the 1960s, included Shad O'Shea, Mike Gavin, Bob Keith, Mark Edwards, Gary Allyn, Steve Young, "Big Al" Law, Wayne Shayne, "Bwana" Johnny, Mike Scott, Johnny Hall and Gary Cory. Morton Downey, Jr. was even there in 1964-65. Scripps-Howard sold the station to Kaye-Smith Broadcasting whose principals were Danny Kaye (the entertainer) and business associate Lester Smith, in January 1966. Starting on January 15, 1966 the station call letters were changed to WUBE, and almost the entire air staff was replaced. After another three year run as a Top-40 station, under the direction of legendary programmer Bill Drake; known as 1-2-3-W-B it became a country music formatted station in April, 1969. They operated the station along with a sister FM at 105.1 MHz until the late 1970s when they sold all their radio properties to Plough Broadcasting, then a part of the pharmaceutical company, Schering-Plough."
The article on all the way through to today...amazing how many times that station has changed...
Proof positive that the young people recognise good entertainment when they hear it.
I did a little digging on Gary Cory...and lo and behold he pops up on Wikipedia on WUBE..
Here is a little bit of the posting:
"WCPO broadcasted with 1,000 watts during the day and only 250 watts at night. Some of the DJs on WCPO in the 1960s, included Shad O'Shea, Mike Gavin, Bob Keith, Mark Edwards, Gary Allyn, Steve Young, "Big Al" Law, Wayne Shayne, "Bwana" Johnny, Mike Scott, Johnny Hall and Gary Cory. Morton Downey, Jr. was even there in 1964-65. Scripps-Howard sold the station to Kaye-Smith Broadcasting whose principals were Danny Kaye (the entertainer) and business associate Lester Smith, in January 1966. Starting on January 15, 1966 the station call letters were changed to WUBE, and almost the entire air staff was replaced. After another three year run as a Top-40 station, under the direction of legendary programmer Bill Drake; known as 1-2-3-W-B it became a country music formatted station in April, 1969. They operated the station along with a sister FM at 105.1 MHz until the late 1970s when they sold all their radio properties to Plough Broadcasting, then a part of the pharmaceutical company, Schering-Plough."
The article on all the way through to today...amazing how many times that station has changed...
I remember coming home from college and when I was surfing the three stations that we had to listen to in Southern Ohio, WING WSAI and WUBE, I was blown away by that "Drake Sound". I got an old tape recorder, found a single plug to use with my transistor radio and started taping UBE when ever I was home. These are the ones that Bob was kind enough to scope. The lack of watts is what hurt UBE in this city. You couldn't pick it up at night if you were outside the city limits. Our current Oldies station has the same problem.
WCLU's biggest book came in the fall 1968, when it managed a 1.8 share.
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