WMYQ in the early 70's with Lee Baby Simms - used to listen to that station in Dunedin (Tampa bay area) with a 10 element FM antenna.
Tampa at the time didn't have any Top 40 FM stations
Tampa at the time didn't have any Top 40 FM stations
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Your All-Time Favorite Miami Station
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In the 90’s, it was a toss up between WIOD and 94-9 Zeta.
Soft spot in my heart for 103.5 Planet Radio, though. Only lasted a couple years, and my mom preferred its predecessor, SHE.
Soft spot in my heart for 103.5 Planet Radio, though. Only lasted a couple years, and my mom preferred its predecessor, SHE.
Mid to late 70's my favorites were Love-94 and WAXY. Love-94 sounded like south Florida. Enough personality to keep you company but not so much that the jocks were in your face. Technically, WAXY when owned by RKO, sounded beter than any station had a right to sound. Though WAXY was automated most of the day, they didn't try to hide it. They realized the listener was there for the music.
Y-100 jocks seemed to be just on a huge ego trip with programming aimed at 12-year old girls. I was definitely wrong demo.
Y-100 jocks seemed to be just on a huge ego trip with programming aimed at 12-year old girls. I was definitely wrong demo.
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96x
Power 96
WSHE
Hot 105 when they were dance
Hit 105 as Classic soul
Rhythm 98
Power 96
WSHE
Hot 105 when they were dance
Hit 105 as Classic soul
Rhythm 98
Around 1980 I was in my mid-30's and loved Tanner in the Morning, The Madam, Kramer, Co on the Radio, Mark in the Dark and the whole crew. My wife, who did middays on Radio Hit 1260, listened to Y-100 the rest of the day... neither of us were teenagers.
Phil Hendrie too! That was some radio station they had there.
Does anyone remember 92.1 The Planet in West Palm Beach? It did not last long. But it was amazing that West Palm, at one point (in the late '90s to early 2000s) had two Alternative stations in addition to the Gater.
Neil Rogers remains the best radio talent I have ever heard. I am thankful that so many of his shows are archived on YouTube.
The buzz killed it in the ratings back then, it is sad that wpb has no rock or alt stations , the gater is totally classic rock
I wonder why Rock and Alt has been more successful in Fort Myers, Orlando, and Tampa than in West Palm Beach.
Ft myers rock is bad , they have only 96.1 that favors classic rock and has a boatload of talk
They also have the Arrow and Bob-FM.
David or anyone know why y-100 was a hotAC or barely a CHT in the 90s until 96 with no real
CHR being in south Florida
CHR being in south Florida
It was either the Breeze, then the Wave, then the Breeze again, or maybe it was the Wave, then the Breeze, then the Wave again, but it was how WXDJ began their existence on 95.7 with very upbeat, all instrumental jazz, then it was moved for a short time onto the then signal challenged WGLY on 98.3. Who else remembers that format? Honorable mentions go to "Stereo 107.5, WIGL", and "The JOY of South Florida is JOY-107". All four frequencies have long since switched to various Spanish language formats.
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CHR was a very depressed format in the early 90’s. I’ve always chalked it up to various niche formats (alternative, hip hop, etc) popping up in most markets around that time.
Many heritage CHRs either segued into Hot AC, alternative (WHTZ), or left the format altogether during that timeframe.
The great diversity of answers is interesting. It really does come down to personal tastes that are as unique as a fingerprint. I'll say Love 94 in the Billy Raven/Gina Martel era. Legendary talents. Like (apparently) everyone else, I ultimately wearied of smooth jazz, but back in the day it was all I listened to. Stu Grant's "Sunday Jazz Brunch" was appointment listening.
WFTL 14 yes the station Neil called the light bulb. I worked there so I'm partial 1974-1978. WFTL was by far the best station I have ever worked for. Topical promotions, a window sticker campaign that made people aware of the station, and talent from the majors like PD Michael O'Shea and news man Ted Agnew from KLIF Dallas, News Director Joe Barbarette, air personalities Chuck Parmalee from WSPD Toledo, long time morning man John Lupton who joined WFTL from WCAU Philadelphia, Charlie Warren a super talent who would go on to WBEN Buffalo, WWSW Pittsburgh and WMAL Washington, DC. WFTL was named Billboard MOR Station of The Year Medium Market 1976. Joe Amaturo was a fine station owner and has given so much to the community.
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