Lujack had been off the air (WLS, WCFL) for many years but was still very well known in the market. Your name comes up all the time when I'm interviewing jocks about their influences. It's currently owned by Audacy, Inc and it is a sister station to KEZK-FM, KFTK-FM, KMOX(AM), KYKY(FM), and WHHL(AM). Keychains to t-shirts, hats bumper stickers.you name it were all sold by the station at various outlets from the malls to Six Flags. This is her downfall story. In 1979 the station switched to a more lighter format which was billed as "between Rock and a Soft Place." Thanks to you and a few other talented jocks at WCFL, your radio station really was on the cutting edge, wasn't it? The early history of WLS can be traced back to when Sears-Roebuck put it on the air in 1924. (Rick's note: I've previously written about a few of my encounters with Harvey Pearlman. The body-worn camera and pod camera . Interviews with current and former Chicago radio professionals conducted by twenty year Chicago radio veteran Rick Kaempfer, Jennifer was the News Director at WLS when I. Rick: Were you a little surprised that WLS made such severe cuts to their news department? 1970. KTCT 1050 kHz is a commercial AM radio station licensed to San Mateo California and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The most well known personality on WUBT was Larry Lujack. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Now it's adult contemporary Y 98FM owned by CBS. for pinning down dates on the Zion stations, and to Phil Boersma for loaning
This ad was from April 30, 1957, from the St. Louis Post Dispatch. clamped down in 1927-28. On average, March produces 5.6 inches of snowfall. What videogames would you be playing back in the days? (YouTube), 1961-undetermined date, Rockin' Robin Scott RADIOChicago (ISSN 1044-9647) is published quarterly by RADIOChicago. The station is owned by Cumulus Media, which . Musically alternative artists were now mixed in with metal artists, but the format was simply a current AOR or active rock format. Today, they are known for boosting local country music artists, with a weekly feature. In addition to the Blaze DJs, helicopter reporter Major Tom was a hit with listeners with his irreverent morning and afternoon traffic updates. air, The Blaze apparently prompted the Chicago concert promoter Jam Productions It's in really excellent condition, hardly been used at all-IF at all. You created a show called Ron Britain's Subterranean Circus, which was really cutting edge at the time. In an effort to appeal to those, particularly male members of the audience, who were not fans of the top 40 formats of KIRL and KXOK, KSHE chose an album-oriented format in which artists who were virtually unknown were featured. Crank it up, it's not very loud. Quick History of Chicago's 94.7 (Marty Zivin & Scott Childers) Allan Stagg. She introduced Eva Luna to the world in 1988 with a novel of the name. Rick: You were also known as King Bee. The 1941 moves
The sound of the station didn't change much, although the music did during the period. only those frequencies stations used most prominently, and then only if
It was later purchased by Sinclair Broadcast Group (yea, that one) where it went to a classic hits format of the '60s-'80s. On March 29, 1991 the zodiac sign was Aries. Career . This is the earliest real off-air recording of WIL that I can find on YouTube. colorful history there, but documentation is weaker. Within the format, news, weather, information would be presented between the popular music sounds taken from the top-40 charts. | Magazine covers Rick: Unlike other racing commentators, you're a radio guy who went into racing, and not the other way around. collection list online again. The music changed as well, as disco gained popularity, it chased the typical WLS listener to stations that didn't play that music genre including classic rock, oldies, and even country. 2:02. Was it an album-oriented station, a soft rocker, or an oldie station? The element for Aries is the Fire. what reference materials and personal experience I have. Who are some of your favorite interview subjects from radio (and why), and is there anyone on the air that you still need to cross off the list? wfyr chicago march 29, 1991. I But it is a solid ID. Maybe it was the 80's music.it's no wonder it didn't work. Between Christmas and New Years in 1998, my friend Timothy W. Benko, died of heart attack in his home in the south Chicago suburb of Lansing, Illinois and it was a shock to all of us who knew and loved this kind and giving man. That St. Louis application was at 1250 kHz, but another application was filed for the frequency by Missouri Broadcasting, operators of the existing WIL Radio, that operated at 1160 kHz at 250-watts. 0:32. 1941, with most stations told they were to shift frequencies on March 29th. Anyway, I hope the list will
If they belong to you, let me know via e-mail response on the home page and I'll give you photo credit. The call letters then became WRCX. Rick: One last question. WLS 1960's Surveys vehicle tooling around the western suburbs with a Blaze sticker still From Chicago to St. Louis, these. The original AM station went on the air in 1948 from studios located at the American Hotel at 7th and Market in downtown St. Louis. while people born from March 21st have the sign of Aries. Where did that come from? stations in the 8-county Chicagoland area: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake,
March 29, 1991; Credit. holders and some new folks including Jimmy Novak, "Major Tom" Johnson, often am still asked about The Blaze and its impact on music and local Denny Farrell. That made her one of the few female general managers of a Chicago radio station. A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building faade. From 2013 to 2020, the station competed in the Nash Next National Competition. Reproduction in whole or in part of any text, photograph or illustration without priorwritten permission from the Publisher is strictly prohibited. I first discovered WFYR in the mid-'70s and was blown away at the oldie's automated format. But we are the living examples of what a wonderful country this is. While Evergreen kept the Blaze format Rick: The 60s was also an incredible time for rock and roll music. (1000). Several talk shows would clutter the schedule throughout the era, leaving music as an afterthought. Either radio station would be able to increase its power to 1,000 watts to achieve a more regional coverage area from that frequency. That also called for a change in the style of the jocks and their presentation. There's also a promo for a Saturday evening oldie show as well. 1920). Dean Richards (born March 31, 1954) is an American film critic and entertainment reporter for WGN-TV and a longtime radio host for WGN (AM) in Chicago. Indiana. By 1992, the station bottomed out in the ratings. me his copy of the Robert Harrison article. WFYR 103.5 Radio Commercial Chicago. That was right before KXOK sold out to Storz Broadcasting. about it! It is now owned by Emmis Broadcasting. were the ones which impressed me in my radio formative years. (L-R) Afternoon and then morning Rick: For people who haven't heard your WLS show "Drive Chicago" before, how would you describe it? Quote O' Matic. ", Richie Kennedy/route56.com were meant to open more "clear channels" for Canada and Mexico, and to
With Mancow's morning ratings lead-in gone, (Bob & Tom were briefly aired on WRCX after his departure), Chancellor opted to shut down WRCX in November 1998. Inc. at 332 S. Michigan Ave.. Chicago, IL 60604 (312)939-5480. Photo: Dschwen , CC BY-SA 4.0 . There probably are others available that are on different audio formats. Where: 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603 Hours: Monday and Thursday-Sunday from 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. (10-11 a.m. for members). This from the mid-1950s, shows a station promotion involving elephants! One side has WFYR/103 1/2 FM; the other is the same, except it also says "Coke adds life to. The covers were stylized after the works of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. The History of KXOK begins in 1936 as Elzey Roberts, the publisher of the St. Louis Star-Times newspaper applied for a radio station for St. Louis after purchasing KFRU operating at 630 kHz from Columbia, Missouri. Lujack's show out performed the rest of the station. Thanks also WLIP's Lou Rugani
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In the late 1960s, the station began to swing its format to what was called "underground rock" or "progressive rock." Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) format. Get the Antietam Setlist of the concert at Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL, USA on March 29, 1991 and other Antietam Setlists for free on setlist.fm! Rick: You arrived in Chicago with a big splash in 1965 at WCFL. Chancellor had been rolling out "Jammin Oldies" formats on many stations in other markets and decided to put this format on 103.5. follow. Then, at noon on April 1st, the station "snuffed the fire and stoked The Blaze!" Blazefest, a rock memorabilia show and concert at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Taylor, Lisa was born on June 22, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was 68 years old." . 5," featuring a commercial free "A-Z" kickoff around July 4th. It featured a MOR format which was designed to appeal to females. The History of KXOK begins in 1936 as Elzey Roberts, the publisher of the St. Louis Star-Times newspaper applied for a radio station for St. Louis after purchasing KFRU operating at 630 kHz from Columbia, Missouri. Not much has happened hereother one of your old jobs being eliminated and one of your old stations changing it's call letters and formats. Famous Birthdays Cost: $25 for adults, $19 for seniors, students and teens (14-17); members and children under 14 are always free. Myself, have only just turned 40, so
But this was no April Fool's joke. Phil was the afternoon man at the Drive when I, Cara Carriveau is a personality on WTMX Radio, but she does so much more than that. CATEGORIES . The RPM show The format was a tight blend of pop top 40 hits and high personality jocks, with great jingles, promotions, and a processed sound which was far and wide better than the AM KXOK. In fact, KXOK was one of the top independent radio stations in the country with a regional signal that attracted listeners across much of the mid-Mississippi River Valley and into the Midwest. In 1977 WFYR in Chicago changed format to a mix of Top 40 and oldies. And. KSLQ was pretty much why the AM Top 40 Giant KXOK at the time began to lose its audience. was still just on AM at the time, or being distracted by that other new
The format was called "a wide range of recorded music with no hillbilly numbers or hot jazz.and less Yakety yak." In the early-2000s, it was changed to "97.3 River Country". I have seen K-SHE bumper stickers with "Sweet Meat"(the pig) on vehicles from coast to coast. The format has proven successful since around 1970, with very few changes over the years other than the natural changes in music over the years. Studio A profiles John Records Landecker from the late 1970s. When I. Paul Brian is the Director of Communications for the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, and the host of "Drive Chicago" on WLS-AM. On March 29th, the sounds of Whitney, Rod and If you reached my article from
How did you end picking that name or did someone pick it for you? And for what America stands for. Meanwhile, in 1957, KXOK made a change to challenge the popular music format of WIL. (pictures from the Doug Quick Collection). Even after Elzey Roberts sold his newspaper, the Star-Times to the Post-Dispatch in 1951, he continued to own and operate KXOK until 1954 when the station was sold to Chet Thomas and Elzey Roberts, Jr. and moved the studios from downtown to a location on Kingshighway near Forest Park and called the property Radio Park. Steve Seaver and Leslie Harris. (103.5), an adult contemporary station in Chicago for many years (also under an AC Oldies The Balaban Brothers simply let WIL gradually fall away from being the popular station it was in the late 1950s, leaving it to slowly die in the mid to late 1960s, before being sold. Storz Broadcasting quickly changed the station to a Top-40 format to compete with WIL Radio, which had already established itself as St. Louis' leading contemporary music and personality radio station. It was fast, furious with live commercials, voice effects, and prerecorded promotional announcements. | Calendar and Day of Week Meanwhile corporate radio opened a door in 1991, as WFYR 103.5 FM dumped Adult Contemporary as Hard Rocker WWBZ The Blaze. The series was special in that each album purported to be an authentic roughly 40-minutes recording of a contemporary radio station from that year, complete with contemporary ads, station jingles, and a radio DJ from that era introducing each song, reading out local news, and inviting the listeners to join in competitions. For a radio station in Chicago that once used these call letters, see WKSC-FM. With the likes of Seals and Crofts, CSN, Gordon Lightfoot, and other superstars of the 70s the station probably appealed to a more mature top 40 audience probably burnt out by the likes of KSLQ(FM) at 98.1 and KXOK(AM) at 630KC. Full Aircheck-with music Aircheck scoped-edited music, 1962-0502 Part 1 Dick Biondi Aircheck scoped :16, 1975-1231 Oldie Montage with Jeff Davis Aircheck scoped :23, 1962-0502 Part 2 Dick Biondi Aircheck scoped :31, 1976-0000 Composite Fred Winston, Tommy Edwards, Bob Sirott, John Landecker, Steve King, Yvonne Daniels, 1966-undetermined date/Part 1 Art Roberts Aircheck scoped:12, 1976-0000 date undetermined John Landecker Full Aircheck :03, 1966-undetermined date/Part 2 Art Roberts Aircheck scoped :10, 1976-0418 John Landecker Aircheck scoped :40, 1966-0909 Clark Webber Full Aircheck :45, 1976-1202 Yvonne Daniels Aircheck scoped :17, 1977-0618 Yvonne Daniels Full Aircheck 1:00, 1977-0629 Larry Lujack Aircheck scoped :16, 1977-0831 Larry Lujack Aircheck scoped :11, 1977-1000 (Labeled 1980) Larry Lujack Aircheck scoped :17, 1969-0103 Ron Riley, Dick Harley(news) Aircheck scoped :15, 1970-74 Composite Aircheck Larry Lujack, John Landecker, Charlie Van Dyke, Yvonne Daniels, Bob Sirott, and others Aircheck scoped :43, 1971-0503 Larry Lujack Aircheck scoped :28, 1977-0000 John Landecker Aircheck scoped :09, 1979-0831 Larry Lujack Aircheck scoped :10, 1979-0911 Larry Lujack Aircheck scoped :22, 1979-1115 Yvonne Daniels Aircheck scoped :09, 1980-0700 Tommy Edwards Full Aircheck :52, 1971-0600 J.J. Jeffrey Aircheck scoped :13, 1980-0000 date undetermined Larry Lujack, Tommy Edwards(Animal Stories) :06, 1971-0800 Larry Lujack Aircheck scoped :04, 1980-0705 Tommy Edwards- Full Aircheck :50, 1971-1200 Check Buell Aircheck scoped :04, 1982-0100 Larry Lujack, Chris Shebel Aircheck scoped :12, 1982-0104 Larry Lujack, Chris Shebel Aircheck scoped Sure, there's nothing wrong with the way it sounded here in 1986, but the free-form style which attracted me was totally gone. The studios by then were located in Clayton and under Bartell, the power of the station was increased to 100,000 watts. On October 26, 1940, KXOK would begin broadcasting at 630 kHz with a power of 5-thousand watts giving the station a regional coverage area. It remained KADI (FM) through 1987, before becoming KRJY from 1987 to 1994, playing oldies as "Jukebox 96." On March 29, 1991 the sounds of "soft hits" and the early evening program "Love Songs on Fire" gave way to 24 hours of Rock Rock ('til you drop) by Def Leppard. Download or listen to free music and audio This library contains recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Official Visit . By 1994, Major sold the station to Evergreen Media, parent company of WLUP (97.9 FM) and WMVP (1000 AM). Thank you. Childers and Munchkin Studios. Finale lyrics. Recorded at Macomb, Ill from Chicago. For the Chicago-area stations on the air at the time, it was more orderly
Events 1 - 200 of 1,072. Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, January 7, 1991 Cause: Gunfire Staff Sergeant Tatiana Khaghani-Dees United States Army Military Police Corps, US EOW: Monday, January 7, 1991 Cause: Drowned Sergeant Manuel Hurtado Tapia Arizona Department of Public Safety, AZ EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 1991 Cause: Gunfire Officer Gregg William Winters The station was the first FM station in St. Louis to meet with any kind of rating success during the period. Your birthday is on March twenty-ninth, 1991. (YouTube). She is an actress and producer, known for Smash (2012), Centaurworld (2021) and Secret of the Wings (2012). ABC sold its collection of stations, including WABC and WLS in June of 2007 to Citadel Broadcasting. the air at all, were assigned specific frequencies they had to be on by
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Here's KADI(FM) from June 11, 1986. Sunday's programming included the syndicated Wolfman Jack Show heard here, followed by a local oldie show. It was a gradual decline in audience, as the music played became more eclectic, with songs from Louis Armstrong would be followed by Led Zeppelin, for example. Johnny Rabbitt, played by Don Pietromonaco, and his sidekick, Bruno J. Grunion. In fact, I recently snapped this picture of a They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore.Thomas Szasz (b. It later returned to the airwaves broadcasting from a studio on loan from KSLQ(see below). marks the 30th Anniversary of the debut of The Blaze. Find location, phone numbers, email, and social media profiles with a simple search. Read more about this topic: WKSC-FM, History, Oh take my Heart, and by that means youll proveWithin too stord enough of Love:Give me but Yours, Ill by that change so thrive,That Love in all my parts shall live.So powerful is this change, it render can,My outside Woman, and your inside Man.Abraham Cowley (16181667), Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through lifes currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. I remember seeing them when I was in the 8th grade when the All-Stars played the Taylorville High School faculty. Copyright 1990. The day of the week was Friday. If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi. Rick: I know you were with WCKG back in the classic rock days (late 80s, early 90s), but have you heard that the call letters WCKG don't even exist anymore? It seemed to me that the station was working to chase away the audience so that station could claim a large audience increase when it eventually went to a talk format. Windy City Airchecks: The Tim Benko Collection! Pictures of staff above, studios right, and artwork above were collected from Pinterest. This short KSHE aircheck actually covers a large time frame as the station was playing complete album sides. Comments 0. The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church. Storz soon after, would pretty much "clean the clock" of WIL and over a period of several years force WIL to make a format flip to all news and eventually change again to country, and ending up on its FM frequency, 92.3. The day of the week was Friday, under the astrological sign of Aries (see Chinese Zodiac and Moon Sign on March 29, 1991). KADY(AM) and KADI(FM) were owned by local businessman Richard Miller. I know you're a little disenchanted with the current state of radioas I am. from 1984. as well as syndicated radio formats. "Y-108" in Aurora in 1993. Julia Phillps, an Oscar-winning producer, was famous for her work on Taxi Driver and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Tom also Park (once known as "The Eighties Channel," now La View on timesmachine. Looking for a late 80's pkg. The report covers the early pioneers of radio in the 1920s through the pop and freeform stations in the sixties to the migration to FM in the seventies and eighties. Sometime in the late 1970s, KADI suffered a fire that put the station off the air for a time. Michelle was a reporter and newscaster at four major Chicago radio stations -- WXRT, WBEZ, WGN, and WFYR radio. especially before 1960, are very hard to track down. With the likes of Seals and Crofts, CSN, Gordon Lightfoot, and other superstars of the 70s the station probably appealed to a more mature top 40 audience probably burnt out by the likes of KSLQ(FM) at 98.1 and KXOK(AM) at 630KC. Let's start with the first one. The last few rating periods have placed WLS at #28 with less than a 1-percent share of those listening to the radio in the market. That summer in conjunction with Coke they offered several prizes. On March 29, 1991 several famous people were born including, Hayley McFarland, N'Golo Kant, Irene (singer). I did send some but lost track of his address before I could help further. Rick: Before we get to your radio career, your TV show "Nude Hippo" recently celebrated it's 10th anniversary. Not only because you host "Drive Chicago" on WLS every Saturday morning, but because you've been involved in racing for many, many years. Meanwhile, nighttime jock Johnny Rabbitt became a local celebrity with appearances throughout the city with local charity benefits and commercial appearances. WIL was one of the exceptions for those stations licensed for cities west of the Mississippi River and began with a "W" instead of a "K.", Cruisin' was an American Rock-and-Roll and pop music sampler series covering the years 1955-1970 released by Increase Records, originally in the early 1970s on vinyl, and in 1993 on CD and audio cassette. An "I Q in my car" bumper sticker along with a booklet with the KSLQ top 300 songs from Spring of 1974. By the 70s, though, WLS began to lose the audience, in Chicago as well as over the outlying areas around Chicago, as more local FM stations were taking on formats with more music, and less talk. She has been married to Brian Gallagher since November 2, 2013. By 1979, the appeal of top 40 began to weaken, and the competition of other contemporary stations doing more targeted formats began to take a toll. The station is owned by Cumulus Media,[2] which purchased the station from Townsquare Media. Mancow Muller was added to mornings and soon began receiving the highest ratings on the station. On February 3, 2020, WFYR rebranded back to its previous identity as "97.3 River Country."[6]. The station wrote the book, or so it seems on media marketing and media branding. Chicago Radio Spotlight: May 2008 1993 March China Club Chicago Chicago Expose, Cajmere The station also held its "Final 6" DJ search 1993 November n/a n/a He says (4/08), "I retired in 1996 when WJJD changed format; since . Discover how the world looked like in 1991, Takemeback.to is a project by Time Machine S.R.L., Via Aurelio Saffi, 7 - 20123 Milan (Italy) - VAT/C.F./P.IVA IT11058110963. Talk about what inspired you to start that show. It feels like it was written with the right motives, and it provides an in-depth account. During the early days of the company, in July of 1957, the Balaban's purchased one of the major radio stations in St. Louis, WIL-1430am (5-kW), as well as WWIL, 1580-AM, (1-kW) Fort Lauderdale, Florida for $650,000. Rick: You had everyone on that show. Here's an aircheck from one of my favorite stations in St. Louis in the mid-'70s with Sam Kaiser. (when known), and also information for as many former call-signs as I could
Chicago began to feature stations on the AM dial from the very beginning of commercial radio, which was the early 1920s. I thought you might enjoy them Tony Lossano is the co-host of the television show "Nude Hippo: Your Chicago Show" and the producer of the Melissa Forman show on WLIT-FM. Matter of Adoption of SLS Date: March 29, 1991 Citations: 1991 WY 38, 808 P.2d 207 Docket Number: C-90-5 Keabler v. City of . 2021 Scott [3] History[ edit] Ever since the station signed on on August 2, 1993, it has always aired a country format. (YouTube), This aircheck is from August 28, 1980. In numerology the life path number for all born on March 29, 1991 is 7. My friend Steve Rosen featured in an interview as he remembers his time with KSHE-95. 463 views, Aired: 1984. With alternative rock stations WKQX (Q101) and WXRT, talk/comedy WLUP, and classic rock WCKG, there was a need for a straightforward rock station. It was said to be the most successful when it was "progressive rock" during the 1970s. It was a terrific.great mix of '50s-'60s.and great thematic jingles. But much more happened that day: find out below. me! This is a dual-purpose listit
Artists like Seals and Crofts and America actually fit right in with Uriah Heep and Pink Floyd. He's even in the Rock and Roll Museum thanks to his efforts at KSHE and for the promotion of the various rock acts that passed through St. Louis during his tenure there! recently became "Kiss-FM 103.5.". It may have been Drake Chenault, but I can't verify it. Stream WFYR Jack Kelley 80's Chicago by Tony Chavez on desktop and mobile. Rick: Is there anything you'd like to say to your fans in Chicago. Steve Seaver middays, former "Fire" morning guy Brian Kelly in President of the World Bank Barber B. Conable, Jr. World Bank . I think it's safe to say that you are best known in Chicago for your years with WGN radio in the 1980s. At noon on April 1, the station "snuffed the fire and stoked The Blaze!" Setlists; Artists; Festivals; Venues . Lujack was hired out of retirement by program director Jay Beau Jones. This is quite a haul to Macomb and is quite scratchy. Includinga large poster for "The Rock of St. Louis" along with an ad published with a picture from "Casablanca" and a KADI bumper sticker. By the next year KXOK would apply for the frequency of sister station KFRU at 630 kHz, and to move KFRU to 1370 kHz, to operate at 250-watts. 2021 Major, a newer company, had success with a high-energy hard rock format in Salt Lake City at KBER-FM. Ron Britain was one of Chicago's most popular personalities. They divested into television by producing "The Mort Downey Show," KSHE probably made a fortune selling products with its logo on them. Evergreen owned the WRCX until 1997 when they merged with Chancellor Media. After being challenged by WIL, six months after the application was filed, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Star-Times. KSHE was probably more successful as it appealed to the "bad boy" demographic who were more likely to display KSHE logoed clothing and bumper stickers(see KSHE below). that literally poured out of their radios, beginning in April 1991. (YouTube), This is the KXOK Radio Story by Richard Ward Fatherly, KXOK Radio St. Louis, Missouri. Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free. Grizzbr. . [Come to think of it, Chicagoland did not
United Nations . I don't have the entire package or demo, but I do have ONE cut that was used for the top hour: The jocks were more loose in their presentations, included more comedy bits, and interacted with the audience. The station staff participated in benefit basketball games as the KXOK All-Stars throughout most of the 60s and played school faculty throughout the listening area. Updates to report? Angela Taylor (born March 16, 1965) is a scholar in China . Date: August 29, 1991 Citations: 1991 WY 112, 816 P.2d 883 Docket Number: 90-296 Svalina v. Split Rock Land . such as Skid Row, Billy Squier, Ratt, Ozzy Osbourne, Slaughter and other hard rock and Your browser does not support the audio element. The station could be heard blaring out of cars everywhere in the summer of 1991, It probably was best described as a "superstars" music format within a progressive presentation. As someone who has survived in both radio and television, what tips do you have for people getting into the industry today? This was a documentary film directed by James R Martin as an educational documentary. I found many connections to media companies outside the region to other broadcast stations to those in central Illinois. WFYR - Chicago's Warmest Rock. The original AM station went on the air in 1948 from studios located at the American Hotel at 7th and Market in downtown St. Louis. March 29th marks the 87th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 1991. In the early morning hours of Monday, March 29, in Little Village, a Chicago police officer shot and killed a 13-year-old boy that we now know was Adam Toledo. Major, a newer company had success with a high-energy hard rock format in Denver at KBER-FM . It's now WFUN, 96.3 "Fun for the Lou" and features an R & B format. Support staff is being cut all over the country in both radio and television, and the remaining staff is being asked to do more and more for the same amount of money. WFYR Chicago. Camp David, Maryland . The station continues with a talk and sports format and has fallen considerably in the market's ratings from its Music Radio days. reference publications available from the 1920s and 30s, but tracking frequencies
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