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Post by matt on Nov 16, 2011 0:43:57 GMT -5
To add to the Omaha stations, the original AT40 subscriber in that market was KOIL - "The Mighty 1290" as it was called back in the day. Very interesting history about KOIL - it was really one of the first Top 40 music stations in Omaha and became well-known for being a starting point for DJ's that ended up in some of the major markets. The station's ownership then got into some real trouble and had to shut down in September 1976. After that it was never quite the same and has undergone several format changes over the years - country, talk radio, sports, etc. The station even swapped frequencies and is now at 1180 instead of 1290. KOIL had the show from sometime in early 1971 (I believe) until it was shut down in '76. KGOR took over AT40 in Omaha then - which may have been for the better since it was FM. BTW - for anyone who has Pete B's 70's book, he includes a letter from KOIL's Scott Carpenter in response to some questions about AT40. Guessing Pete maybe picked up the show all the way over from KOIL to Indiana back in the day! Not to correct you wahoo but after AT40 left Might 1290 KOIL it went to MOR Powerhouse KFAB. After 10 months AT40 was switched over to it's sister FM station Rock 100 KGOR where it remained until early 1982 when ABC took over Watermark. From February '82-July '82 AT40 was on WOW-AM until they changed to a country format. AT40 was off Omaha airwaves until April '84 when it was piacked up by Sweet 98 KQKQ where it remained into the 90's when I stopped listening due to Hot 100 not being as chart anymore. Ah yes - I always forget about the brief stints on KFAB and WOW. Weird that AT40 was not in the Omaha market during all of 1983. I do know that KQKQ dropped the show in late '88/early '89 - as a matter of fact I called the radio station when I went to listen one Sunday night and there was no show, and the young gal told me that Shadoe "was being dropped all over the place". AT40 resurfaced a few months later on KXKT "The Kat", which was a new top 40 station at the time, but flipped to country in late 1992. Not sure if any Omaha station picked up Shadoe's AT40 after that. I believe that sometime in 1990 or so, KQKQ picked up Casey's Top 40.
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Post by Mike on Nov 19, 2011 17:35:48 GMT -5
Whatever happened to...? (November 21, 1987) - Q93 KQIX - This one's confusing. The only station I can find with any kind of record as KQIX is the one that currently has those letters - an 8-watt (!) Variety station in Perryville, Arkansas that's owned by Perry County Educational Media Inc. That made me wonder if this wasn't just KIQX again, except this was identified as Q93, and KIQX is currently on 101.3. If anyone has anymore insight, feel free to chime in!
- AM 1270 WTSN - Now currently Sports.
- WFON - If you live in or near Fon Du Lac, WI, you'll hear tonight's show at 7 PM EST. If not...sadly, they don't stream.
- KLKT - I have absolutely no idea. It's like they never existed. I didn't catch a frequency number though, hopefully I'll catch it later.
- KHIT - I'll have to listen for Casey's ID again. I've found lots of stations that had this ID previously, both AM and FM, but haven't been able to connect a single lead to a Seattle station.
- KWAL - Now currently Country.
- WFFX - The station that currently has these letters is Active Rock. And it's in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. As for the Tuscaloosa station, they're now WBHJ, an Urban/Rhythmic station. Their format in 1987 is a bit unclear - they were an AC-formatted college station until 1984, when they became WFFX, and apparently also added modern rock (according to Wiki).
- Q106 Northern New England's Hot FM - This is most likely the current WHDQ in Claremont, New Hampshire, now a Classic Rocker. Not sure what the call letters were then, but they became Classic Rock in late 1992.
New to the American Top 40 family this week: - WFMK - Here's one of those stations that was AC then (yet still carried the show), and they're still AC now. BTW...they just flipped to Christmas yesterday. It should be noted, however, that when this station did that last year, last year was the first time they'd ever done so; it's thought that crosstown WLMI's own switch a few weeks before that prompted theirs.
- KKAZ - They became KOLZ on 12/9/96. Seeing as they're now a Country station, I wonder if that's also when they switched formats.
- KFMB - Apparently, they were a "Hot" AC station (said to be one of the nation's first) at the time of this show. They adapted a "Star FM" moniker in 1994, but became "Jack" FM (which they are now) on 4/6/05.
There's several stations still missing that I didn't quite catch - if anyone would like to add them in, feel free and go right ahead! If not, I'll try to catch them later. Keep in mind that I myself won't have the list for 11/18/78.
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Post by bandit73 on Nov 19, 2011 20:10:22 GMT -5
Whatever happened to...? (November 21, 1987) - Q93 KQIX - This one's confusing. The only station I can find with any kind of record as KQIX is the one that currently has those letters - an 8-watt (!) Variety station in Perryville, Arkansas that's owned by Perry County Educational Media Inc. That made me wonder if this wasn't just KIQX again, except this was identified as Q93, and KIQX is currently on 101.3. If anyone has anymore insight, feel free to chime in!
Could this be KMGJ Grand Junction?
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Post by at40freak on Nov 19, 2011 21:03:55 GMT -5
WFMK must've dropped it and then re-added the show, because it was mentioned before in a 1984 show that aired earlier this year. I guess then-CHR WVIC aired it in-between?
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Post by Mike on Nov 19, 2011 21:18:00 GMT -5
Could this be KMGJ Grand Junction? It is! Do you know if they carry the current AT40? (I wasn't able to find that out.) Just to clarify for everyone else - 24 years later, this one's still a Pop station! I will also add: - WGBQ - Became WLSR on 7/3/97. Since they're now an Alternative Rock station, I wonder if that's when they changed formats.
- KISS FM Asheville, NC - Now WKSF, they've been Country since the early 90s.
- KC 105 Springdale, AR - This must be the current KXNA, an Alternative Rocker.
- CFBC (Canada) - I'll list both the AM and FM. The AM still has these call letters and plays oldies. The FM became CYJC and is now an Active Rocker.
I'm stumped on KLKT. I can't find any station that used to be "The Music FM" in Reno, and the only Top 40 I can find from 1987 used to be KWNZ (now a different format). Their current Top 40 station, KLCA, didn't take on the format until early 1997. There's two that deserve their own story, IMO. First, is KHIT. KHIT...have callsign, will travel! These call letters currently belong to a Spanish AC station in Madera, California. At one point probably not long after this show, they were adopted by a Triple A (adult album alternative) station in San Francisco that was flipped to CHR. That only lasted until 5/14/88, when they were flipped back (that station is now KSOL, another Spanish station). At one point during the 90s, they belonged to a Country station in Reno, Nevada (now Active Rocker KDOT). As for the Seattle station that had them at this time...well, there's inaccurate information somewhere. For starters, this station is now KRWM, an AC station. Wiki says this station flipped from Top 40 to Smooth Jazz in 1986, though. They became AC on 10/26/92. Oh, and one more thing: This is the flagship station of... Delilah! Last, but not least...Hot Hits 98 in Pennsylvania. Here's the short version of their story: They're now currently one of our dual affiliates (The 70s and The 80s), WOGL! Here's the long, complicated version: They used to be WCAU. In 1987, Eagle 106 WEGX emerged onto the scene. They carried what could be called a "CHR/Urban" format, which drew listeners away from WCAU right from the get-go. The fact that Casey read Hot Hits as an affiliate station is actually VERY surprising, because on November 9, CBS Radio decided that 98 could be more profitable if they appealed to an older demographic, and flipped them to Oldies. My guess is the fact that they'd flipped wasn't reported to the AT40 staff in time. As for WEGX? On 3/12/93, they flipped to WJJZ Smooth Jazz, which they had until 2006. These days, they're Mix 106 WISX, a Hot AC station.
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Post by Mike on Nov 19, 2011 21:34:02 GMT -5
WFMK must've dropped it and then re-added the show, because it was mentioned before in a 1984 show that aired earlier this year. I guess then-CHR WVIC aired it in-between? Cumulus owns them both now, but do you know if WFMK and WVIC had the same owners back then? I could see it if WFMK had higher ratings, and the show was moved over to the higher-rated sister. WVIC is listed on the listening guides that are available on Charis, though, which means that...assuming those were accurate, that would mean the show went from WVIC, to WFMK, then back to WVIC, and then back to WFMK again. Talk about your Hot Potato...! BTW, I forgot to mention: WFMK is one of the oldest AC stations in the entire country, having stayed with the format for four decades.
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Post by bandit73 on Nov 19, 2011 22:30:06 GMT -5
Could this be KMGJ Grand Junction? It is! Do you know if they carry the current AT40? (I wasn't able to find that out.) I have no idea. I don't even know what stations carry it in ANY city.
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Post by bandit73 on Nov 19, 2011 22:34:04 GMT -5
Cumulus owns them both now, but do you know if WFMK and WVIC had the same owners back then? That wouldn't have been allowed under the FCC ownership limits back then. If they were co-owned, they'd have to do some really fancy footwork.
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Post by at40freak on Nov 20, 2011 2:19:25 GMT -5
As far as I know, WFMK and WVIC never had the same owners. Actually, if you wanna get technical, they still don't. Heritage classic rocker WMMQ, which moved to WVIC's former frequency (94.9) in 1997, actually is now owned by Cumulus along with WFMK and several others. WVIC (now an Alternative station on 94.1), is owned by an entirely different company. Had to get that out of the way. Edit: Yes, WFMK and WVIC were co-owned at one point in the late 90's. The owners of WFMK bought WVIC and WMMQ along with a couple other Lansing area stations, and then did a frequency switcheroo with those two stations with WVIC going to the much-lower-powered 92.7. It was then basically abandoned there with it being silent most of the time, until finally being sold in the early 00's and moved to it's current home on 94.1.
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Post by kahunaburger61 on Nov 20, 2011 2:48:29 GMT -5
Not to correct you wahoo but after AT40 left Might 1290 KOIL it went to MOR Powerhouse KFAB. After 10 months AT40 was switched over to it's sister FM station Rock 100 KGOR where it remained until early 1982 when ABC took over Watermark. From February '82-July '82 AT40 was on WOW-AM until they changed to a country format. AT40 was off Omaha airwaves until April '84 when it was piacked up by Sweet 98 KQKQ where it remained into the 90's when I stopped listening due to Hot 100 not being as chart anymore. Ah yes - I always forget about the brief stints on KFAB and WOW. Weird that AT40 was not in the Omaha market during all of 1983. I do know that KQKQ dropped the show in late '88/early '89 - as a matter of fact I called the radio station when I went to listen one Sunday night and there was no show, and the young gal told me that Shadoe "was being dropped all over the place". AT40 resurfaced a few months later on KXKT "The Kat", which was a new top 40 station at the time, but flipped to country in late 1992. Not sure if any Omaha station picked up Shadoe's AT40 after that. I believe that sometime in 1990 or so, KQKQ picked up Casey's Top 40. It was early in '89 that Sweet 98 dropped show because I had to listen to 102.3 out of Lincoln NE with my FM antenna tied to curtain rod to listen to Shadoe. The "Kat" also ironically also flipped to a country format. Memories!!!
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Post by Mike on Nov 20, 2011 2:49:05 GMT -5
As far as I know, WFMK and WVIC never had the same owners. Actually, if you wanna get technical, they still don't. Heritage classic rocker WMMQ, which moved to WVIC's former frequency (94.9) in 1997, actually is now owned by Cumulus along with WFMK and several others. WVIC (now an Alternative station on 94.1), is owned by an entirely different company. Had to get that out of the way. Oh yeah. I forgot about them for a moment. It's a little tricky at first wrapping my head around it, since what was WVIC is now WMMQ, and both of those callsigns have lengthy enough histories. Even with the Michiguide website it doesn't help.
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Post by at40freak on Nov 20, 2011 13:21:02 GMT -5
LOL, I know what you mean. It confuses me too sometimes, and I live here!!!
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Post by lasvegaskid on Nov 20, 2011 23:04:33 GMT -5
Whatever happened to...? (November 21, 1987) - Q93 KQIX - This one's confusing. The only station I can find with any kind of record as KQIX is the one that currently has those letters - an 8-watt (!) Variety station in Perryville, Arkansas that's owned by Perry County Educational Media Inc. That made me wonder if this wasn't just KIQX again, except this was identified as Q93, and KIQX is currently on 101.3. If anyone has anymore insight, feel free to chime in!
Could this be KMGJ Grand Junction? KIQX was and currently is 101.3; I don't ever recall it being lower in the band.
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Post by Mike on Nov 23, 2011 23:34:31 GMT -5
at40freak: WVIC must've swapped out AT40 in favor of Rick's show - I'm listening to 8/20/88 on his site, and he just talked to a Countdown Challenge winner that said he listens to the show on WVIC. If I had to guess, I'd say the switch must've happened sometime not long before that 11/21/87 AT40.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 23, 2011 23:54:22 GMT -5
CRZ, I think you started this thread just after they played the 11/5/83 show. So I will chime in that WDCG here in Raleigh-Durham that was mentioned then is still a top 40 station or CHR as it is called nowadays (?) and it still plays AT40, the Seacrest version that is. They have been a top 40/CHR station the whole 17 years that I have lived here so my guess is they have been a top 40 type station since at least the 80s. Pete's book lists it for the first time on that 11/5/83 show.
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