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Post by Mike on Apr 13, 2012 16:18:43 GMT -5
- WBBQ-FM (104.3), Augusta, GA - currently an AC station (since 1994 when they switched formats with WZNY, now with the call letters WIBL and a country format)
Expanding on this one with a story worth mentioning... In August 1994, station manager Birnie Florie pulled a rather dirty move, ordering WBBQ to swap formats with newly-acquired sister station WZNY, with BBQ getting an AC format (which they still have today). This happened (probably deliberately) while owner George Weiss was out of the country, and it along with a few other decisions led Weiss to donate both stations to the Medical College of Georgia in 1997 shortly before passing away from cancer. The college, in turn, sold them to Cumulus for $14 million, using that money to establish the Weiss Endowment for Research for cancer research. Cumulus sold them both to Clear Channel in 2000. EDIT: By the way...the WBBQ Wiki had the wrong link, probably not updated for the Georgia station later dumping Country themselves. The switcher in question was at 105.7 until August 13, 2007, trading frequencies with Classic Rock WEKL and moving to 102.3. On April Fool's Day 2010, WIBL flipped back to WZNY and Top 40 - no Foolies. The station that is now WIBL is Country...but they're in Bloomington, Illinois.
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Post by JMW on Apr 13, 2012 16:53:33 GMT -5
- All-Hits Q106, Killeen/Temple, TX -
Not surprising you're not having much luck with this one...you didn't last month, either (for 3/22/86). It's KTQN (now KOOC) again. That's weird because I did a board search for "Q106" and my post from that show didn't show up in the results; no wonder I ran into a problem again.
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Post by Mike on Apr 14, 2012 11:56:35 GMT -5
Well I looked up the city of Temple, Texas, and that gave me a (partial) list of stations on their Wiki. I then went to KLFX (picking one of the stations on the page), and that one gave me the box at the bottom that referred to all the stations in the market - the box in this case specifically said it was the Killeen-Temple market. Only one station there was located at 106-anything.
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Post by JMW on Apr 20, 2012 13:45:14 GMT -5
Stations mentioned on the 4/24/1982 show: - WCHL, Chapel Hill, NC - currently a news/talk station. More below:
- WDJQ, Alliance, OH - they have the same call letters and format as they did in 1982 but they had different call letters and formats in between then and now, as seen below:
There's also this interesting fact about the station:
- WEAI, Jacksonville, IL - I came across this link that has a short station history but doesn't give any details as to what format they are; however, their Facebook page seems to indicate that they are news/talk station simulcasted through WLDS-AM.
- KELO (AM), Sioux Falls, ND - now a news/talk station (since July 2000)
- KEYE, Perryton, TX - if this was the AM station, they're now a country station; if it was FM, they're an AC station.
- WFTN (AM), Franklin, NH - now an adult standards station (simulcasts with WPNH-AM)
- WFXY, Middlesboro, KY - now a Hot AC station
- KGY, Olympia, WA - mentioned on 3/16/1974 (brought up in this post), 3/19/1983, 1/23/1988 and during the Shadoe years on 12/23/1989
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Post by JMW on Apr 21, 2012 13:07:26 GMT -5
Stations mentioned on the 4/19/1975 show: - KERN, Bakersfield, CA - This one kind of as a complicated history so I'll just link to these two Wikipedia links: KERN and KERI.
(And here's a not so complicated history: KERN was one of the first stations in the country to carry AT40.)
- WDRC, Hartford, CT - short story: they are now a classic hits station. Here's the longer story:
-they flipped to an album rock format in 1977 -they leaned between rock and AC by 1979 and switched back to Top 40 in early 1980. -By 1984, they were an oldies-based AC station but became a full-time oldies station in 1986 due to positive listener feedback.
(The station's Wikipedia entry has a detailed explanation on what decades they've been focusing on for the past 25 years.)
- KEYN, Wichita, KS - mentioned on the 1/31/1981 show (they're now a classic hits station)
- WEIM, Fitchburg, MA - they are now a news/talk station with the call letters WPKZ; the station's history can be seen here.
- KFAR, Fairbanks, AK - now a news/talk station
- WGNS, Murfreesboro, TN - has been a news/talk station since the early 90s
- KEYY, Provo, UT - now a Moody Radio (Christian radio network) affiliate
- WHEB, Portsmouth, NH - mentioned on 11/11/1972 (now a rock station, as well as where Tom Bergeron got his start). The Wikipedia entry mentions that baby boomers and Gen-Xers remember the station playing "Casey Kasem's three hour radio show" which makes me think they dropped it when it went four hours.
- KELI, Tulsa, OK - currently carries a sports talk format as KTBZ. Since the early 80s, they've had the following formats: news/talk, contemporary hits (in 1983-84), oldies, AC, classic country and finally their current one. The call letters they had between KELI and KTBZ were KVLT, KSKS and KQLL.
- WDBQ, Dubuque, IA - now a news/talk/sports station
Three new stations were welcomed to the AT40 family: - WMLS, Sylacauga, AL - currently a classic hits station with the call letters WYEA; the WMLS call letters now belong to a public radio station in Minnesota.
- WBT, Charlotte, NC - now a news/talk station. Going by the following paragraph, they apparently were an AC station when this show aired:
- KIVY, Crockett, TX - now an adult standards station
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Post by gford on Apr 24, 2012 16:53:49 GMT -5
Stations mentioned on the 4/24/1982 show: - WFTN (AM), Franklin, NH - now an adult standards station (simulcasts with WPNH-AM)
WFTN-AM aired American Top 40 in it's first year of 1970 and continued on the 1240AM frequency until the Hot AC format on the 1240 switched to the new 94.1FM frequency as WFTN-FM debuted in April of 1987. Casey ran on WFTN-FM until his last show on Premiere Radio. WFTN-FM ran Shadoe Stevens up until a couple of years ago. In 1987 Wftn-am went to an oldies format then a country simulcast and then an adult standards station.
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Post by JMW on Apr 27, 2012 13:25:32 GMT -5
I'm having a problem with the WWIS player today so I'm going to not do the list of stations this week.
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Post by Mike on Apr 27, 2012 13:41:55 GMT -5
I'm having a problem with the WWIS player today so I'm going to not do the list of stations this week. I had a bit of a problem back around #38, but I'm getting it fine now. Whatever happened to...? (April 26, 1980) - KKBC Carson City, NV - They'd change calls to KWNZ (K-Wins) in 1984, which was heard last year on 2/27/88. They moved to 93.7 in 2004, but on August 26 last year, they became KTZQ, and four days later flipped to Adult Hits "Bob FM", flipping the call letters to KZTQ (no doubt waiting for the station now at 97.3 to relinquish them).
- KLLA Leesville, LA - Now Oldies.
- KXOA AM/FM Sacramento, CA - The AM was sold to ABC/Disney in the spring of 2001 - at that time, they had Classic Country/Western, their third format since the time of this show. I think you know what format comes next upon that transaction... They're KIID now. The FM had been using an album-oriented "mellow" rock format, but would go Soft AC in the early 80s. They'd stay that way until the early 90s, first losing the Soft from their AC, then going Classic Hits in the spring of '94. That would last until the summer of 1998, when they'd go Top 40 as KDND, which they still are today. No AT40 there - instead, they have something called "The Fab 30", a countdown hosted by...Perez Hilton, of all people.
- WJDX Jackson, MS - Oddly, they were WJDS from July 6, 1990 to October 8, 1998. They regained the X, though, and used to be Sports. But on October 3 of last year, they flipped to News/Talk.
- WKKZ Dublin, GA - What's interesting is, this station just became WKKZ barely under two months before this show, on March 3. They still have those letters today, only now they're Modern AC.
- WKLP Keyser, WV - Now an ESPN Sports station and simulcasting WCMD. They were Adult Standards prior to that, but flipped on October 13, 2008.
- WLQH Chiefland, FL - Now Oldies, and simulcasting WZCC (the latter since December 1, 2010).
- WMEE Fort Wayne, IN - These calls used to be on an AM sister, but moved to FM the previous year. Competition would come in the form of WDJB in the early 90s, quickly cutting into high ratings and resulting in them flipping to Hot AC in 1994 - which they still have today. Then again, maybe WMEE has had the last laugh, as WDJB would be the other station's third of NINE sets of call letters. Oh...and incidentally: Remember back on 3/12/88 when Casey read KMMR twice? Well, he reads WMEE twice on 2/20/88. Wonder how many '88 shows he made that mistake in? (EDIT: Oh yes, they were also heard three weeks ago on 4/7/84. Admittedly, I hadn't looked. )
- KMIT Mitchell, SD - Now Country.
- KMLB Monroe, LA - Heard nearly five months ago, back on 12/4/82. We had a tough time with the information on that week, but I think I have a rough idea of them now. I think what it basically boils down to is that they were a News/Talk station - they still are, but they used to be on 1440 AM. In 2008, amidst a multi-station sale, they were moved to 540, and the 1440 license was terminated.
- KIIS "Kiss FM" Los Angeles - It's worth noting that Casey's future competition, the Dees man, wasn't even there yet - he wouldn't arrive until the following year. At this time, they were more of a "dance and disco" station, but would go back to Top 40 the following year. As has been noted, they'd be the #1 station in L.A. until KPWR came calling in 1986. Their Wiki claims that they have the highest ratings once again though - any way to verify this? In any case, I will also mention that in spite of the presence of the Dees man, AT40 would be on KIIS during the Shadoe years in the early 90s. And, of course, as the one-time (radio) home to Ryan Seacrest, it's there once again today.
Oh, yes...one more thing. Back in early 2007, KDND was involved in a major controversy when someone who participated in their "Hold Your Wee For a Wii" contest...died. Since there's no way to give a realistic short version of what happened, I'll direct you to their Wiki for the details: KDNDNew to the American Top 40 family this week: - KNEN Norfolk, NE - Founded the previous year by Gene Koehn, who left WJAG over a wage dispute, vowing to starting a new station. They're now a Classic Rocker.
- KWWL Waterloo, Iowa - Became KWLO later in the year after a station sale. The Top 40 format went to their FM sister two years later, and from there, KWLO went AC and Adult Standards before finally settling on their current Oldies. Incidentally, earlier this month (present day) they were purchased by Woodward Communications, making current 70s & 80s affiliate KOKZ a sister.
- WABZ - Albemarle, NC - This is the FM station; there was an AM station formerly with these letters that's still in Albemarle, but they'd left these letters behind long before this show. Anyways, in 2004, they moved to Indian Trail, became WPZS, and flipped to Urban Gospel.
- WEGP Presque Isle, ME - Dark for a couple of years in the mid-90s, they're now a News/Talk/Information station.
All stations are now accounted for.
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Post by JMW on Apr 27, 2012 14:05:48 GMT -5
I had a bit of a problem back around #38, but I'm getting it fine now. I'm not having a problem now, but I'll still let you do the rest of them; I'll (likely) be doing double duty with the 1979 and Dick Clark shows.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Apr 27, 2012 17:45:09 GMT -5
Stations mentioned on the 4/24/1982 show: - WFTN (AM), Franklin, NH - now an adult standards station (simulcasts with WPNH-AM)
WFTN-AM aired American Top 40 in it's first year of 1970 and continued on the 1240AM frequency until the Hot AC format on the 1240 switched to the new 94.1FM frequency as WFTN-FM debuted in April of 1987. Casey ran on WFTN-FM until his last show on Premiere Radio. WFTN-FM ran Shadoe Stevens up until a couple of years ago. In 1987 Wftn-am went to an oldies format then a country simulcast and then an adult standards station. WFTN-AM in Franklin, NH aired AT40 in 1970? I'm curious to know how you know this information.
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Post by JMW on Apr 28, 2012 13:09:27 GMT -5
Stations mentioned on the 4/28/1979 show (just the last three hours; I'll get the first hour ones tomorrow on KMCQ): - WJDX, Jackson, MS - mentioned on the 4/7/1984 show and this weekend's 4/26/1980 show
- WKLP, Keyser, WV - mentioned on this weekend's 4/26/1980 show
- WIFE, Indianapolis, IN - now an oldies station (WIFE-FM is a country station.)
- WKST, New Castle, PA - now a news/talk station. A piece of station history:
- WLNC, Laurinburg, NC - mentioned on 11/11/1972
- WMEE, Fort Wayne, IN - just like WJDX, they were mentioned on 4/7/1984 and 4/26/1980
- WMLQ, Iron Mountain, MI - I can't find any stations that had these call letters in 1979; I'll look into this one more.
- WQAM, Miami, FL - Florida's first radio station switched to a country format on 2/29/1980 and again to their current sports talk format in 1992. The following paragraph mentions AT40:
New stations welcomed to the AT40 family: - KGFL, Clinton, AR - currently an oldies station
- KBWD, Brownwood, TX - now an AC station
- WMFC, Monroeville, AL - mentioned on the 2/23/1980 show
- KIPA, Hilo, HI - mentioned on the 12/14/1985 show
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Post by Mike on Apr 28, 2012 13:17:29 GMT -5
WJDX? WKLP? LOL...Double Duty! EDIT: The info for WJDX on 4/7/84 is inaccurate, other than the current WJDX-FM being a 70s affiliate (which they are). That station, however, only changed calls to WJDX last year and had different calls in '84. Actually, I don't think there was a WJDX-FM in 1984...or in 1980 or '79, either. The only records I find of an FM is an ex-sister to the AM, which changed calls in 1973, and the current 70s affiliate.
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Post by Mike on Apr 28, 2012 15:20:38 GMT -5
- WMLQ, Iron Mountain, MI - I can't find any stations that had these call letters in 1979; I'll look into this one more.
Hmmm...I can't find a record, either. But, I do have a theory - I wonder if somebody wrote this down really badly on the week's list of stations for Casey to read off. Specifically, I wonder if they wrote it as "wmlq" in small case, which looks like WMLQ - instead of "WMIQ", which does exist in Iron Mountain today (and is a Talk station). EDIT: I'll bet that's what happened. The 1981 listening guide has Iron Mountain's WMIQ (1450 AM) listed. So...there you go, chalk this one up to human error.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2012 16:12:14 GMT -5
[/li][li]WLQH Chiefland, FL - Now Oldies, and simulcasting WZCC (the latter since December 1, 2010). [/quote] Chiefland HAS a radio station? ??
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Post by Mike on Apr 28, 2012 16:53:29 GMT -5
Yup. WLQH is (still) licensed to Chiefland.
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