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Post by Shadoe Fan on Dec 28, 2011 19:46:02 GMT -5
I'll give you another Shadoe Stevens-era one, now, dear fellows. Mike, whadaya know about (drum roll) ... May 6, 1989? Brian P.S. – Still have to post Dec. 22, 1979. P.P.S. – Great job on the December 1989 show. z90fm san diego, ca wnci columbus, oh wzky Albemarle nc radio simonalot??? savonlinna finland new: wcvp murphy nc , radio Renascença portugal kiss fm hartford ct q99 roanoke lynchburg va kmsd milbank sd sbc radio 1 singapore kube seattle wa g105 durham-raliegh nc fm102 monroe la radio esterio continental san jose costa rica y100 miami fl 105.9 qfm santa-fe abq nm wqxe elizabethtown ky cqsl london ontario canada
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Post by Mike on Dec 29, 2011 14:30:02 GMT -5
I'll give you another Shadoe Stevens-era one, now, dear fellows. Mike, whadaya know about (drum roll) ... May 6, 1989? Brian P.S. – Still have to post Dec. 22, 1979. P.P.S. – Great job on the December 1989 show. z90fm san diego, ca wnci columbus, oh wzky Albemarle nc radio simonalot??? savonlinna finland new: wcvp murphy nc , radio Renascença portugal kiss fm hartford ct q99 roanoke lynchburg va kmsd milbank sd sbc radio 1 singapore kube seattle wa g105 durham-raliegh nc fm102 monroe la radio esterio continental san jose costa rica y100 miami fl 105.9 qfm santa-fe abq nm wqxe elizabethtown ky cqsl london ontario canada Well... WNCI was an affiliate back on 11/16/85, and still is today. KMSD joined the family back on 12/13/86, but they're not still a member today. KUBE would still be an affiliate seven months later on 12/23. As for the rest...the floor is yours. (Sorry. ) EDIT: OK, I'll do just one more, cause this one did make me wonder. Remember that AM station KMLB from back on 12/4/82, whose sister KNOE was an FM that's a Pop station today? It looks like they've been at it for a while - long enough to date back to 1989, in fact. Yes, I'm thinking KNOE is also "FM 102".
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Post by briguy52748 on Dec 29, 2011 18:45:58 GMT -5
Here's what I came up with for May 6, 1989 -- where they are today, 22-plus years later:
• z90FM of San Diego, CA: If I'm correct, the call sign is XHITZ-FM (90.3 FM), with the transmitter and license in Tijuana, Mexico (hence, the "X" first letter) and a rare five-letter call sign. Through the years, they've leaned dance and hip-hop/rap (crap), but have always been a CHR station. The current station does not have AT40, but two other stations in San Diego (KHTS and KMYI) do. • WZKY of Albemarie, NC: A rare (for 1989 even) AM station to carry AT40, much less be CHR, they are today an oldies station. • KISS-FM of Hartford, CT: The call letters are WKSS, at 95.7 FM. The station had switched from beautiful music to CHR in the fall of 1984, and in May 1989 was just months away from putting a dance/rhythmic emphasis on the music. The station continued to flourish for the most part, despite putting emphasis on different styles of music (mainly, dance), but for awhile was out of the top 10 in the Hartford, CT, Arbitrons as a rival station briefly siphoned away WKSS's audience. A new programming director was hired and the station is once again among the top stations in the market. Yes, they do carry Seacrest's AT40. • Q99 of Roanoke, VA: One of the most powerful (literally, at 200 mW) stations in the U.S., WSLQ-FM is today an adult contemporary station that does not carry the current show. Seacrest can be heard on two other stations in the market: WJJS-FM and WJJX-FM ... both at 8 a.m. Sundays! • G105 of Durham-Raleigh, NC: This is WDCG-FM, at 105.1 FM, and has been a Top 40-formatted station since the fall of 1981, this despite a lean toward the Adult Hits format. It appears they do not carry the current show, however. BTW: The call letters date to 1974, when the station began using a country format; the meaning -- We're Durham's Country Giant (probably with an ample, liberal dose of the Gentle Giant (Don Williams) played. • FM 102 of Monroe, LA: This may be KNOE-FM today, with the frequency at 101.9 FM; billed as "Star 101.9" and formatting Hot AC. AT40 remains in the Monroe market, albeit at KQLQ (103.1 FM). • Y100 of Miami-Fort Lauderdale: WHYI-FM, at 100.7 FM, has formatted one form or another of CHR/Top 40 since 1973, and according to Wikipedia, "the longest-running Top 40 CHR station in both the United States and North America with the same call letters and nickname." Seacrest's voice can be heard every Sunday morning at 7 a.m. ... and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they were one of the longer-lived affiliates. WHYI-FM didn't have the show in 1974 (when that year's listener directory, posted on Charis' website, was published), but they apparently acquired the show sometime later, as the 1981 and 1982 listening guides list it. • 105.9 Q-FM of Santa Fe-Alberquerque, NM: In May 1989, the station was known as KNMQ with its Top 40 format. In 1990, the frequency shifted formats to a country format as KOLT-FM ("The Colt"), which lasted through 1996. After a brief stint as a classic country station in late 1996, 105.9 became a Mexican-Spanish music station, which it remains today as KRZY-FM. Needless to say, no Seacrest AT40 here (KKOB-FM, at 93.3 FM, handles this duty nowadays). • WQXE-FM of Elizabethown, KY: The station (98.3 FM) still has the call letters, but not the format nor Seacrest. It's hot adult contemporary today, using the moniker "Quicksie" (the phoenetic pronounciation of WQXE). Wikipedia doesn't say when the switch took place. • WCVP: A couple of possibilities: 1. The FM station actually located in Murphy, at 102.7 FM and today known as WCNG, carrying a Soft AC format; 2. WCVP (600 AM) and a country station using those same call letters; 3. WCVP-FM (95.9 FM) of nearby Robbinsville, NC, and also playing country. All three are today owned by Cherokee Broadcasting, and without on-air dates, your guess is as good as mine as to when these stations went on the air. In any event, those are the formats today, and none (of course) carry Seacrest.
I have no information on any of the international stations, including CQSI-FM of London, Ontario; without a frequency, I don't know. However, the AT40 station in the London market is CIQM (97.5 FM).
That's what I know.
Brian
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Post by Mike on Dec 29, 2011 19:37:22 GMT -5
I'll offer only one correction: • G105 of Durham-Raleigh, NC: This is WDCG-FM, at 105.1 FM, and has been a Top 40-formatted station since the fall of 1981, this despite a lean toward the Adult Hits format. It appears they do not carry the current show, however. BTW: The call letters date to 1974, when the station began using a country format; the meaning -- We're Durham's Country Giant (probably with an ample, liberal dose of the Gentle Giant (Don Williams) played. Actually, they do have it. dukedeb posted about them earlier, they're the Pop station in his neck of the woods. Also featured 11/5/83, the week before I started the thread, it appears they joined the family that week. BTW...it also slipped my mind that KDWB was wahoo's hometown station when I posted April 8 a couple weeks back. Sorry about that. I do like the way you formatted this. How do you get the bullets the way you have them, though? I use the "list" function because that's the only way I know how to get a bulleted list.
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Post by saltrek on Dec 30, 2011 23:51:14 GMT -5
Whatever happened to.... Dec. 22, 1979 (final 3 hours):
KUAM - Hagåtña, Guam WVUV - Pango Pango, American Samoa PRO-FM - Providence, R.I. - I was listening to AT40 on this station in 1979. They had just become an affiliate in January of that year, taking it from WPRO-AM. PRO-FM has had a CHR format from 1974 to today. WSTX - Christiansted, U.S.V.I. WDRQ - Detroit, MI - Currently a Doug-FM station (similar to Jack-FM). WPGC AM & FM - Washington, DC - The FM remained a CHR until 1984 when it became easy listening/AC WCLY. then in 1987 they went back to WPGC with a rhythmic CHR format that continues today. The AM is currently a talk station with WNEW call letters. KIMN - Denver, CO. This was an AM station that was a CHR until 1988. It is now KWRZ an oldies station. There is now a Hot AC station in Denver with the KIMN-FM call letters. KSLQ - ST. Louis, MO - Looks like this KSLQ was on 98.1 and is now KYKY an Adult Hits station. There currently is another station in STL with ths KSLQ calls on 104.5 that is a hot AC station. WBBM-FM - Chicago - Currenty a Rhythmic CHR
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Post by Mike on Dec 31, 2011 13:40:56 GMT -5
Yay. ;D And welcome back to the board, saltrek! Haven't seen much of you around here lately. Well, we've got the Top 100 of 1983 on deck for the next two weekends - which means, no stations to report for the next two weeks...right? No worries. I planned ahead for this, and in the place of those two weeks, I'll give reports from other shows, shows that won't come up on the Premiere broadcast...at least probably not anytime soon. Up for this week: A guest-hosted show, including a station that has just come up earlier this week! Whatever happened to...? (November 1, 1986) - KDWB - See 4/8/89. (wahoo's station, the station that gave rise to a future #1 hit... )
- KQSK Q98 Chadron, Neb. - Now Country and simulcasting KAAQ (the two are known as "Double Q Country").
- K-Lite 95FM Grants, NM - Well...I have absolutely no idea. There's a few stations in New Mexico that have a frequency at or near 95, or that are licensed to Grants, that I can rule out due to not having signed on yet in 1986, but due to a lack of callsign in the ID given, I can't pin this down to any one. And oh, by the way, there isn't a station close enough to 95 on the dial licensed to Grants today.
- KDXY K105 Paragould, AR - Also still an affiliate on 4/8/89, though not still today.
- Power 95 WPLJ - I'll cover them below; they've got extensive history, and so should be told with better space for it all.
- WCKN Anderson/Greenville, SC - Playing a mix of Top 40 and AOR, they'd stay with their losing battle against then-WANS FM for one more year, flipping to Classic Rock on December 1, 1987, which they still are today. But they're not still WCKN - they changed to the current WROQ in 1991.
- Now Music 106 WNDY Crawfordsville, IN - Well...I was able to stumble upon a website with limited historical information on Indiana stations. In 1986, WNDY was on 106.3. These days, they're on 91.3. All the while, they've been owned and run by Wabash College. No idea what their format was in 1986, but their format is just given as "college radio" today. That said, they also feature content from WFYI, which is Indianapolis's NPR member station (so WNDY is sort of a member station as well).
- KLUC Las Vegas - They're a CHR/Rhythmic today, though apparently they were already leaning R&B and Dance even by this point. (The shift apparently began in the Fall of 1983.) It wouldn't be until 1993 that they officially converted. Of note is that rival KPLV is apparently just as rhythmic in content but was moved to Mediabase's Pop panel earlier this year (and KPLV is Clear Channel-owned). Does anyone know if KFRH is also on the Pop panel? (I don't have access to that info from Mediabase.)
- Hot Rock FM 95 KLER Orofino, ID - AC today. Doubt they were back in '86, judging from the "Hot Rock" branding (which they decidedly do not have today ).
- WKNY AM 1490 Kingston, NY - Hmmm. Apparently they were Top 40 in the early 70s, but migrated over to AC by the early 80s, yet they carried AT40 under both formats. It was this year (1986) when they moved into their still-present studios. Today, they mix that AC with CBS-affiliated Talk.
- WKRQ - We just heard 'em, on this past weekend's 12/26/87 (Q102).
Now...WPLJ. WPLJ, for those who don't know, is also the one-time WABC-FM, following ABC's merger with the United Paramount Theatres. Then-VP of the ABC-owned FM stations, Allen Shaw, changed the call letters to WPLJ on February 14, 1971 after he noticed them as the name of the 1955 Four Dueces song - the letters stood for "White Port and Lemon Juice" in that song. That September, Shaw and ABC Programming Exec Bob Henaberry would design and pioneer the nation's first AOR format, resulting in a dramatic ratings increase and making WPLJ New York's most listened-to FM rock station for most of the 70s. 1982 and 1983 would bring events that marked their transition from AOR to CHR. First, in 1982, they got a competitor in WAPP, who launched commercial-free and stayed that way through the summer. They beat WPLJ in the ratings that fall, but it was not to last once they added commercials. Still, WPLJ reacted by adding New Wave material mixed in with the AOR. In 1983, they added Michael Jackson's two blockbuster (solo) hits that year: "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" (the latter being added by many AOR stations anyway). They were also dropping older 60s songs and cutting back on AOR artists by May, while at the same time playing more modern rock. On June 30, they launched their rock-leaning CHR format. The "Power 95" branding heard on this show had been in place only since the previous year, 1985. In December 1987, they changed calls to WWPR to complement the branding, but this would only last a year when research revealed most listeners still thought of them as WPLJ. All this time, while a successful station, they were never quite NYC's #1 station, not quite able to overtake more mainstream rival WHTZ. In 1990, the ratings began to fall. Then, in the Spring of 1991, they hired the architect of WHTZ's early success. One-half of the still-running "Scott and Todd Big Show"...Scott Shannon. That year saw the formation of the standard bearer Hot AC format - between this and their AOR history, it's no wonder that WPLJ has had an aversion to the urban-sounding songs throughout the years. Their Wiki article suggests that many concepts later made popular by today's "Jack FM" format may also have been pioneered at WPLJ - doing such things as playing songs familiar only to New Yorkers, and unusual choices for oldies that would not have been normal in other markets (how often these were just regional-friendly songs or lower-charting oldies, it's not made clear). During 1999, they were more of a Modern AC, but that would not last and soon they were back to Hot AC. In 2005, they began adding more 70s and 80s music that had been eliminated in prior years, with some thinking this was a precursor to becoming a "Jack FM", given their history. But, WCBS would beat them to it on June 3. Given the epic ratings failure that WCBS's run with it would prove to be, maybe it's better that PLJ didn't go with it after all. (Actually, WCBS has always been something of a red-headed stepchild compared to WPLJ, always being a distant competitor.) Incidentally, WPLJ, while never quite a blockbuster ratings success, has nonetheless been one of NYC's most financially-successful. And...that's their story. Does anyone have an insight into NYC radio during the 80s? What I wonder, is how AT40 ended up on WPLJ even back then, rather than the more mainstream station in the market. I can understand during the 90s, since I know that WHTZ strayed away from pop for some of the decade, but during the 80s? That could use an explanation.
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Post by Dale Latimer on Jan 2, 2012 23:22:26 GMT -5
Dec 10/11 during the 70s show (Dec 14th 1974), I did hear WKAP Allentown PA mentioned. They are today WTKZ, a sports station tandemed with WEEX in nearby Easton.
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Post by Mike on Jan 7, 2012 14:02:19 GMT -5
And...here's the second of two replacement weeks. We're going into the 90s on this one! Whatever happened to...? (May 12, 1990) - Quad 106 Sacramento - Yep, AGAIN! Announced as "The New" Quad 106 despite having been an affiliate since at least 12/26/87.
- 92 Pro FM Providence, RI - WPRO: Top 40 since 1974, an affiliate since January 1979 (per the 12/22/79 report) that has an "Adult" direction today. saltrek: Do you know if they have the present-day show? I couldn't find evidence that they do.
- All Hit B94 Kingston, NY - WBPM. From 1985 to 1995, the station was aimed more at Kingston, but around '95, they began to target Poughkeepsie more and more and also began leaning Rhythmic. At the same time, obscure dance tracks and 80s gold music were also mixed in, overall leading to the station becoming something of a cult station among dance fans. By 1999, their owners were looking to leave radio, and sold the station. These days, they're WKXP, a (not-so-successful) Country station.
- Hot 97 KHTK St. Louis - This was a station that had been flipped to Top 40 only the year before. It lasted long enough to get them a mention on this show, but not terribly long in general - they were merged with WKBQ, with Top 40 moving to 106.5 FM (which is NOT still there today). Not sure when this happened, but it can't have been long after this show, as by 1992, this station was already a different format. In the fall of 2000, Emmis bought the station and flipped them away from Classic Rock, which was pulling listeners from the rock station they already had (Dirty...! ). They became KFTK, settling on conservative-leaning News/Talk by 2002. Incidentally, this is the third St. Louis station I've posted about, and the third that's not still a Pop station today. (See also: 11/28/81 and 12/4/82.)
- "The Killer Bee" B95 Tulare-Fresno, CA - Well, they don't have the "Killer Bee" branding today, but as KBOS, their format is more-or-less the same as it was back in 1990. Officially they're a CHR/Rhythmic, but even as a Top 40 they've apparently been leaning that way since even the 80s.
- AM 1250 WLEM Emporium, PA - An AM station carrying the show in 1990! Now Country today.
- Power 92 Phoenix - No, this is NOT the famous KZZP that featured famous program director Guy Zapoleon. They're on 104.7, and actually were in the midst of a major ratings plunge in 1990. No, this is the former KKFR, on 92.3. They'd become a Top 40 station in 1985, and by 1988, were patterning themselves after L.A.'s infamous KPWR. After flirting with a fully mainstream approach, they left Top 40 completely by 1997. Emmis, incidentally, didn't own this station until 2000, but in 2006, they sold them to Bonneville, who turned them into the current KTAR, a News/Talk station, at the beginning of 2007.
- WABB 97 FM Mobile, AL - They've been Top 40 since 1984 - also mentioned on January 23, 1988. Doesn't look like they have the current AT40 on their schedule.
- WDOR-FM Sturgeon Bay, WI - Hmmm. Well, here's a rather interesting one. Their format today is described as "Full Service". What does that mean? Well, their programming includes local talk and local news, ABC News Radio, and a music mix of 80s, 90s, and today's AC. There's local and Wisconsin-based Sports, too. They simulcast on 910 AM, the FM having signed on in 1966, and they've been "The Heart of the Door Peninsula" for over 50 years (counting the AM). All things considered, that makes them probably the only "full service" station to have been part of the AT40 family.
- Mix 105.1 Orlando - Hmmm...well! This is the station that used to be WBJW back on 4/8/89. Now you're seeing them after they flipped away from Top 40 - yet here they are as WOMX, still carrying the show! (Just not today... )
- I-100 Knoxville, TN - WOKI. In 1990, they were at 100.3, and remained a Top 40 station until 1993. On July 19, 2010, station WNOX, previously at 98.7, moved to 100.3, bringing their News/Talk format with them. Guess what WOKI is today at 98.7? Also News/Talk. Isn't that just dandy?
- KQAY Tucumcari, NM - Now Country.
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Post by MrGeno502 on Jan 7, 2012 15:51:36 GMT -5
On the 1/8/77 show, the legendary WAKY 790 in Louisville was mentioned. WAKY began in 1958 and was a Top 40 station until the late 70's when they moved towards A/C. In 1982. WAKY became an oldies station. Believe it or not, WAKY became a beautiful music station in 1986. That didn't last long. On April 1,1987 they became a country station. On 2/29/88 the WAKY call letters were dropped after almost 30 years and 790 became WVEZ simulcasting their A/C format on 106.9. 790 returned to country on 6/12/89 as WWKY and later became Louisville's first all talk station. Fox Sports Radio took over in 2001 as 790 changed to WXXA, and today is WKRD. The WAKY call letters returned in 2007 to the oldies station at 103.5 FM in Radcliff. Check out this great site by John Quincy about the legendary WAKY 790: www.79waky.com/
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Post by Michael on Jan 7, 2012 16:40:25 GMT -5
And...here's the second of two replacement weeks. We're going into the 90s on this one! [/li][li]Hot 97 KHTK St. Louis - This was a station that had been flipped to Top 40 only the year before. It lasted long enough to get them a mention on this show, but not terribly long in general - they were merged with WKBQ, with Top 40 moving to 106.5 FM (which is NOT still there today). Not sure when this happened, but it can't have been long after this show, as by 1992, this station was already a different format. In the fall of 2000, Emmis bought the station and flipped them away from Classic Rock, which was pulling listeners from the rock station they already had (Dirty...! ). They became KFTK, settling on conservative-leaning News/Talk by 2002. Incidentally, this is the third St. Louis station I've posted about, and the third that's not still a Pop station today. (See also: 11/28/81 and 12/4/82.) [/list][/quote] Is this from Casey's Top 40? Because Hot 97 never carried AT40. Because when KHTR flipped to become oldies KLOU. WKBQ which was just starting its new format at the time was at 106.5 picked up AT40. Later WKBQ swapped frequency's with it sister country station WKKX and ended up at 104.1. One more tidbit about KHTK when they were classic rock they took the call letters of its then legendary top 40 sister station KXOK-AM.
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Post by Mike on Jan 7, 2012 17:13:51 GMT -5
Is this from Casey's Top 40? Because Hot 97 never carried AT40. Because when KHTR flipped to become oldies KLOU. WKBQ which was just starting its new format at the time was at 106.5 picked up AT40. Later WKBQ swapped frequency's with it sister country station WKKX and ended up at 104.1. One more tidbit about KHTK when they were classic rock they took the call letters of its then legendary top 40 sister station KXOK-AM. Nope. It's the 5/12/1990 AT40. And like I mentioned above, they weren't there very long. I double-checked the show again, and Shadoe gives the ID quite clearly as "Hot 97..KHTK, St. Louis, Missouri". So either the staff had incorrect info, or maybe the show did swap stations.
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Post by Mike on Jan 7, 2012 17:58:13 GMT -5
I want to do a follow-up on a couple stations reported here previously.
12/23/89: KUBE was a station that would remove songs not fitting its rhythmic Top 40 format. 4/8/89: WEGX. I listened to the 12/7/85 show yesterday, and they were mentioned there too. Only...they weren't WEGX, they were WZGO, Z-Go 106. Yes, their previous - and unsuccessful - incarnation prior to Eagle 106. That only lasted from 1984 to 1986, and my guess is the show changed affiliates at the time of switch, thus WCAU becoming Philly's affiliate on 12/13/86. 11/28/81: WGCL. This was the station home to one Townsend Coleman. Name sound familiar? He's the guy who hosted his own version of AT40 on the week of July 7, 1979 on WGCL, rather than the station playing the Top 40 Disco Songs special, them being an anti-disco station and all.
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Post by mrjukebox on Jan 7, 2012 18:07:26 GMT -5
Mike,to answer your question about "AT40" on WPLJ:Up until November 1983,it had been carried on rival 66 WNBC-They were in the process of renewing the contract-However,ABC Radio had acquired Watermark a year earlier-Therefore,it was mandated that "AT40" would only be heard on stations that were owned by ABC-That's how it wound up on PLJ.
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Jan 7, 2012 19:18:30 GMT -5
Is this from Casey's Top 40? Because Hot 97 never carried AT40. Because when KHTR flipped to become oldies KLOU. WKBQ which was just starting its new format at the time was at 106.5 picked up AT40. Later WKBQ swapped frequency's with it sister country station WKKX and ended up at 104.1. One more tidbit about KHTK when they were classic rock they took the call letters of its then legendary top 40 sister station KXOK-AM. Nope. It's the 5/12/1990 AT40. And like I mentioned above, they weren't there very long. I double-checked the show again, and Shadoe gives the ID quite clearly as "Hot 97..KHTK, St. Louis, Missouri". So either the staff had incorrect info, or maybe the show did swap stations. According to my notes Shadoe continued to say AT40 was on "Hot 97" in St. Louis through the 10/17/92 show. If the show moved stations, then nobody told AT40!
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Post by 80sfan on Jan 7, 2012 19:20:55 GMT -5
Casey welcomed WINC of Winchester Virgina to the AT40 family of radio stations on the 1/7/77 show. I'm surprised that the same station has been around that long. This small town radio station located about an hour and a half west of Washington DC, is an AC station in my neck of woods and I listen to it often while driving. The station carried the AT40 The 80s shows but unfortunately dropped it recently.
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