On September 20, 1938, KXOK went on the air from the fourth floor of the newspaper's building in downtown St. Louis, and a transmitter site near Venice, Illinois. (YouTube), From 1976 a KSLQ radio montage, a sampling of the sounds of Super-Q from an entire day of broadcasting. The new company called Radio WIL was purchased by Harry and Elmer Balaban along with the Atlantic Brewing Company at one-third each ownership. This article about a radio station in Illinois is a stub. On average, March produces 5.6 inches of snowfall. The biggest spotlight, though, may just go to Natasha Lyonnne and Rian Johnson, who wrap their dream-team mystery collaboration this month with the final two episodes in Johnson's addictively watchable debut season of Poker Face.Episode 9, "Escape from S*** Mountain," arrives on March 2, while the season-finale Episode 10, "The Hook," closes things out a week later on March 9. 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. Here's an aircheck from one of my favorite stations in St. Louis in the mid-'70s with Sam Kaiser. and this is just the first 100 yards.''. Chicago for $19 million. March 29, 1991 was the 88 th day of the year 1991 in the Gregorian calendar. There's also a promo for a Saturday evening oldie show as well. On November 2, 1998, when, after playing "Sad But True" by Metallica, the station flipped to the new "Jammin' Oldies" format, branded first as "The New 103.5", then (after a "name the station" contest) as "103-5 The Beat". KADI began its history as an easy listening AM/FM combo known as the "KADI-twins." the win in marathon terms. By 1930, Sears decided to sell the station to an agricultural publishing company, the Prairie Farmer magazine. This one is from December of 1973. Childers and Munchkin Studios. until your next birthday on March 29. (103.5), an adult contemporary station in Chicago for many years (also under an AC Oldies All Categories; Alabama Radio Shows; Albany, New York Radio . for WFYR "Hot Oldies on Fyr" Appreciate the help! It's now WFUN, 96.3 "Fun for the Lou" and features an R & B format. Most of the potential big-name talent would begin to bail out from the station moving to major markets soon after. Bob was one of the early midday jocks who probably did double duty in production. jock Jimmy Novak, Blaze air studio on the 23rd floor in the Prudential Building, Sunday's programming included the syndicated Wolfman Jack Show heard here, followed by a local oldie show. Eventually, the station would change once again, this time to an oldies format called "Jukebox 96." Chicago market. holders and some new folks including Jimmy Novak, "Major Tom" Johnson, format) was sold by it's parent company Summit Communications to Major Broadcasting of Is that a true story? Famous birthdays on this day include Hayley McFarland and N'Golo Kant. Rick: Unlike other racing commentators, you're a radio guy who went into racing, and not the other way around. WLS 1960's Surveys Which were the top hits on March 29, 1991?Unlimited, ad-free streaming of over a million songs, 30 day Free Trial, Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?Watch popular movies, TV series and live events, start your 30-day free trial, Discover the planets positions on March 29th, 1991 as well as what the sky looked like at your place. Washington, D.C. This was produced by John Neiman. Yes, Delete No, Cancel. During the late 1980s, the call letters were changed to KRJY, Joy 96, and J-96. An "I Q in my car" bumper sticker along with a booklet with the KSLQ top 300 songs from Spring of 1974. Official Visit . Rick: I know you still follow the Chicago radio scene from afar. 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. Lost touch with a childhood best friend or former schoolmate? And. The covers were stylized after the works of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. (YouTube), 1962-February 28 Bob Osborne By July 1991, The Blaze was tied for fifth place among all Chicago radio stations, besting The Loop (97.9), 105.9 WCKG Your name comes up all the time when I'm interviewing jocks about their influences. traffic updates. I did send some but lost track of his address before I could help further. 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). WWMM, Chicago - Arlington Heights. Historic AM call-signs are easy enough, thanks to the many "DX"
(Rick's note: Thanks to Rick Johnson who sent me these awesome classic WCFL jingles from this era. On March 29, 1991 the US President was George H. W. Bush (Republican). By 1994, Major sold the station to Evergreen Media, parent company of WLUP (97.9 FM) and WMVP (1000 AM). Steve Seaver and Leslie Harris. 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. It's in really excellent condition, hardly been used at all-IF at all. This is the earliest real off-air recording of WIL that I can find on YouTube. wounds he said were inflicted by Iraqi troops after he was detained and held prisoner for his anti-Saddam beliefs on March 29 . When WRCX ended it's run in 1998, the station became Jammin' Oldies and most Reproduction in whole or in part of any text, photograph or illustration without priorwritten permission from the Publisher is strictly prohibited. For the radio station at 103.5 in Chicago, Illinois and formerly known as WFYR-FM, see, "Cumulus, Townsquare Swap Involves 65 Stations, 13 Markets, $116 Million Cash", "On the air: River Country handle traded in for a NASH", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WFYR&oldid=1131823329, "Fire" (station's original nickname, Fire 97.3), American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks, This page was last edited on 5 January 2023, at 22:42. Rick: You probably heard that the GM of WLS, John Gallagher, resigned this week too. WKSC-FM - branded "103.5 Kiss FM" - is a commercial Top 40 radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois. The first . OR, use the links below to find particular editions. The deck was re-shuffled in
CATEGORIES . From YouTube and St. Louis Flashback, 1966-Johnny Rabbitt Show-Batman Parody As the 60s brought us the British Invasion, KXOK became the Midwest Beatles station, as George Harrison's sister lived in St. Louis and she would feed KXOK Beatles releases before anyone else. This from the mid-1950s, shows a station promotion involving elephants! WFYR - Chicago's Warmest Rock. Jan 1 57th Sugar Bowl: #6 Tennessee beats Virginia, 23-22. Major, a newer company, had success with a high-energy hard rock format in Salt Lake City at KBER-FM. Its dates are between March 21 and April 19. This is her downfall story. Thanks to you and a few other talented jocks at WCFL, your radio station really was on the cutting edge, wasn't it? From Chicago to St. Louis, these. Chancellor had been rolling out "Jammin Oldies" formats on many stations in other markets and decided to put this format on 103.5. WFYR Chicago. WFYR Chicago Fred Winston October 25, 1977 1 CD musicradio2005. Meanwhile corporate radio opened a door in 1991, as WFYR 103.5 FM dumped Adult Contemporary as Hard Rocker WWBZ The Blaze. During the 80s, it was business as usual early, but by the mid-decade things started to change. I have part of my tape
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. The Beatles and the British invasion changed that and the top 40 charts started to see some of the more popular middle-of-the-road artists falling off the charts. Sometime in the late 1970s, KADI suffered a fire that put the station off the air for a time. was a major problem until The FRC, which is now of course the FCC, first
Rick: You arrived in Chicago with a big splash in 1965 at WCFL. Mancow Muller was added to mornings and soon began receiving the highest ratings on the station. spring, it eventually gave way to active rock WRCX, "Rock 103 He worked behind the scenes in television as a technical director and editor. Emmis took ownership from 2000 to 2018. (YouTube), My friend Steve Rosen featured in an interview as he remembers his time with KSHE-95. Rick: I thought of all the people in radio, you'd be the most appropriate to interview on the day they run the Indy 500. Lujack did his Saturday show from his home in New Mexico while his co-host, Matt McCann was in the Chicago studio. Rick: You were there during the days of Wally in the morning, and Bob Collins in the afternoon, and filled in for both of them. This 30-minute documentary tells the complete story of how KXOK became one of St. Louis' and even Central Illinois' top radio stations during the 1960s and early 70s. 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. Pictures and music survey's from Pinterest. Rick: The morning radio market in Chicago may be the most competitive in the country. It went back to an adult contemporary format in 1994 as KIHT "Hits" then KNOU from 2015-20. reporter Major Tom was a hit with listeners with his irreverent morning and afternoon But we are the living examples of what a wonderful country this is. 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? By: Andrew_C. headliners Warrant. By 1994, Major sold the station to CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc. Windy City Airchecks: The Tim Benko Collection! 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. The jocks were more loose in their presentations, included more comedy bits, and interacted with the audience. "Y-108" in Aurora in 1993. my first-hand knowledge of most stations would be very weak before about
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Denver at KBER-FM. Steve Dahl and Garry Meier joined WLS (from WLS-FM) in 1984, leaving in 1986. such a list is from getting clear details on the old days of both AM and
Lujack was hired out of retirement by program director Jay Beau Jones. They divested into television by producing "The Mort Downey Show," The PD was a guy named "Brian" something or othercan't remember specificallywho hired me and asked me to start at a date a . Isabel Allende is one the most loved authors in the world. McHenry and Will counties in Illinois, plus Lake and Porter counties in
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! Originally KSTL-FM was part of the KSTL AM and FM combo. Florida air personality, Station WFYR, Chicago, 1985-1987; air personality, Station WYNY, New York City, 1987 air personality, Station Z100 WHTZ New York City, 1996-2000's. Achievements Roxie and I would just like to thank you - for. Park. WLS 1971 WLS 1972. Comments. you'd hear and what you wouldn't; Robert Feder previews the "new" The initial on-air staff consisted of Steven Craig (mornings), buzzed a Jonathan Brandmeier remote in Lincoln Park which was live on 97.9 The Loop. blowin' chunks southbound Tri-State into the 82nd Street toll bucket! Finale lyrics. Evergreen owned the WRCX until 1997 when they merged with Chancellor Media. November 2006 edited November 2006 in Jingles Yesterday! What news were making the headlines those days in March 1991? The body-worn camera and pod camera . -- MarkTime, 9/4/99 (most recent update 9/5/00). Inc. at 332 S. Michigan Ave.. Chicago, IL 60604 (312)939-5480. knew old enough to have heard these are either gone, or their attention
In numerology the life path number for all born on March 29, 1991 is 7. 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. Rick: You also interviewed the Rolling Stones. Richard Ward Fatherly was KXOK's production director, and he often did substitute work by doing DJ shifts on the air. to withdraw its sponsorship of the nightly heavy-metal music show on the north Lujack had been off the air (WLS, WCFL) for many years but was still very well known in the market. Anyway, I hope the list will
A sponsored film made for Chicago radio station WLS as a promotional tool to sell airtime to advertisers. Chancellor merged with Capstar in 1999, becoming known as AMFM Inc. Radio legend Doug James did mornings on the station. Here are some examples of the promotional material from KADI. WFYR (97.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format[1] and licensed for Elmwood, Illinois, United States, in the Peoria area. Images and pictures available on https://takemeback.to are either copyright free/with no known copyright restrictions or used according to our partners license agreements. High energy, high personality, jingles, and certainly more "hip" in the early '70s than AM rival KXOK. It was a great progressive alternative to KSHE as well as the typical top 40 stations in the market. reference publications available from the 1920s and 30s, but tracking frequencies
Here is one example of such a connection. In early 1991, WFYR-FM (103.5), an adult contemporary station in Chicago for many years (also under an AC Oldies format) was sold by it's parent company Summit Communications to Major Broadcasting of Chicago for $19 million. 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. Chicago began to feature stations on the AM dial from the very beginning of commercial radio, which was the early 1920s. . He was fortunate enough to spend time at KADI and KSHE in the years from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. Famous people died on March 29, 1991 include, Lee Atwater, Matt Bennett, Lee Atwater. 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. When The new company called Radio WIL was purchased by Harry and Elmer Balaban along with the Atlantic Brewing Company at one-third each ownership. Cost: $25 for adults, $19 for seniors, students and teens (14-17); members and children under 14 are always free. Either radio station would be able to increase its power to 1,000 watts to achieve a more regional coverage area from that frequency. The most well known personality on WUBT was Larry Lujack. Paul: Before I got hired at WCLR, I got hired by WFYR (103.5). 5," featuring a commercial free "A-Z" kickoff around July 4th. from 1984. 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). View on timesmachine. Here is the 2008 WLS "Rewind" Tribute, produced by Art Vuolo that rains during Memorial Day 2008. Glam rock had started to run its course and Major made a minor sum on the sale. Being born in late-March says a lot about you. Quote O' Matic. The station was the first FM station in St. Louis to meet with any kind of rating success during the period. You must have a few stories from those days Rick: You're the afternoon anchor now at WCBS in New York. This was from 1982. That made her one of the few female general managers of a Chicago radio station. WKSC-FM (103.5 MHz) - branded "103.5 Kiss FM " - is a commercial Top 40 (CHR) radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois. That's where to call letters came from.K-SHE. Crank it up, it's not very loud. But this was no April Fool's joke. 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. On March 29, 1991 the day of the week was Friday. Johnson quit that insane schedule about a year and a half ago, when Chicago newcomer Metro Traffic hired him to be its assistant director of operations as well as WFYR`s traffic reporter. 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