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WDRQ (93.1 DRQ) – Detroit – 7/25/98 – Special Ed
Our apologies for the frequent doses of static heard throughout the first few minutes of this aircheck. Following the “worst-to-first” success of New York’s “103.5 The New ‘KTU” in 1996, a number of...
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WBUS (99.9 The Bus) – Kankakee, IL – 7/27/96
“Discover America’s Hit Music…the Bus, WBUS.” Offering a unique name and an even more interesting playlist, WBUS was an interesting Mainstream CHR station that originated in Kankakee, IL but could be...
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KHTS – simulcast of WFLZ (93-3 FLZ) – San Diego/Tampa – 8/1/96 – Tom Steele
From March to August 1996, as part of the preparation for what would eventually become “Channel 933″, KHTS 93.3 FM in San Diego simulcasted Mainstream CHR sister station WFLZ (93-3 FLZ) in Tampa. This...
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WHTZ (Z100) – New York – Jan ’84 – Hollywood Hamilton, Joe Davis, Shadoe Stevens
30 years ago today, New York’s Z100 hit the airwaves for the first time. According to the station’s Wikipedia page, within 74 days, the station had climbed from last place to first place in the...
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WHOT (Hot 101) – Youngstown, OH – 8/5/99 – Jay Kline
Recorded 14 years ago today, this is a sample of one of the longest-running CHR stations in the United States. According to Wikipedia, WHOT debuted in 1955 on 1570 AM and switched (AM) frequencies...
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WLDI (Wild 95.5) – West Palm Beach, FL – 8/14/98 (first day)
Fifteen years ago today, Country-formatted WXFG flipped to Mainstream CHR as Wild 95.5 — which is still the format and moniker heard on the frequency today. This aircheck represents a montage of the...
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WKFR (103.3) & WSNX (104.5) – Kalamazoo & Grand Rapids, MI – 8/15/97 – Dr....
Recorded on the same evening (16 years ago yesterday), this is a sample of longtime CHR stations serving neighboring markets in West Michigan. Both stations were offering Friday mixshow programming...
View ArticleKIDR 740 – Phoenix – 8/18/98 – Matt Miller & Brotha Fred
During the mid-90′s, KIDR (740 AM) in Phoenix was one of several radio stations across the U.S. affiliated with the childrens’-targetted “Radio AAHS” network. Ten of these stations were owned by Radio...
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WAPW (Power 99) – Atlanta – Aug/Sep ’92 – Rick Stacy; The Big Watusi
This is a sample of Atlanta’s Power 99 — which, according to Wikipedia, was the “dominant top-40 station in the Southeast” at the start of the 90′s — just before it flipped to Modern Rock as 99x. The...
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WVKS (92.5 Kiss-FM) & WDRQ (93.1 DRQ) – Toledo, OH / Detroit, MI – 8/27/98 &...
Recorded 16 years ago this week, this is a montage of a pair of CHR stations that served neighboring Midwestern markets. At this time, Toledo’s WVKS (92.5 Kiss-FM) aired its “Club Kiss” (which was...
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KHOM (Mix 104.1) – New Orleans – 8/31/97
Recorded on this date 16 years ago – and serving “The Party Capital of the World” – Mix 104.1 offered one of the most diverse playlists I’ve ever heard on a CHR station. Reviewing the comments from an...
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KYOT (95.5) – Phoenix – Sep ’93 (stunting: Amer. Radio Museum)
At Noon on September 2, 1993, following a sale from Edens Broadcasting to Sundance Broadcasting, CHR “Y95″ ceased to exist on KOY 95.5 FM in Phoenix. For the next 24 hours, a stunt known as “American...
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WZPL (99 1/2, ZPL) – Indianapolis – 9/13/97 – Jason Adams
From its days as a Mainstream CHR, this is a sample of the “ZPL Hitzone” mixshow from a Saturday night in September 1997. This was a high-energy program broadcast live from an upscale beach-themed...
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WYTZ (Z95) – Chicago – 1986 – Peter B
In 1986, 94.7 WLS-FM in Chicago changed its call letters to WYTZ and began referring to itself as “Z95″. This new approach, along with a long list of personnel changes, made the station became a...
View ArticleKHYI (“94.9″) – Dallas/Fort Worth – 9/21/91 – Billy Burke
Beginning sometime in 1986, 94.9 FM in Dallas was known as Y95. During its run, it forced multiple competitors out of the CHR format. But in the early 90′s, with changing popular music tastes, many...
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WHYI (Y-100) – Kenny Walker &“Rhythm 93.5″– Miami – 10/8/98 & 10/11/98
Recorded 15 years ago this month, this is a sample of Miami’s heritage Mainstream CHR (Y-100) on a Thursday night during live-to-air programming (titled “The House of Style”) from a local nightclub...
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WKTU (103.5 The New KTU) – Diane Pryor & WHTZ (Z100) – Billy Hammond – New...
Both recorded 15 years ago today, this is a sample of the two dominant CHR stations in the largest U.S. media market during the late 1990′s. WKTU offered what we now call a Rhythmic AC format, while...
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WHTZ (Z100) – New York – Nov/Dec ’91 – Various personalities
Recorded around this time of the year, 22 years ago, this is a sample of what is/was probably America’s best-sounding major market CHR.
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KRQQ (93.7 KRQ) – Tucson, AZ – 11/29/97 – Jumpin’ Jack
One of the longest-running CHRs in America is Tucson’s KRQQ (93.7 KRQ). Here’s a sample of this heritage station from a Saturday afternoon in late 1997 (recorded 16 years ago today); they mention...
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WIOQ (Q102) – Philadelphia – 12/2/97 – Joe Mama
Recorded 16 years ago, this is a montage of Q102 during its final days with a Dance-leaning Mainstream CHR format – a relative rarity then (and now) for most U.S. commercial stations. The station...
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