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40 years ago in 1979

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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by matt1 » Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:41 am

I forgot to mention that Traverse City, Michigan station "106 KHQ" (actually 105.9 FM) debuted on May 8, 1980. Did not heard that station until December of 1980 with the reel to reel tape & also the same announcer who would tell you the song by the artist or group as he did on "ROCK 106 WIOG"!!! I wonder when the reel to reel tape & the same announcer ended back then?? Around 1985 or 1986???



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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by DAC » Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:06 pm

matt1 wrote:
Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:41 am
I forgot to mention that Traverse City, Michigan station "106 KHQ" (actually 105.9 FM) debuted on May 8, 1980. Did not heard that station until December of 1980 with the reel to reel tape & also the same announcer who would tell you the song by the artist or group as he did on "ROCK 106 WIOG"!!! I wonder when the reel to reel tape & the same announcer ended back then?? Around 1985 or 1986???
I remember this as well. I think that KHQ (The rhythm of the Northwest!) went live right around the same time that WIOG did. Somehow they managed to wrestle the "Top 40" audience away from WJML, forcing JML to switch to "Light rock, less talk," which eventually led to the demise of their FM station. JML AM, which had been a simulcast of the FM station is still on the air with a talk format. It was pretty amazing because JML had been such a magnificent powerhouse in Northern Michigan. They had the "big city" sound with the JAM jingles package and the "Time Bombs" at the top of the hour, plus top notch on air talent. Plus, JML was the original home of Bob and Tom.



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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by CK-722 » Sat Aug 31, 2019 11:02 pm

WJML was memorable as AC also. Art Morrison, Kurt Kelly, Art Bussure, Bob and Tom, Del Reynolds, George Taylor McIntyre, and many others have gone on to larger roles and fame, For a "small town" station, it was always memorable regardless of format.


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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by BeerMan » Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:24 pm

I remember running a reel-to-reel automation system similar to this one in 1979-1981. I worked on an AM station and the FM was automated easy listening. I had to go in every hour or so and swap out the commercial cartridges in the carousel and change the reels around when necessary. There was some sort of peg board with color coded diodes and you had to put the right color pin into the correct hole to program the carousels to play the proper commercials in each break. Fun times.

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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by matt1 » Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:26 pm

Moon Martin with "Rolene" before that "Pop Muzik" by M!! (1979) That's "The Royal Mile" by Gerry Rafferty before that Jackson Browne's "Boulevard"!! (1980)



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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by Mega Hertz » Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:58 pm

Interesting thread! I'm really digging all this history!


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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by Bryce » Wed Sep 04, 2019 9:46 pm

Mega Hertz wrote:
Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:58 pm
Interesting thread! I'm really digging all this history!
1979? We owned Bay City, Saginaw, and Midland at WHNN. I can still smell the Tuscola studios, dump that they were.


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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by DAC » Wed Sep 04, 2019 9:52 pm

CK-722 wrote:
Sat Aug 31, 2019 11:02 pm
WJML was memorable as AC also. Art Morrison, Kurt Kelly, Art Bussure, Bob and Tom, Del Reynolds, George Taylor McIntyre, and many others have gone on to larger roles and fame, For a "small town" station, it was always memorable regardless of format.
I agree that JML was still a decent AC station, but they lost a lot of their personalities by that point. I believe that Art Morrison preceded Bob & Tom in the mornings, and I don't recall him staying after Bob & Tom took over. I did hear from Jeff Peterson (mid days after the morning show) that the jocks were told to speak less, and many started referring to JML as "the Muzac Station" rather than "The Music Station" as it was known in it's heyday. Either way, for a station in Petoskey, MI, they generated a ton of talent and had an amazing sound for their market.

I agree that this topic is fascinating. Some may rather speak of sausages, but this is the rare kind of topic that makes this forum still have a shred of good content! Hoping for more in the future :)



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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by matt1 » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:10 pm

"JML, the music station" (late 1980)!!



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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by matt1 » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:14 pm

"Escape" from Rupert Holmes and Cheap Trick "Dream Police" "Please Don't Go" from KC & The Sunshine Band The Electric Light Orchestra "Confusion"



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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by matt1 » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:17 pm

Back then also in September of 1979 on "ROCK 106" WIOG, the song "All My Love" by Led Zeppelin (edited 45 version) was cut into 2 parts because the instrumental break went to a different song. When the commercial was over, they cued the remaining song!! That's Led Zeppelin with "All My Love" before that "Get It Right Next Time" from Gerry Rafferty



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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by Realist » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:52 pm

Bryce wrote:
Wed Sep 04, 2019 9:46 pm
Mega Hertz wrote:
Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:58 pm
Interesting thread! I'm really digging all this history!
1979? We owned Bay City, Saginaw, and Midland at WHNN. I can still smell the Tuscola studios, dump that they were.
Yet they still dumped the rock format a few years later for soft rock / AC despite being number 1 overall in the ratings 😡🤬🙄



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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by innate-in-you » Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:34 pm

matt1 wrote:
Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:41 am
I forgot to mention that Traverse City, Michigan station "106 KHQ" (actually 105.9 FM) debuted on May 8, 1980. Did not heard that station until December of 1980 with the reel to reel tape & also the same announcer who would tell you the song by the artist or group as he did on "ROCK 106 WIOG"!!! I wonder when the reel to reel tape & the same announcer ended back then?? Around 1985 or 1986???
Oh, the memories!

My family took us to Benzie County for about ten years. I would lay a TV antenna on the rafters of the open-frame cabin.

One year, I had unpacked all the radio and TV goodies and checked the FM band. Wandering around the dial, one of the first breaks I heard was "106-KHQ".
I mistakenly thought I was getting Spokane😁

The change in the FM band between 1975 and 1985 up there was amazing.
In 1975, with no outdoor antenna, you could listen to any FM station you wanted - provided it was 88.3 WIAA!



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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by CK-722 » Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:31 pm

Our family stayed at various places along the South side of Crystal Lake in the 1960s. Most were near or off Mollineaux Road. Once we stayed in a cabin called THISLDU, owned by Bob Renwick. It had been their family cabin which he now rented. I think he was related to a couple of Renwicks in radio. We stayed at a place with two triplexes facing each other. We could barely hear WTCM 1400 (even had a heterodyne) and 5000 watt WCCW 1310 on our transistor radio. However, our neighbor in another cabin had an AM-FM radio and it was extremely clear on the Tigers game. I think it must have been WTCM-FM, but it looked like the pointer was at the same place on the dial. I could get WDOR 910 though, which played "Silence Is Golden" by The Tremeloes, and WDBC 680 played "Jill" by Gary Lewis. So it had to be 1967. It was a "cool, cool Summer". Don't think it got warmer than about 68 degrees in late August that week.


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Re: 40 years ago in 1979

Post by CK-722 » Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:10 am

I was checking some History Cards and Maps around Crystal Lake. WTCM-FM 103.5 had recently signed on when I was there in 1967. It was 38 kW ERP, H and later added V Bays. It was a little over 700 feet HAAT from the M-72 old WPBN tower 2-3 miles West of Traverse City. The WTCM (AM) 1400 and WCCW (AM) 1310 towers were nearby out there also. So I don't know where you were if you could only hear WIAA 88.3 when it was on the Interlochen tower. Perhaps you were in the blanketing range?


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