A/C stations in the “D”During the 80’s

[Deleted User 14803]

Just for starters we had Lite FM 93.1 ,WMJC Magic 95 and of course WNIC FM 100, I know there where more even a few that lasted only months.Also can you name some of The personalities that work at these stations?

[BKRPDM]

In the 80s, I remember:
WNIC: St. James and Harper, then Harper and Gannon (mornings), Gene Maxwell (middays), Alan Almond (nights) for many years. Jim Paolucci, Peter Carey, Bill Bailey, Paul Russell, Chris Edmonds (all in afternoons at times).

WLTI: Started in 1985, I think. Pat Holiday, Eddie Rogers, Ted Anthony, Lecia Macryn, Tom Summers, Jerry Barnhart.

WMJC: Until 1987, when WCSX started: Jeff and Jer, Paula Casey, Tom Shannon, Bob Stuart, Rod Prahin.

WVAE 92.3 in 1986-1987. I believe the jocks were all voicetracked.

WOMC was oldies-based AC until 1989:
Kevin O’Neill, John Marshall, Ron T, Tom Ryan, Midnight Mary, Eddie Rogers.

[Deleted User 14803]

We’re the calls different because WVAE was for the Wave 92.3 which by the way I thought was a good station and it was also what Smooth Jazz came from .The Wave which started in L. A. at KTWV 94.7 the format consisted from 3 Elements Current Jazz,New Age and obscure Soft Rock a lot of Stuff from the UK example you would hear groups like Dream Academy,Level 42,Swingout Sister,Everything But the Girl,also you would hear Stuff from the US like Steve Winwood,Enya,Robbie Robertson (Crazy River great tune) Sade and more this would be mixed with the New Age and Jazz at the time it was great they were trying to get the Free-Form radio listeners from the late 60’s and early 70’s .

[Deleted User 8570]

In the 80s, I remember:
WNIC: St. James and Harper, then Harper and Gannon (mornings), Gene Maxwell (middays), Alan Almond (nights) for many years. Jim Paolucci, Peter Carey, Bill Bailey, Paul Russell, Chris Edmonds (all in afternoons at times).

WLTI: Started in 1985, I think. Pat Holiday, Eddie Rogers, Ted Anthony, Lecia Macryn, Tom Summers, Jerry Barnhart.

WMJC: Until 1987, when WCSX started: Jeff and Jer, Paula Casey, Tom Shannon, Bob Stuart, Rod Prahin.

WVAE 92.3 in 1986-1987. I believe the jocks were all voicetracked.

WOMC was oldies-based AC until 1989:
Kevin O’Neill, John Marshall, Ron T, Tom Ryan, Midnight Mary, Eddie Rogers.

Not really relevant question:
Where was Jim Johnson at this point? Was he doing rock radio of some kind?

[drew10219]

JJ was at WRIF and then went to WLLZ by 1986ish

[Deleted User 14803]

Your right Drew, J.J. was for sure at Wheels in “87 My Friends and Myself had won some tee shirts from LLZ and went to the station in the morning and they Let’s us tour the studio while J.J. and George Baier were doing the show.

[Chris1980]

In the 80s, I remember:
WVAE 92.3 in 1986-1987. I believe the jocks were all voicetracked.

You're thinking of "92 Music" WNTM. WVAE "The Wave" with the new age/NAC "Wave" format lasted from late 1987 to late 1989 when it became WMXD.

[Chris1980]

WCZY 95.5 had evolved from Beautiful Music into AC by 1982. In early 1984 "Cozy FM" began its transition into CHR, which completed at the time they relaunched as Z95.5 in or about that September. And of course, they took a step back toward AC when they became Q95 in July of 1989.

Also, 99.5 was "Class FM" WCLS during 1984 and much of 1985.

WJR was never really "AC" but they were a reporter to Radio and Records magazine's Full-Service AC panel for a time. I believe CKLW was also essentially AC during its last few years as a pop music station - they continued to report as Top 40 and list some harder rock and R&B songs on their official printed playlists but gave them little if any actual airplay (for example, according to Rosalie Trombley's comments in a 1982 Billboard spotlight on CK for the station's 50th anniversary, they weren't playing "I Love Rock and Roll").

When WLTI launched in the spring of '85 they used a satellite format from Transtar called "Format 41," so named because the music was formulated to appeal to women around that age. Eventually they went local with CKLW veterans Pat Holiday (PD) and Rosalie Trombley (MD) at the helm and their ratings went up. By the early '90s they were often a top 10 station occasionally beating WNIC.

[BKRPDM]

In the 80s, I remember:
WVAE 92.3 in 1986-1987. I believe the jocks were all voicetracked.

You're thinking of "92 Music" WNTM. WVAE "The Wave" with the new age/NAC "Wave" format lasted from late 1987 to late 1989 when it became WMXD.

Yes. Mixed up two stations there. Thanks. WNTM “Ninety Two Music”...

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WVAE 92.3 in 1986-1987. I believe the jocks were all voicetracked.

No voice tracking then. Probably sat fed.



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[Deleted User 10525]

The Wave: 92.3 was all satellite fed, at least for most of its life, When they launched in late 1987, the format was provided by Metromedia. Which I believe was feed from Los Angeles, The same exact format 94.7 KTWV became on Valentines day 1987. 92.3 had a couple live hosts, I think near the end of its run. I've heard a couple of air checks and the one from mid 1989, The Host mentioned they had a section at Harmony House dedicated to the music played on the wave.

107.3 in Cleveland took the exact format in fall of 87 as did 106.7 in Chicago. The Wave was the precursor to Smooth jazz.

92 Music, wasn't that a reel by reel tape? Like they pre-recorded everything for the week and just ran a tape machine? This was 1986-87 so not sure.

[Deleted User 14803]

You are all incredible ,this is great all these memories keep it going this is a good forum, I do really enjoy this.

[Deleted User 10525]

I used to liked when 107.3 from Cleveland would come in, drowning out 107.3 The Juice. Seems to me V98.7 had more of an AC feel to it, in the early days. Less R&B. They dabbled a bit more in New Age sort of.

By 1990 or so, 107.3 in Cleveland went local. 106.7 in Chicago, lasted till early 1989 when Salem bought them and flipped to a Christian format. Ironic as 106.7 was Z rock's 1st Affiliate, 107.3 The 2nd as WCZR, which lasted 11 months.

92.3 was owned by fritz broadcasting I believe in the 92 music, The wave, and part of the mix era.

[Deleted User 14803]

And Detroit had WDZR 102.7 Z-ROCK ,which had a few great rating books but I don’t know if it beat The Riff.

[Deleted User 10525]

They sure did! they came on after the train wreck of CD102. They were all feed from TX and added some local day parts later, Mornings I know around 1995. They introduced to me to a lot of music, by the time I heard it, they had added a lot of mainstream stuff but still had a good edge, in 86-87-88 they were all metal. I think they, in part forced 98.7 out of the rock format, along with 88.7.

98.7 and 101.1 were still playing allman brothers, Elton John, and Brian Howe era Bad Company. 102.7 was Playing Pantera, Metallica, Megadeth, and stuff like that, Alice in Chains and stuff like that too.