Month: March 2020

Alison Steele

March 27, 2020

The Nightbird Who Gave New York a Midnight Soul “The flutter of wings, the shadow across the moon, the sounds of the night… as the Nightbird spreads her wings and soars.” If you ever tuned into the FM dial late..

Kid Leo

March 26, 2020

The Voice That Made Cleveland Rock “Cleveland, it’s time to rock and roll!” If you grew up in Cleveland during the 1970s and 1980s and had WMMS on your radio dial, chances are you remember Kid Leo. More than just..

WKLO 1080

March 24, 2020

The Louisville Top 40 Giant That Refused to Go Down Without a Fight “You could hear it before you even turned the radio on. That reverb. That jingle. That voice. WKLO wasn’t just a station—it was a lifestyle.” There was..

Miami-Fort Lauderdale

March 22, 2020

Miami-Fort Lauderdale: A Radio Battleground Like No Other (1960s-1980s) “Radio wasn’t just background noise in South Florida—it was a way of life. The jocks were our rockstars, the stations our best friends, and the competition? Cutthroat.” Miami and Fort Lauderdale..

Max Kinkel

March 21, 2020

Max Kinkel from CKLW to New York  Radio Stardom Max Kinkel, affectionately known as “Super Max,” is a name that resonates with radio enthusiasts across North America. With a career that spanned iconic stations like CKLW in Windsor and WCBS-FM..

Twin Cities Radio Wars

March 20, 2020

The Great Twin Cities Radio Wars of the 1970s: When Stations Fought for Every Last Listener By Mark Miller There was a time when the Twin Cities lived and breathed radio—when your loyalty to a station meant something, when you..

They Called It BOSS Radio

March 19, 2020

The National have confirmed that they will start recording their next album “soon”. The US band released their sixth album ‘Trouble Will Find Me’ in 2013, more recently showcasing new song ‘Roman Candle’ live. A Look Back at a Revolutionary..

The Story of KULP Radio

March 18, 2020

Local Voice for Over 70 Years: The Story of KULP Radio By Glenda McGinnis-Stein When you tune into 106.7 FM or 1390 AM in Wharton County, Texas, the warm, familiar voices you hear belong to your friends and neighbors at..

Mike Adams, Always A DJ

March 15, 2020

The Remarkable Journey of Mike Adams In the annals of radio history, few figures embody the spirit of the medium quite like Mike Adams. From his early days spinning records at WCOL in Columbus, Ohio, to his later career as..

The Hot Hits Revolution

March 13, 2020

Mike Joseph’s Radio Legacy In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a seismic shift rocked the radio landscape. At its epicenter was Mike Joseph, a visionary programmer who breathed new life into the stagnating Top 40 format with his revolutionary..

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