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30. WSB from Atlanta and WFLI from Chattanooga (I grew up halfway between)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:24 AM

Mar 2014

The first DJ I remember is Big Hugh Baby on WQXI from Atlanta around 1964. All of these were AM stations. At night, when the local stations cut their power, we'd listen to WLS from Chicago and (sometimes) WCKY from Cincinnati.

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Post here - First radio station you remember listening to and the name of the first DJ you remember [View all] LynneSin Mar 2014 OP

Rock 105 Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #1

Rock 105 from where LynneSin Mar 2014 #2

Jax, Fl Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #5

Boss Radio, KHJ in L.A. in the '60s... Tom_Foolery Mar 2014 #3

At WOLD? malthaussen Mar 2014 #16

Great song... Tom_Foolery Mar 2014 #36

Same here... PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #95

...and KRLA and KEZY... Iggo Mar 2014 #98

Yup, KHJ with Robert W. Morgan. Frank Cannon Mar 2014 #115

It was the best... Tom_Foolery Mar 2014 #116

WCOL (before they wimped out) UncleYoder Mar 2014 #4

Yes, I must be older than you. I listened to WCOL on my transister Boomerproud Mar 2014 #54

'COL used Sunshine of Your Love as theme music. idendoit Apr 2014 #148

WLS out of Chicago with Wolfman Jack. Lars39 Mar 2014 #6

Same here, only with Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards. GoCubsGo Mar 2014 #37

you guys remember Dick Biondi? rurallib Mar 2014 #75

Yes. GoCubsGo Mar 2014 #84

Stay outta trees, dickybird! HereSince1628 Mar 2014 #111

WLS came into my life a little later than WSM and WRUS..Biondi at 9 pm every night yellowdogintexas Mar 2014 #142

Dick Biondi Hula Popper Mar 2014 #123

My vagure memories recall Biondi rurallib Mar 2014 #124

"Lets play baseball1" Hula Popper Mar 2014 #130

Folks with WLS memories might enjoy this site...particularly the section call Bright New Sounds HereSince1628 Mar 2014 #136

Yep. Back in the old days. hobbit709 Apr 2014 #145

WFIL Philly, George Michael malthaussen Mar 2014 #7

The first station I would actually want to listen to is now Christian LynneSin Mar 2014 #9

The first *station* I remember is KDKA, Pittsburgh... malthaussen Mar 2014 #13

A bit of trivia about KDKA Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #19

There were many radio stations on the air before KDKA. Jenoch Mar 2014 #70

My mon always had KDKA on all the time PRETZEL Mar 2014 #23

Jack Buck and Harry Caray calling Cardinals games on KMOX pintobean Mar 2014 #8

I remember in the late 70s listening to Marty Brennamen and Joe Nuxhall do the Reds game LynneSin Mar 2014 #10

Waite Hoyt announcing Reds games and interspersing his stories of No Vested Interest Apr 2014 #151

Me also, pintobean! JohnRogan Mar 2014 #14

wlof 950 am steve2470 Mar 2014 #11

KXOK St Louis Mo, cant remember DJ but he had a voice character Bruno j. Grunion JohnRogan Mar 2014 #12

Did you ever go to K-she's window. pintobean Mar 2014 #139

Yes for tickets and various other winnings! JohnRogan Apr 2014 #143

LA radio antiquie Mar 2014 #15

KRLA also had Bob Eubanks pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #49

Fun times antiquie Mar 2014 #51

Our loss that we didn't have WKRP and Dr. Johnny Fever pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #88

We got Dr. Demento and Bill Ballance, instead. antiquie Mar 2014 #91

KRLA in Los Angeles. DJ was Dave Hull aka LibDemAlways Mar 2014 #106

WABC-AM in New York City; Cousin Brucie. nt LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #17

Loved Cousin Brucie mainstreetonce Mar 2014 #38

Cousin Brucie is still on the air - XM Sirius sattelite radio! mysuzuki2 Mar 2014 #133

Me too. 1963? mnhtnbb Mar 2014 #50

Allison Steele. westerebus Mar 2014 #99

I listened to Cousin Brucie when I was a kid LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #100

I don't know about first - but first significant... lame54 Mar 2014 #18

You are correct. antiquie Mar 2014 #28

Little bit of heaven, ninety-four point seven. Iggo Mar 2014 #114

WGR 55 Buffalo, NY Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #20

WWJ in Detroit Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2014 #21

WIBG - Phila. - Joe Niagra and Hy Lit (Hyrum Litman) HERVEPA Mar 2014 #22

Both of the Philly stations were great during the Top 40 wars malthaussen Mar 2014 #24

WIBG (990) and WFIL (560) both became Christian stations I believe HERVEPA Mar 2014 #25

Yep, WIBG started as a Christian station and has gone back to its roots. malthaussen Mar 2014 #27

Thanks for the history Mal. Interesting. I vaguely remember them broadcasting the Phillies. HERVEPA Mar 2014 #33

CKLW ... Windsor/Detroit Tripper11 Mar 2014 #26

BYRON MCGREGOR WITH 20-20 NEWS!!! kwassa Mar 2014 #57

Yes! Thank you. Tripper11 Mar 2014 #110

Wow...Pure awesomeness Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #132

I was going to mention CKLW, too! nt LumosMaxima Mar 2014 #60

WGAW in Massachusetts MissMillie Mar 2014 #29

WSB from Atlanta and WFLI from Chattanooga (I grew up halfway between) Glorfindel Mar 2014 #30

Dr. Don Rose, 610 KFRC, out of San Francisco n/t Adsos Letter Mar 2014 #31

Me too, early 70s The Second Stone Mar 2014 #34

We had him in Philly first! n/t malthaussen Mar 2014 #92

Dr. Don Rose !! bobduca Mar 2014 #129

98 KUPD in Phoenix blueamy66 Mar 2014 #32

I was just about to post this one! distantearlywarning Mar 2014 #72

Did know that he ended his radio career with a country station in PHX? blueamy66 Mar 2014 #89

WNRK (Newark, DE), Dan Casey woodsprite Mar 2014 #35

KYW (Cleveland) spiderpig Mar 2014 #39

I tought KYW was out of Philly LynneSin Mar 2014 #42

The Cleveland/Philly stations swapped call letters in the 60s spiderpig Mar 2014 #87

KYNO. Fresno CA. DJ was "Sam" something. vanlassie Mar 2014 #40

WETA, Maryland Public Radio Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #41

KRBD fm 105.3 Broken_Hero Mar 2014 #43

WDON AM Wheaton, Md. DJ was Don Dillard Kingofalldems Mar 2014 #44

Gulf 104 in Tallahassee, Florida csziggy Mar 2014 #45

Probably WCAO, Baltimore KamaAina Mar 2014 #46

KDWB, AM 630 (Minneapolis/St. Paul) The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #47

Radio Caroline Skittles Mar 2014 #48

WOW before it went country liberal N proud Mar 2014 #52

I don't remember sakabatou Mar 2014 #53

KOMA out of OKC in the 60's. GentryDixon Mar 2014 #55

Mine was either KOMA or WKY. KatyaR Mar 2014 #65

KIMN in Denver madamesilverspurs Mar 2014 #56

The first FM station, when FM was new and radical: WMMS kwassa Mar 2014 #58

art bell - kdb am radio, santa barbara hopemountain Mar 2014 #59

Ed Murphy - WSYR - Broadway music late at night whistler162 Mar 2014 #61

Ohh crap Ahpook Mar 2014 #62

WHFS, Bethesday MD -- little john, Murray the K, Weasel.... mike_c Mar 2014 #63

Indeed they were, WHFS lasted a long time! JohnRogan Apr 2014 #144

WPOP--1410 in Hartford. peacefreak Mar 2014 #64

Knox Sherman A1 Mar 2014 #66

KRLD Dallas. American Airlines Music Til Dawn Hangingon Mar 2014 #67

WLS with John Records Landecker Kaleva Mar 2014 #68

WABD - Clarksville, Tennessee SkatmanRoth Mar 2014 #69

I once won a Foghat album from a local station LynneSin Mar 2014 #73

I'm not going to name the station or the name of the first radio Jenoch Mar 2014 #71

KOME (SF Bay Area) -- Dennis Erectus (nt) CrawlingChaos Mar 2014 #74

WPAT, Jean Shepherd. elleng Mar 2014 #76

Cincinnati was one of Jean Shepherd's first stops No Vested Interest Apr 2014 #150

this old guy with his radio in the middle of a summers night rurallib Mar 2014 #77

WLS, Chicago, early 1960s... GReedDiamond Mar 2014 #78

WSTW Rock 93.7 Skinner Mar 2014 #79

WARD -- Herb Ruth femmocrat Mar 2014 #80

I am 75 years old and all I can remember RebelOne Mar 2014 #81

Does anyone who listened to radio in 1965 remember this? marzipanni Mar 2014 #82

Early 1960's HeiressofBickworth Mar 2014 #83

Q107 from Toronto, right from the begining. Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2014 #85

I remember listening to KILE ashling Mar 2014 #86

93 KHJ Iggo Mar 2014 #90

I don't remember the first ones, warrior1 Mar 2014 #93

KDKA Pittsburgh warrprayer Mar 2014 #94

Charles Laquidara, WBCN, Boston Miles Archer Mar 2014 #96

Lee Alan on WXYZ in Detroit (very early 60s) Little_Wing Mar 2014 #97

KQV in Pittsburgh............... mrmpa Mar 2014 #101

You know that is where Rush Limbaugh worked as doc03 Mar 2014 #128

Porky Chedwick: 'The daddio of the radio' yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2014 #102

R.I.P., Porky. femmocrat Mar 2014 #104

That might have been one of the people my dad mentioned Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #134

KSFO Russ "Bye-Bye, Baby!" Hodges calling the games Brother Buzz Mar 2014 #103

KILT-AM (the Big 610) and KNUZ. Later KILT-FM 100. Houston. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #105

KUGR, an awful country station in southwest Wyoming. Codeine Mar 2014 #107

Name any big rock/pop FM station in the NYC area from 1971-1976 and I listened to it. Systematic Chaos Mar 2014 #108

WPTR, Albany, New York Rhiannon12866 Mar 2014 #109

KFJZ... sendero Mar 2014 #112

Donnie "The Lovebug" Simpson WJLB MrScorpio Mar 2014 #113

KROQ 106.7 Initech Mar 2014 #117

Two come to mind Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #118

WZAK in Cleveland FM 93.1 ok_cpu Mar 2014 #119

WDGY 1130 AM Minneapolis. geardaddy Mar 2014 #120

Ron Lundy UglyGreed Mar 2014 #121

Pat Pattee on KISN. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2014 #122

KEWB channel 91 AM Oakland California Doc_Technical Mar 2014 #125

Terri Hemmert on WXRT in Chicago. I have 2 older sisters who were rock savvy riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #126

106 KMEL, Chuy Gomez. nt Jamaal510 Mar 2014 #127

In the early 70s Tribalceltic Mar 2014 #131

1380 WAMS treestar Mar 2014 #135

Robert W. Morgan, 93 KHJ LWolf Mar 2014 #137

WJTN, Jamestown, NY av8rdave Mar 2014 #138

WEAM 1390 on your AM dial DFW Mar 2014 #140

toss up WSM in Nashville woke us up every morning with "The Waking Crew" yellowdogintexas Mar 2014 #141

KAAY LIttle Rock Arkansas, from StLouis Mo. AM Skip wave dont you know JohnRogan Apr 2014 #146

From the archives: Wonder how many answers have changed since then? Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #147

CBC News and programs played all the time at our house when we were kids. applegrove Apr 2014 #149