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WRKO (680 AM) is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England.Owned by iHeartMedia, WRKO is a Class B AM station that provides secondary coverage to portions of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine during the day, but is highly directional at night to protect a number of clear ...
The station's new program director, Andy Travis, tries to turn around struggling radio station WKRP by switching its format from dated easy-listening music to rock and roll, despite the mostly incompetent efforts of the well-meaning staff: bumbling station manager Arthur Carlson, greasy sales manager Herb Tarlek and clueless news director Les Nessman.
Mr. Carlson decides to take a more hands-on managerial approach by doing the greatest Thanksgiving promotion in radio history - dropping live turkeys from a helicopter. In 1997 TV Guide ranked this episode at number 40 on its '100 Greatest Episodes of All Time' list. [1] In 2009, it moved to #65. [2]
The following is a list of radio stations currently owned by iHeartMedia.Of these stations, 448 of the stations which are outside the Top 100 DMA markets, plus another 91 stations which may or may not be in the top 100 DMAs are for sale.
Jeffrey hosted WRKO's weekly "Now 30" (later called "Big 30") countdowns on Thursdays and was famous for his high-energy style and catch-phrases such as, "This is J.J. Jeffrey, whippin' my great, Greek-god-like body into a frenzy for ya." He left Boston on October 31, 1969, and became the afternoon drive DJ for Top 40 station WFIL in Philadelphia.
Brien formerly hosted her own show on weekdays from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on WRKO in Boston, Massachusetts. She was replaced by Michele McPhee, who returned to WRKO on June 11, 2012. [2] Brien was named as the "permanent replacement" for the retired Steve Leveille on weekends from midnight-5:00 a.m. on WBZ in Boston.
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 680 kHz: [1] 680 AM is a North American clear-channel frequency. [2] KNBR and KBRW share Class A status on 680 kHz. WRKO, WPTF, CJOB and CFTR also broadcast on 680 kHz, with 50,000 watts at all times, but are class B.
J.J. Wright is an American disc jockey, originally from Louisville, Kentucky, who has been broadcasting in Boston, Massachusetts since 1973. [1] Starting on WRKO (680-AM), he went to briefly to WBOS (92.9), then KISS 108 when the station first went on the air in 1979, there he stayed for nearly 20 years. [2]