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Many shows claim to be the first free-form radio program, but the earliest on record is "Nightsounds" on KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California, D.J.'d by John Leonard.Probably the best-remembered in the Midwest is Beaker Street, which ran for almost 10 years on KAAY "The Mighty 1090" in Little Rock, Arkansas, beginning in 1966, making it also probably the best-known such show on an AM station; its ...
Pages in category "1970s American radio programs" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... Larry King Show; The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio ...
The origin of KMET's freeform rock music format came about due to events at a rival radio station. In 1967, popular Top 40 disc jockey Tom Donahue (Rock Radio Hall of Fame inductee 2015) and his wife Raechel took the FM underground rock sound to KMPX in San Francisco, and soon, along with L.A. Top 40 personality B. Mitchel Reed, to KPPC-FM in ...
Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the continuation of the free love movement, and, of course, Rock and Roll at its height of fame ...
Song Artist(s) Reference January 9 "I Write the Songs" Barry Manilow January 16 January 23 "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" Paul Simon: January 30 February 6 February 13 February 20 "Theme from S.W.A.T." Rhythm Heritage: February 27 March 5 "Dream Weaver" Gary Wright: March 12 March 19 "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" The Four Seasons: March 26 ...
The show's original announcer, Clyde Clifford, moved to FM in 1974 [1] as the rise in popularity of FM radio began to impact the operations of many AM stations. Beaker Street pre-dated the FM radio boom of the mid-1970s and foretold the rise of album-oriented Rock and Classic rock formats.
Adult hits (sometimes also called variety hits) is a radio format drawing from popular music from the late 1960s to the present. The format typically focuses on classic hits, but blended with adult contemporary, pop, and rock hits from the 1970s through at least the 1990s, and is synonymous with franchised brands such as Jack FM and Bob FM.
He also hosted a Latin Top 40 show, produced and hosted live music videos shows such as: a dance show called Wing Ding WDCA Washington, D.C. 1967, Grove In WTTG Washington, D.C. 1969 Barry Richards Turn On (1970–1972) WDCA TV Washington, D.C., Barry Richards Rock Show WMAR TV Baltimore, Maryland (1972–1973), Barry Richards presents Rock ...