Somebody keep me in line

[kevin502]

WKLO was a great radio station.

[bruiser]

Why would you badmouth WKLO?

[kevin502]

I'm just joking. WAKY was my favorite but WKLO was a decent second or third. LOL

[Max]

Those were the only two stations that ever counted...period. They were always 1 and 2. Just curious, you said WKLO was a 'decent second or third'...if they were third, who in the world would have been second?? WQHI? If so, while Hi95, in my opinion, was a great station at the time, AM...those two stations in particular...could not be beat.

[bpflederer]

Kevin, I am assuming when mentioning WKLO was a decent second or third in your preferences was before "Radio WKLO", and FM had not made that much of a dent in the listener's habits or the market. Along with Max, I am curious what was a total second, or what the stations of listening were divided? Could it may have been WINN when they changed from easy listening to top forty type format and before country?

[kevin502]

I was just joking guys, I was trying to stir it up a little in here. I listened to WAKY exclusively until Hi95 came along. Then I went between WAKY and 95, and then later in the 70's WLRS.

I never was a big WKLO fan maybe because I couldn't get good reception. WAKY79 came through loud and clear.

I could go into how that when I did get WKLO I didn't like the format or jocks as much as WAKY, but I don't want to start a radio war in here. Or do I? LOL.

OK, final word for me: WAKY was the cat's ass for me and my friends in our little part of the world in the early 70's and all the other radio stations were non-existant as far as we cared.

[Max]

I noticed you've edited your initial post, so this whole thread might be confusing to one who missed the original post...

[bpflederer]

Thanks Kevin for clearing up my mind ;D Since no time frame was on the previous posts on this topic, I was a little confused.

[Travis]

When I think of the good old days of radio I think of WAKY & WKLO. I really don't give much thought to LRS-102 ('72), Hi95 ('74) or KJ-100 ('76 or '77). They were great stations but in an entirely different sense from what had been heard & done on WAKY & WKLO.

As program director, C.C. Matthews did do a pretty good job of making KJ-100 sound exciting, and it carried over to WDJX after C.C. had left for QMF (formerly Hi95) in '81. Only Christopher Randolph (no relation to Johnny Randolph) could hold my attention as a great sounding jock on DJX. The man loved his work and sounded great.

Enjoy your iPods, your CDs, your DVDs and your satellite radio. It was another time when WAKY & WKLO ruled the airwaves. That time came and went, and... in all likelihood, will never come again.

[John Quincy]

Uhhh...it was early '79 for KJ-100.

That's when WKLO and WCSN both morphed into WKJJ AM & FM.

[mikegriffin]

Not too many FM receivers at the time, but let's not forget that WKLO simulcast on FM in the 1960's. It came on early in the morning and signed off at 11PM. I remember Bob Shannon saying "Goodnight FM." I don't recall much other comment about it. I listened quite a bit to it and was sad when the FCC changed the rules about simulcast and they put some junk on it.

Speaking of FM, WHAS FM was classical, then switched to all news (anyone remember the call letters), then automated soft country as WAMZ (they had some Drake-Chenault package), then Coyote live in the afternoon and the rest automated, then all live country.
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There was also a small FM making a splash in 83, 84 or so. They had an MTV like playlist (at a time when MTV was watchable and still played music) on FM. Lite Personality and making a bit of a splash. They were one of the lower power stations like LRS and RKA and maybe 101 something on the dial. They had a good sound and then they were gone. Anyone have any ideas?

[Travis]

Regarding the birth of KJ-100:

I knew I was having trouble when I had to list two possible years for the birth of KJ-100.

All I really had to do was to remember that I once thought of KJ-100 as "Supertramp 100" because Breakfast in America was released in '79 and the LP's four hits (was it four?) was all that one could hear on KJ. Or so it seemed.

Regarding WHAS FM when it was an all news station:

It seems to me that the calls were WNNS for "News Ninety-Seven." Is WAMZ at 97.? on the dial?

The late great Jesse D. Burd (J-Burd) loved listening to WNNS as he performed engineering duties at WFPL & WFPK. He would later join Mike Griffin at WHAS as an engineer. I learned a lot from him during my years as a primary announcer for WFPL.

[mikegriffin]

WNNS is right. I used to listen to it as well.

Ahhh Jesse Burd -- JBird as he called himself sometimes at WHAS. What a great and probably greatly under appreciated engineer. You always knew that the job would be done and done well when JBird did it.

WAMZ is 97. something, wow, I should know that. My final answer is 97.5

[Max]

mikegriffin said:

They were one of the lower power stations like LRS and RKA and maybe 101 something on the dial. They had a good sound and then they were gone. Anyone have any ideas?

I think you may be referring to 101.7 FM WZZX. They had a good sound, but were out of there almost as quick as they came.