#105.3

 WDAS-FM 105.3 Philadelphia – Harvey Holiday with Joey Reynolds – July 7 1974 From the Alan Tolz collection In 1971, 105.3 WDAS-FM changed from it’s Progressive Rock format, to a Progressive Soul format. The station played a mix of Album R&B, Funk & Soul. They called the format Black Rock. One of the jocks from the Progressive Rock days, stayed with the station, as Music Director,…

 WDAS-FM 105.3 Philadelphia – Harvey Holiday with Joey Reynolds – July 7 1974 From the Alan Tolz Collection In 1971, 105.3 WDAS-FM changed from it’s Progressive Rock format, to a Progressive Soul format. The station played a mix of Album R&B, Funk & Soul. They called the format Black Rock. On of the jocks from the Progressive Rock days, stayed with the station, as Music…

Harvey Holiday with Joey Reynolds on 105.3 WDAS-FM Philadelphia | 1974

 WDAS-FM 105.3 Philadelphia – Harvey Holiday with Joey Reynolds – 1974 Courtesy: Alan Tolz In 1971, 105.3 WDAS-FM changed from it’s Progressive Rock format, to a Progressive Soul format. The station played a mix of Album R&B, Jazz, Funk & Soul. They called the format Black Rock. On of the jocks from the Progressive Rock days, stayed with the station, as Music Director, and host of the…

Doug Henderson & Mimi Brown on 105.3 WDAS-FM Philadelphia | Dec 1983

 WDAS-FM 105.3 Philadelphia – Doug Henderson & Mimi Brown –  December 1983 In the early 1970s, Philadelphia’s WDAS-FM switched from a “Progressive Rock” format to “Progressive R&B.” “Progressive” in early ’70s radio lingo meant “album-oriented.” Just as progressive rock stations were trying to do the opposite of the AM Top-40 stations, the progressive soul stations were trying to be the…

Joe “Butterball” Tamburro Tribute on 105.3 WDAS-FM Philadelphia | July 29, 2012

In Philadelphia, WDAS AM & FM was the R&B powerhouse. From the 1950s, on AM 1480, & from the early 1970s on 105.3 FM, WDAS was the place to go for R&B, Soul, & Gospel. For decades, the man responsible for the programming on the stations was Joe “Butterball” Tamburro. He started a a sales rep at the station in 1964, but he loved the music on WDAS, and he really wanted to be on the air. The…