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Lee Paris, on Rock of the 80s i92, WIFI Philadelphia | June 1983

Back during the early 1980s, mainstream Rock acts dominated Album Oriented Rock (AOR) radio, leaving very little room for the emerging New Wave & Punk Rock artists, like Depeche Mode, Culture Club, . Rick Caroll, Program Director at KROQLos Angeles, introduced a new Rock format called “ROQ of the Eighties.” Carroll’s approach was to play music from  new wave, punk and related Rock genres, while…

Don Cannon, WIFI 92 Philadelphia | 1981

In 1973, Philadelphia’s WIFI 92 instituted a high-energy Top 40 format known as the Boogie Format with the slogan “Let’s Boogie.” It Philly’s first live FM Top 40 station. It performed fairly well for many years. When 98.1 WCAU-FM debuted its Hot Hits format in October 1981, which caused WIFI’s ratings to fall as WCAU-FM quickly grabbed most of the teen audience. In 1982, WIFImade a move to a…

Steve Ross, 92X WXTU Philadelphia | January 1, 1984

  In 1973, Philadelphia’s WIFI 92 instituted a high-energy Top 40 format known as the Boogie Format with the slogan “Let’s Boogie.” It Philly’s first live FM Top 40 station. It performed fairly well for many years. When 98.1 WCAU-FM debuted its Hot Hitsformat in October 1981, which caused WIFI’s ratings to fall as WCAU-FM quickly grabbed most of the teen audience. In 1982, WIFI made a move to a…

1974 Detroit Composite Sampler

Recording Date: 1974 (Assorted Dates) Stations: Various Formats: Top 40, Oldies, Album Oriented Rock Contributor: Mark Yurko

WHFI now leaves the air for equipment maintenance…

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Curator’s Notes:

This runs about an hour, and includes most of the greater Detroit radio market. The quality is not very good, as the source tape sounds muddy and includes some tape hiss. There are some nuggets,…