April 1980 found AM 1450 WOL in its waning days as a Soul music station, with an impending sale to the company now known as Urban One and an eventual format shift to All Talk. Featured in this aircheck are Bob Scott (the last Program Director under Sonderling Broadcasting), some interesting promos, and a commercial for Morton’s, the now-defunct chain of discount department stores in the DC area.
On June 30, 2021, Barry Lee ended is 37-year run doing the morning shift at Winchester’s WINC-FM.
This is his final break…
Mike Burke was on the air in Washington for 35 years, working at WOOK, WINX, WMMJ, WHUR, and WTOP…
From 1979 until he died in 1983, Wells Bunyea hosted mornings on 94.7 WJMD, which later became WLTT…
Before 99.9 WFRE switched from the Easy Listening format in 1992, 820 AM WQSI was known as “Frederick’s Only Country Station, 82Q”……
Audacy’s Classic Hits 94.7 The Drive (WIAD) has had an incredible year in the Nielsen Ratings.
They started the year with a 3.5 in January and have steadily climbed to a 5.1 in the latest ratings period….
From 1967 – 1985, 106.7 FM was known as WEZR. The station mainly played instrumental covers of pop songs….