Today 101 looks at 1983...
First let's look at the Arbitron landscape as the new year arrived (Fall '82 12+)-
WIVK-FM 22.3
WEZK-FM 13.2
WOKI-FM 12.1
WIMZ-FM 9.9
WMYU-FM 9.3
WIVK-AM 6.9
WRJZ-AM 5.2
WNOX-AM 3.1
WKGN-AM 2.4
WGAP-AM 2.1
Fast forward to 2007, some names and faces have changed. WEZK 97.5 is now B97.5, WOKI-FM 100 is now WNOX News/Talk, WMYU-FM 102.1 is Star 102.1, WIVK-AM 850 is WKVL, and WNOX 990 is now WNML. Those sacred call letters WOKI, WMYU, and WNOX all shifted to new dial positions but have survived the age of change.
Over at WOKI, Kris Copeland was PD. Their line up included Jeff Jarnigan in the morning, KC middays, Brother John St. John afternoon drive, and Bandit was on at night.
Your Dave returned to WIVK in early '83 to do afternoon drive on the AM...AM and FM signals were split.
WIMZ, which was then known as Rock 104, featured Mike Beach and Phil Williams together in the morning, what a great team, and Keith Lambert was PD and afternoons. PS...Beach did exit in early '83, leaving Williams to be a solo act.
Over at WNOX they were PD'd by morning man Ross Brooks, with sister Kix 95 being led by Phil Hunt.
By springtime country had died at WRJZ and a be bop format was on the air. Bob Ziegler took over mornings, with Jim Wilson handling afternoon driving, and Martin Baker was on at night. So where did the Swang head? He had been a mainstay at WRJZ middays when they were country in 1982.
Enter Eddie Beacon (Swang) as afternoon DJ AT WBMK...6-10 James Maurice, 10-3 Greg Daniels, 3-sign off Beacon.
It didn't take Jim Wilson long to exit the WRJZ format as he became morning drive at KIX 95, which was country. PD Phil Hunt moved to middays.
WMYU 102.1 featured Dr. Dave Dunaway, Bill Miller, Larry Trotter, Chuck Edwards, and Tom Van Hart with Mike Clark and David Henley on news.
Enter Jim Donavan to afternoon drive at WRJZ...and the station starting signing off the air at 1 AM.
Down south in Atlanta, Ktown's Dave Foulk was handling traffic at WSB "The Voice of the South". WSB's line up was Russ Spooner AM drive, Mike Adams midday, Dick Hemby afternoon, Chuck Hussion nights, and the one and only Ludlow Porch on all night.
Chip Emerson was already venturing into related ownership as he had a company called Media Dimensions. You can find Chip at our links (R2R Media).
Fast forward to August '83...Mike Beck was brought in to work afternoons at WIMZ with PD Kerry Lambert sliding into middays. What a line up...Williams, Lambert, and Beck!
WNOX had been playing country and Jimmy Vineyard became the afternoon jock in the fall. Michael Henry Martin had taken over morning drive with Scott Majors (Aardvark) in the midday slot...changes continued as Eddie Beacon was brought in to replace Majors.
So there's our stroll thru 1983, where were you?
Coming soon...101 will feature Ktown icons Gary Adkins, Don Lindsey, and more!
First let's look at the Arbitron landscape as the new year arrived (Fall '82 12+)-
WIVK-FM 22.3
WEZK-FM 13.2
WOKI-FM 12.1
WIMZ-FM 9.9
WMYU-FM 9.3
WIVK-AM 6.9
WRJZ-AM 5.2
WNOX-AM 3.1
WKGN-AM 2.4
WGAP-AM 2.1
Fast forward to 2007, some names and faces have changed. WEZK 97.5 is now B97.5, WOKI-FM 100 is now WNOX News/Talk, WMYU-FM 102.1 is Star 102.1, WIVK-AM 850 is WKVL, and WNOX 990 is now WNML. Those sacred call letters WOKI, WMYU, and WNOX all shifted to new dial positions but have survived the age of change.
Over at WOKI, Kris Copeland was PD. Their line up included Jeff Jarnigan in the morning, KC middays, Brother John St. John afternoon drive, and Bandit was on at night.
Your Dave returned to WIVK in early '83 to do afternoon drive on the AM...AM and FM signals were split.
WIMZ, which was then known as Rock 104, featured Mike Beach and Phil Williams together in the morning, what a great team, and Keith Lambert was PD and afternoons. PS...Beach did exit in early '83, leaving Williams to be a solo act.
Over at WNOX they were PD'd by morning man Ross Brooks, with sister Kix 95 being led by Phil Hunt.
By springtime country had died at WRJZ and a be bop format was on the air. Bob Ziegler took over mornings, with Jim Wilson handling afternoon driving, and Martin Baker was on at night. So where did the Swang head? He had been a mainstay at WRJZ middays when they were country in 1982.
Enter Eddie Beacon (Swang) as afternoon DJ AT WBMK...6-10 James Maurice, 10-3 Greg Daniels, 3-sign off Beacon.
It didn't take Jim Wilson long to exit the WRJZ format as he became morning drive at KIX 95, which was country. PD Phil Hunt moved to middays.
WMYU 102.1 featured Dr. Dave Dunaway, Bill Miller, Larry Trotter, Chuck Edwards, and Tom Van Hart with Mike Clark and David Henley on news.
Enter Jim Donavan to afternoon drive at WRJZ...and the station starting signing off the air at 1 AM.
Down south in Atlanta, Ktown's Dave Foulk was handling traffic at WSB "The Voice of the South". WSB's line up was Russ Spooner AM drive, Mike Adams midday, Dick Hemby afternoon, Chuck Hussion nights, and the one and only Ludlow Porch on all night.
Chip Emerson was already venturing into related ownership as he had a company called Media Dimensions. You can find Chip at our links (R2R Media).
Fast forward to August '83...Mike Beck was brought in to work afternoons at WIMZ with PD Kerry Lambert sliding into middays. What a line up...Williams, Lambert, and Beck!
WNOX had been playing country and Jimmy Vineyard became the afternoon jock in the fall. Michael Henry Martin had taken over morning drive with Scott Majors (Aardvark) in the midday slot...changes continued as Eddie Beacon was brought in to replace Majors.
So there's our stroll thru 1983, where were you?
Coming soon...101 will feature Ktown icons Gary Adkins, Don Lindsey, and more!