The year is '76, America celebrates it's 200th birthday and the verbiage "Spirit of '76" is alive and well.
Over at WKGN 1340 Dr Al was still PD but had given up morning drive for middays. Here's their line up~
6 Steve West
10 Dr Al
3 Pat O'Brien
7 Barry Tucker (Mike Beck)
12 Kris Lee (Kerry Lambert)
The 101 Audio Vault features Pat O'Brien...
From the 101 InBox here are some answers to Mike Beck's question...
"I’m pretty sure WEZK or 93.7 or whatever beat IVK one or two books sometime in the 80’s. Then it goes back to 1966 that they have been No. 1. Of course up until about the mid 70’s it was the AM 850 WIVK. Then WIVK FM took over even though it was a Mono Fm until about 75. Jim Dick’s turn your half a radio into a whole radio with an FM converter in the 60’s drove FM penetration in the market from 20% to 80% in about 18 months from 66 until 68." (Paul Lyle)
"On the question of which station was the last to top WIVK in the ratings– I just wanted to throw my guess in. Was it WIMZ? Seems I remember the big “Frogbusters” promotion hitting WIVK pretty hard right before I went to work there. Several stations have hit number one in various day parts or demographics over the years, but WIVK was number-one in the 12+ category during all of my 14 years there and beyond." (Tonya Stoutt-Brown)
Over at WKGN 1340 Dr Al was still PD but had given up morning drive for middays. Here's their line up~
6 Steve West
10 Dr Al
3 Pat O'Brien
7 Barry Tucker (Mike Beck)
12 Kris Lee (Kerry Lambert)
The 101 Audio Vault features Pat O'Brien...
From the 101 InBox here are some answers to Mike Beck's question...
"I’m pretty sure WEZK or 93.7 or whatever beat IVK one or two books sometime in the 80’s. Then it goes back to 1966 that they have been No. 1. Of course up until about the mid 70’s it was the AM 850 WIVK. Then WIVK FM took over even though it was a Mono Fm until about 75. Jim Dick’s turn your half a radio into a whole radio with an FM converter in the 60’s drove FM penetration in the market from 20% to 80% in about 18 months from 66 until 68." (Paul Lyle)
"On the question of which station was the last to top WIVK in the ratings– I just wanted to throw my guess in. Was it WIMZ? Seems I remember the big “Frogbusters” promotion hitting WIVK pretty hard right before I went to work there. Several stations have hit number one in various day parts or demographics over the years, but WIVK was number-one in the 12+ category during all of my 14 years there and beyond." (Tonya Stoutt-Brown)