[BC] Where formats come from

[Steve]

Hi Mike:

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike McCarthy" <Towers at mre.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Where formats come from


> Chicago had Triad Radio on what is now WCKG and WSBC-FM, now WXRT.  The
> latter signed on in the early 60's and played the longer cuts from the
> start. They are still the defacto roots AOR station holding to their
> diverse playlist of rock artists known and new.  Triad was far more off
the
> trail and it developed a cult following like no other station.  Granted,
it
> was before my time, but I hear from folks who listened and it was their
> nirvana...whether their state of mind was chemically enhanced or straight.
>
> Then there was the all woman station...WSDN.  Smack Dab in the Middle at
> 97.9...on what is now The Loop...through 1975.

There is something amiss here. In the "early 60's we didn't have that kind
of music. We had Top-40. (R&B, MOR, Rock-a-Billy etc.) The sound to which
we're referring started coming along, at the earliest 1964. Now, if that's
what you're calling the early 60's then you would be correct. Before the
British Invasion (and I really don't want to include them) we just didn't
have the sound that was part of free-form radio or underground radio.

Steve
Steve Walker Productions