WJEB 1350 in Gladwin is another. They've got some record surveys from the mid-'70s published on ARSA and they looked pretty darn professional for such a small town. There were also plenty of small market stations who programmed country on a block-programmed basis. Some listed their top country hits ...

I've heard airchecks and they sounded hot. Great jingles too. Basically they were the classic "Big 8" format updated for 1984, complete with Rosalie Trombley as music director and a healthy dose of urban crossover. It could have given WHYT and WCZY a run for their money if it had been allowed to bec...

RadioInsight reports Eagle 96.7 in Newberry flipped to "96.7 Flash FM" Hot AC on Halloween.

Here's the new Facebook page. Website still reflects the previous format.
https://www.facebook.com/967FlashFM/

Re: CKLW - CKLW-AM itself featured a nighttime country music program from probably about 1960 to '63, called "Sounds Like Nashville." This was dropped once WEXL went full-time country. From then until WJBK became WDEE in late 1969, WEXL's only country competition came from WYSI/WSDS, which super-ser...

Here's an aircheck of Solid Gold as it was heard on WDBR-FM in Springfield, IL in 1972. (A year later the station was programming Stereo Rock, and they've been Top 40/CHR ever since.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkAa8NKEmlU

Drake-Chenault's "Solid Gold Rock and Roll" format. It was carried in Los Angeles on KHJ-FM (now KRTH) as well, which may have been the first station ever to use it. KHJ-FM was sort of the proving ground for various D-C formats, including the MOR/adult contemporary "Hit Parade" which was carried on ...