WJOI 97fm 1987

[Deleted User 16093]

This was nice. .

[MWmetalhead]

I don't know how anyone could stand listening to that boring, sleepy stuff.

The death of the B/EZ format might be the best thing to have ever happened to FM radio.

[Deleted User 16144]

Just think that back in the 60’s Detroit had three Beautiful Music stations in a row on the FM Dial. WLDM-FM 95.5, WJR-FM 96.3 and WWJ-FM 97.1 and we can’t forget WOMC-104.3 which was WEXL-FM originally. 101 Strings doing the latest instrumental version of Beatles songs or Bert Kaempfert or even Herb Alpert. The early days of FM Radio.

[ConstipatedListener]

STER-E ER-E ER-E O ISLAND (WKNR FM).

[Deleted User 16144]

STER-E ER-E ER-E O ISLAND (WKNR FM).

Created by the late Paul Christy. Around 1970 and it was around the same time that WJR-FM temporarily drop out of beautiful music to try the California Radio Oldies Format which was also on a couple of FM’s around the country, WOR-FM 98.7 in New York City was also called California Radio. It was an Oldies based format that also played the current #1 song of the day every hour. Eventually WJR-FM returned to beautiful music.

[Mega Hertz]

I remember my grandfather listening to Joy FM once it became a little "hotter" or more contemporary in the early 90s. It seems once the 90s rolled in, all the easy listening stations got a lot hotter.

[Deleted User 16144]

I remember my grandfather listening to Joy FM once it became a little "hotter" or more contemporary in the early 90s. It seems once the 90s rolled in, all the easy listening stations got a lot hotter.

In 1994, 97.1 became Star 97 “The Greatest Hits of the 70’s” that lasted about 18 months.

[Colonel Flagg]

I remember my grandfather listening to Joy FM once it became a little "hotter" or more contemporary in the early 90s. It seems once the 90s rolled in, all the easy listening stations got a lot hotter.

In 1994, 97.1 became Star 97 “The Greatest Hits of the 70’s” that lasted about 18 months.

Star 97 was "The white-ist hits of the 70's"

A lot of good music was ignored.

By the way, the great Jim Paolucci worked at WJOI.

[Deleted User 16144]

I remember my grandfather listening to Joy FM once it became a little "hotter" or more contemporary in the early 90s. It seems once the 90s rolled in, all the easy listening stations got a lot hotter.

In 1994, 97.1 became Star 97 “The Greatest Hits of the 70’s” that lasted about 18 months.

Star 97 was "The white-ist hits of the 70's"

A lot of good music was ignored.

By the way, the great Jim Paolucci worked at WJOI.

I totally agree. The 70’s had a lot of great R&B artists that should have been played on Star 97. I imagine the ratings would’ve been better considering Detroit is the birthplace of Motown. The late Joey Ryan was also at Star.

[BKRPDM]

I remember my grandfather listening to Joy FM once it became a little "hotter" or more contemporary in the early 90s. It seems once the 90s rolled in, all the easy listening stations got a lot hotter.

In 1994, 97.1 became Star 97 “The Greatest Hits of the 70’s” that lasted about 18 months.

Star 97 was "The white-ist hits of the 70's"

A lot of good music was ignored.

By the way, the great Jim Paolucci worked at WJOI.

At the outset, in late 1994, Star 97 did have plenty of R&B (Barry White, Undisputed Truth, Al Green), but yes, it did get very bland by early 1995.

[ChrisWL1980]

I don't know how anyone could stand listening to that boring, sleepy stuff.

The death of the B/EZ format might be the best thing to have ever happened to FM radio.

With all due respect, I don't know how anyone can stand having their eardrums blasted by heavy metal. But we're all different.

Just think that back in the 60’s Detroit had three Beautiful Music stations in a row on the FM Dial. WLDM-FM 95.5, WJR-FM 96.3 and WWJ-FM 97.1 and we can’t forget WOMC-104.3 which was WEXL-FM originally. 101 Strings doing the latest instrumental version of Beatles songs or Bert Kaempfert or even Herb Alpert. The early days of FM Radio.

There was also 560 WQTE on AM (c. 1961 to 1974), and Windsor had 88.7 CKWW-FM in the pre-CJOM days. 106.7 W4 was also originally a Beautiful Music station under Gordon McLendon's ownership prior to the switch to Solid Gold around 1970.
Before "California Radio," WJR-FM carried a syndicated CBS corporate format called "The Young Sound," which was aired by many CBS O&O stations around the country including WCBS-FM in NYC. From airchecks I've heard, The Young Sound was similar to what WKNR-FM later did with Stereo Island (a blend of instrumentals and some very soft rock).

The mid-'70s were when Detroit was REALLY a B/EZ smorgasbord... 95.5, 96.3, 97.1 and 104.3 plus AM 560 and WNIC (the former WKNR-AM/FM) having joined the fray in 1972. Not to mention the out-of-market stations one could hear in the suburbs: WGMZ, WJIM-FM, WLQR, WGER, WXEZ, etc.

[ChrisWL1980]

STER-E ER-E ER-E O ISLAND (WKNR FM).

Later cloned by 99.1 WFMK in Lansing.
"Stereo Island is brass on the left, brass on the right, rhythm in the middle..."

[Deleted User 16144]

I don't know how anyone could stand listening to that boring, sleepy stuff.

The death of the B/EZ format might be the best thing to have ever happened to FM radio.

With all due respect, I don't know how anyone can stand having their eardrums blasted by heavy metal. But we're all different.

Just think that back in the 60’s Detroit had three Beautiful Music stations in a row on the FM Dial. WLDM-FM 95.5, WJR-FM 96.3 and WWJ-FM 97.1 and we can’t forget WOMC-104.3 which was WEXL-FM originally. 101 Strings doing the latest instrumental version of Beatles songs or Bert Kaempfert or even Herb Alpert. The early days of FM Radio.

There was also 560 WQTE on AM (c. 1961 to 1974), and Windsor had 88.7 CKWW-FM in the pre-CJOM days. 106.7 W4 was also originally a Beautiful Music station under Gordon McLendon's ownership prior to the switch to Solid Gold around 1970.
Before "California Radio," WJR-FM carried a syndicated CBS corporate format called "The Young Sound," which was aired by many CBS O&O stations around the country including WCBS-FM in NYC. From airchecks I've heard, The Young Sound was similar to what WKNR-FM later did with Stereo Island (a blend of instrumentals and some very soft rock).

The mid-'70s were when Detroit was REALLY a B/EZ smorgasbord... 95.5, 96.3, 97.1 and 104.3 plus AM 560 and WNIC (the former WKNR-AM/FM) having joined the fray in 1972. Not to mention the out-of-market stations one could hear in the suburbs: WGMZ, WJIM-FM, WLQR, WGER, WXEZ, etc.

I definitely remember W4 Oldies 106. Also, WHFI 94.7 Birmingham, It was an Adult or MOR format.

[Mega Hertz]

Oh, yeah. Star 97. They would dip into the late 60s and early 80s, and I remember CSN, Steve Miller...and the R&B quotient was almost non-existent. And then K- Rock. Total waste.

[Deleted User 16144]

Let's not forget Classical WQRS-FM 105.1 and Jazz 106 WJZZ. Both great stations. Also two Christian Stations Trinity Broadcasting had WBFG 98.7 and Crawford’s WMUZ 103.5 and we even had “The Station of the Nations” WMZK 97.9 is that guy who was WMZK’s station voice still alive?