Rock ‘n Stereo 101 WRIF

[Deleted User 16173]

What years did WRIF have the “Rock ‘n Stereo brand along with a handful of other ABC owned FM’s such as WDAI 94.7 in Chicago, WPLJ 95.5 in New York City and KLOS 95.5 in Los Angeles. I’m thinking it was 1973 to around 1977. Can anyone remember what other people besides Arthur Penhallow and Michael Collins that were at WRIF during the Rock ‘n Stereo era.

[Mega Hertz]

Rock n stereo began at sister station KLOS in 1971.

[Mega Hertz]

https://youtu.be/ESmPADLLEd8?si=snoOHo7x3mtyoLrP

Maybe this will help you. WRIF, November 1971. I believe that is Jerry Lubin on the air.

[Deleted User 16173]

Thanks for the info Mega Hertz. Much appreciated.

[TC Talks]

Pants Galore? Tops Galore? I don't remember either of those. Detroit was kickass in 1971.

[Bobbert]

Detroit Free Press, July 10, 1972

[Colonel Flagg]

The original ABC FM AOR stations were:

WRIF
WDAI
WDVE
WPLJ
KLOS
KSFX
KAUM

Not sure if all used the Rock-n-stereo handle.

[SolarMax]

Pants Galore? Tops Galore? I don't remember either of those. Detroit was kickass in 1971.

Pants Galore was a frequent advertiser on WABX and other FMs in that era.

[TC Talks]

Pants Galore? Tops Galore? I don't remember either of those. Detroit was kickass in 1971.

Pants Galore was a frequent advertiser on WABX and other FMs in that era.

Shame something as cool sounding as Pants Galore isn't still around.

[Deleted User 16173]

I remember Peaches Record Stores advertised on WABX and W4 in the mid 70’s along with Harmony House.

[lidoshuffle]

Pants Galore? Tops Galore? I don't remember either of those. Detroit was kickass in 1971.

Pants Galore was a frequent advertiser on WABX and other FMs in that era.

I was more interested in his sister, "Pussy Galore"......

[Marcus]

I think the timeline for 101.1 FM went like this:

1948-1958: Both AM 1270 and 101 FM simulcasted ABC network variety programming. They were WXYZ radio.
1958-1966: The Top 40 phase was on both the AM & FM. They were known as Channel 1270.
1966-1967: The FCC simulcast law came into effect. WXYZ-FM had MOR music while Channel 1270 remained on the AM.
1967: This was the year that 1270 became Adult Contemporary. 101 WXYZ-FM likely became Boss 101 at that time. I cannot find any source on the internet that verifies this. I know that the AM had ABC network commitments to air shows that some of the people who worked there wanted to drop. I doubt that ABC had the same requirement for 101 FM. Unlike the former Channel 1270, Boss 101 was mostly Rock and Hard Rock with less Pop or Soul music than what the AM Top 40's played.
1969: WXYZ-FM was one of the ABC owned FM stations to air a prog rock network known as "Love".
Early 1971: WXYZ-FM was renamed WRIF.
Fall 1971: This is when Rock 'N Stereo began. The AOR format took off rapidly after that.
1976: After being a combo of Pop music and Rock, WRIF moved to playing mostly Rock by this time.
Mid 1990's: AOR made its transition over to Active Rock on most commercial radio stations including WRIF.

[Deleted User 16173]

I think the timeline for 101.1 FM went like this:

1948-1958: Both AM 1270 and 101 FM simulcasted ABC network variety programming. They were WXYZ radio.
1958-1966: The Top 40 phase was on both the AM & FM. They were known as Channel 1270.
1966-1967: The FCC simulcast law came into effect. WXYZ-FM had MOR music while Channel 1270 remained on the AM.
1967: This was the year that 1270 became Adult Contemporary. 101 WXYZ-FM likely became Boss 101 at that time. I cannot find any source on the internet that verifies this. I know that the AM had ABC network commitments to air shows that some of the people who worked there wanted to drop. I doubt that ABC had the same requirement for 101 FM. Unlike the former Channel 1270, Boss 101 was mostly Rock and Hard Rock with less Pop or Soul music than what the AM Top 40's played.
1969: WXYZ-FM was one of the ABC owned FM stations to air a prog rock network known as "Love".
Early 1971: WXYZ-FM was renamed WRIF.
Fall 1971: This is when Rock 'N Stereo began. The AOR format took off rapidly after that.
1976: After being a combo of Pop music and Rock, WRIF moved to playing mostly Rock by this time.
Mid 1990's: AOR made its transition over to Active Rock on most commercial radio stations including WRIF.

Any idea as to what The Boss 101 format was. Top 40? I do remember living in Fraser in 1970 and hearing Led Zeppelin’s “Dazed and Confused” for the first time on the radio inside of the A&P store at Utica Road and Grosbeck. The A&P had WRIF piped in all over the store that was my first exposure to Led Zeppelin. Those were cool days to be living.

[SolarMax]

Shame something as cool sounding as Pants Galore isn't still around.

What's the date of that article?
Worth discussing over on a Tech forum, not here, is the story down in the corner (would like to see the full article) about Magnetic Video's Variable Speech Control "Copycorder" device. Mag Video later become CBS/Fox Video, a large scale VHS format movie duplicator/distributor.

[TC Talks]

I found this article on a Livonia throwback website. No idea of the date.