Musicradio WABC Pictures of the Week for September, 2015

 

Week of September 1, 2015:

 

Chuck Leonard

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Scott Benjamin interviewed Chuck Leonard in November, 2002.
The audio from that interview was previously posted to Musicradio77.com.
Scott went back and wrote the following article based on it.
We're posting it now on the 50th Anniversary of Chuck's start at WABC: September 5, 1965.

Chuck Leonard Profile by Scott Benjamin

 

Week of September 8, 2015:

Ron Lundy In The WABC Studio
(1968)

Ron Lundy started at WABC 50 years ago this month!

 

Week of September 15, 2015:

The WABC Control Board From The Engineer's Side!
(George Michael is behind the mic)

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(photo courtesy Frank D'Elia)

 

 

Week of September 22, 2015:

 

 
l to r: Sam Holman, Dan Ingram, Bruce Morrow, Herb Oscar Anderson, Scott Muni, Charlie Greer, Fred Hall
(1961)

Yes, the WABC DJ's were once known as the "Good Guys"!
Of course, the name didn't stick and competitor WMCA turned the phrase into an institution.
As a result the short "Good Guy" era at WABC remains a bit of trivia!

 

Week of September 29, 2015:

 


Ross Brittain, Rich Little, Brian Wilson
(1981)

"Ross and Wilson" did the last morning show on WABC while it was still a music station.
In fact, they stayed on after the format change in 1982.

During the "New York's Radio Station" era, WABC tried to evolve into
an adult radio station with more conversational talk and less of a hard hitting Top 40 format.
It was somewhat successful for its time given that the music audience was deserting AM for FM.
Yankee Baseball was added to the the schedule and additional talk features were slowly added.
Ross and Wilson started at WABC on March 9, 1981.

Here's an air check of their show from about 9 months later:

          
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 Ross and Wilson on WABC
December 3, 1981