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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: Ct Yankee on August 28, 2019, 2234 UTC
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WABC 770 was THE iconic 50K watt music radio station in New York during the 60's and 70's. Oft times, the DJ's would ad lib the station ID to W-A-Beatle-C. Now, they are a conservative talk format but new ownership is digging into the archives. For period of time in the 2000's on Memorial Day, WABC would play segments of programs from the 60's and 70's throughout the holiday "WABC Rewound", the practiced stopped about a decade ago. It is beginning again on Labor Day (02 Sep 2019) at 0900 utc throughout the day for the holiday. Let's hope this programming expands beyond Labor Day.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/179866/wabc-rewound-to-return-on-labor-day/
Those in Connecticut that wish to be treated to original 60's and 70's programming have the Red Wolf network of WDRC FM (102.9),WDRC AM (1360), WSNG (610), and WMMW (1470). While there is a live DJ playing music from the era 1000-1400 utc on weekends, it is interspersed with interviews and radio segments done by the station decades ago. Last week featured interviews with the Beatles that were done in '64 while the boys were in Hartford.