… Serving The Universe, from high atop the West Virginia Mountains …
[Description by Sharon Leach]
In February of 1990, my son was going to college in Colorado and I would send
tapes of local radio stations to him by mail, so he could feel like he was home.
This is one of those tapes.
“Power 97.5” was, at the time, one of the few Top 40 stations I could pick up
at my house (other than WAVA out of Washington, D.C.) Phlash Phelps is
featured here, and he was huge!! When he left, I remember a lot of the kids were in
mourning. I don’t know what happened to him.* But hearing this, it’s hard to believe it came from a radio station located in a town with a population of only 14,000. The signal reached four states.
This aircheck opens with what could very well hold the record for the longest ID in
the history of radio. Flash had it made just for his show. I don’t believe WKMZ
aired it in any other dayparts.
WKMZ started out in 1981 as “Classic Rock” but went Top 40 in 1986. They
went back to Classic Rock in the early ’90s. As of 2002, Classic Rock remains on
WKMZ, but they are now located on 95.9 out of nearby Williamsport-Hagertown, MD.,
and 97.5 is Light Rock WLTF.
*(REELRADIO 9/14/2003: COMMENTS confirm Phlash now works for a satellite radio network.)