… Serving New England with One Thousand Watts of Soul In All Directions …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
We had to ask around to get the name of this authentic “Soul” jock from 1965. Big Buddy Lowe made me laugh, several times – Look out, now! I really enjoyed this aircheck of WILD. It’s very honest, genuine history, and there’s a “style” to it – unique to Top 40 R&B stations of my youth. And consider that this was a successful commercial enterprise, conducting commerce in the community they served. This was possible despite old-fashioned “public interest” limits on license ownership! Amazing. How did radio ever work when you couldn’t move all the stations into one building?
The few reportable music performances in this short 20 minutes are wonderful, our license won’t let us list them, so listen and enjoy. Thanks to Curt Lundgren for the title of any recording that we are not suggesting you will hear in this exhibit. Otherwise, you’re gonna LOVE the custom jingle for the WILD Weatherman at the end, it’s just Too Cool.