… Real good, Feel good feeling …
The “Real good, Feel good feeling” of The Top FM-106 was short lived. Impatience of ownership and P.D. Bobby Rich’s desire to return to the western U.S. lead to the announcement of his departure on April 4, 1984.
The following Friday, Bobby did his last show, echoing the words engraved on a trophy from a sponsor who supplied small trophies for the morning show: “Philly ain’t L.A.” and advising incoming P.D. Steve Davis that he “had a tough act to follow”. And night jock J.R. Russ agrees: “He was right…I had to follow him every night at seven.”
There are things in this aircheck that only a PD with Bobby’s talent and resume can do on a last day show. Listen as he plays “Beginnings” one more time, and lists the stations where he’s used the song to say “goodbye”. And, there are a couple of sentimental sets from contributor J.R. Russ in the last minute.