… the future has come to this …
WAVA switched to a Top 40 format on October 28, 1983, and
after “8 years, 107 days and 6 hours”, owner Emmis sold the
station to a religious broadcaster. This final hour, which is is stuffed
full of airchecks, promos and jingles from 1983-1992 was produced by David Edgar (later, PD at B-94, Pittsburgh) and was aired on February 12, 1992.
It includes dozens of popular WAVA personalities, original morning man JJ McKay, Charlie & Harrigan, and Don Geronimo and Mike O’Meara (who later syndicated The Don & Mike Show). Bobby Ocean is also heard as the station’s promo voice during 1991.