… The Wrath Of The Buzzard …
[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Art Vuolo]
Without a doubt, this is the most aggressive (musically) and varietal (not diverse!) FM Top-40 station of the early Seventies I have ever heard, at least on the “rock” side. And we get to hear the EEEEE-lectronic Mama jingle up front, too. There are long sweeps of album cuts that will require me to consult my AOR music expert to prepare the music reports (yes, we pay fees to stream music, please support us). Much of this stuff didn’t break “top 40” charts anywhere! BUT – note the jingles ALWAYS into music – still, I’m not happy with the stop set starting directly out of a music set, definitely unusual for hit music stations with live jocks at the time. Bonus: A full newscast with Paul Page is included. The newscast (at 30 minutes in) may be where you realize this station was running REVERB on their program chain. Yum!
But what a strange LACK of balance – what would otherwise be an Album-Oriented FM of the period interrupted with Tie A Yellow Ribbon and Playground in My Mind! Wow, this is almost surreal, particularly with Mike Griffen “honeying” and “babying” me through all the male-targeted rock numbers. Or was that the Barry White tune? No unscoped version for this one, you must listen and try to understand. It was 1973. There was no satellite radio, and the concept of a single format for everyone was still a worthy pursuit.
This is the last hour or so of morning drive, and there’s a bit of Mike Charles on the tail.