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The Winners: RMR Convention, Atlanta, 1977 (0:19:49)

The John Long Collection
… . . . Meet ya in the bar, thanks, R-M-R . . . …

[Description by contributor John Long]

TM Productions produced a couple of jingles for use at the 1977 Radio Music Report Convention. The first one introduced the awards portion of the big evening, and the second was the grand finale. Both are featured here, before and after the Awards of Excellence winners.

This exhibit is built from the elements of show audio used for the presentation. The “shouts” (preceded by drum rolls) were used to introduce award recipients.

There are lots of airchecks of stations that won Awards of Excellence that year:

WRJZ Knoxville TN, (C.P. and Walker, Rick Kirk, JJ Scott, Tim Edwards)
WRJZ award accepted by: Bob Kaghan
WSGA Savannah GA, (Steve Christie, Mike Allen, Brady McGraw, Jerry Rogers, Rock Jock Jim, Ken Dixon)
WSGA award accepted by: Jerry Rogers
WNCI Columbus OH, (Tyler ?,Wolfman Jack, ?)
WNCI award accepted by: E. Karl
WKIX Raleigh NC, (Jim Tate, Ron McKay, Dale Van Horne, Mark Mitchell, Phyllis Kaye, Jim Harrison)
WKIX award accepted by: Bob Bolton
WHHY Montgomery, AL, (Larry Stevens, The Birdman)
WHHY award accepted by: Larry Stevens
WBBQ Augusta GA, (Buddy Carr, Jim DeFontes with Elvis death announcement)
WBBQ award accepted by: Harley Drew
KSLQ St. Louis MO, (Mike Walker, Bill Bailey)
KSLQ award accepted by: Charlie Lake
WZGC Atlanta GA, (?)
WZGC (Z-93) award accepted by: Dan Mason
BJ-105 (WBJW-FM Orlando FL), (Mitchell Stone)
BJ-105 award accepted by: Tom West
WLAC Nashville TN, (Pat Riley, Ronnie Lake, ?)
WLAC award accepted by: Dick Kent
WSGN Birmingham AL, (?, Chuck McCartney)
WSGN award accepted by: Jan Jeffrey
Q105 (WRBQ-FM Tampa/St. Petersburg FL), (Bob McNeal)
WRBQ-FM award accepted by: Bob McNeal
Y-100 Miami, (Bill Tanner, Robert W. Walker, Jo Jo Kincaid)
Y-100 award accepted by: Bill Tanner
WHBQ Memphis TN (Dickie Doo Edwards, Carter Davis, Rusty Black, Stu Robb, John Long, Rick Dees, Terrence McKeever)
WHBQ award accepted by: John Long

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