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. . . And the bubbles just keep on gummin' . . . [Description by Uncle Ricky for contributor Sam Hale] This exhibit was contributed by Tony Taylor for presentation in The Sam Hale Collection. And what a fantastic compilation of delightful sound from what was undoubtedly one of the greatest Top 40 stations of all time! Part One is a free-form composite for certain, flashing back and forth between later airchecks with John Leader, Barry Chase and Gary McKee, and earlier production treasures. There are bushels of promotional announcements and PAMS jingles with a decade of disparity — using the same 'wonderful' signature. What a treat to hear such inventive, professionally-produced Top 40 radio! Great voices and classic spots (including Orson Welles for The Wings Of Man), promos, gag spots, they even Try To Torture the Newsguy by fiddling with his teletype background. This is a brilliant composite, and an exceptional 50 minutes of an extraordinary radio station! And it's only Part One. PD Bill Sherard narrates the closing portion. Enjoy! These people didn't know they were on a little AM radio station. They believed that clever content would conquer all. The only trouble was, they don't play no banjo music.
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. . . WQXI, as we know it, is gone forever . . . [Description by Uncle Ricky for contributor Sam Hale] This exhibit was contributed by Tony Taylor for presentation in The Sam Hale Collection. Part Two of this incredible production and aircheck composite of WQXI is focused from 1976-1979, but just like Part One, it's not presented chronologically. Instead, we are re-introduced to the "NEW QXI" more than once, and bits of WQXI-FM appear infrequently until the station becomes 94Q - even though the "NEW QXI" ends the exhibit. The presentation is quite abstract, but it represents some of the most creative format radio in this Repository. Outstanding Talent! Production galore! Wonderful classic aircheck bits and fantastic ideas, and especially so when you realize this was ONE "local" radio station on 790Khz with a "sister" FM licensed to Smyrna. Apparently, they did hot "CHR" on AM until at least 1979. Or maybe it was just appropriate that this composite end in '79. This exhibit features Barry Chase, Scott Woodside, Coyote McCloud, Nightrain Lane, Gary McKee, John Leader, JJ Jackson, Dickie Shannon, Jack Hurst, Tom Rivers, Rhett Walker, Terry McPatrick, Jack Fitzgerald, Daryl Daquiri, Gerald S. Blum, Gary Cory, Chris Morgan, Kelly McCoy, and more. There's even a tribute to the engineer. As always, the Repository welcomes additional information and/or commentary via subscriber COMMENT, below.
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