Some of the best jocks in the country were on those three stations at the time they did battle. He received the British Dance Act award in 1999. Great column! Dahl, Howard Stern, went through town. Ariana Grande Blasts DJs for Sexist Questions: 'You Need a Little Smooth Jazz WJJZ On Friday, March 12, 1993, at 1:06 pm, Eagle 106 dumped the Top 40 format and became "smooth jazz", with new call letters WJJZ. after about the late s[ring of 1981 the battle of wbls and then upstart wxlo 99 took a major turn into wxlos favor, and that was because by the mid spring of 81 barry mayo was able to get shep pettibone to join wxlo on the condition that shep would be gven credit for his mixes and give shep the exposure that frankie crocker didnt give him on wbls, by the late spring of 1981 the mixes heard on wbls like empress dyin to be dancin, all of a sudden shifted to being heard on wxlo, some had the call letters of wbls taken out of them, but the term mastermix. appeared on them, that was a term barry mayo told shep he should use on his mixes, the rest is history, by 1982 wxlo was already changed to kiss fm and by that time the younger nyc youth shifted to kiss forcing niecey colon MD over at wbls to take input from her 14 year old daughter to bring a young man to wbls who was doing late night time leased radio, by the name of mr magic, kiss had already began incorporating hip hop into its playlistbut still throughout the decade of the 80s wbls could not get kiss off its back. Y94 being very promotionally active showing up at Qs events/remotes etc.. On air battle with free money Contests-each station literally monitoring when the other would be in a stop set, and 93Q running liners talking about Y94 being in commercials but 93Q playing music That was fun! Scott Shannon returned to New York, dug in the crates and filled Mojo with Jack-like segues between lost 70s and 80s titles and todays reaction records. Also Wash DCs three way battle between Q-107, WAVA and B-106(I think the calls were WBMW), which didnt have much of a signal but none the less sounded pretty good at times. It was the mixing I heard on the air on Power 106 back in the days. Power Dos left the air in 2008 due to a lack of interest. Cant forget the battle I was a part of in Milwaukee: Hot 102 vs. WKTI. The "Nothern Exposure 2" was also produced on 'Ministry of Sound' in 1997 before releasing separate mix albums in 1998. Plus they NEVER even came close demo wise ever. K-West emulated the then-popular sound of KMET and KLOS. More CHR-flavored Country stations in the late 80s like KMLE Phoenix, KCYY (Y100) San Antonio, and WYAY/WYAI (Y104/Y106) Atlanta took the format to a new place, but this is the one that gave the format its excitement until suddenly Country format battles were everywhere, and often as fierce as CHR wars. Plus one of those so called competitors did NOT subscribe to ARB so they never really competed period. I was apart of three radio battles. Power 106 (LA) Mix in the 90s by Lost Radio Tapes | Mixcloud The Super 102 CHR format started immediately capturing the listeners of both stations, in 1983 brought in a great Morning Zoo modeled after Z-100 in NYC and the station kicked butt, made money and it was a true example of everyone working together to take the station to #1 in the market after a couple years as we only had one book a year! On-Air Personalities | KPWR-FM Jeff Hedges, who was at Washingtons WWDC-FM in the 80s, told me years later how much he missed rising each morning and monitoring our station (WCXR) to see what new promotional or programming element we had changed overnight. CFTR vs. [34], KPWR logo from 1986 to 1993 (199293 edition), Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}341337N 1180405W / 34.227N 118.068W / 34.227; -118.068. WKTI And folks, I know we all have high opinions of ourselves and our work, but real warriors die when they lose, the dont just hang up a shingle and become consultants. More from . 6) Houstons AM Top 40 battle of summer/fall 82 between John Landers KKBQ (79Q) in a six-month sneak preview of what was to come on AM and Clay Gishs short lived but no less interesting KYST. He also came second in the world's Top 100 DJs list in 1997 and rose to become the number one DJ in 1998 and 1999. That was fun, we often took our battle to the streets with friendly gorrila warfare! [25], On April 15, 2019, J. Cruz, co-host DJ Lechero and Jeff "The Sports Dude" Garcia exited KPWR, with J. Cruz joining KRRL as their new afternoon host. Thanks for a great station! The reason I got into radio was the Battle between New Orleans Top 40s WTIX-AM and WNOE-AM in the 70s then with respect to the Q93 battle-YLD battle, as a local the real battle was for AC in the 80s between Magic 101.9 and Lite 105, legendary down here. He got nominated for the British Male Solo Artist Award and the British Single of the year award in 1999. In Sacramento iin the mid-80s, is was actually a meage e trois between KSFM, KWOD and KPOP KROY threw in the towel and went AC in 1984. Especially having my memory jogged on how many of those battles I was fortunate enuf to be part of the teams. Ill never forget that Spring 82 book: 4.2 to 10.0!! Playing tracks by. Ive heard that Nashville had an interesting three-way CHR war in 1984 with Kiss 96, Kicks 104, and Y-107. As I recall, Levine and 95X stole 94 Rocks copy at the Greyhound Bus pickup location, and Castle drove like mad to Rochester to get a copy from CMF, I think.Both stations wound up premiering it at midnight! [7] KXOL would eventually exit the format on May 16, 2014 to return to Spanish AC as "Mega 96.3" after nine years and moderate to underperformed ratings.[8]. Gemtracks is a marketplace for original beats and instrumental backing tracks you can use for your own songs. Simon mentioned the HBQ/MPS battle in Memphis in the mid-70s. 222 15. Gemtracks gives you priority access to exclusive A-Class recording studios around the world. But like Dan Vallie, Id like nothing better than to talk into the night at a hotel lobby coffee shop about the great radio battles. We're YOUR #." POWER 106 on Instagram: "YOU SEE WHAT IT ISTap in with JUSTIN CREDIBLE & DJ SOURMILK on the #LIFTOFF! It was an intense battle. They had greats like Tanner in the morning, Cox on the Radio, Mindy and Bo, Tyrone, a young DJ Laz, Kid Curry, Tony the Tiger, Felix Sama, Eddie Mix, Rafi Contigo, Jammin Johnny, etc. 10) WHTZ (Z100) vs. WPLJ (Mojo Radio) in the early '90s Z100 vs. WPLJ was a classic grudge match of almost a decade's duration but its most intriguing incarnation was its last. Norman Cook also received the NME Best Dance Recording Award as "The Rockafeller Skank" in 1999. Lehigh Valley, PA Radio- Power 106 | Listen Online - myTuner Radio Everyone should have a ride like that just once! Crocker was the definition of swagger25 years before it became a buzzwordbut WKTU had its own. All my old head-to-head competitors share the same love for those rating races, and the excitement and the reward in beating a strong competitor. It wasnt years later until I understood why BLS was doing research at hip clubs like the Paradise Garage, while KTU was doing theirs at places like Studio 54. Some of my favorites include: Carl Cox has nine compilations released between 1994 and 1999 and over 40 remixes released between 1990 and 2000. Each station boasted mid 2-share ratings. By 85 WHFM was Country WZKC and in 87 Q92 left the CHR format (also for country which ZKC had dropped), which PXY then had to itself for about 12 years! Ive started off the comments section with the help of KSCS Dallas APD/MD Chris Huff, Hispanic Market Weklys Adam Jacobson, and Hz So Good author Rich Appel. I dropped off a mix demo up at their studios to the Baka Boyz, who were on the air at the. I lived in Miami at the time but as a radio geek followed every minute of it. The morning show with Scott Spezzano was the best. KTU wasnt much of a blip on my radar initially- too slick, lacking the warmth and soul of my WBLS. Gemtracks has a directory of professional singers that can record a demo track for you. This article makes me want to sit in a bar somewhere and just talk radio awhile, maybe we can do that soon. * WABC v. WMCA, 63-67 (BMR, then Gary Stevens, v. Brucie, Ingram v. Daniel). He also got nominated for the Best Single and the Best Dance Recording "Gangster Tripping" in 1999. In 1996, he received the 'Best DJ' Award. Thomas left in 1992 when The Baka Boyz took over the morning slot. Harry Romero (formerly 'Choo Choo') is in the middle of a particularly purple patch right now. euretrodance90radiomixes | Mixcloud We would crash each others remotes and concerts to sneak onstage to throw T-shirts, lobby for exclusives from the music labels to rub in each others faces. By 1981, though, the ratings had slipped and KWST had changed to a top 40 format, and fired all of their disc jockeys. Having already touched down with the L.A. Leakers for Ed Levine vs Howie Castle. 1987-CBSFM vs WNBC-one LAST, DESPERATE attempt by 66 W-N-B-C to knock CBSFM off its perch by doing a Time Machine format on the weekends even with the likes of NY radio vet Carol Mason and ORIGINAL Record Pig Big Jay Sorensen and with some GREAT music, PD Dale Parsons and his crew were left at the gate, to wait the eventual passing of this GREAT station in 1987 He dropped to position 58 in 1998 and ended the decade at position 70 in 1999. [1] They first began at Power 106 in 1992 with their show creation, " Friday Nite Flavas ". * WXKS (Kiss 108) vs. WZOU Boston, also late 80s/early 90s; Thanks again. Great topic. Good article, but since the focus was RELATIVELY narrow, I thought Id throw in one or two of my own that a LOT of people barely even remember Sasha and John Digweed paired up in 1993. In 1986 you had Power 96 with Bill Tanner yet again killing Y-100 this time (I did nights there with an all star line up from Tanner to Don Cox). KSKU became Country KZSN in 1986. WDRQ usurped them first under PD Brian White and MD Lisa Orlando, then WJLB, which had been on FM for a few years, finally got itself together under new GM Verna Green and PD James Alexander and urged listeners to tune up from 93.1 to 97.9. This page was last edited on 2 April 2023, at 14:27. Late 70s 96X vs. Y-100 PD/PM Drive both * Of course, Z100 v. PLJ twice, mid/late-?80s and spring/summer ?91 during the short-lived Mojo; True local radio at its finest in the 80s with those great timeless 80s CHR songs and promotions that had the entire community talking. You remember things about it that I dont until you mention them to me. But they still retain Powertools. A third of the US population are paying $120 a year on music streaming. Oakenfold's first work in the 1990s was a music collaboration with Terry Farley, Osborne, and Andrew Weatherall to create two remixes for Happy Mondays. People north of WIBGs plant were shut out at sundown. Danny Rampling was born in July 1961. There was also KAUM and KILT-AM, both in their last year as Top 40. Cece Valencia took over the interim "LA's Hip Hop Morning Show" until a permanent host was found. 1996-CBSFM vs WTJM-the last radio battle that legendary CBSFM was involved init was the 25-year legacy vs. a fresh newcomer called WTJM billed as Jammin 105, this station played uptempo r&b and pop songs that kept the crowd dancing (and gave CBSFM a scare for like two seconds, iirc) even with Famous Amos as its highest-profile personality, this station would too eventually be knocked down by the mighty 101FM. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. He refers to this new style of music as "Euro" and began to showcase his new tracks in the weekly mix of his Radio 1 Show. Richard Humpty Vission - Power 106 10th Anniversary Megamix - 80s/90s WHen Paula Abdul was singin Forever Your Girl, you heard it on Mix Jamz. A press release from Emmis describes the new channel as a "bilingual and musically extended version" of KPWR. Maxx. The last song played on Eagle 106 was "I Will Remember You" by Amy Grant. These remixes were "Rave On" and "Hallelujah" released on the Madchester Rave On EP,"Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches" as the title of Paul Oakenfold's third studio album with Osborne. Power 106's first slogans in 1986 were "Turn on the Fresh New Music Mix", and "I've Made the Power Switch". When the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came out, you heard the soundtrack on MIX JAMZ. 16. In 1998, he dropped a position which he maintained in the following year 1999. I have even forgotten how long that battle went with 96KX but it seems like a year or two, though we beat them the first time in our second book and never looked back. He hosted programs such as the "Essential Mix" and the "Essential Selection." While it may be tempting to just write those off as being another time, several points are worth highlighting. The rest is history, including the demise of Top 40 AM. I may be a little partial, but I thought the WGH airstaff was much better than the NVZ staff at the time. Im late to this groundswell of nostalgia for the days of daily radio battles. Ill just point out some obvious battles like KNIX/KMLE in the desert or KWJJ/KUPL up in Portland. Dont know if well ever see those kind of Radio Wars again, but they surely brought out the best in us all. KPWR was on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop airplay panel from 1997-2005 but reported to mediabase as Rhythmic. Oakenfold produced several DJ mixes in the 1990s. [Referencing WCZYs past as a Beautiful Music and then AC station prior to Z95.5] If you want disco and rap, press 96.3. SBS switched formats anyway, and Emmis filed a lawsuit to force SBS to either drop the format switch or find a new transmitter. During fall 1997, KPWR hired a former security guard named Big Boy to replace the duo. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7c0dd12edc443b89 Philly in 87-88? DJ E-Man | Top 40/R 10 Questions | Top 40 R&B Music - All Access Lost by a point and a half and ended up changing format a few months later. Required fields are marked *. POWER 106? | Los Angeles - Yelp The Peak was a surprisingly edgy and aggressive station for such a small market and played the rock and urban songs KHQ wouldnt, while KHQ stuck to the safe mainstream hits and even had a flirtation with Hot AC in the early 90s. Hey! Now expose your song to as many people as possible to win new fans. Fun for the listeners, and so much fun for the staff. The melody is the tune or pitch of your lyrics when you sing. I wonder why hes a CC big-wig nowadays! Sean, WNBC vs WABC late 70s -early 80s Boston 1967. Mastering is important because it makes your song sound perfect on all devices in the car, your phone speaker and even on Spotify. If you're finding this article interesting, you may want to consider reading about 17+ BEST 90s R&B Songs Ever Released too. Another great Urban radio war was the 4 way Urban battle in Charleston back in the early 90s! Country KIKK played Fire by the Pointer Sisters. Power faces new challenges from KIBB and Groove Radio, decides to drop dance, dropping the Power Workout also becomes the station where Hip Hop Lives. 3/17/2012. * WZOU vs.WXKS (Kiss 108) Boston in the late 80s/early 90s as Steve Rivers and Sunny Joe White traded places; And B97 New Orleans which debuted number one in its first book, immediately beating all stations in the market and remained in that position for years. I would have to say the greatest of all AOR battles happened in Philadelphia in the middle 80s. WHBQ was ready to snatch him up. Norman Quentin Cook was born on July 1963. Z-95 I would also add that this was the time when urban WLUM started adding alot of crossover tracks (primarily remixes of top 40 tunes), so it was really a 5 way battle. But it was a pyhrric victory Q105 was headed for Country anwyay. He was born in July 1962. At the time of KPWR's launch, it broadcast what it announced as "72,000 Watts of Music PowerLess Talk" (mentioned in on-air station identifications by Chuck Riley and Deborah Rath), a reference to its then-actual effective radiated power (ERP) of 72kW, allowing its signal to be heard in San Diego, Kern, and Santa Barbara counties). 13" in 1996, and "Cream Separates" in 1997. [22], The program became a nationally syndicated morning show on August 20, 2007, after Big Boy signed a multi-year deal with ABC Radio Networks (later Citadel Media, now Westwood One) to syndicate the show, along with his weekend countdown show, which was formerly called "Big Boy's Hip Hop Spot". We had a great on-air staff, we were deep in the streets and most of all, WE HAD FUN! Id sya over the 60s 70s 80s and early 90s Miami was as hot as the temp at times. Their production values and energy level were off the chart. Kiss had gone more mainstream, wed started to make inroads in their #s, and Barry Mayo had been summoned back to the fold all those years later to shore things up on the homefront. POWER 106 on Instagram: "YOU SEE WHAT IT ISTap in with JUSTIN CHUM (Rock 40, like WLS Chicago, but maybe even better in 1981) and CFTR (more mainstream and doing the then-mind-blowing Commercial Free Sundays) get the attention. That changed when actor, comedian, and radio veteran Jay Thomas took the helm of the show, giving the program its highest-rated numbers during his tenure. 2023 is the year to enter the music industry. Norman Cook adopted his stage name Fatboy Slim in 1996 and released the albums "Better Living Through Chemistry" in 1996 and "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" in 1998. Jo Jo Kincaid and Wild Child Hamilton come to mind, but there were others. But it wasnt on ny list because, as mentioned above, I saw it as a little too one-sidedan eventual study in what not to do in a similar situation (dont respond until the younger audience is gone, then overreact in a way that antagonizes the people who had stayed). 9) WHYT vs. WDFX (the Fox) Detroit in the late 80s/early 90s Okay, so having been in Detroit on the day that Step by Step by New Kids on the Block came out seems like a barren source of amusement now, but these two stations made it seem like a big deal then. It was Atkins musically aggressive tenure that prompted then Q93 consultant Jerry Clifton to remark that while anybody could tighten the list, very few people could expand it and find 50 records that deserved to be on the air. doja cat)SZA 8:32 ambrown bag morningsPOWER 106 8:30 amlate at nightRODDY RICCH 8:25 ambrown bag morningsPOWER 106 Concert Calendar No events are currently scheduled. We had an exciting 3 way battle fighting over every concert co-promote, club nights, PXY with one of the first radio scavenger hunts that turned the town upside down, and dont forget bumper sticker wars rewarding listeners who brought in the competitions sticker or let us cover it with ours. I wasn't expecting something so great at such reasonable price! Up until 2017, KPWR had also slightly increased the number of throwbacks/recurrents in its playlist, but has since refocused towards current product to reduce overlap with classic hip hop outlet KDAY. But I only heard them at Conclave time; In 1990, David Russell made his debut under the Joey Negro pseudonym. I really miss the radio battles vs the stay in your lane cluster environment of today. We would always hear about the New York radio wars or even Chicago and Philly. He also set up his radio stationknown as Dimension FM before moving to Freek FM 101.8 in 1994. If we slide back to the mid to late 70s, Memphis had an epic Top 40 AM battle between Plough Broadcastings WMPS 680 and RKOs 56 WHBQ. I put CHR 98PXY on the air in Summer of 82. In May 2019, Meruelo bought KXOS from GRC, reuniting the station with KPWR after 10 years. WPLJ went Hot AC shortly thereafter and Z100 might as well have for a year or so. And now its time for you to pick your battles. Urban KMJQ (Majic 102)itself a dynasty at that timeplayed Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross. Hip Hop News | KPWR-FM * WBCN Bostons surprise early 80s resurgence against Kickass WCOZ by sacrificing only a little of its eclecticism; Wamo was the heritage Urban (until Summer 2009) with then 72 THousand watts at 105.9 FM. Afternoon host J. Cruz would be moved to mornings after Big Boy's departure until his move to the station in April 2019. Man I love this stuff.way to start a great debate Sean 93QFM hung on until 1996, but never again topped Lazer After 32 years of ownership, Emmis announced on May 9, 2017 that it sold KPWR to The Meruelo Group for $82.75 million. What a fun battle. David Russell Lee was born in June 1964. Your beat will set the vibe and structure of your song. We kicked butt and went from worst to first in about 2 years. The two DJs specialized in the genres of Progressive house, deep house, and techno.

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