Re: WRKO thoughts on the 4rth Wknd.

["'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On Tue, 7 Jul 1998 PWerlin@aol.com wrote:

> Can someone help me out, since I didn't grow up during the real heyday
> of top 40 radio -- why did WVBF - and I think maybe WABC, use that echo
> effect?? Was it to make them sound "different" or give them an air of
> excitement or was it a standard thing that stations did?? I've always
> wondered about that.  I don't remember MEX sounding like that. 

I don't think WMEX used an echo all the time, but certain DJs used it for
certain effects.  In 1985, when WROR did its Rock & Roll Reunion Weekend,
Mel Miller/Melvin X. Melvin started out his shift by saying "Turn up the
echo!" and the echo came on.  Back in olden times, he did a morning shift
as Mel Miller ("The Housewives' Hit Parade") and an afternoon shift as
Melvin X. Melvin ("The Gold Platter Show").  My recollection is that he
used a bit of an echo on his voice as Mel Miller, perhaps so that we
wouldn't guess his secret identity.

I always loved the name "Melvin X. Melvin."  It seemed like the epitome of
the zany atmosphere that made WMEX sound so special in those days.

I think that WCOP, for many years, had a slight echo all the time, for
some reason.

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