Re: Memorial day flashbacks

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@xtdl.com>]

At 11:07 AM 5/26/99 -0400, Mike Thomas wrote:
>I know that a lot of stations are doing special programming this weekend, but
>Kiss 108 is doing a 20 year music retrospective to coincide with its 20th
>anniversary celebration.  Their noontime "year by year" feature they've been
>doing for the last few week has been quite good, with old promos, jingles,
>songs, jocks and a few stories along the way.  They even talked about
trying to
>take "Wishing On A Star" by Rose Royce out of the music library a few years
>ago.  For those who don't know, Kiss 108 has played this song every
Saturday at
>noon for the last 17 years.  Everytime they try to take it out, people
barrage
>the phones demanding that it stays.  It's nice to see a local station
celebrate
>it's heritage and taking the time to look back on it's past.
>

WKCI in New Haven is also celebrating their 20th anniversary this summer
(an on-air jock reunion in mid-July)...they've also been running
mini-features on their history, too.  I don't know how extensive it is, as
I only get down that way every other weekend.

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