Re: WROR-FM?

["gf" <gff@attbi.com>]

WROR was "The Golden Great Ninety Eight".  Starting in mid 1970 they dropped
the Drake Hit Parade format and went to Drake's "Solid Gold Rock & Roll"
which was a 60/40 mix of oldies and new music, MOR.  You could also buy it
the other way around (60% new, 40% old).  It featured more of the 60's music
(esp late 60's) than did Drake's "Classic Gold" format which WCOP-FM ran for
exactly 1 year (to the day).  Classic Gold was much more 50's and
pre-Beatles based.  I'll always remember the WCOP-FM jingles.  It was a
generic set of Classic Gold jingles and during the music bridge the stations
liner voice would yell out "WCOP-FM". I have those jingles somewhere
(without the "local shout").

Back to WROR, they had a character named "Johnny Angel" who would make
station personal appearances (did I steal that idea in the mid-90's ay
Salisbury Beach, hmmmmmm). He wasn't an air jock, just a mascot.  The only
air person at the time was Ernie Andrews (now Ernie Anastos, NY TV news
anchor and local area station owner).

-gary francis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 2:26 AM
Subject: WROR-FM?


> Ah these wonderful old newspapers... here is an ad for "WROR-FM, 98.5
SOLID
> GOLD ROCK 'N' ROLL, round the clock, from Fats Domino to Blood, Sweat and
> Tears", and in perhaps the worst slogan of all time, it says "WROR...
we've
> got an old sound."  Boston Phoenix, 17 November 1970.  Since I was
involved
> with AM (68 WRKO) and with my college radio station (WNEU had just changed
> to WRBB-FM) at the time, I don't recall WROR-FM being into oldies... does
> anyone recall who was doing what on FM in the early 70s?
>
>