There’s been a longstanding legend that when the Beatles and other British artists took America by storm in 1964, Pittsburgh radio programmers covered their ears, preferring instead to keep spinning ...
In the 1950s and 60s, WANN Radio in Annapolis became a beacon for Black listeners by playing music and broadcasting voices that other mainstream stations ignored. The station, led by Charles "Hoppy" ...
Bobby Jay, Jane Tillman Irving and George Flowers were a big part of WWRL-AM radio, an influential Black radio station during the 1960s and '70s. They spoke fondly on Sunday, Feb. 21, and Monday, Feb.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A popular Tri-State area radio station said it’s making a change in the music it airs. To better suit the demographic, 97.9 The River announced Tuesday it will begin playing ...
Hadley Murrell was an aspiring teen drummer with a group called the Carnations and a student at St. Mary's High School when he managed to befriend the first Black DJ in the history of Phoenix radio.
Alice Porter, whose laughter and stories endeared her to co-workers and listeners for years on Seattle radio, died Friday after a short illness. She was 44. Porter was most recently a part of the ...
In the 1980s, programmers of rock-oriented radio stations began tinkering with their playlists. Instead of playing only contemporary hits, they added in songs from the 1960s and 70s to appeal to older ...