Rock Radio Scrapbook

Airchecks: 1978

Talent: MIKE COOPER
Station: CFTR Toronto
Date: January 6, 1978
Time: 7:10

After his wild days at CHUM (see April 1, 1976), Mike Cooper went to CKGM Montreal before returning to Toronto in the late '70s at CFTR.

Rock Radio Scrapbook presents Mike Cooper at CFTR in 1978. Listen here.

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

Talent: RALPH LOCKWOOD
Station: CKGM Montréal
Date: February 9, 1978
Time: 4:27

Montréal was the "City of Champions" in more ways than one in the late '70s. Not only did they have winner of a Top 40 station in CKGM, they also had some pretty outstanding sports teams, with the Canadiens, Alouettes and Expos all on a tear during that era.

Waking Montréalers up in 1978 was American-born Ralph Lockwood, the always entertaining morning man at CKGM. Like the sports teams in the city, "Ralphie" was a true winner, and had a great following throughout his nine years (1972-81) as CKGM morning man.

Hear Ralph Lockwood here.

(The Dan Kowal Collection)

Talent: DON BERNS
Station: WGR Buffalo, N.Y.
Date: February 24, 1978
Time: 7:38

"As I see it, a personality is somebody who has something to say."
- Don Berns , 1983

If anybody had something to say, it was Don Berns. The clever, warm voice of so many North American Top 40 stations over the years has defined the way a personality jock should sound. From his early days at WDRC in Hartford, to stops at WKBW Buffalo, KLIF Dallas, WTAE Pittsburgh and CFNY Toronto, Berns has consistently been a thoroughly engaging and entertaining personality.

Enjoy Berns at WGR in 1978 here.

(Man from Mars Productions)

Talent: JEFF MOULTON
Station: WRUN Rome-Utica, N.Y.
Date: March or April, 1978
Time: 3:58

One of the pleasures of maintaining this site over the years has been the contact we've had with people in the radio industry. An added bonus has been the airchecks and historical information we've received from people both in and out of radio.

Long-time Rochester, N.Y. personality Jeff Moulton was kind enough to send along CD of his best work.

Enjoy Jeff on WRUN in Rome-Utica in 1978 here.

(The Jeff Moulton Collection)

Talent: JACKSON ARMSTRONG (as the THE UNKNOWN D.J.)
Station: WNBC New York
Date: April 3, 1978
Time: 9:32

Jackson Armstrong screamed on the airwaves at some two dozen stations throughout North America in many of the major markets. Strangely, however, he never worked full-time in the New York market. He did make one appearance in the Big Apple, but he wasn't even allowed to use his real name! On April 3, 1978, Armstrong appeared one time only as the Unknown DJ on WNBC. Filling in on the 6-10 p.m. shift, Armstrong showed New York audiences the talent that made him one of North America's most popular radio entertainers.

To hear the Unknown DJ, click here.

(Scrapbook archives)

Talent: TOM KELLY
Station: CJBK London, Ont.
Date: April 13, 1978
Time: 12:24

(Logo courtesy Bill Dulmage)

A search of the disc jockey directory 440:Satisfaction found three Tom Kellys.

First, there was the one who has worked at a number of east-coast stations, including WBEN Buffalo, WDRC and WTIC-FM in Hartford and WBIG-FM in Washington (his bio also includes KHOW Denver).

Then there's "Shotgun" Tom Kelly, a west-coast legend whose stops include KGB, KCBQ and KDEO San Diego, KRIZ Phoenix, KFRC San Francisco and KRTH Los Angeles.

There's also a listing for a Tom Kelly who worked for a couple of years at KMZQ Las Vegas.

But there's yet another Tom Kelly, and from north of the border yet. This Tom Kelly worked at CKRC in the late '60s into the '70s and at CKSL London in the '70s and '80s.

Enjoy Tom Kelly on CKSL from 1978 here.

(The Don Shuttleworth Collection)

Talent: CHRISTIAN THIBAULT
Station: CHRC Quebec City
Date: June 10, 1978 and July, 1979
Time: 9:11/5:33

(Description by Michel Gignac)

Cliquez ici pour la description en français

“My heart belongs to only you” Christian Thibault pays a tribute to Bobby Vinton, gets carried away and sings…

The nephew of Gérard Thibault, owner of Chez Gérard cabaret and other night clubs from the Quebec City area, young Christian’s keen interest for music dates back to his early days. He was part of a band but radio became his favourite way of expression right from the beginning. He first got in touch with radio at high school before moving to local discos to act as a disc jockey. In 1972 he was instrumental in bringing CKRL-FM to Quebec City, the first French-speaking community radio station in North America. He made plans to have his own program on the station but his project was rejected. His dream came true in 1974 when he sat in for a regular DJ at CJRP-1060.

In 1978, Christian Thibault was the first to introduce a radio show entirely devoted to oldies on the weekend on CHRC-800, then the most listened to radio station in Quebec City. The show was titled the “Million Dollar Oldies Man” and remained on the air for many years. CHRC was a conservative variety radio station with strong emphasis on news and public affairs. The station had rock music programs in the evening and on week-ends.

Thibault's aim was to unearth forgotten oldie hits so he did not only want to restrict himself to play the greatest hits of the past. He was an easy-going type of DJ, very communicative and a true music lover. Besides CHRC, he was on the air at CHOI-FM (ex-CHRC-FM).

Thibault left CHRC to get back at CJRP for a short stay and came back to CHRC in the 1980’s. Thibault and his friend André Savard own an impressive collection of 45 rpms and many of those records were used on his oldie programs. Thibault is also the co-founder along with his brother of a revolutionary concept called “Tonight we dance French Style” aimed at promoting the use of French rock music in discos.

Thibault was also a reporter at defunct station CKCV and has always been deeply interested in the coverage of urban fires as a journalist. Starting as a pastime, his interest changed to a passion and lead him to create a website dedicated to the coverage of fires in the Quebec area (spiq.ca). He was a valuable contributor as a music and cinema expert at the TQS television network and on the André Arthur show (the king of radio ratings in Quebec for some 35 years). Concurrently to his radio career, Thibault was a teacher and a civil servant.

We have two airchecks of Christian Thibault on CHRC.

To hear Thibault from June 10, 1978, click here.

To hear Thibault from July, 1979, click here.

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To view a CHRC chart from 1964, click here.

To view a CHRC chart from 1979, click here.

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(The Pierre Tremblay and Michel Gignac Collections)

Talent: JIM BRADY
Station: CFTR Toronto
Date: June, 1978
Time: 10:33

CFTR  jocks and managers, November 1977

(Back (1-r): Dan Plouffe (OM), Paul Godfrey (9 a.m.-noon), Chuck Camroux (PD), Dick Joseph (noon-3 p.m.)
Front (l-r): Jim Brady (5:30-9 a.m.), Red Knight (3-7 p.m.)

Sometimes a goodbye really isn't.

In June, 1978, Jim Brady said farewell after five years as CFTR morning man, played Glen Campbell's "By the Time I Get To Phoenix", and headed into the sunset.

But it proved to be a short-lived departure. After two months at KOPA Phoenix, Brady returned to the CFTR morning show. He would spend another three years at 'TR before departing again, this time for rival Toronto station CJCL.

Enjoy Jim Brady's first CFTR farewell in 1978 here.

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

Talent: JIM BRADY
Station: KOPA Phoenix
Date: Summer, 1978
Time: 3:00

KOPA was relatively new to the Top 40 game when Jim Brady arrived. On April 1, 1978, the station formerly known as KDOT switched from beautiful music to Top 40 as KOPA.

KOPA lasted until February 5, 1986, when the call letters were changed to KSLX. As of 2007, KSLX was a classic rock station.

Enjoy Brady at KOPA here.

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

Talent: RED KNIGHT
Station: CFTR Toronto
Date: June, 1978
Time: 7:22

Toronto was truly blessed with great rock radio stations and on-air talent in the '70s. It was a special decade, as those who experienced it will attest to.

The decade started with CHUM and CKFH battling for rock radio ears on the AM band, and ended with CHUM and CFTR going after the same audience. In between, we heard lots of great radio.

One of the most memorable voices from that period was that of Red Knight. You may remember him as Peter Thompson (his real name) at stations like CJBQ Belleville and CKFM Toronto, or Steve Bradley at CKSL London or even as Jack London at CKLW Windsor. But from 1975 to 1978 it was Knight-time in the day-time at CFTR, and nobody quite rocked the Toronto airwaves in afternoon drive as Red Knight. His great pipes, great timing and off-beat sense of humour led to a memorable listening experience.  Peter Thompson talks about his years as Red Knight at CFTR, and pays tribute to the "ops":

"I had a chance to work with Mike Cooper, Big 'G' Walters and many other wonderful and talented people. It was an amazing few years, and I still like that kind of radio. We had some very talented ops in the building too and they were a big part of what made the station happen. Carl Ramprashad, John 'Fuzzy" Howard, Pete Summers, Carlo Raponi, Ted Manning, Dave Grein, and the amazing Zakos brothers and many more. We had a super working relationship and more than a few beverages together."

Thompson retired in December, 1976, after a long career at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ont.

Rock Radio Scrapbook remembers Red Knight here.

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

Talent: BOB DAYTON
Station: WCBS-FM New York
Date: June or July, 1978
Time: 11:24

Had he been born a few years later, Bob Dayton might have made a career as a 'shock jock'. He was never afraid to "push the envelope" with regards to taste, in at least one case right over the edge.

On WABC in August 1965, Dayton dedicated the Crest's '16 Candles' - which starts "Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Baby" - to the 20th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Even by today's loose standards, this type of comment is totally unacceptable. But in 1965, it was downright shocking and Dayton was dismissed immediately from WABC after the "dedication".

The gaffe didn't seem to hurt his career - he went on to KBLA and KRLA Los Angeles and then back to New York on WCBS-FM and other New York-area stations.

We lost a unique and interesting talent when Dayton died of cancer in 1995. He was anything but bland. Hear him on WCBS-FM here.

(Man From Mars Productions)

Talent: WCBS-FM Snippets
Station: WCBS-FM New York
Date: 1977-78
Time: Various

WCBS-FM brought us 33 years of great memories, not just for the music, but from the voices between the records as well.

In 1978, the oldies format at WCBS-FM was six years old, and the morning man (6-10 a.m.) was Jack Miller. He replaced original morning man Johnny Michaels in 1973 and was in turn succeeded by Harry Harrison in 1980.

Bill Brown did middays (10 a.m.-2 p.m.). He arrived at the station in 1969 - back when they called themselves "The Young Sound." Ed Williams did middays at 'CBS-FM when the station went to oldies in 1972. Brown took over middays in 1973 and held that or the early-afternoon shift for 32 years. He was the last jock heard when the oldies format ended in 2005.

Afternoon drive (2-6 p.m.) was the preserve of Dick Heatherton in 1978. He took over the shift from Bobby Wayne in 1973 and held it until 1986, when he was replaced by Bob Shannon.

WABC legend Bob Dayton owned the 6-10 p.m. shift in 1978. He was one of several to hold that time slot in the 1970s (the others included Bill Brown, Bobby Wayne, Norm N. Nite and Jim Harrington).

Don K. Reed was on from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. in 1978. Reed arrived in late nights before the oldies format began in 1972, and was there right to the end in 2005, on overnights. Nobody did more nighttime shifts in the WCBS-FM oldies era than Don K. Reed.

Rounding out the 1978 weekday schedule was Mike Fitzgerald (2-6 a.m.). He was preceded on the all-night show in the 1970s by a number of folks, including John Vidaver, Norm N. Nite, Bob Dayton, Jimmy Nichols and Chuck Collier. In the late 1990s, Fitzgerald resurfaced at 'CBS-FM in the late '90s in evenings, and was co-hosting mornings with Mickey Dolenz when the station said goodbye to oldies on June 3, 2005.

Jim Harrington preceded Dayton in the 6-10 shift at WCBS-FM. He also did weekends as did Jack Spector.

We have a few airchecks from the 1977-78 period:

Jack Miller, April 18, 1977 (3:14)

Dick Heatherton, 1978 (3:27)

Don K. Reed, 1978 (2:20)

Jim Harrington, 1978 (0:54)

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

Talent: TED MICHAELS
Station: CHSC St. Catharines, Ont.
Date: July 18, 1978
Time: 17:10

Robert Earl Redmond is well-known as the man who founded St. Catharines, Ont.-radio stations CHSC and CHSC-FM (later CHRE) in the late '60s, and several other stations. But one of his biggest contributions to the community had nothing to do with radio.

In 2003, Redmond donated $750,000 for urgently needed patient care equipment in the emergency room of St. Catharines General Hospital. In making the donation, Redmond said:

“Since the start of my broadcasting business in 1967, our community of Niagara has graciously accepted our AM and FM radio stations (CHSC 1220 AM, CHSC-FM, CHRE 105.7 FM). The success of my business was achieved through the listening audience and local business that always supported us. It is because of the tremendous response to all aspects of our broadcast business that I feel I am now in a position to give back to our community. Every family needs health care at one time or another and my family feels very strongly about this donation. We are very proud to be in the position to help the St. Catharines General Hospital Foundation purchase the urgently needed patient care equipment for the ER.”

Redmond's broadcasting roots run deep. A native of Cobalt, Ont., he got into the business in 1946 at the tender age of 16 at CJKL Kirkland Lake. He later moved to Roy Thomson-owned stations in Timmins and Peterborough. In 1958, he became vice-president of CHOW Welland. In the late '60s, Redmond launched CHSC and CHSC-FM (later CHRE) - the first simultaneous launch of an AM-FM combo in Canadian radio history. He later founded CKRY-FM Calgary, CJEZ-FM Toronto, and owned CHNR (now CHCD) Simcoe, Ont.

Redmond died May 7, 2005 in St. Catharines after a long illness. He was 76.

One of CHSC's long-time on-air mainstays was Ted Michaels (by 2006 he was at CHML Hamilton).

Enjoy an aircheck of Michaels here.

(The Don Shuttleworth Collection)

Talent: BERNIE STAPLETON
Station: CFCB Corner Brook, Nfld.
Date: July, 1978
Time: 5:14

Some of our greatest radio memories are of driving through the U.S. and Canada and hearing stations and personalities of all kinds. For every big-market 50,000-watt blowtorch, there were hundreds of smaller market stations that were fun to listen to and served their communities well. Every city and town brought new discoveries.

Nowadays we get the same pleasure via airchecks. Thanks to contributor Don Shuttleworth we get to visit Corner Brook, Nfld., in the summer of 1978, and enjoy the local Top 40 station.

Enjoy Bernie Stapleton on CFCB here.

(The Don Shuttleworth Collection)

Talent: JACK ARMSTRONG
Station: KTNQ Los Angeles
Date: August, 1978
Time: 6:43

After firmly establishing himself a legend in the east for a decade-and-a-half, Jack Armstrong took his act to California in the late '70s. Needless to say, the Golden State warmed to his act - he spent more than a decade there.

First stop in California for Armstrong was KTNQ/KHTZ Los Angeles in 1978 and '79. That was followed by a stint at KFI from 1979 to 1981.

Armstrong spent two years at KFRC San Francisco (1982-84) before returning to Los Angeles at KNX-FM/KKHR (1984-86). The man with the powerful lungs then moved to KBOS in Tulare, Calif., in 1988 (his last CHR gig), before resurfacing in the east in 1997 in his home state, at WMQX Winston-Salem, N.C.

In 2003, Armstrong returned to his old stomping grounds at WWKB Buffalo, N.Y., with a daily voice-tracked oldies show out of North Carolina.

Armstrong died March 23, 2008 at his home in High Point, N.C. He was 62.

Hear Jackson Armstrong on KTNQ here.

(Scrapbook archives)

Talent: STAN ROBERTS
Station: WGR Buffalo, N.Y.
Date: Summer, 1978
Time: 3:22

Many people have called Clint Buehlman or Dan Neaverth Buffalo's morning mayor. But here's a nomination for Stan Roberts. The man with the corny jokes and warm personality spent seven years as WKBW morning man beginning in 1963 after joining the station from Troy's WTRY. After a couple of years in Boston, he reappeared in Buffalo as WGR's morning man in 1972.

Roberts spent nine years at WGR, in that time telling more corny jokes that most people could in a lifetime. He was perfect for the morning slot there continued in the vein when he took over the morning show at WBUF-FM in 1981. He did an afternoon stint at WBEN later in the decade, and in the '90s he resurfaced in mornings at WSJZ-FM and WECK. All told, he was a Buffalo morning man for nearly four decades.

Hear Stan Roberts here.

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

Talent: MURRAY JOHNSON
Station: CKY Winnipeg
Date: September, 1978
Time: 9:37

(Photo courtesy Murray Johnson)

CKY was one of Winnipeg's three great AM rockers back in the '70s, the others being CKRC and CFRW. Murray Johnson had the rare privilege of working at two of them during that decade, namely CKY and CKRC. He has some behind-the-scenes reflections from his days at KY 58...

"In the photo you'll notice that there are no turntables. The console had no faders, which made things interesting as you had to second guess the song fades. Everything was auto levelled so all we could do was turn audio on and off (this shows in some of the transitions in the aircheck). You'll see that there's a computer keyboard - Moffat was a pioneer in computer assisted music scheduling and playback (remember this was 1978). You selected a song and hit the keyboard spacebar to start it.

The music was dubbed to cart, re-equalized for consistency and sometimes edited to clean up intros or poorly chopped up radio versions (10CC's I'm Not In Love comes to mind). There were a bunch of 48 slot IGM Instacart machines that held the hits and recurrents and the computer provided access to it according to the MD's rotation. We played the gold off a manual 3 decker. The music sources all had delayed reverb and the mic had very subtle gated reverb. Commercials were manually loaded into a separate 3 decker with no reverb.

(Graphic courtesy Murray Johnson)

CKY was a really good place to learn radio. Our GM and PD's were all former CKLW Big 8 guys, and man did they put you through the wringer! But did you ever learn. CKY had a really big, friendly sound and it was a really fun place to work.

We used to have sessions with US based consultants who would work with all the jocks on various campaigns. I remember one fellow, J. Paul Huddleston - he was a Boss Radio News guy from KHJ. He had us running a campaign called "I Like You". I've included the sticker from that one for your collection - it's quite rare. J. Paul put across that news guys were supposed to be performers, too - and CKY had a very upbeat news style.

George Raymond was the Production Manager and he was an absolute wizard with the four track studio. Joey Gregorash was the madcap Creative Director (yes, THAT Joey Gregorash). We had a group of people at KY58/CITI that played musical instruments and George recorded all sorts of special elements and promos that got woven into the on air presentation. We had stuff nobody else could get - including knock offs of the hits with wildly different lyrics. This all made it really interesting to listen to and we all had a lot of fun.

I rounded out my on-air career doing news for KY58 and CITI-FM in 1978. In 1979 I joined the CBC, where I still work today (as of 2009) in Broadcast Engineering in Toronto."

Enjoy Murray Johnson on CKY here.

(The Murray Johnson Collection)

Talent: JEFF KAYE
Station: WBEN Buffalo, N.Y.
Date: November 28, 1978
Time: 8:20

Jeff Kaye is a man of many talents. As a program director, he presided over one of the most memorable eras in Top 40 radio history - Buffalo's WKBW of the late '60s and early '70s. As a program host, Kaye is one of only four men to do the wake-up show at Buffalo heritage station WBEN. As a voice-over artist, he is an Emmy Award-winning voice of NFL Films.

The Baltimore-born Kaye started in radio with Armed Forces Radio in Morocco. Bitten by the radio bug, he later worked at WRIB in his wife's hometown of Rumford, R.I. He moved to Top 40-formatted WHIM Providence, R.I., and from there it was on to WBZ Boston when he first did overnights, then afternoon drive.

Kaye arrived at 'KB from WBZ in 1966 and was its program director until 1973. During that time, he assembled one of the greatest lineups ever heard on a Top 40 station. For a time in the early '70s, you could tune in 'KB and hear legendary jocks Dan Neaverth, Fred Klestine, Don Berns, Sandy Beach, Jack Armstrong and Bob McCrae - all on the same day.

Kaye was also the force behind the wonderful 1968 and 1971 adaptations of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" that aired on 'KB. It was during his time at 'KB that he also began producing Buffalo Bills broadcasts, experience that would serve him well later in life.

Kaye arrived at WBEN for afternoon drive in 1974. In 1977, he took over the WBEN morning show from Clint Buehlman, who himself had replaced Jack Paar in 1943 (Paar started doing the show when WBEN launched as the successor to WMAK in 1930). Kaye did morning drive at 'BEN for eight years, leaving in 1985 to be succeeded by Bill Lacy, who held the shift until 2001.

Kaye's voice is permanently immortalized in NFL Films, the Mount Laurel, N.J., company that since 1962 has produced commercials, feature films, documentaries and TV programs on the NFL. Kaye spent 10 years with NFL Films after leaving Buffalo radio in the mid-1980s. He retired after developing throat cancer in 1996, which left him with one vocal cord.

Kaye was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2002.

Enjoy Kaye on WBEN here.

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

Talent: JACK MINDY
Station: WBEN Buffalo, N.Y.
Date: November 28, 1978
Time: 7:13

The friendly, cheerful voice of Jack Mindy was on the radio on one station or another for more than half a century beginning in 1957. The Ithaca College grad got his start at WGVA Geneva, N.Y., in 1962, and since then has worked in a variety of stations, markets and formats. His resume includes well-known stations like KMOX and KXOK St. Louis, WJR Detroit, WTIC Hartford, WHAM Rochester, N.Y., WHEN Syracuse, N.Y., and WYSL and WWKB Buffalo, N.Y. His final gig before retiring from on-air work in 2009 was afternoon drive at Rochester jazz outlet WGMC. More at Jack's web site.

We remember Mindy from his days at WBEN. He did a very entertaining afternoon drive show at the Buffalo station from 1978 to 1987.

Enjoy Jack Mindy on WBEN here.

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

Talent: RON ARLAND
Station: WKBW Buffalo, N.Y.
Date: November, 1978
Time: 8:15

(Logo courtesy Bill Dulmage)

Connecting with the audience was a key part of personality radio. Ron Arland does it well in this aircheck of WKBW from 1978.

'KB's nighttime jock of the time congratulates a contest winner, sends out some birthday greetings and fills some record requests as part of a smooth, relaxed presentation.

Arland was part of an outstanding 'KB lineup of the time that included Dan Neaverth (mornings), Jon Summers (middays), Jay Fredericks (afternoon drive) and Hank Nevins (all night).

Hear Ron Arland on 'KB here.

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

Talent: BOB CRUZ
Station: WABC New York
Date: December 14, 1978
Time: 8:37

When WABC hired Dan Ingram in 1961, it led directly to the hiring of another jock 15 years later.

In 1976, WABC needed a new jock to do overnights and Saturday afternoons now that Ingram would only be working Monday to Friday. From the hundreds of tapes that Operations Director Rick Sklar and Program Director Glenn Morgan listened to, one stood out. It was from Bob Morgan of WLCY St. Petersburg, Fla. What really flipped Sklar and Glenn Morgan was how much Bob Morgan sounded like Ingram.

The call went out to Bob Morgan and the rest as they say is history. Morgan debuted as a WABC jock under his real name Bob Cruz on March 1, 1976 and became one of the station's leading personalities in the late '70s and early '80s. He also started a successful voice-over career which led to work at ABC-TV and many national commercials.

Initially, Cruz did overnights and Saturdays and filled in for Ingram when he was on vacation. Cruz got Ingram's afternoon drive shift after Big Dan moved to mornings in November, 1979. So for a while, commuters got Ingram or a sound-alike whether they were coming or going.

After WABC went to a talk format in 1982, Cruz continued voicing national commercials and working for ABC-TV. He died of AIDS in 1995 a month before his 43rd birthday.

Bob Cruz was doing the overnight shift at WABC in 1978. Hear him here.

(Man From Mars Productions)

Talent: DICK JOSEPH
Station: CJJD Hamilton, Ont.
Date: 1978
Time: 5:17

(Logo courtesy Bill Dulmage)

It's rare - though not unheard of - for a rock station to switch call-letters, then change back to the original calls. Kind of like New Coke.

One such example was CKOC Hamilton, which became CKMO (More Oldies) in February 1992, then returned to the heritage CKOC calls about a year later, in April 1993.

We also recall WPLJ New York becoming WWPR in December, 1987, only to revert back to WPLJ in December 1988.

CHAM did a similar switcheroo. In October, 1986, CHAM dumped those call letters for CJJD (Jean Dancy - wife of the station's owner). But in June 1982, the Hamilton station switched back to CHAM. They converted  from rock to country a year later.

Ex-CKFH and CFTR voice Dick Joseph was among the deejays heard on CJJD during its six-year run. Hear Joseph from 1978 here.

(Scrapbook archives)

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