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Talent: JOHN R. (RICHBOURG)
Station: WLAC Nashville, Tenn.
Date: 1967
Time: 7:48

In today's high-tech world, it's hard to imagine a time when radio listeners tuned in through static and fading signals to hear the music they loved.

But that was indeed the case with the high-powered AM stations of yesteryear. Their nighttime signals reached places faraway from their transmitters.

This long-distance reception made national stars out of nighttime personalities who - had they been on during the day - might have been local stars only. One man who benefited from this was John R.

John Richbourg - he called himself John R. on-air - did a nighttime R&B show on WLAC Nashville for many years ending in 1973. Thanks to WLAC's powerful signal, he and fellow announcers Gene Nobles, Hoss Allen and Herm Grizzard could he heard throughout North America, depending on how the signal was performing that night.

Thanks to the Internet, we can relive those days - and you don't even need an antenna.

Enjoy John R. on WLAC here.

(Scrapbook archives)

Talent: JOHN R. (RICHBOURG)
Station: WLAC Nashville, Tenn.
Date: Spring 1967
Time: 4:15

John R. airchecks are hard to find, but we have another for you.

Enjoy John R. on WLAC here.

(Scrapbook archives)
 

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