Rock Radio Scrapbook
WNBC lineups
The following are directly from the files of Vince Santarelli, except where noted. They were originally carried in this format at www.billdulmage.com.
1969 (Courtesy: Stu Dolgon)
0500 - Joe O'Brien
0900 - Big Wilson
1200 - Jack Hayes
0300 - Charlie Brown
0700 - News - Charles LeBow
0745 - Dr. Joyce Brothers (Talk)
0900 - Brad Crandall (Talk)
1200 - Long John Nebel (Talk)
Others - Jack Spector
August 14, 1972
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Big Wilson
0300 - Jim Scott
0700 - Sports Line - Marv Albert
0800 - Long John Nebel (Talk)
1200 - Just John
Weekends - Dan Daniel, Murray The K
News - Charles McCord, Roy Davis
PD - Pat Whitley
August 6, 1973
0400 - Music Segue
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Big Wilson
0300 - Jim Scott
0700 - Wolfman Jack
1200 - Alan Douglas (Talk)
Weekends - Tony Taylor, Murray the K
Notes - Wolfman Jack joined August 6. PD - Pat Whitley
August 13, 1973
0400 - Music Segue
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Big Wilson
0300 - Tony Taylor
0700 - Wolfman Jack
1200 - Alan Douglas (Talk)
Weekends - Murray the K
Notes - Jim Scott left August 11. PD - Pat Whitley
November 28, 1973
0400 - Music Segue
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Big Wilson
0300 - Tony Taylor
0700 - Wolfman Jack
1200 - Gordon Hammett (Talk)
Weekends - Murray the K
News - Charles McCord, Jim Eyre
PD - Pat Whitley
January 7, 1974
0400 - Music Segue
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Big Wilson
0300 - Joey Reynolds
0700 - Wolfman Jack
1200 - Gordon Hammett (Talk)
Weekends - Murray the K, Jim Sands
PD - Pat Whitley
January 14, 1974
0400 - Music Segue
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Big Wilson
0300 - Tony Taylor
0700 - Wolfman Jack
1200 - Gordon Hammett (Talk)
Weekends - Murray the K, Jim Sands
Notes - Murray The K left February 3. PD - Pat Whitley
February 9, 1974
0400 - Music Segue
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Big Wilson
0300 - Tony Taylor
0700 - Wolfman Jack
1200 - Gordon Hammett (Talk)
Weekends - Jim Sands, Al Brady
Notes - Big Wilson & Gordon Hammett left March 15. Al Brady joined March 9.
Brady is also APD. PD - Pat Whitley
March 18, 1974
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Steve O'Brien
0300 - Tony Taylor
0700 - Wolfman Jack
1200 - Dick Summer
Weekends - Jim Sands, Al Brady
PD - Pat Whitley, APD - Al Brady
April 1, 1974
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bob Fitzsimmons
0200 - Steve Lundy
0600 - Al Brady
0800 - Wolfman Jack
1200 - Dick Summer
Weekends - Jim Sands
PD - Pat Whitley, APD - Al Brady
May 13, 1974
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bob Fitzsimmons
0200 - Steve Lundy
0600 - Tony Taylor
0800 - Wolfman Jack
1200 - Dick Summer
Weekends - Jim Sands, Al Brady
Notes - Wolfman Jack's last show was June 29. PD - Pat Whitley, APD - Al Brady
July 1, 1974
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bob Fitzsimmons
0200 - Steve Lundy
0600 - Tony Taylor
0800 - Al Brady
1200 - Dick Summer
Weekends - Jim Sands, Bruce Bradley
PD - Pat Whitley, APD - Al Brady
August 19, 1974
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bob Fitzsimmons
0200 - Steve Lundy
0600 - Bruce Morrow
1000 - Tony Taylor
1200 - Dick Summer
Weekends - Jim Sands, Al Brady
PD - Pat Whitley, APD - Al Brady
September 1, 1974
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bob Fitzsimmons
0200 - Steve Lundy
0600 - Bruce Morrow
1000 - Tony Taylor
1200 - Dick Summer
Weekends - Jim Sands, Al Brady
Notes - Steve Lundy left September 21. PD Pat Whitley left September 27.
September 23, 1974
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bob Fitzsimmons
0200 - Al Brady
0600 - Bruce Morrow
1000 - Tony Taylor
1200 - Dick Summer
Weekends - Jim Sands
Notes - Al Brady became PD on September 30. Jun C. Lund became PD on October 7.
Al Brady back to APD.
November 4, 1974
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bob Fitzsimmons
0200 - Bob Vernon
0600 - Bruce Morrow
1000 - Al Brady
1200 - Dick Summer
Weekends - Jim Sands, Oogie Pringle, Tony Taylor
Notes - Bob Vernon joined November 4. Oogie Pringle joined November 10.
Fitzsimmons left November 29. Jim Sands left November 30. Tony Taylor left
December 1. PD - John Lund, APD - Al Brady
December 2, 1974
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bruce Morrow
0200 - Al Brady
0400 - Bob Vernon
0800 - Oogie Pringle
1200 - Dick Summer
PD - John Lund
December 28, 1974
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bruce Morrow
0200 - Al Brady
0400 - Bob Vernon
0800 - Oogie Pringle
1200 - Dick Summer / Radio City Bill (Mon Night)
News - Jack Welby, Alan Waldon, Charles McCord
Notes - Radio City Bill joined December 23. PD - John Lund
July 12, 1975
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bruce Morrow
0200 - Bob Vernon
0600 - Oogie Pringle
1000 - Al Brady
1200 - Dick Summer
Weekend - Radio City Bill, Norm N. Nite
News - Sam Hall, Mitch Lebe, Charles McCord
Notes - Nite joined July 12. PD - John Lund
January 1, 1976
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bruce Morrow
0200 - Bob Vernon
0600 - Oogie Pringle
1000 - Norm N. Nite
1200 - Dick Summer
Weekends - Radio City Bill
PD - John Lund
March 15, 1976
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Bruce Morrow
0200 - Bob Vernon
0600 - Oogie Pringle
1000 - Dick Summer
0200 - Johnny Michaels
Weekends - Radio City Bill
Notes - John C. Lund (PD) left May 28, replaced by Mel Phillips on July 23.
Michaels joined August 27.
October 11, 1976
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Joe McCoy
0200 - Walt 'Baby' Love
0600 - Bruce Morrow
1000 - Dick Summer
0200 - Johnny Michaels
Weekends - Radio City Bill, Norm N. Nite
News - Ed Needham, Charles McCord
Notes - Love joined October 9. McCoy joined October 11. PD - Mel Phillips.
August 1977
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Joe McCoy
0200 - Walt Baby Love
0600 - Bruce Morrow
1000 - Dick Summer
0200 - Steve Warren
Weekends - Norm N. Nite, Bill Rockefeller, Buzz Brindle
News - Allan Waldon, Sam Hall, Mark Gibson, Charles McCord, Jim Eyre, George
Ingle, Gil Gross, John Bohanon
Notes - Last Shows: Morrow 8/12, Love 8/19, Imus 8/26, Brindle 8/28, McCoy 8/31,
Nite 8/31. Brindle had only joined WNBC this month. He remains with the station
in the program department. Rockefeller ended up at WELI New Haven.
September 1, 1977
The All New WNBC (As of 2:00 p.m.)
0600 - Ellie Dylan
1000 - Johnny Dark
0200 - Lee Masters
0600 - Allen Beebe
1000 - Batt Johnson
0200 - Frank Reed
Weekends - Jay Stone, Scott Bingham
News - Charles McCord, Gil Gross, Allan Waldon
Notes - First shows on 9/1: Masters (from WLRS), Beebe (from KMJC), Johnson
(from KCMO). First shows on 9/2: Reed (from WMJX), Dylan (aka Eleanor Angel
Helmond - from WMAQ), Dark (from WRKO). 9/3: Stone (aka Sebastian Stone - from
WXKX), Bingham (student). Bob Pittman (PD) and Charles Warner (GM) also join
from WMAQ Chicago.
March 1, 1978
0600 - Ellie Dylan
1000 - Johnny Dark
0200 - Lee Masters
0600 - Allen Beebe
1000 - Frank Reed
0200 - Batt Johnson
Weekends - Scott Bingham, Buzz Brindle
PD - Bob Pittman, APD - Buzz Brindle, MD - Roz Frank
April 1, 1978
0600 - Lee Masters
1000 - Johnny Dark
0300 - Frank Reed
0800 - Allen Beebe
0100 - Batt Johnson
Weekends - Scott Bingham, Buzz Brindle
PD - Bob Pittman, APD - Buzz Brindle, MD - Roz Frank
May 30, 1978
0600 - Lee Masters
1000 - Johnny Dark
0200 - Frank Reed
0600 - Mark Driscoll
1000 - Allen Beebe
0200 - Batt Johnson
Weekends - Buzz Brindle, Scott Bingham
PD - Bob Pittman, APD - Buzz Brindle, MD - Roz Frank
July 1, 1978
0600 - Lee Masters
1000 - Johnny Dark
0200 - Frank Reed
0600 - Mark Driscoll
1000 - Allen Beebe
0200 - Scott Bingham
Weekends - Buzz Brindle, Norm N. Nite
Notes - Masters left August 5. PD - Bob Pittman, APD - Buzz Brindle, MD - Roz
Frank
August 7, 1978
0600 - Scotty Brink
1000 - Johnny Dark
0200 - Frank Reed
0600 - Mark Driscoll
1000 - Allen Beebe
0200 - Scott Bingham
Weekends - Buzz Brindle, Norm N. Nite
PD - Bob Pittman, APD - Buzz Brindle, MD - Roz Frank
December 1, 1978
0600 - Scotty Brink & Richard Belzar
1000 - Johnny Dark
0200 - Frank Reed
0600 - Michael Sarzynski
1000 - Allen Beebe
0200 - Scott Bingham
Weekends - Buzz Brindle, Roz Frank, Norm N. Nite
News - Charles McCord
Notes - Jackson Armstrong as The Unknown DJ joined for a brief time this year.
PD - Bob Pittman, APD - Buzz Brindle, MD - Roz Frank
September 3, 1979
0600 - Don Imus
1000 - Johnny Dark
0200 - Frank Reed
0600 - Michael Sarzynski
1000 - Allen Beebe
0200 - Scott Bingham
Weekends - Buzz Brindle, Roz Frank, Norm N. Nite
News - Charles McCord
PD - Bob Pittman, APD - Buzz Brindle, MD - Roz Frank
January 1,1980
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Johnny Dark
0200 - Frank Reed
0600 - Michael Sarzynski
1000 - Allen Beebe
0200 - Scott Bingham
Weekends - Buzz Brindle, Roz Frank, Dennis Waters
News - Charles McCord
Notes - John Lund replaced Bob Pittman as PD and was replaced himself on
September 15 by Kevin Metheney.
APD - Buzz Brindle, MD - Roz Frank
November 1, 1981
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Johnny Dark
0200 - Frank Reed
0600 - Allen Beebe
1000 - Michael Sarzynski
0200 - Ron O'Brien
Weekends - Ted McClain, Roz Frank, Danny Lyons, Jessie
News - Charles McCord
Notes - McClain joined February 1 and left later in the year.
PD - Kevin Metheney, APD - Buzz Brindle, MD - Lyndon Abell
July 6, 1982
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Johnny Dark
0200 - Frank Reed
0600 - Ron O'Brien
1000 - Michael Sarzynski
0200 - Allen Beebe
Weekends - Jessie, Danny Lyons
Notes - Jim Collins became APD on May 10. WNBC began regular stereo
transmissions at 4 p.m., August 8.
August 30, 1982
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Johnny Dark
0100 - Frank Reed
0400 - Howard Stern
0800 - Ron O'Brien
1200 - Allen Beebe
Weekends - Jessie, Jim Collins, Danny Lyons, Jay Fox (Fill-in)
Notes - O'Brien left December 12. PD - Kevin Metheney, APD - Jim Collins, MD -
Babette Stirland
December 13, 1982
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Johnny Dark
0100 - Frank Reed
0400 - Howard Stern
0800 - Gary Bridges
1200 - Allen Beebe
Weekends - Jessie, Jim Collins
News - Charles McCord, Roz Frank (Traffic), Robin Quivers
PD - Kevin Metheney, APD - Jim Collins, MD - Babette Stirland
February 28, 1983
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Johnny Dark
0100 - Frank Reed
0400 - Howard Stern
0800 - Bumper Morgan
1200 - Allen Beebe
Weekends - Jessie, Jim Collins, Gary Bridges, Al Rosenberg, Lee Chambers, Danny
Lyons
News - Charles McCord, Judy D'Angelis, Neal Seavey, Robin Quivers, Meredith
Hollaus, Jim Eyre, Bill Mah
Traffic - Roz Frank, Jessica Brown
Notes - Bridges returns for weekends June 4. Rosenberg joined August 20. Lee
Chambers joins and Danny Lyons returns November 26. PD - Kevin Metheney, APD -
Jim Collins, MD - Babette Stirland. June 4: Director of Programs & Ops - Kevin
Metheney, Administrator of Programs & Ops - Jim Collins, Administrator of
Programming - Lyndon Abell, MD - Babette Stirland
January 15, 1984
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Johnny Dark
0100 - Frank Reed
0400 - Howard Stern
0800 - Bumper Morgan
1200 - Allen Beebe
Weekends - Al Rosenberg, Jim Collins, Lee Chambers, Jessie
Notes - Bumper left February 11. Dir. of P&O - Kevin Metheney, Admin. of P&O -
Jim Collins, Admin. of Programming - Lyndon Abell, MD - Babette Stirland.
February 13, 1984
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Frank Reed
0300 - Howard Stern
0700 - History of Rock & Roll
0800 - Allen Beebe
1200 - Johnny Dark
Weekends - Al Rosenberg, Jim Collins, Lee Chambers, Jessie, Tim Byrd, Gary
Bridges
Notes - Tim Byrd joined for fill-ins February 2. Gary Bridges returned February
13. PD Kevin Metheney left. Dir. of P&O - n/a, Admin. of P&O - Jim Collins,
Admin. of Programming - Lyndon Abell, MD - Babette Stirland.
June 9, 1984
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Frank Reed
0300 - Howard Stern
0700 - Allen Beebe
1200 - Johnny Dark
Weekends - Al Rosenberg, Roz Frank, Tim Byrd, Joel Sebastian, Donna Fiducia
Notes - Roz Frank moved to weekends March 24. Donna Fiducia joins April 7. Joel
Sebastian joined May 27. History of Rock & Roll ended June 2. Tim Byrd left June
30. PD - n/a, APD - Jim Collins, MD - Babette Stirland.
July 15, 1984
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Frank Reed
0300 - Howard Stern
0700 - Allen Beebe
1200 - Johnny Dark
Weekends - Al Rosenberg, Roz Frank, Joel Sebastian, Linda Lichtman, E. J.
Crummey, Donna Fiducia
Notes - Lichtman joined June 30. Crummey joined June 30. PD - n/a. APD - Lyndon
Abell. MD - Babette Stirland.
September 15, 1984
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Frank Reed
0300 - Howard Stern
0700 - Allen Beebe
1200 - Wolfman Jack
Weekends - Roz Frank, Joel Sebastian, Linda Lichtman, Donna Fiducia. Fill-Ins -
E. J. Crummey, Gary Bridges.
News - Charles McCord, Judy DeAngelis, Robin Quivers, Neal Seavey, Meredith
Hollaus
Traffic - Roz Frank, John Byrd, Donna Fiducia
Notes - Lichtman left December 1. PD - n/a, APD - Lyndon Abell, MD - Babette
Stirland.
April 22, 1985
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Howard Stern
0700 - Frank Reed
1200 - Wolfman Jack
Weekends - Gary Bridges, Joel Sebastian, E. J. Crummey, Donna Fiducia, Dale
Parsons
PD - Dale Parsons, APD - Lyndon Abell, MD - Babette Stirland
May 27, 1985
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Howard Stern
0700 - Gary Bridges (M-T) / Jim Collins (W-F)
1200 - Wolfman Jack
Weekends - Donna Fiducia, Joel Sebastian, Gary Bridges
Notes - Frank Reed left May 24. Sebastian left June 23. Janet From Another
Planet joined July 7.
September 30, 1985
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Janet From Another Planet (M-W) / Jim Collins (T-F)
0700 - Sportsnight - Jack Spector
1200 - Wolfman Jack
Weekends - Donna Fiducia, Gary Bridges
Notes - Spector joined August 5. Stern left September 27.
PD - Dale Parsons, APD - Lyndon Abell, MD - Babette Stirland
October 15, 1985
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Fred Norris & Al Rosenberg
0700 - Sportsnight - Jack Spector
1200 - Wolfman Jack
Weekends - Donna Fiducia, Jim Collins, Janet From Another Planet, Gary Bridges
PD - Dale Parsons, APD - Lyndon Abell, MD - Babette Stirland
November 4, 1985
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Gary Bridges
0700 - Sportsnight - Jack Spector
1200 - Wolfman Jack
Weekends - Donna Fiducia, Jim Collins, Janet From Another Planet
News - Robin Quivers, Charles McCord, Meredith Hollaus, Frank Sipolla, Judy
DeAngelis, Neal Seavey
Traffic - Roz Frank, Donna Fiducia
Notes - Neal Seavey died January 7. Jane Dornacher joined December 21.
PD - Dale Parsons, APD - Lyndon Abell, MD - Babette Stirland
January 27, 1986
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Gary Bridges
0700 - Sportsnight - Mike Breen
1200 - Wolfman Jack
Weekends - Jane Dornacher, Jim Collins, Janet From Another Planet
Notes - Jack Spector left January 24. PD - Dale Parsons, APD - Lyndon Abell, MD
- Babette Stirland
March 3, 1986
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Gary Bridges
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Wolfman Jack
Weekends - Jane Dornacher, Jim Collins, Janet From Another Planet, Mike Breen
PD - Dale Parsons, APD - Lyndon Abell, MD - Babette Stirland
March 19, 1986
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Joey Reynolds
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Wolfman Jack
Weekends - Jim Collins, Janet From Another Planet, Gary Bridges, Mike Breen
PD - Dale Parsons, APD - Lyndon Abell, MD - Babette Stirland
May 26, 1986
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Joey Reynolds
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - E. J. Crummey
Weekends - Bill Grundfest, Lee Chambers, Jim Collins, Gary Bridges, Mike Breen
Notes - Grundfest joined April 5. PD - Dale Parsons, APD / MD - Babette Stirland
December 1, 1986
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Joey Reynolds
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Carol Mason
Weekends - Lee Chambers, Jim Collins, Bill Grundfest, Gary Bridges, Mike Breen
News - Doug O'Brien, Charles McCord, Judy DeAngelis
Traffic - Roz Frank, Jane Dornacher, Terry Raskin
Notes - Jane Dornacher was killed when The N-Copter crashed on October 22.
PD - Dale Parsons, APD / MD - Babette Stirland
February 9, 1987
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Joey Reynolds
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Alan Colmes
Weekends - Jim Collins, Bill Grundfest, Gary Briges, Carol Mason, Mike Breen
Notes - For the record Gail Grundfest works with her husband on his show.
PD - Dale Parsons, APD / MD - Babette Stirland
March 2, 1987
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Soupy Sales
0300 - Bill Grundfest
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Alan Colmes
Weekends - Jim Collins, Gary Bridges, Carol Mason, Lee Chambers, Mike Breen
Notes - Joey Reynolds gone. PD - Dale Parsons, APD / MD - Babette Stirland
March 30, 1987
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Jim Collins
0200 - Alan Colmes
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Jay Sorensen
Weekends - Mark Sheff, Lee Chambers, Bill Grundfest, Gary Bridges, Carol Mason,
Mike Breen
Notes - Sales left March 23. Sorensen had worked on the Joey Reynolds Show.
PD - Dale Parsons, APD / MD - Babette Stirland
April 6,1987
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Ray D'Ariano
0200 - Alan Colmes
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Jay Sorensen
Weekends - Jim Collins, Lee Chambers, Bill Grundfest, Gary Bridges, Carol Mason,
Mike Breen
Notes - D'Ariano had worked on the Soupy Sales Show. PD - Dale Parsons, APD / MD
- Babette Stirland
July 4, 1987
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Ray D'Ariano
0200 - Alan Colmes
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Jay Sorensen
Weekends - Jim Collins, Dale Parsons, Dan Taylor, Gary Bridges, Lee Chambers,
Mike Breen
PD - Dale Parsons, APD / MD - Babette Stirland
August 23, 1987
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Ray D'Ariano
0200 - Alan Colmes
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Jay Sorensen
Weekends - Jim Collins, Jack Scott, Dan Taylor, Dale Parsons, Carol Mason
News - Charles McCord, Doug O'Brien, Judy DeAngelis, Don Criqui (Sports)
Traffic - Roz Frank, Jane Genaro
Notes - Scott joined September 12. PD - Dale Parsons, APD / MD - Babette
Stirland
February 15, 1988
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Ray D'Ariano
0300 - Alan Colmes
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Jay Sorensen
Weekends - Jim Collins, Jack Scott, Dan Taylor, Carol Mason
PD - Dale Parsons, APD / MD - Babette Stirland
October 1988 - The End
0530 - Don Imus
1000 - Ray D'Ariano
0300 - Alan Colmes
0700 - Sportsnight - Dave Sims
1200 - Jay Sorensen
Weekends - Jim Collins, Dan Taylor, Carol Mason, Bob James, Peter Shane
News - Judy DeAngelis, Charles McCord, Doug O'Brien, Don Criqui (Sports)
Traffic - Roz Frank, Jane Genaro
Notes - Jack Scott left May 15. Bob James and Peter Shane joined May 21.
PD - Dale Parsons, APD / MD - Babette Stirland