WABC-FM/WPLJ 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.
October 1967 WABC-FM
0900 - Stage Show (Broadway Music to 10 p.m.)
1000 - Portraits In Jazz with Alan Grant
1200 - WABC-AM Simulcast
Weekends - Tom Wilson, Bob Lewis, Chuck Leonard, Dan Ingram Show, Dick Hubert,
Harry Maynard, Howard Cosell
March 4, 1968
0900 - The Most Music (Progressive Rock to 8 p.m.)
0800 - Chuck Leonard
1100 - WABC-AM Simulcast
Notes - May 6: The Most Music 9am-7pm, Radio Free New York with Bob Lewis, WABC-AM
Simulcast 11pm-9am.
February 28, 1969
0600 - Love with Brother John Rydgren (Recorded Features & Progressive Rock to 7
pm)
0700 - Radio Free New York with Bob Lewis
1100 - Love
0100 - WABC-AM Simulcast
May 1970
0515 - Dave Herman
1015 - John Rydgren
0615 - Dave Herman
1015 - Jim Rabbit
0100 - John Rydgren
Weekends - Howard Smith
Notes - Jim Rabbit joins February 23. July: Herman 5:15-10:15, Tony Pigg
10:15-2:15, Jimmy Fink 2:15-4:15, Jim Rabbit 4:15-8:15, Dave Herman 8:15-12:15,
Murray Roman 12:15-5:15.
January 1971
0700 - Michael Cuscuna
1115 - J.J. Jackson
0215 - Tony Pigg
0515 - Vin Scelsa
0715 - Dave Herman
1115 - Mike Turner
0315 - Murray Roman
Weekends - Howard Smith
WPLJ - February 14, 1971
0700 - Michael Cuscuna
1115 - J.J. Jackson
0215 - Tony Pigg
0515 - Vin Scelsa
0715 - Dave Herman
1115 - Mike Turner
0315 - Larry Yurdin
Weekends - Howard Smith
Notes - March 29: Alex Bennett 6-10, Scelsa 10-3, Cuscuna 3-7, Herman 7-11,
Turner 11-3, Pigg 3-6. June 21: Scelsa to 10-2, Cuscuna to 2-6, Herman to 6-10,
Zacherle joins for 10pm-3am, rest unchanged.
April 1972
0600 - Charlie Ahl
1000 - Dave Cassidy
0200 - Paul Krimsier
0600 - Tom Hogan
1000 - Zacherle
0200 - Alex Bennett
Weekends - Paul Krimsier, Jimmy Fink, Tony Taylor, Tom Hogan, Tim Hartman
Notes - December: Dick Summer 6-10, Steve O'Brien 10-2, rest unchanged.
April 1973
0600 - Dick Summer
1000 - Paul Krimsier
0200 - Larry Miller
0600 - Pat St. John
1000 - Zacherle
0200 - Alex Bennett
Weekends - Jimmy Fink, Tim Hartman
Notes - August: Tony Pigg to 2-6pm.
January 14, 1974
0600 - Dick Summer
1000 - Paul Krimsier
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Tony Pigg
1000 - Zacherle
0200 - Alex Bennett
Weekends - Jimmy Fink, Larry Miller, Charmane Stratos, Bill Crowley
Notes - Summer left February 9, replaced temporarily by Jimmy Fink on the 9th.
Jim Kerr took over AM Drive on March 18. Krimsier left June 29. July 1: Pigg to
10am-2pm, Randi Thomas joins for 6-10pm. Thomas left September 1, replaced the
next day by Denise Oliver who left September 15, replaced temporarily by Jimmy
Fink. Miller left September 29, replaced October 4 by Viv Roundtree. Tom Morgan
joins for 10am-2pm on October 14.
February 17, 1975
0600 - Jim Kerr
1000 - Tom Morgan
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Tony Pigg
1000 - Zacherle
0200 - Helen Hagen
Weekends - Viv Roundtree, Jimmy Fink, Alex Bennett
Notes - Alex Bennett moved from Overnights to Weekends on February 14, replaced
in Overnights by Hagen who left March 6 who was replaced by Roundtree on the
10th, replaced on the 20th by Geoff nimmo. September 29: Zacherle to 10am-2pm,
Carol Miller joins for 10pm-2am.
May 1, 1978
0600 - Jimmy Fink
1000 - Zacherle
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Tony Pigg
1000 - Carol Miller
0200 - Viv Roundtree
Weekends - Bob Marrone, Caryl Ratner (Talk), Dave Charity
January 1, 1979
0600 - Jimmy Fink
1000 - Zacherle
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Tony Pigg
1000 - Carol Miller
0200 - Dave Fonteno
Weekends - Bob Marrone, Caryl Ratner (Talk), Dave Charity
Notes - Jim Kerr returns for Mornings on August 3, Fink moves to 10am-2pm,
Marrone moves to Overnights.
July 19, 1980
0600 - Jim Kerr
1000 - Tony Pigg
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Carol Miller
1000 - Dave Charity
0200 - Bob Marrone
Weekends - Jimmy Fink, Dave Charity
Notes - September 13: Mark Goodman joins for 10pm-2am, Charity moves to
Weekends.
1981
0600 - Jim Kerr
1000 - Tony Pigg
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Carol Miller
1000 - Mark Goodman
0200 - Bob Marrone
Weekends - Jimmy Fink, Dave Charity
Notes - August 3: Marc Coppola joins for 10pm-2am.
1982
0600 - Jim Kerr
1000 - Tony Pigg
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Carol Miller
1000 - Marc Coppola
0200 - Bob Marrone
Weekends - Jimmy Fink, Dave Charity
1983
0600 - Jim Kerr
1000 - Tony Pigg
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Carol Miller
1000 - Marc Coppola
0200 - Bob Marrone
Weekends - Jimmy Fink, Dave Charity
Notes - Peter Bush joins for 10pm-2am on September 19. Miller left October 8.
October 10: Bush moves to 6-10pm followed by Charity. November 21: J.J. Kennedy
joins for 10am-2pm, Pigg moves to 10pm-2am.
January 7, 1984
0600 - Jim Kerr
1000 - J. J. Kennedy
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Peter Bush
1000 - Tony Pigg
0200 - Bob Marrone
Weekends - Dave Charity, Fast Jimmy Roberts
Notes - Roberts joins January 7. Cleo Rowe joined for Overnights on January 16.
Pigg left June 30, replaced on July 2 by Roberts. August 6: Roberts moves to
6-10pm, Bush to 10pm-2am. September 1: Bush moves to 2-6pm, Willie B. Goode
joins for 6-10pm. December 15: St. John to 3-7pm, Roberts to 7-11pm, Bush to
11pm-2am.
January 14, 1985
0600 - Jim Kerr
1000 - J. J. Kennedy
0300 - Pat St. John
0700 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
1100 - Peter Bush
0200 - Cleo Rowe
Weekends - Dave Charity, Willie B. Goode, Bobby Valentine
Notes - July 15: St. John to 2-6pm, Roberts to 6-10pm, Goode moves to 10pm-2am.
On September 21, AM Drive starts at 5:30, Bobby Valentine joins for Weekends.
1986
0530 - Jim Kerr
1000 - J. J. Kennedy
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
1000 - Willie B. Goode
0200 - Cleo Rowe
Weekends - Dave Charity, Bobby Valentine
May 4, 1987
0530 - Jim Kerr
1000 - J. J. Kennedy
0200 - Pat St. John
0600 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
1000 - Cleo Rowe
0200 - Bobby Valentine
Weekends - Hollywood Henderson, Willie b. Goode, Rich Stevens
Notes - St. John left August 28, replaced by Roberts on September 7. Henderson
joins on August 29 for Weekends and moves to 6-10pm on September 7. Rich Stevens
joins for Weekends on October 24.
WPLJ to WWPR at 5 p.m., December 17
0530 - Jim Kerr
1000 - J. J. Kennedy
0200 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0600 - Hollywood Henderson
1000 - Cleo Rowe
0200 - Bobby Valentine
Weekends - Rich Stevens, Willie B. Goode
February 6, 1988
0530 - Jim Kerr
1000 - J. J. Kennedy
0200 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0600 - Hollywood Henderson
1000 - Cleo Rowe
0200 - Bobby Valentine
Weekends - Rich Stevens, Willie B. Goode, Ken Menneck, Skye Walker
Notes - Kennedy left April 23, replaced on the 25th by Valentine, Goode to
10pm-2am, Rowe to Overnights, Menneck joins for Weekends. Linda Energy joins for
10pm-2am on June 27, Goode leaves. Walker joins for Weekends on July 9.
WWPR back to WPLJ December 21
0530 - Jim Kerr
1000 - Bobby Valentine
0200 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0600 - Hollywood Henderson
1000 - Linda Energy
0200 - Cleo Rowe
Weekends- Skye Walker, Rich Stevens
April 19, 1989
0530 - Jim Kerr
1000 - Skye Walker
0300 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0700 - Domino
1100 - Linda Energy
0200 - Bobby Valentine
Weekends - Rich Stevens, Tony Roma, Mike Preston
Notes - Hollywood Henderson left 6-10pm April 7. Cleo Rowe left Overnights April
8. On May 17:, Gary Bryan joins Kerr in AM Drive. Kerr left in late June, Bryan
takes over AM Drive on his own on June 30. Energy joins Bryan in AM Drive on
July 24, replaced in 11pm-2am by Wendy Williams. July 31: Bryan & Energy 6-10,
Valentine 10-3, Roberts 3-7, Domino 7-11, Williams 11-2, Roma 2-6, Walker to
Weekends. August 26: Bryan & Energy 6-10, Valentine 10-3, Roberts 3-7, Domino
7-11, Roma 11-6. Archer joins for 5-6am on September 18, Roma's shift to 11-5.
Valentine left November 17, replaced by Walker. Dave Stewart joins for 11pm-2am.
January 6, 1990
0500 - Gary Bryan & Linda Energy
1000 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0300 - Greg Thunder
0700 - Domino
1100 - Skye Walker
0100 - Tony Roma
Weekends - Dave Stewart, Mike Preston
Notes - Thunder joins January 11. Terry Fox joined for 1-5am on February 5.
Bryan left March 23. Archer Dusablon joins Energy for AM Drive on March 26.
Energy left May 4. Thunder left May 20. Rusty Humphries joins Dusablon in AM
Drive (now 6-10) on May 7. May 21: Walker to 3-7pm, Stewart to 11pm-2am. August
27: Rocky Allen 530-10, Roberts 10-3, Walker 3-7, Domino 7-11, Kim Ashley
(joined July 21) 11-2, Fox 2-530. Domino left October 19, replaced on the 29th
by A. J. Hammer.
April 11, 1991
0600 - Scott Shannon
1000 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0300 - Skye Walker
0700 - A.J. Hammer
1100 - Kim Ashley
0200 - Terry Fox
Weekends - Dave Stewart, Tony Roma, Gnarly Charlie, M. J. Kelli
Notes - Todd Pettengill joins Shannon in AM Drive on August 12, Walker moves to
10-3, Roberts to 3-7, Stewart takes Overnights, replaced on Weekends by Gnarly
Charlie and M. J. Kelli. November 23: Shannon & Pettengill 6-10, Ashley 10-3,
Roberts 3-7, Hammer 7-11, David Hunter 11-2, Stewart 2-6. December 30: Hammer
7-12, Stewart 12-6, Hunter to Weekends, rest unchanged.
March 2, 1992
0600 - Scott Shannon & Todd Pettengill
1000 - Kenny Walker
0300 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0700 - A.J. Hammer
1200 - Dave Stewart
Weekends - Gnarly Charlie, Kim Ashley, David Hunter, Kerry Griffith, David
Simpson
Notes - April 6: Kim Ashley returns to 10-3.
February 8, 1993
0600 - Scott Shannon & Todd Pettengill
1000 - Kim Ashley
0100 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0400 - Rocky Allen
0800 - A.J. Hammer
1200 - Dave Stewart
Weekends - David Hunter, Kerry Griffith, Kenny Walker, David Simpson, Al
Bandiero
Notes - Bandiero joins for Weekends December 4.
April 4, 1994
0600 - Scott Shannon & Todd Pettengill
1000 - Al Bandiero
0100 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0400 - Rocky Allen
0800 - A.J. Hammer
1200 - Dave Stewart
Weekends - David Hunter, Kerry Griffith, Kenny Walker, David Simpson
Notes - Kristie McIntyre joins for 10am-1pm on August 1.
February 18, 1995
0600 - Scott Shannon & Todd Pettengill
1000 - Kristie Mcintyre
0100 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0400 - Rocky Allen
0800 - Al Bandiero
1200 - Dave Stewart
Weekends - Chris Marino, David Hunter, Tony Banks, A. J. Hammer, Danny Meyers,
Kevin Seal
February 17, 1996
0600 - Scott Shannon & Todd Pettengill
1000 - Kristie Mcintyre
0100 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0400 - Rocky Allen
0800 - Al Bandiero
1200 - Dave Stewart
Weekends - Chris Marino, Tony Banks, Kevin Seal, Sue O'Neal, Joey Kramer
Notes - Bandiero left June 18, replaced the next day by Danny Meyers & Onions.
February 8, 1997
0600 - Scott Shannon & Todd Pettengill
1000 - Kristie Mcintyre
0100 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0400 - Rocky Allen
0800 - Danny Meyers & Onions
1200 - Dave Stewart
Weekends - Rich Kaminsky, Joey Kramer, Jeff Cruise, Sue O'neal
March 31, 1998
0600 - Scott Shannon & Todd Pettengill
1000 - Kristie Mcintyre
0100 - Fast Jimmy Roberts
0400 - Rocky Allen
0800 - Danny Meyers & Onions
1200 - Dave Stewart
Weekends - Rich Kaminsky, Joey Kramer, Sue O'neal, Kim Ashley
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