WFIL Pop Explosion Volume 2 Outtakes

Back in 1967, Lost Nite Records released WFIL Pop Explosion Volume 2, with 22 of the then current hits. Here's a look at the cover.

Thanks to former WFIL jock Dennis John Cahill, we have some outtake shots from the cover photo session. These are on large format slides, and there's a bit of liquid damage, but gaze on these for the first time ever! Click the images for even larger versions.

It's overnite jock Dave Parks in the cool convertible.

This is a variation of the shot that was on the back of the album. From the top, Jay Cook, Dave Parks, Long John Wade, George Michaels, Chuck Browing, and Jim Nettleton.

 

And one last shot of George Michaels.

And thanks again to Dennis John Cahill for sharing this piece of radio history.

The Tennessee Radio Hall Of Fame YouTube Channel and Facebook Community

I'm on the Board for the Tennessee Radio Hall Of Fame, working to preserve the history of radio in Tennessee. We've been busy posting airchecks, stories, and photos from the 1920s to the present on The Official Tennessee Radio Hall Of Fame Community on Facebook, and on The Tennessee Radio Hall Of Fame YouTube Channel. Hit the links if you have a couple of hours to spare!

WFIL Philadelphia Survey September 25, 1967

Back with another WFIL survey with music genres across the board, along with the usual heavy dose of Philly music. Click to enlarge and enjoy!

WCDS Glascow KY Survey July 2 1971

It's easy to forget that EVERY town in the 60s and 70s had its own monster AM station. Here's a survey from WCDS Glascow Kentucky in July 1971. Note the variety of music that probably wasn't on WABC that year. Click to enlarge!

KLIF Dallas TX Radio Survey May 23 1966

Here's the KLIF Dallas survey from May 23, 1966, a perfect blend of music, personality, and celebrity. Note the KLIF DJ pics, the Mamas & the Papas, and a healthy dose of local music on the Forty Star Survey. Click to enlarge pics, thanks to Mike Bohan for the survey!

Happy 60th Charlie Chase

Happy 60th Birthday this week to Charlie Chase, WKGN Knoxville, WSM Nashville, TV, syndication, and God knows what else. Click to enlarge!

Y-100 Miami FL Survey Dec 28 1974

Nice jock pics on the back of this survey from 1974, courtesy of Mike Bohan.
Click each image to enlarge.

Charlie Daniels at WKDF Nashville

Charlie Daniels is a big fan of Nashville radio, and especially WKDF, who broadcast his Volunteer Jam series of concerts for years. Here's Charlie at the WKDF studios with long time KDF jock Tom Bootle. Click to enlarge, and R.I.P. Tom.

WKKO Cocoa Beach FL Survey July 18 1969

What else happened this week? Oh yeah, we landed on the moon. WKKO and Cocoa Beach were justifiably proud of this historical moment, as seen in their survey out on the week of the moon landing. Click to enlarge, and thanks to David Rollins for this awesome post!

WKDA-FM Nashville Survey June 22 1970

WKDA-FM brought full time AOR radio to Nashville in the spring of 1970. They immediately picked up a solid audience of album rock fans, and the station morphed into WKDF, and then just KDF. They stayed with the same format until turning country in 1993. Bob Cole, pictured in this survey at the bottom, is now seen as the father of AOR radio in Nashville.

Click to enlarge, and to learn more about the history of AOR radio in Nashville, click here.

WFIL Philadelphia Survey Jan 22 9168

Another survey from Famous 56 WFIL Philadelphia, this one from early 1968. American pop is making a comeback, there are only five British invasion songs on this survey. Local groups still make the chart like Barbara Mason and the Soul Survivors. And don't forget to order your Long John Wade niteshirt on the back!

WSGN Birmingham AL Mailing Label

Birmingham powerhouse WSGN was one of the giants of 60s AM radio, part of the Southern Broadcasting Fleet that included WTOB Winston-Salem, KOY Phoenix AZ, WKIX Raleigh NC, and KTHT Houston TX. Here's a mailing label from WSGN, click to enlarge. Learn more about the Birmingham Alabama radio market in the 60s by clicking here.

WMAK Nashville Survey June 05, 1974

Here's WMAK in summer 1974, still riding the Top 40 wave. Roger St. John is featured on the cover. Anyone have info on him? Lots of locally produced Nashville acts are in the survey, including Jim Stafford, Jimmy Buffett, Anne Murray, and Elvis. Click to enlarge and enjoy!

WBVR Russelville KY Sticker

Here's a great bumper sticker from WBVR Russellville KY in the 1990s. The station was a country format. I once did a commercial for them, and their slug line was "Leave It On The Beaver!"  Indeed.

WCFL Chicago Super CFL Super Hits of '74 Survey

Here's the WCFL Chicago Super CFL Super Hits of the Year '74, with some great artist shots on the cover. Click to enlarge and enjoy.

KLIF Dallas TX Survey Feb 12 1966

The KLIF Forty Star Survey, courtesy of Mike Bohan. Click to enlarge each section.

WLAC-AM Nashville Boat Shot

What do WLAC-AM night time jocks do during the day? In 1978, it was lounge on a boat in Percy Priest Lake just east of Nashville. That's me, Nick Archer, splitting nights on WKQB-FM and WLAC-AM.

WRC Washington DC Sales Booklet

  WRC in the 1960s was a full service AM giant, with authoritative news and music each day. I was introduced to them on the weekends, when my dad would set us down to listen to The Joy Boys, Ed Walker and Willard Scott, who did a very funny show. It was corny, with plenty of puns and slide whistle sound effects, but for my dad and I it was a bonding experience.

  I wrote a fan letter to WRC and asked for some station stuff, and they sent me this sales booklet, with info on the station and air staff. A page is below, but you can download the whole brochure as a pdf file by clicking here.

I also got some WRC stationary, but I never wrote any letters on it.

There's a great WRC tribute site that you can visit by clicking here. Check it out.

KFXM San Bernardino CA Survey Aug 08 1966

Another great survey from Timmy, KFXM/AM590 San Bernardino California in 1966. Click to enlarge!

WWKX KX104 Gallatin TN Jeff Baker Aircheck 1980

Here's an aircheck rescued from an old cassette. It's Jeff Baker on KX104, WWKX in Gallatin TN in 1980. There are some promos, an aircheck, a couple of commercials, and even a promo from fellow jock Jon "Rock 'n Roll" Anthony. KX 104 was one of the best in straight ahead radio, click here to hear the aircheck.

Lee Masters, left, and Jeff Baker, right, in 2011.