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Miami radio trivia

Re: Sun And Fun Capital

I heard that Jackie Gleason lifted the slogan from WFUN and changed it slightly.

Original: WFUN in the FUN and sun capital.

Gleason: "From the sun and fun capital of the world Miami Beach; we bring you The Jackie Gleason Show. (announced by Johnny Olsen).

> 'FROM THE FUN AND SUN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD...(wzta) MIAMI
> BEACH! THIS IS 94.9....ZETA---4!" This was duirng their
> classic rock permutation - late 80's - early 90's.
>
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WWPB-FM, not AM

> > > What was (were) the first commercial (92.1 & higher) FM
> > > station(s) in the Miami market, and when did they go
> > > on-the-air with their respective formats ?
> >
> > Good question. WWPB in '48?
>
> WWPB was 1450 AM. Ir went on in 1947, in time to earn a
> listing in the 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook.

No... The question was about the first FM, David.

I had previously on this thread posted the URL
of WLYF's history, where it says "101.5 LITE FM
has a long and distinguished history in South
Florida radio, originally signing on the
air in 1948 as WWPB-FM. For more than 20 years
the station was owned and operated by Paul Brake,
who served as the station's manager and program
director." From http://www.wlyf.com/HistoryofLITEFM.asp !

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WBUS final day

> Yes, you are correct. It has been a while. I actually have
> the aircheck of the change from WBUS to WWWL.

I requested Mangione's "Land of Make Believe" that
day and they told me there were more requests for
that than anything else.

Was that the last song? I forget.
 
Re: WWPB-FM, not AM

> > > > What was (were) the first commercial (92.1 & higher)
> FM
> > > > station(s) in the Miami market, and when did they go
> > > > on-the-air with their respective formats ?
> > >
> > > Good question. WWPB in '48?
> >
> > WWPB was 1450 AM. Ir went on in 1947, in time to earn a
> > listing in the 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook.
>
> No... The question was about the first FM, David.

But WWPB is an AM call. WWPB-FM came in 1949 (licensed before,a nd Westinghouse transmitter purchased, but airdate some time in 1949.)

I would take Broadcasting and FCC data over a station´s own website.
 
Re: WWPB-FM, not AM

> > > > > What was (were) the first commercial (92.1 & higher) FM
> > > > > station(s) in the Miami market, and when did they go
> > > > > on-the-air with their respective formats ?
> > > >
> > > > Good question. WWPB in '48?
> > >
> > > WWPB was 1450 AM. Ir went on in 1947, in time to earn a
> > > listing in the 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook.
> >
> > No... The question was about the first FM, David.
>
> But WWPB is an AM call. WWPB-FM came in 1949 (licensed
> before,a nd Westinghouse transmitter purchased, but airdate
> some time in 1949.)

It's a shame that you didn't figure out I was
talking about WWPB-FM ... by context ... or
even by looking at the web site. Sorry you
didn't parse that successfully. Mea culpa.

> I would take Broadcasting and FCC data over a station´s own
> website.

Good for you, Dave. I had no reason to believe
that WLYF was trying to deceive me. Or reason
to try to disprove their site. Nor motivation
to go further.
 
Re: WBUS final day

I would have to play the recording to hear it.


> > Yes, you are correct. It has been a while. I actually
> have
> > the aircheck of the change from WBUS to WWWL.
>
> I requested Mangione's "Land of Make Believe" that
> day and they told me there were more requests for
> that than anything else.
>
> Was that the last song? I forget.
>
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Re: WBUS final day

> I would have to play the recording to hear it.

Well, if you ever do... I'm curious.

73s from 954

> > > Yes, you are correct. It has been a while. I actually
> > have
> > > the aircheck of the change from WBUS to WWWL.
> >
> > I requested Mangione's "Land of Make Believe" that
> > day and they told me there were more requests for
> > that than anything else.
> >
> > Was that the last song? I forget.
> >
>
 
WFLX FOX 29 comes in fine On the Air in Dade!

At least at my "Penthouse" apartment?. In fact I view it better than Two, or NBC 58. Come on by one day, we can do the Steak 'N' Shake?. (Now that sounds obscene!)
> To add something to the local TV discussion,
> I am very pissed that the cable companies in
> Broward don't carry the WPB stations,
> especially channel 29.
>
> I'm just a 15 minute drive from the Boca/the
> PB market via the Turnpike and more than
> twice as far from the Dade County line.
>
> Like many people around here, I'm much more
> interested in finding out about WPB and Boca
> than South Beach and Kendall, and I don't
> give a [fill in blank] about what David has
> to say about his markets. Doesn't matter.
>
> 73s from 954
>
 
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