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theradioguy2004
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1975 to some time, most likely in the early 80's, there was a station in Fredrick Md. that had a certain emotion that you could feel with its deep voiced, high energy sound that was loaded with lots of jokes and one liners. By today's CHR standards it would sound more like it should be an oldies station. A guy named Joe Johnson was the manager. The first PD was Bill Gamble, I think, but the PD who put the station on the map was a guy named Kemo Sabe Joe. The thing that impressed me about it was that it had a major market sound in a small market and they created an atmosphere that you could feel when you were listening.
That is rare today, but that was why I got into radio. I wanted to be part of making that joy happen. Anyway, the reason that I am writing is that this station is gone and, as dynamic as it was, I would like to know how and why it ended and if anyone knows what happened to the key people involved.. It would have been hard to compete with them but apparently they did not evlolve in to today's chr as I would have expected. My research tells me they changed formats but why? I read they have come back in a cotemporary for amt but what happened to the original sound and people?
That is rare today, but that was why I got into radio. I wanted to be part of making that joy happen. Anyway, the reason that I am writing is that this station is gone and, as dynamic as it was, I would like to know how and why it ended and if anyone knows what happened to the key people involved.. It would have been hard to compete with them but apparently they did not evlolve in to today's chr as I would have expected. My research tells me they changed formats but why? I read they have come back in a cotemporary for amt but what happened to the original sound and people?