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Who were the jocks on WFOM and how did it compete with WQXI? I was in Atlanta on and off in the late Sixties and I don't remember being able to listen to it.
MsMusicRadio said:Who were the jocks on WFOM and how did it compete with WQXI? I was in Atlanta on and off in the late Sixties and I don't remember being able to listen to it.
MsMusicRadio said:That brings up another question. Why did WPLO at 590 give up the format so early to stations with inferior signals?
There is only one King 'B'!The King Bee said:WXVW, 1450 kHz in Jeffersonville, IN (Louisville, KY-IN market) signed on in September, 1961 and did well with local ownership (WXVW, Inc. and later Sunnyside Communications) until Cumulus eventually acquired it a couple of years ago...it's now ESPN 1450 "The Ticket"" WQKC. During its earlier periods, WXVW programmed Oldies, Top 40, Country and "Music of Your Life," becoming one of the most successful MOYL affiliates in the country. They were also respected for their coverage of South Central Indiana high school sports and community issues (about 300,000 of the 1.4 million population of the Louisville CMSA live in Southern Indiana counties). WXVW held its own, even in the days when the Louisville market had such legendary AM's as WAKY, WKLO, WAVE-AM, WLOU and the classy (pre-Clear Channel) WHAS-AM.
Former WXVW station GM/Managing Partner Charlie Jenkins, OM Gil (Doc) Daugherty, and MD Ron Chilton are well-respected local radio personalities who treated listeners and advertisers right. All in all, an excellent small Class IV who did it right for years.