[BC] Country Music plight in top towns

[Bob Tarsio]

Grady:

Did you work for Frank Kramer at WMZQ? He was our DOE for Viacom
Broadcasting which bought the old Sonderling group which WMZQ was part of. I
was CE of the New York City station which was country when I got there in
1982. That lasted but two more years when it switched to Lite FM a runaway
success and continues to be 23 years later! 

We had a lot of fun with the country format though. We did all the same
stuff that WMZQ did in those days. We had a lot of country artists in for
guest DJ spots. They were all pretty regular folks. 

Ah, the good old days! 

Bob Tarsio
President

Broadcast Devices, Inc. 
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Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567

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-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of gRAdy Moates
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:20
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] Country Music plight in top towns

    Ah, memories. . . 

    I worked for WMZQ in the beginning. . . 

    I remember distributing balloons at the Waylon & Willie 
concert (promoted by the competition) that had, "I MZQ'd 
at Waylon & Willie" in bright green ink on yellow balloon 
stock.  

    I still have a pair of shorts that we used to wear when 
the MZQ softball team would play, that trumped, "I MZQ'd 
in my pants!"  I can't fit into them anymore.  

    When was that, 1979?  Before 'MZQ it was WMOD.  

> What WMZQ offers to counter the appeal of the thinly sliced niches 
> on satellite radio is local deejays, news and traffic -- and the sense 
> of being part of a community based where listeners live. The 
> station's programming is all local except for the overnight show, 
> which is syndicated fare from Los Angeles.


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