"89.5! The Hitbound Sound in Southern Connecticut on a Smokin' 60s Weekend! Andy Blair with ya till ten, sendin' out a request to lovely Melissa in West Haven for Steppenwolf! Hey, keep it right here for the heavy sounds in STEREO at P K N!". June 2004
Doing this oldies show at WPKN-FM in Bridgeport, CT on Saturday evenings was probably the most fun thing I've ever done!
Ever since falling in love with the fast pace, tight formats and on-air personalities of classic Top-40 radio in my childhood years, I finally got my own shot it! (and it lasted for over 19 years!).
As a weekend show, I had complete control over the contents. The show was a mix of well known tunes along with copious amounts of B-sides, as well as many album tracks which should have become hits in their time, but never did. Numerous vintage jingles and commercials from my collection copied to broadcast tape carts added to the overall recreation of the way radio used to sound.
At 10,000 watts, we were getting calls and requests from most of Connecticut, Long Island and even parts of upstate New York.
A friend and fellow radio nut took this shot using my Pentax Auto 110 camera. The smallest SLR ever built, it used 110 film!
"89.5! The Hitbound Sound in Southern Connecticut on a Smokin' 60s Weekend! Andy Blair with ya till ten, sendin' out a request to lovely Melissa in West Haven for Steppenwolf! Hey, keep it right here for the heavy sounds in STEREO at P K N!". June 2004
Doing this oldies show at WPKN-FM in Bridgeport, CT on Saturday evenings was probably the most fun thing I've ever done!
Ever since falling in love with the fast pace, tight formats and on-air personalities of classic Top-40 radio in my childhood years, I finally got my own shot it! (and it lasted for over 19 years!).
As a weekend show, I had complete control over the contents. The show was a mix of well known tunes along with copious amounts of B-sides, as well as many album tracks which should have become hits in their time, but never did. Numerous vintage jingles and commercials from my collection copied to broadcast tape carts added to the overall recreation of the way radio used to sound.
At 10,000 watts, we were getting calls and requests from most of Connecticut, Long Island and even parts of upstate New York.
A friend and fellow radio nut took this shot using my Pentax Auto 110 camera. The smallest SLR ever built, it used 110 film!