WCAU-FM (Philadelphia, PA) Kevin Fennessy – 1975

In this exhibit we present “Smiling Irish” Kevin Fennessy holding down the night shift at WACU-FM in Philadelphia. At the time, FM-98 was playing the best of 1955 to 1957 as “The Music Maker.” In the 1980’s, WCAU-FM would become a market leader as ‘Hot Hits 98″ eventually going back to gold as “Oldies 98” […]

WBUX (Doylestown, PA) Newscast with Jim Hubmaster – November 03, 1998

In this exhibit, we present a newscast from WBUX-AM in the Philadelphia suburb of Doylestown, PA. WBUX was serving a news/talk format complete with local news. The anchor on this newscast is Jim Hubmaster. Less than a year after this newscast aired, WBUX would be sold to Holy Spirit Radio becoming Catholic Radio WISP. AUDIO […]

WMIM (Mount Carmel, PA) “Speak Up” Programs with Bill Scicchitano – 1990 & 1991

In this exhibit we present some community talk programs from the now defunct WMIM 1590 in Mount Carmel, PA. The program, called “Speak Up” was hosted by Bill Scicchitano and featured interviews and conversations with a variety of community members, leaders and organizations. Let’s go back in time for a great example of full-service, small-market […]

WBUX (Doylestown, PA) Darryl Grant (Berger) – 1984 Year In Review

In this exhibit we present a look back at the year 1984, produced and hosted by a young Darryl Berger. At the time, he was going by Darryl Grant and was the News Director at WBUX-AM 1570 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Darryl would become a suburban radio fixture in Pennsylvania’s Bucks and Montgomery counties in the […]

Boston Radio Composite – February 1986

In this exhibit, we present almost 60 minutes of Boston radio from February of 1986. You will hear clips from almost every radio station in Boston including: 94 CGY, Power 103, WROR, WMEX, WXLO, WHTH, WMRE, WJIB, WZOU, WEEI, WBZ, WRKO and others. See how many voices and stations you can remember! AUDIO EXHIBIT Boston […]

WMIM (Mount Carmel, PA) ‘Yak Tam’ Billy Urban Polka Show – April 19th, 1987

‘Jak Tam’ Was Polka King Now retired, Billy Urban misses the fun from the ’60s, ’70s June 27, 1997 Ed Schreppel – The Republican and Herald (Pottsville, PA) Just hum the “Lithuanian Wedding Polka” or mention “Jak Tarn” (pronounced “Yok Tom”) and chances are area people who followed polka music in the ’60s will immediately […]

WSBA (York, PA) Aircheck – Wayne Trout – December 4th, 1962

In this exhibit we present a rare aircheck of Wayne Trout from around 2:45pm to 3:00pm on December 2nd, 1962. This recording also includes a “WSBA First News First” newscast featuring Charles Frederick. AUDIO EXHIBIT WSBA – Wayne Trout Aircheck with Charles Frederick Newscast – December 4th, 1962