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50 years ago.. January 1969
On January 21, 1969 AM 1490 WOLF switched from country to the Bill Drake format.
AM 1490 WOLF Syracuse, Big John Allen, Switch from country to the Bill Drake Top 40 Format, January 21, 1969 (13:26)
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AM 1490 WOLF Syracuse, Howie Castle to Don Bombard (a.k.a. Bob Shannon WCBS-FM) November 28, 1969 (36:56) Rick Gary newscast @ 5:05
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AM 1490 WOLF Syracuse, Ron White, May 1970 (5:39)
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AM 1490 WOLF Syracuse, Jeff Laurence, October 1974 (7:49) Former 1960’s WOLF employee Fred Winston Hour ID @ 0:53 minutes.
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Jeff Laurence 1973-74
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AM 1490 WOLF Syracuse, Bob Reynolds, November 1978 (8:24)
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AM 1490 WOLF Syracuse, Top 100 of 1972 with Howie Castle (31:42)
This was my very first original recording from on December 31, 1972 when I was 15 years old in Liverpool, NY. Unfortunately most of the jingles and all commercials were left out. Howie’s first radio gig in the 1960’s was on Radio Caroline then moved to Syracuse’s AM 1260 WNDR in 1968 and AM 1490 WOLF in early 1969 as WOLF changed format from country to The very successful Top 40 (KHJ) DRAKE Radio Format with 20/20 news.
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WOLF Music Surveys through the years..
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WSDM FM 97.9 Chicago (1976) *** WLS AM 890 Chicago (1984)
WAVZ AM 1300 New Haven (1974) *** WSYR-FM 94.5 Syracuse (1981) *** WLS AM 890 Chicago (1980)