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Nancy Plum & John M. Driscoll, KTNQ Ten-Q Los Angeles | September, 1977

Nancy Plum & John M. Driscoll, KTNQ Ten-Q Los Angeles | September, 1977

This is really an early morning composite of one of the West Coast’s most exciting Top 40 stations to ever hit the airwaves! KTNQ, “Ten-Q” was a high-power, lightning fast-paced Top 40 station. One of the stations in L.A. that helped permanently de-throne 93/KHJ. Prior to 1976, 1020 was KGBS, which had its own personality oriented format… a bit less exciting than the New Ten-Q.

Nancy Plum is…

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Memphis Composite: 56 WHBQ, 68 WMPS & 1070 WDIA | Summer, 1972

All-NEW Classic Aircheck: Memphis Composite: 56 WHBQ, 68 WMPS & 1070 WDIA | Summer, 1972

Who knew that WMPS shared a similar sound and set of jingles with WLS Chicago? They even use the line “Mid-America’s new city!” What the heck? And during this time period, in my opinion, WHBQ sounds old and tired compared to WMPS. And then there’s WDIA. WDIA uses the “Soul Power” positioning statement.

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AND NOW THIS MESSAGE

Each month,…

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Composite: WHBQ, WMPS, WDIA Memphis | 1972

Composite: WHBQ, WMPS, WDIA Memphis | 1972

This runs almost 24 minutes and may be somewhat confusing. Listen carefully because this is presented as one or two breaks from one station, then flips to another for a few breaks, etc.

Other than being a somewhat muddy sounding recording – the tape is 42 years old after all, this is an excellent representation of the state of popular music radio in Memphis in the early 1970s. Don’t be fooled,…

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