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Vinnie Brown, Q107 WRQX Washington | January 1, 1983

Vinnie Brown, Q107 WRQX Washington | January 1, 1983

  The 1980s was a great decade for Top 40 radio in Washington, D.C. As listeners migrated to FM, the had a choice of three great sounding CHR stations, 95.5 WPGC, 105 WAVA, and Q107 WRQX. In it’s 10 year run as a CHR station, from 1980, through 1990, Q107 had an amazing array of talented jocks. Elliott & Woodside, Sandy Weaver, George McFly, Uncle Johnny, Chris Jagger, and many others.…

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Elliot & Woodside, Q107 WRQX Washington | December 31 1982

Elliot & Woodside, Q107 WRQX Washington | December 31 1982

  Jim Elliott & Scott Woodside, first teamed up at Washington’s WPGC AM & FM in 1978, and they quickly became a sensation. For most of their eight years together, Elliott and Woodside enjoyed high ratings and were each believed to be earning $200,000 annually. They were so popular in the early 1980s, Q107  WRQX felt they needed to do felt they needed to do something to get them off of WPGC. Q107…

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Joe Cipriano, Stereo 107 WRQX Washington | March 1979

Joe Cipriano, Stereo 107 WRQX Washington | March 1979

Many forget that WRQX Washington began it’s life NOT as Top 40 Q107, but as Rock formatted WRQX 107. The ABC FM outlet was similar to it’s New York City sister station, WPLJ, as it played Washington’s Best Rock. In 1977, ABC Radio acquired WMAL AM & FM for $16 million. ABC changed the calls to WRQX, & tweaked it’s Rock format. ABC management only kept the Rock on WRQXfor about a year & a half,…

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Dave Thompson, 107.3 WRQX Washington | March 22, 1980

Dave Thompson, 107.3 WRQX Washington | March 22, 1980

Less than a year after changing formats to Top 40 from Album Rock, the station branded as Q107 is upbeat and exciting! Dave Thompson, who had been heard at WXLO 99X in New York City, is running a tight show that’s a lot of fun.

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Listen for a contest where every time Q107 plays “Hey Jude“, some lucky listener wins $1,000! Sure enough,…

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Stony Richards, 107.3 WRQX Washington | February 24, 1979

Stony Richards, 107.3 WRQX Washington | February 24, 1979

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The apparent continuation of the Marleen Foxx aircheck of “FM 107 WRQX Washington’s Best Rock”, this is the morning show of the day following a big blizzard in the Nation’s capitol. Just a few teaser notes are in order. First, the audio quality is fair. It’s a clean enough recording, but in somewhat scratchy mono. Probably…

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‪Excited to be part of ⁦‪#Q107‬⁩ Rock Radio Station ⁦‪#Canada‬⁩ 🇨🇦 Day celebrations rocking with Jukebox Heroes: ⁦‪#ForeignerTribute‬⁩ ⁦‪#Canada150ِ‬⁩ ⁦‪#Music‬⁩‬ (at Woodbine Park)