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Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Apr 5 19:23:13 2020
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Sun Apr 5 19:32:23 2020, in response to Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Apr 5 19:23:13 2020.* Yes. I too am a survivor of a day when my mind was young...and blown!!
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by Olog-hai* on Sun Apr 5 19:45:21 2020, in response to Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Apr 5 19:23:13 2020.* Only towards the end, when Scott Muni was still there. I remember when WNEW the TV station became WNYW too.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by bingbong* on Sun Apr 5 19:47:40 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM?, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 5 19:45:21 2020.* I remember it when Selkirk was there.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by Mitch45* on Sun Apr 5 19:49:09 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM?, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 5 19:45:21 2020.* I think WNEW-TV had at least one “We are experiencing technical difficulties - Please Stand By” moment a day.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Charles G* on Sun Apr 5 19:51:21 2020, in response to Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Apr 5 19:23:13 2020.* Home of the Dreaded Midnight Oldie with Dave Herman.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by Catfish 44* on Sun Apr 5 21:56:23 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM?, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 5 19:45:21 2020.* I remember both too.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by Catfish 44* on Sun Apr 5 21:56:56 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM?, posted by Mitch45 on Sun Apr 5 19:49:09 2020.* Most certainly!
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Catfish 44* on Sun Apr 5 21:57:18 2020, in response to Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Apr 5 19:23:13 2020.* I remember the tv commercials the most.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ? * Hey Luch-*
Posted by Catfish 44* on Sun Apr 5 21:58:58 2020, in response to Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Apr 5 19:23:13 2020.* There goes Scottso Muni. He engaged those Day Day Afternoon bank robbers on the air, correct?
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by Mitch45* on Sun Apr 5 22:13:59 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM?, posted by Catfish 44 on Sun Apr 5 21:56:56 2020.* WPIX Channel 11 had them too but WNEW Channel 5 had it down to a science.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by jimmymc25* on Sun Apr 5 22:22:02 2020, in response to Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Apr 5 19:23:13 2020.* Hard to believe it's over 20 yrs scince it's gone.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Stephen Bauman* on Sun Apr 5 22:25:38 2020, in response to Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Apr 5 19:23:13 2020.* I've never listened to WNEW-FM. However here are some trivia questions regarding WNEW(AM), and WNEW-TV. 1. What does the EW in WNEW stand for? 2. What radio network was WNEW part of? 3. What were the original call letters of channel 5, the present WNEW-TV. 4. What did those call letters stand for?
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Sun Apr 5 22:29:30 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 5 22:25:38 2020.* 1. NEW stood for Newark.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Sun Apr 5 22:30:36 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 5 22:25:38 2020.* 2. ? 3. WABD 4. Allen B. DuMont
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Stephen Bauman* on Sun Apr 5 22:34:49 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Apr 5 22:29:30 2020.* 1. NO
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Stephen Bauman* on Sun Apr 5 22:35:27 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Apr 5 22:30:36 2020.* 3. Correct. 4. Correct.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by jimmymc25* on Sun Apr 5 22:36:14 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 5 22:25:38 2020.* 2 is the only one I can take a stab at...was it the Metromedia Radio Network?
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Sun Apr 5 22:43:51 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 5 22:34:49 2020.* I disagree, unless Wikipedia (where I’m certain that I read this) is wrong, which it certainly could be.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Stephen Bauman* on Sun Apr 5 22:48:58 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by jimmymc25 on Sun Apr 5 22:36:14 2020.* 2. NO
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by jimmymc25* on Sun Apr 5 22:50:56 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 5 22:48:58 2020.* ok
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Stephen Bauman* on Sun Apr 5 23:03:17 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Apr 5 22:43:51 2020.* It's call letters when in Newark were WODA.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Stephen Bauman* on Sun Apr 5 23:05:03 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 5 22:25:38 2020.* 2. I'm going to withdraw this question. I should have verified it before posting. I thought it was the flagship station for the Amalgamated Broadcasting System. WNEW-AM was an independent station.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by Catfish 44* on Mon Apr 6 00:53:09 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM?, posted by Mitch45 on Sun Apr 5 22:13:59 2020.* Yeah but channel 5 like you said had it down to a science. I can hear the announcer’s voice repeating that line about the tech difficulties stand by line it was yesterday
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Catfish 44* on Mon Apr 6 00:55:58 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 5 22:25:38 2020.* And WNYW is supposed to stand for What New Yorkers Watch correct?
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Catfish 44* on Mon Apr 6 00:56:29 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by jimmymc25 on Sun Apr 5 22:36:14 2020.* Not a bad guess
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Catfish 44* on Mon Apr 6 00:57:22 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 5 22:25:38 2020.* 40 Years of Fine Tuning Channel 5
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by FYBklyn1959* on Mon Apr 6 08:20:22 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM?, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 5 19:45:21 2020.* I think they changed the call letters after I left in 1976. I think they were the home of the cartoons I watched as a kid, especially my all-time favorite The Flinstones
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by Catfish 44* on Mon Apr 6 08:43:38 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM?, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Apr 6 08:20:22 2020.* Apparently it was changed in 1987
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Mon Apr 6 08:48:41 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM?, posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Apr 6 08:43:38 2020.* It was changed when the Fox Network was launched.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Mon Apr 6 08:50:40 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Apr 6 00:55:58 2020.* It doesn’t stand for anything. They swapped one letter from WNEW.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM?
Posted by Catfish 44* on Mon Apr 6 08:59:12 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM?, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 6 08:48:41 2020.* I know
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Catfish 44* on Mon Apr 6 09:00:02 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 6 08:50:40 2020.* I made a new slogan for them then.
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Re: Remember WXLO-FM and WAPP-FM?
Posted by Mitch45* on Mon Apr 6 11:36:59 2020, in response to Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Apr 5 19:23:13 2020.* They were short-lived stations but they were pretty good.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Dan* on Tue Apr 7 13:41:12 2020, in response to Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Apr 5 19:23:13 2020.* 'Things from England' was aired on Friday afternoons. That's where I first heard groups like The Move (precursor of E.L.O.), Blue Mink, John Kongos and others.
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Re: Remember WXLO-FM and WAPP-FM?
Posted by FYBklyn1959* on Tue Apr 7 14:06:07 2020, in response to Re: Remember WXLO-FM and WAPP-FM?, posted by Mitch45 on Mon Apr 6 11:36:59 2020.* Not familiar with WAPP. I first heard WXLO (former WOR-FM) in the summer of 73. It wasn't bad. I was living in Illinois, but spent the summer with my grandmother in Brooklyn. When I returned for good in June 1974, WXLO had started branding themselves as 99X. They were still OK then, but by the time I left for L. A. in the late summer of 1976, they were (IMO) a shitshow.
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Tue Apr 7 14:07:31 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 5 22:25:38 2020.* Well, when are you going to post the answer so that I can point out that it’s a myth?
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Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?
Posted by Stephen Bauman* on Tue Apr 7 18:52:30 2020, in response to Re: Remember WNEW-FM ?, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Apr 7 14:07:31 2020.* The NEWest thing in radio.
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