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unusual facts about album rock



WNOB

WNOB began broadcasting in 1974 under the callsign WMYK, a nod to the then community of license Moyock, North Carolina, playing an album rock format.


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Arnie Ginsburg

This proved a very controversial move, as the staff was opposed to the idea of a former top-40 personality serving as the manager of an album rock station—at that time, FM album rock prided itself on being the antithesis of AM top 40 (Goodman, 1997, 206).

KBLA

The studio and transmitter site were moved to a new facility on North Alvarado St. north of downtown L.A. At this time, it switched to a Top 40 format, then around 1972 went to an album rock format, designed by Bob Wilson, who would later launch the media magazine Radio & Records.

Next Time You See Me

Several blues and other artists have recorded "Next Time You See Me", including Frankie Lymon from his debut album Rock & Roll (1958); Freddie Roach from Brown Sugar (1964); James Cotton from Cut You Loose! (1967); Mike Bloomfield from It's Not Killing Me (1968); Hank Crawford from Midnight Ramble (1982); and Rick Danko from Live on Breeze Hill (1999).

The Carburetors

The Carburetors released their third album Rock'n'Roll Forever on Bodog Records in 2008.

The Three Bells

With lyrics in Swedish by Britt Lindeborg, Kikki Danielsson covered the song in 1979 on her debut album, Rock'n Yodel, as "Och vi hörde klockor ringa", translated "And we heard bells ringing".

WKDF

Jim Battan (aka-Coyote J.) -70's---later at: WERC Birmingham, Q-93-New Orleans, KPRI-San Diego, THE X-Birmingham; joined WZRR-ROCK99.5 in Bham (classic album rock) in late 2006 after the demise of THE X;

WSGE

Classic rock is featured every Saturday night featuring mostly album cuts from the classic album rock era of the '60s and '70s.

WXMA

However, by 1981 WLRS was beaten by rival Album Rock station WQMF in the ratings and in 1984, the station switched to Top 40, adding pop and urban artists like Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston to its playlist (while still leaning toward Rock), to fill the void left when WKJJ abandoned Top 40 for Adult Contemporary in 1982 and WJYL dropped Top 40 for urban contemporary in 1984.