Local (Wilmington/Philly) Radio & TV Personalities/Programs
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| AM RADIO STATIONS: | ||
| WAMS, 1380Kc (Est. 1947) | #1 #2 #3 | |
| WDEL, 1150Kc (Est. 1922) Joe Mosbrook, News Reporter with Radio Station WDEL giving an account of the airplane crash of PanAm Flight #214 Elkton, MD, December 8, 1963 [News 1] In April 1930, WDEL joined the NBC Radio Network. In 1976, NBC celebrated its 50th year (1926-1976) with the program "NBC Celebrates Its First Fabulous Fifty". Listen to the five, one-hour long programs here [Audio 1 - 5] Visit WDEL.Com for audio vignettes as it celebrates being Wilmington's first radio station and 100 years on the air, July 22, 1922 [Web Site] |
#1 #2 #3 #4 News 1 Audio 1 Audio 2 Audio 3 Audio 4 Audio 5 Web Site |
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| WILM, 1450Kc (Est. 1928) | #1 #2 #3 #4 | |
| WNRK, 1260Kc | ||
| WTUX, 1290Kc (Est. 1947) | Yes | |
| FM RADIO STATIONS: | ||
| WDEL, 93.7Mc | ||
| WJBR-FM, 99.5Mc (Est. 1956) Started out playing classical music. Was also licensed by the FCC for experimental stereo broadcasting in late 1950s and was one of the pioneer stations to fully broadcast in stereo. | #1 #2 | |
| WSTW, 93.7Mc | ||
| TELEVISION STATIONS: | ||
| WDEL-TV, Channel 7, NBC & DuMont (March, 1949 to 1951) | #1 #2 #3 | |
| WDEL-TV, Channel 12, NBC & DuMont (1951 to 1955) | Same | |
| WPFH-TV, Channel 12 (1955 to 1957) | Same | |
| WVUE-TV, Channel 12 (1957 to September, 1958) | Same | |
| WHYY-TV, Channel 12, PBS (September, 1963) | Same | |
| BROADCAST PERSONALITIES (Local): | ||
| Richard 'Dick' Aydelotte, WDEL Jack Barry, WAMS Mel Berman, WAMS Dan Casey, WILM, WAMS Pat Ciarrocchi, WAMS (Padua Academy, 1970) Charlie Collins, WILM, WDEL-TV Johnny Cornwell, WDEL Bob Cunningham, WILM Art Curley, WILM Lee Davis, WAMS Scott Dayton (real name Roy C. Pollitt), WILM, WNRK, WAMS Dave Eldridge, WAMS Bill Frank, WILM Frank Gallagher, WILM Willie Gaylord, WAMS Gary Geers, WDEL-TV/KYW-TV Dick Graham, WDEL, WAMS 'Colonel' Dave Herman, broadcast from Brandywine Raceway Mitch Hill, WAMS, WFIL Dick Holmes, WILM, WAMSView photos & data Roger Holmes, WAMS (Last heard on WVUD) Bill Horleman, WDEL Tom Hopkins, WILM Lowell Howard, WAMS Harry Hubbell, WILM Burke Hull, WDEL Carl Jones, WILM Bill Kelley, WDEL Bob Kop, WAMS Rod Lea, WAMS Robert Mercer, WDEL Gene Miles, WAMS Joe Mosbrook, WDEL Del Parks, WILM Joe Pyne, WILM, WVCH (First 'Talk Radio' personality) John Rago, WJBR John Reynolds, WJBR Art "Bud" Rogerson, WILM Bill Smith, WAMS Harvey Smith, WDEL Jack Stant, WILM Mitch Thomas, WILM Jim Termine, WTUX Dean Tyler (Real name is Tyler Finch) WAMS, WILM, WPEN John Watson, WILM |
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| PERSONALITIES (Philadelphia) | ||
| 'Happy the Clown', WFIL-TV Lee Dexter, 'Bertie the Bunyip' Larry Ferrari, WFIL-TV Bill Webber, 'Wee Willie Webber', WFIL-TV Pixanne, WCAU-TV John Facenda, WCAU-TV Gene London Sally Starr, WFIL-TV Chief Halftown, WFIL-TV Captain Noah Jim O'Brien, WFIL-TV The Geator, Jerry Blavat Gunnar Back, WFIL-TV Stan Lee Broza, 'The Children's Hour', WCAU-TV Gene and Joan Crane, WCAU-TV Hy Lit, WIBG Alan Scott, WPTZ Larry Kane, WFIL-TV, WRCV-TV, WCAU-TV Jim Gardner Pete Boyle, WPTZ Bill Hart, WCAU-TV Bob Horn, 'Bandstand' (preceded Dick Clark), WFIL-TV Dick Clark, 'American Bandstand', WFIL-TV Ed Hurst Byrum (By) Saam, Phillies baseball Bill Campbell, Phillies baseball John Zacherle 'Roland', Shock Theatre), WCAU-TV 'Miss Claire', WFIL-TV, Romper Room Mr. Rivits, WPTZ-TV Lorenzo the Clown (Hobo) Joey Reynolds Willie the Worm, WCAU-TV |
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| TALK RADIO PERSONALITIES (Philadelphia) | ||
| Bob Grant, WCAU, WWDB Dominic Quinn, WCAU, WWDB Susan Bray, WCAU, WWDB Al Julius, WCAU Bill Corsair, WCAU Wynn Moore, WWDB Jim Corea, WWDB Stan Majors, WWDB Richard Hayes, WWDB Ken James, WWDB Jerry Williams, WWDB Irv Homer, WCAU, WWDB Paul W. Smith, WWDB Bernard Meltzer, WCAU Frank Ford, WWDB Joel A. Spivak, WCAU, WWDB |
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THE HISTORY OF WILMINGTON TALK RADIO |
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| WILMINGTON RADIO STATION MUSIC SURVEYS | Yes | |
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Created: February 20, 2018
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