WCAU FM Philadelphia HOT HITS! February 1982

Scoped airchecks of 98 WCAU-FM from February 23 - 27, 1982 featuring Glenn Kalina, Terry "Motor Mouth" Young, Bob Garrett, Todd Parker. Recorded locally. This was the top station in Philly back then and this crew had a hold on us teenagers with a huge following at events, etc. Terry Young was the #1 DJ in the city. This was radio!

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Entertainment

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• WCAU
• FM
• 98
• Philadelphia
• Hot Hots
• Glenn Kalina
• Terry Young
• Motor Mouth
• Bob Garrett
• Todd Parker
• DJ

[fcamorim1]

.......when he came with that roarse voice, like kind of whispering about the freezing cold comming up... And was very playfull annoncing the song 'Don't cry" Said: 'DON'T CRY, DON'T CRY ..IT'S ONLY A BLACK N' DECKER CHAIN SAW!!!!!!! Good Times>> Best to all!! Fernando

[fcamorim1]

Dear "WCAU,98 NOW,SPEAKERS", May I entitle myself the #1 buff of those times! My Name is Fernando, Brasilian from Rio de Janeiro, 47. I was 17,exchange student at Jackson High School, Jackson,NJ. My afternoons were mostly listening to PHILIS' #1 MUSIC STATION. This was a nice time in my life. I even used to have tapes, K7s with Glenn Kalina and Terry Young, I had recorded to remember...but when I moved, they were thown away. But now with YOUTUBE> I found you! I remember Terry Young when...

[laserdiscphan]

Oh man, does this bring me back! I miss The Motormouth!

[saml760]

Now WOGL FM.

[srn1962]

Loved the station BEFORE the changeover to this format. A few years prior, it was known as "Fascinatin' Rhythm," which played a variety of dance music that became hits at some of the local discos in Philadelphia. Boy, were those the days. I wish that era always remained. Music nowadays SUCKS! I can't be bothered listening to the radio anymore because most of the music sounds the same - without feeling and just plain BORING! But when it comes to music, my do I miss the 1970s...

[stevations]

I never could understand what was so great about this format....the jingles sounded to me like someone threw a tumpet down the steps. As someone mentioned they kept using the same jingles over and over. DJs never had much to say...although I am not a morning person so I don't know what their morning program sounded like.

[Superbook4Eva]

Our Hot Hits station in Detroit was WHYT "96 Now" (formerly WJR-FM and now "Today's Best Hits Without the Rap" WDVD). Earlier that year, WBBM-FM in Chicago also went Hot Hits, although the name "B96" came later. CAU-FM and BBM-FM had immediate impact, but HYT's success was diluted somewhat by the fact that AORs WRIF and WLLZ and urban WDRQ essentially owned the teen audience. Seemed HYT didn't really hit its stride until after DRQ went Lite FM in 1985 and they took on a more rhythmic sound.

[tvjim688]

so where is glen now..

[deehaha]

This is Dave Clark, and I was one of the "Hot Hits" News Anchors back in those days...hired by News Director George Nice.

The News guys had just as much high energy as the Jocks!

[rare12inchsingles]

@radioman66 We had a Hot Hits station here in San Francisco as well..I grew up listening for 105 KITS and for the first year and a half they were using this fusion jingle package as well..As for now I'm uploading my 1984 promo copy records and airchecks..