1260 WBUD Trenton

WKXW-AM and WBUD 1260 AM Trenton aircheck clips: (1) WKXW-AM March 1981, (2) WKXW-AM Aug. 13, 1981 Scott Green, (3) WBUD Sept. 2, 1981 Barbra Spinelli (second day that the station reverted back to the original WBUD calls), (4) WBUD approx. Feb. 24, 1982 with Dick Harvey, (5) WBUD Oct. 26, 1981 Barbra Spinelli, (6) WBUD Dec. 28, 1985. The station stayed an NBC affiliate during this 1981 1985 period. Shown is a logo for the station from a 1969 newspaper advertisement. The station was NBC back then, too. Airchecks recorded in northeast Philadelphia.

In December 1979, this station was taken over by Hy Lit and his son Sam Lit. It was off the air for a period and then came back on in January 1980 for a month playing music with no commercials. The Philadelphia Bulletin covered the story. They had dumped the WBUD calls and were promoting the station as WXXX until they announced the new calls. At the end of January 1980, the station picked up the WKXW calls based on its new 101.5 FM counterpart, WKXW Kicks-101-and-a-Half.

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[SirKit0404]

I was at WBUD when it was an all-news station and part of the Mutual Broadcasting Network around 1978. I believe I was doing afternoon drive, a four-hour news shift. I have one aircheck of it, on a reel-to-reel tape, somewhere. I remember that we all hurried to the bank with our paychecks before they bounced. Hardin and Theresa Rose were in charge. After, they became "Super BUD." Mel Phillips was brought in, to consult? I was surprised to meet him. I don't think he wanted to be there then.

[joeyjeep1231]

Yes, it is sad. WBUD was a great local station that played the best "Unforgetable Favorites" Where else on radio would you hear Petula Clark, Captain & Tennille,

Neil Sedaka, & The Cowsills in Y2K?! I keep praying that someone will buy it back and restore it like it was!!

[thesaintafterdark]

I was at WBUD from 1982 to 1988 or 89. A great little station with very nice ratings and loved by the community. It is truly a shame the little ams are being bought up by either Disney or the religious outfits, as WBUD eventually was. They were wonderful places to perfect one's craft and move on to bigger radio stations. Those opportunities are now lost to automation and media consolidation.

[troggtube]

Yeah, I was there at the "end & beginning" for WBUD, around '78-'79, and left in 1980. I remember it well, and wish I had been able to afford to stay. My full time job paid the bills, working at WBUD paid mostly for gas! There were many of us who had hung-on through the end of Hardin. We all hoped to have better jobs with the new owners. After a few months it became clear that they would never pay any more, so I left. Hard to live on $45. dollars a week!

[tvnetdude]

Sounds like a place to gain experience to move on to a larger station. It wasn't polished, but we all had to start somewhere.

There is no such station these days. Everything is automated.