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| Polly Powers
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There was a guy named Doug Weldon in Savannah in the late 70's and early 80's. Here is some prime material from Doug's Radio Stations. I've got a picture of Doug somewhere and I'll post it to the site when I find it. I believe he is on the radio to this day in coastal Maryland. The material on this page all came from Captain Craig Stevens. He sent me this stuff months ago and I have been holding the Unwrapper's Delight tape till the Holiday Season. Unwrapper's Delight is a Christmas tune done by the airstaff of FM95. I believe this was the Christmas of 1979. Hear it to believe it. When WSGF went live after years as a clunky old automated station Doug wanted folks to KNOW it was live. He came up with one of the fastest moving stations ever in Savannah. Listen to Captain Craig on The Musical Force. The Jack Cone tape is more than an air check, it's Jack's audition tape from early 1980. It starts with a 63KBX oldies show, moves to a live 95SGF broadcast (listen for the equipment failure, everyone who worked in that room will remember lots of equipment problems for a brand new control room, Jack is so smooth here you have to wonder if it was a setup), and some Jack Cone production including promos from the Georgia Southern college station WVGS. Enjoy! Lyndy A letter from Dr C.B.
Hey Lyndy! Great Site! Great to hear Unwrapper's Delight again 20 years I remember sitting in my apartment on 12th Street on Tybee, eating a chopped steak I bought from Mike Hosti at the old Tybee Market, which, of course I cooked in my GE toaster oven. (I couldn't afford a microwave back then) The usual course of action after this sumptuous meal would be to listen to some of the new music that came to the station (while the TV was on with the sound turned down - like it always was at Luther and Jerry's place on the Isle of Hope). Then I usually fell asleep about ten so that I could recharge my batteries for the next day's morning show. That night was different, though. I fell asleep around four, when I got home. The time had changed to standard time so it got dark early. Then I woke up around six thirty and about had a stroke because I thought I had overslept and was thirty minutes late for the morning shift! I didn't know if it was a.m. or p.m. because it was dark outside! That's how I came up with CB on the FM in the AM, but that's another story. After this rather rude awakening, I finally came to my correct space and time senses, ate my chopped steak, and listened to the new seven inch extended play version of Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang. We had Studio 63 on KBX with Ron Palefsky, and I was checking it out for airplay when I realized it had long sections of music with no rap. Then that light bulb went on in my brain and I started scribbling down some rhyming lines. We tried putting it together in the production room at the station, but it just didn't sound right, so a few days later we ended up at Rocky Evans' Ragdoll Recording Studio on Television Circle. The rest is 95-SGF history, along with "Ayatolla"(My Sharona). I honestly don't remember which one came first. Over at WSGA I remember doing "Tax-man Fever" (Pac-Man Fever) and "Double Dump Truck" (Double Dutch Bus)-this one was about a Savannah garbage truck. By the way, I have also found a bunch of "lost tapes"...I'll let you know what I hear. Maybe some of these are in the pile! Take Care! (Dr.) C.B. Gaffney Back to the top of the 63KBX - 95SGF page |
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