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If you watch carefully, you will see a flashback to the days of grease pencils, razor blades, and reel-to-reel tape.

A good takeaway is how he tied station giveaways to the station's music and pop culture, which allowed those who did not want to call in to win to play along vicariously and be entertained.

In the mid-80s, Bruce Vidal ruled Los Angeles evenings at KIIS. His main competitor was Laurie Allen at KMGG FM 105 whose job he took at KIIS and who also happened to be his wife.

Today, Barrett Media launches a new feature, “Aircheck.” It will look back on some of the biggest talents in all formats and what we can learn from them.

When it’s not fun anymore, and you don’t get as much out of it as you’re putting into it, is it really worth staying?

Kwame has the ability to take risks, he says, and has what he calls an “unfair advantage” because he works at VOX AM FM DIGITAL. He sings their praises.

“When I came here in 1995, I wrote my five-year plan in a notebook, and Step One was ‘Spend no more than 12 months in the Quad Cities,’”

He appreciates the role he plays in people’s daily lives and says his connection to the audience is incredibly rare.

Over the past few years, automakers like Ford and Tesla have announced plans to drop AM radios in their electric vehicles, saying their EV motors interfere with AM reception and audio quality.

Jay Towers hosts a top-rated weekday morning radio show in Detroit on 100.3 WNIC “Detroit’s Variety 80s 90s and today.” Impressive enough. But the tireless multi-tasker hosts the top-rated Fox 2 TV morning news show at the same time.