WEBN is the home for KiddChris Show which airs every weekday from 5 am to 10 am. Listen To The Most Popular Podcasts On iHeartRadio! The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Most clients understood, and let us have fun. Here's is a link to my "Living on the Air" pictures and story. Were in this business now. And the cops hated it for the first three or four years. . C. Trent Rosecrans (ClearChannel Cincinnati reporter and blogger). We introduced Snappy Cicada Pizza and Pete Ros Wine. ", "Step Aside Small Change! In WEBN 102.7 in addition to your favorite radio station. My signature line to open up my sportscast for 27 years on WEBN was always, Sportsrockers, which was coined by Luczak in 1982.. They knew better, but they wanted to believe it. (Miles was Franks dog.). Nationally recognized as one of the top single-day festivals in the country, the show will go on this Labor Day weekend . ", "Shut Up And Rock! Robin: Music sounded so much better on FM and he knew it because he was a big music fan. . We were on a boat over on the Kentucky side and this crowd kept getting bigger and bigger. One of the best voices around; incredible delivery, incredible excitement; offers humor to his radio bits; informed and strong supporter of all local teams. I wasnt there at the creation, but I was lucky enough to get a job during the early years, and stayed until 2012. Frank: Jerry has never forgiven us for that. The person ruining it was also named Frank Wood, also starting his own career in law, but smitten by the new trends in rock. Frank the Elder himself abhorred rock music, but couldnt deny the growth potential. Marty Brennaman (Redsplay-by-play-700 WLW). The Browns Matt Stover might kick a late game-winner.. What Schumacher did wasn't unusual. Visitors were right in the studio as the DJs performed live. The Marconi Radio Awards are presented annually by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) to the top radio stations and on-air personalities in the United States. Joe Morgan is a color analyst for ESPN baseball. Here again is where Frank the Younger understood a vital fact others didnt: ads and promos are not interruptions. He came down for two weeks, and helped with anchoring tarps to deal with the wind up there. Thanks for everything, and happy birthday. Cincinnati is a city rich in contemporary sports history. Radio personalities are very popular and the success of a radio channel is largely dependent upon the popularity of the radio personality who host its programs. I've been trying to get ahold of it for over a year now, and finally found an old WPGC recording on Soundcloud from 1995 with an isolated clip of it, so I cropped it out. We told the cops we were going to do it; they didnt do anything. 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Imagine refined Cincinnatians on a tranquil Saturday evening in 1967, tuning in to enjoy, say, Beethovens Moonlight Sonata by Vladimir Horowitz, and instead hearing The Duke of Prunes by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. My first job was not as a DJ, but as producer of those homemade commercials. WEBN had to weather a double-crossfire of animosity: from those repulsed, and those betrayed. Back in the day, legendary radio personality David Haines used to scream this every Friday morning on the Donnie Simpson show on 95.5 WPGC in Washington DC. When it initially went on the air on August 31, 1967,[8] it was owned by Frank Wood Sr., a Cincinnati attorney. Thom Brennaman (Reds play-by-play-700 WLW/FSN Ohio). Download Our Free iHeartRadio App! The person running it was named Frank Wood. Anchored first Sportscenter broadcast; a former college player has a decent understanding of the game; does not overstate his knowledge, as he does well to deflect intricate baseball questions to partner Chris Welsh. So whatever the station may have planned for its 50th birthday, and though I now work for a competitor, I feel compelled to speak up for WEBNs Golden Age. Personality Test; Personality Types. uncle would run if he was trying to be cool and hip. Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter! 51. A local arcade company brought up a pinball machine. We should get a real fan, someone passionate about sports, to come in and give opinions., Sports and rock n roll have been a marriage made in heaven since the early 80s, he said, and continues today. "I always say that radio killed the radio star," she says. Six-Day War. I wonder if someone would come.. Though it wasn't directly responsible for her departure, she was quick to point out a major culprit in the decline of many local radio personalities-the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which allowed for increased media consolidation in markets across the country. A radio personality is a person who hosts a radio talk show and interacts with the audience via telephone or email. It was very Us vs. And the Sports Rocker lumped them all together in his recently released Wild Man: The Book co-written with Gerry Schultz. Description: 102.7 WEBN is Cincinnati's home for Bengals football and rock music. Some 32,511 witnessed: Pete Rose Forever, Dick Wagner Never On the 11th, Reds GM Dick Wagner was fired. The night programming was managed by a bank of 10-inch Scully reel to reel tape machines in an early instance of station automation. Soon after the birth of radio here 90 years ago, future TV star Eddie Albert ("Green Acres") performed on WLW-AM. No female personalities. The truth was much smaller: Frank the Elder was the principal on-air personality, the owner, general manager, music director, and program director, but "officially" he was a DJ named George Gregory, with a program director by the name of Miles Duffy. Owned by iHeartMedia, WEBN serves as the FM flagship for the Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network; and the home of radio personality Christopher "Kidd Chris" Foley. Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Dennis Wild Man Walker, the Sports Commando at Cincinnati's WEBN-FM (102.7) reported on the big games, and the big concerts and met all the stars along the way for 27 years. Thats where I took my afternoon naps.. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia. But no shower. A splendid time is no longer guaranteed for anybody, Mr. Kite included. On April 24, 2012, W264BW owner EMF Broadcasting, Inc. leased the translator to Clear Channel. . His understanding of the intricacies of sports far surpasses his colleagues; he truly loves Cincinnati sports but keeps a subjective grasp on teams' successes, not giving biased praise; voices opinions on various aspects of sports and creates a great call in show. News, Talk, Weather! The year 1967 is currently coming to grips with turning 50, and like many who reach this age, it has grown fat in the middle. Thursday -- along with several other employees -- Joe Elliott fell victim to a corporate crackdown and was laid off. but not every hour. It's as if they have 30 CDs and that is all they're going to play. The "Remembering Radios Rock Rivalries"program starts at 2 p.m. in the Reading Garden Lounge on the first floor of the main public library Sunday, Jan. 28. Honestly, this sounds like a radio station that my 50 y.o. Belinda's has been a familiar voice in Atlanta radio for nearly 15 years. He was born Edward Heimberger. There isnt a ballpark, stadium or arena where you dont hear rock n roll music during a game. Seems to be knowledgeable about the Bengals and the NFL; I just have a problem with a guy with a Boston accent covering the Bengals. To midday listeners, he's DJ Chris Lynn. He said, 'Then you're Chris Lynn.' During a show on . Heres where I got worried, he said. Robin: But our father [Frank Wood Sr.], I think, did have some foresight to see that happening and when he bought the frequency, it was the last vacancy on the FM dial. It was easy listening and classical, and it was very soft. WRRM-FM (WARM98.5) once had a former Roman Catholic priest who fibbed about his name. Download Our Free iHeartRadio App! ! Find Rachel Elliot of WEBN-FM (Cincinnati, OH) and WKQQ-FM (Lexington, KY)'s articles, email address, contact information, Twitter and more It requires curiosity, creativity, and collaboration to drive the real conversations and culture that help people feel less alone. Below is a brief run down of some of the top on-air personalities covering Cincinnati sports. There was a fireworks company here in Cincinnati, Rozzi, and they were one of the major fireworks companies but theyd never done a big show in their own hometown. But it was great. The ratings got huge in 1975, which coincided, by the way, with Rob taking over the Morning Show. Former MLB pitcher; offers insightful knowledge about the game of baseball and the Reds team during a broadcast; broadcasting delivery has room for improvement but offers a positive experience overall. Listen To WBEN From Buffalo Here And Get All Your Favorite Radio Stations And Podcasts On The Go With The Audacy App. My final day at WEBN was completely unrecognizable from my first. After Frank Sr.'s retirement (and way before he died in 1991), the classical program continued for a few years with new host Larry Thomas and later began to include new age music. Walker got a call from Luczak, and told the then Program Director, We dont need a suit-and-tie guy to do sports for us. 102.7 WEBN is a popular radio station that broadcasts from the Cincinnati, Ohio area. "I started out as 'Chris Huneke' on an Indiana station," said Huneke, from Greensburg, Ind. The show is set to music broadcast by the station. Ad time on WEBN was extremely desirable to local merchants, but the station wasn't about to permit the staid and often amateurish production values that often permeated American radio. WEBN 102.7 FM is a Class B commercial mainstream rock radio station based in Cincinnati, Ohio. 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