radio memories...

[salbakuta02]

up ko lang itong thread

its very nice to talk about radio memories. malayung-malayo sa tinatakbo ng radio industry nowadays.

[c_brain]

Dagdag lang po ako..... mejo oldie ha....

When I was in elementary (mid to late 80s) I used to listen to 93.9 DWKC pa ata nun. There were a couple of DJs na pang morning ata, one sounded like Grover (from sesame street) and a female sidekick named 'Mericana? She then soon left, was even able to hear her last episode before she left the country.

Magic 89.9 WTM was always plagued by the Seiko wallet or Sunny Orange jingle/commercial while 97.1 WLSFM always had the Neozep or any medicine commercial.

Speaking of LS... I used to hear The Triggerman a lot with him hitting on his female callers. Soon enough a lot of callers would call simply to say "Fcuk you, Triggerman!" on the air. Really really loved it when those instances happened.

Then I matured a bit and got hooked na to NU 107 with Zach and Jessica Zafra (Twisted in the Mornings?) which soon turned to Zach and Joey in the Morning when Jessica left. I'm still a devout NU listener 'til now... maski wala na sila.

I also previously tuned in to 103.5 KLite in the mornings (3-4 yrs ago?) while driving to work and listen to Vito and a female DJ. Later on found out that Vito was an old classmate and schoolmate of mine from Prep to Highschool.

[sirloin_steak]

Dagdag lang po ako..... mejo oldie ha....

When I was in elementary (mid to late 80s) I used to listen to 93.9 DWKC pa ata nun. There were a couple of DJs na pang morning ata, one sounded like Grover (from sesame street) and a female sidekick named 'Mericana? She then soon left, was even able to hear her last episode before she left the country.

Magic 89.9 WTM was always plagued by the Seiko wallet or Sunny Orange jingle/commercial while 97.1 WLSFM always had the Neozep or any medicine commercial.

Speaking of LS... I used to hear The Triggerman a lot with him hitting on his female callers. Soon enough a lot of callers would call simply to say "Fcuk you, Triggerman!" on the air. Really really loved it when those instances happened.

Then I matured a bit and got hooked na to NU 107 with Zach and Jessica Zafra (Twisted in the Mornings?) which soon turned to Zach and Joey in the Morning when Jessica left. I'm still a devout NU listener 'til now... maski wala na sila.

I also previously tuned in to 103.5 KLite in the mornings (3-4 yrs ago?) while driving to work and listen to Vito and a female DJ. Later on found out that Vito was an old classmate and schoolmate of mine from Prep to Highschool.

i do remember that grover-sounding sidekick on the old KC. he was, actually, named grover too, and the DJ he was "riding shotgun" with was happy louie--if i remember right, sila 'yung nasa 9am-12nn slot on weekdays, right after hillbilly willy.

i was told before na 'yung nagbo-boses kay grover at si happy louie ay iisa lang...i don't know kung totoo talaga 'yun...but i was damn sure then that another KC DJ, ray mambo (earlier known as "the count", later known as "ray with an A" when they became 939KCFM) did the voice of his gruff-voiced "sidekick", animal...

[sirloin_steak]

up ko lang itong thread

its very nice to talk about radio memories. malayung-malayo sa tinatakbo ng radio industry nowadays.

uy, salbakuta! nice to see you here from the kapuso pexchange thread...hehehe! salamat din pala sa pag-up mo nito...i agree, ang ganda pag-usapan ang mga radio memories...marami rin akong natututunan, especially from those who knew how radio was before i was born...

[salbakuta02]

uy, salbakuta! nice to see you here from the kapuso pexchange thread...hehehe! salamat din pala sa pag-up mo nito...i agree, ang ganda pag-usapan ang mga radio memories...marami rin akong natututunan, especially from those who knew how radio was before i was born...

kindly confirm this ha?

If my memory serves right, ang pinaka-original na 89.1 at yung KB 89.1? (di ba taga-dun si Howard Medina aka Long Tall Howard), yun

91.5: I used to listen to this as KY 91.5, pag Sundays, laging 50's and 60's ang pinapatugtog nila. kapag Saturdays, purely 70's naman till sign-off. I remember pa nga eh, pinag-kukuwentuhan pa namin ng colege friends ko na eto na ata ang pinaka-kawawang radio station kasi wala silang ibang psonsor kundi Lily's Peanut Butter at Green Cross products hehehehe

yung 96.3 (which is my favorite station), eversince di ba, ganito na ang format niya? kaya di nagbabago kasi eto rin ang taste ng taumbayan eh, lite-rock ika nga

[roadwarrior]

yup...89.1 was launched originally as DMZ (dance music zone)...the FM station of channel 13 (wc had dwkw on AM)

[sirloin_steak]

kindly confirm this ha?

If my memory serves right, ang pinaka-original na 89.1 at yung KB 89.1? (di ba taga-dun si Howard Medina aka Long Tall Howard), yun

91.5: I used to listen to this as KY 91.5, pag Sundays, laging 50's and 60's ang pinapatugtog nila. kapag Saturdays, purely 70's naman till sign-off. I remember pa nga eh, pinag-kukuwentuhan pa namin ng colege friends ko na eto na ata ang pinaka-kawawang radio station kasi wala silang ibang psonsor kundi Lily's Peanut Butter at Green Cross products hehehehe

yung 96.3 (which is my favorite station), eversince di ba, ganito na ang format niya? kaya di nagbabago kasi eto rin ang taste ng taumbayan eh, lite-rock ika nga

yup, tama ka d'yan...the 89.1 frequency, as owned by IBC-13, used to be KB89.1 (DWKB-FM), although 'di ko napakinggan ang station na 'to when they still had that name...and based on older posts on other radio-related threads dito sa PEx, yes, long tall howard was once with that station--mukhang naging fixture siya ng broadcast city networks for a very long time (with one of his more prominent roles being his stint as the VO of "eat bulaga" for a long time, even joining the show as it switched to ABS and GMA--i'm sure alam mo yan, salbakuta, kasi solid dabarkads ka! )...

however, mas nakilala ko siyempre ang 89.1 (prior to being wave 89.1) as 89 DMZ (they changed the name and call sign--naging DZMZ-FM--mga 1989), with DJs such as peewee, the unbeatable and the mouth (a.k.a. the master rapper himself, francis m)...i remember their old station ID, which started with the line, "from the IBC tower in broadcast city..."...in reality, of course, wala naman silang napakalaking building sa broadcast city, kaya later on before they were yanked off the air, pinalitan yung "tower" with the word "studios"...

i read in wikipedia that now, although wave 89.1's studios are in ortigas, yung transmitter na gamit nila for the station is the same transmitter used by IBC in san francisco del monte, QC...

nabanggit ko rin in an earlier post dito 'yung mga lumang ad ng lily's peanut butter at green cross na tinutugtog sa KY91.5 in the '90s...nakakatawa para sa 'kin noon na they still had very old ads into the '90s...

'yung 96.3, as i learned, it adopted its lite rock format in 1988, pero the station had been in existence even earlier as RK96 real radio...again, base sa mga nabasa ko sa ibang thread dito sa PEx, parang top 40 format din sila (jay m., if you're reading this right now, i hope i got my info right! hehehe...)...

noong nasa 'pinas pa ako (i left middle of last year), we always had 96.3 programmed in our car, mainly because of my dad's preference, and because kahit maka-top 40/pop talaga ako, senti rin ako at heart, and wrock was one of two stations that satisfied that side of me (the other one was the old mellow touch on 94.7)...

[mistervader]

^ hey, vader...nice to hear about your first-hand radio memories...

just curious...what was your on-air handle when you were still with wave? hehehe.


pa-up lang uli nito...

The name was Kel "the Mushroom". I was originally paired up with Anne on the morning show, then George on the mid-day drive and Robi during lunch hour, then a bit of the weekend, and finally, I settled into the graveyard shift for a while.

[sirloin_steak]

The name was Kel "the Mushroom". I was originally paired up with Anne on the morning show, then George on the mid-day drive and Robi during lunch hour, then a bit of the weekend, and finally, I settled into the graveyard shift for a while.

wow...that's nice...naikot mo pala lahat ng shift! what was your favorite time slot among these that you mentioned?

my last stint on radio (i was a student DJ too--kahit na, in my last year with the station i "did time" for, hindi na ako student) was on the graveyard shift, twice a week...i loved it due to the fact that there were no commercials at all (at least, until 5am, when all the liquor and cigarette ads--the latter being allowed until the beginning of 2007--were on), although we can insert a few station plugs now and then...thus, i tried my darndest to play more music...masaya na ako noon if i could average mga 13 or 14 songs an hour...good times, goooood times...

[mistervader]

If it weren't for the fact that being on the morning shift meant I can't listen to Chico and Delle, I'd say the morning shift.

But since that's a no-go, I'd say 9-12 or 12-3 were awesome. Not too hectic, and won't kill your health. Graveyard took its toll on me.

[karirista]

...i loved it due to the fact that there were no commercials at all (at least, until 5am, when all the liquor and cigarette ads--the latter being allowed until the beginning of 2007--were on), although we can insert a few station plugs now and then...

Speaking of cigarette ads -- pansin ko wala nun sa 99.5 Campus FM ngayon

[sirloin_steak]

Speaking of cigarette ads -- pansin ko wala nun sa 99.5 Campus FM ngayon

actually, bro, wala na kahit saan, mapa-radyo o TV...

when PGMA approved the anti-smoking bill (or whatever its proper name was) back in '03 or '04, one of the provisions was 'yung pagtigil ng LAHAT ng cigarette ads in whatever medium by the beginning of 2007. that stuck in my head, although, kahit smoker ako, parang, deadma lang ako sa bagay na 'yun...

january 2007, on my first boardwork for the year at LS-FM, i was surprised when i checked the commercial log and found no more ads, timechecks or song sponsorships from more, champion, hope and fortune international (which were practically the only cigs advertised on LS that time)...that's when i remembered that provision in the anti-smoking bill....

[Jay P. Mercado]

Dan,

Real Radio RK 96 played adult contemporary (AC) music in the light rock genre during the pre-WRock days. Hence, artists like Hall & Oates, Jackson Browne, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder, Journey, Paul Carrack, Fleetwood Mac among others were given prominent airtime by RK 96.

Later, when they reformatted to WRock, they patented the light rock tag, forcing K-Lite to drop the term "light rock" to avoid violation of infringement. K-Lite called itself "lite music" thereafter...

[sirloin_steak]

Dan,

Real Radio RK 96 played adult contemporary (AC) music in the light rock genre during the pre-WRock days. Hence, artists like Hall & Oates, Jackson Browne, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder, Journey, Paul Carrack, Fleetwood Mac among others were given prominent airtime by RK 96.

Later, when they reformatted to WRock, they patented the light rock tag, forcing K-Lite to drop the term "light rock" to avoid violation of infringement. K-Lite called itself "lite music" thereafter...

ahh...thanks for correcting me there about the old "real radio" format, jay! sabi ko na, mababasa mo 'yun, eh!

i always thought, when k-lite first went on the air and carried the tag "true lite rock", then eventually dropped it, magkakaproblema sila with wrock...but i also read somewhere that RX 93.1 once positioned itself as a "lite music" station too (their tag was "lite rock RX 93", as i saw in a magazine ad)...pero nauna pa rin ang wrock sa kanila, right?

[karirista]

Well of the two (K-Lite and WRock) the former was the real one which played true light rock (in the truest sense of the word) whereas WRock prioritized even love songs, thus it made a joke out of the light rock genre especially by patenting it -- ah, the patent laws...

Which brings me to one of its stingers

"Metro Manila's True Light Rock Radio
103.5 K-Lite!"

[sirloin_steak]

Which brings me to one of its stingers

"Metro Manila's True Light Rock Radio
103.5 K-Lite!"

you know what's amusing? i just had that very, very same stinger in my head while i was replying to jay's post earlier!

and this stinger too: "it's the right kind of lite..."

(which, of course, became their slogan, when they dropped the "true lite rock" tag)

[Jay P. Mercado]

Their initial jingles prior to the infringement rights concerns also included: "Light Rock With A Kick, 103.5 K-Lite!"

The stinger, "It's the right kind of lite..." was a spinoff from the Jeremy Jordan pop single "It's The Right Kind of Love." Because of their problems with WRock, they had to employ a local group who does jingles to beef up their merchandising. I'm not sure but I believe they utilized The CompaNy in making their local jingles.

[sirloin_steak]

The stinger, "It's the right kind of lite..." was a spinoff from the Jeremy Jordan pop single "It's The Right Kind of Love." Because of their problems with WRock, they had to employ a local group who does jingles to beef up their merchandising. I'm not sure but I believe they utilized The CompaNy in making their local jingles.

there you go! thanks, jay...for a moment there, while i was thinking of k-lite's "it's the right kind of lite..." stinger, 'di ko maalala 'yung singer at 'yung title ng song na pinanggalingan no'n (especially since i had also heard it on campus fm at least once these past 3 weekends since they've been on the air)...

also, nakita ko 'yung post mo sa "in memoriam: 99.5RT" thread, where you listed down all the FM stations back in the '80s...just to help complete that list for you, based on what i had read up before...

** 93.9 - this was DZHP prior to 1985, kasi this was the time the RMN AM station had changed its call sign to DZXL, and moved up to 558khz (after a re-channeling of the entire AM band...i'm sure naabutan mo 'yung time na AM stations were only 20-40khz apart, instead of the 36khz spacing we have now)...

** 104.3 - DWIM was their call sign...i just had a thought: since this was a government station (well, the frequency still is), perhaps the "IM" in the call sign would have stood for "imelda marcos". hehehe.

[Jay P. Mercado]

Thanks Dan! Yes, bingo, you got both correct. HP and IM were indeed the stations that were the predecessors of KC and BR respectively. Now we only have to fill the blanks for 89.9.

DWIM-FM indeed was culled for Imelda Marcos being a government propaganda station back then. I'm quite familiar with IM because my dad used to listen to this station when driving to work...

[sirloin_steak]

Thanks Dan! Yes, bingo, you got both correct. HP and IM were indeed the stations that were the predecessors of KC and BR respectively. Now we only have to fill the blanks for 89.9.

hmmm..about 89.9...hindi ko alam kung tama 'yung information doon sa nabasa kong philippine statistical yearbook 1983 (where i also got the call signs for the old 93.9 and 104.3)--i was still in high school kasi (that was around 11 years ago) when i came across that yearbook sa HS library namin...pero nakalagay doon, as far as i can remember, that the said frequency, 89.9, was also under the government, and it was--oddly--under the call sign DWFM, too (although, yes, there already was NBC's DWFM on 92.3 then).

maybe the radio denizens of that era can correct us with that. hehehe.