Judging by the newscast, this aircheck representing about an hour of air time is from either November 27 or November 28th, about a month after Rosko joined WNEW-FM. “Who'd ever think that they'd season space? Who would ever think it? But it's there. Rosko doesn't do a lot of talking on this particular edition of his show and yet his concise identification of the artists still clearly sets a mood.

Here's another of Rob Frankel's restored airchecks of early WNEW-FM. November 16, 1967: Jonathan Schwartz Joins WNEW-FM This very rare aircheck came to us pre-scoped, so we don't get to hear much of the music, but it gives us a feel of what the station was like right before it became a progressive rock station. McKissick plays a mix of MOR and mostly soft rock, but also throws in an Aretha Franklin track.

This aircheck is from after Rosko joined, but probably before Jonathan Schwartz joined on November 16th (Scott Muni wouldn't join until December 18th). When Rosko first joined WNEW-FM, while he played rock and soul, the rest of the programming day stuck with its old format: female DJ's playing largely MOR music. This probably hit the newsstands on October 21st.Īlison Steele announces that Rosko will be joining the next dayĪn official autographed portrait of Alison Steele, courtesy of Kimball BrandnerĬontributed by Rob Frankel, recorded by Joe Persek The crowd went nuts with joy.īillboard's announcement of Rosko joining WNEW-FM. that night.) Rosko was supposed to have been hosting the concert, but an announcement was made that Rosko would not be there that night because he was on the air at WNEW-FM. (Surprisingly, the Vanilla Fudge actually played better than Clapton and Co. I was at the Village Theatre hearing Cream and the Vanilla Fudge on November 3rd. Even though this was released on the 18th, I think this announcement was pretty much ignored by the press, because Rosko appearing on WNEW-FM on October 30th was a complete surprise to many. Bassett left soon after but Alison became 'The Nightbird'.Ī WNEW-FM press release annoucning that Rosko would be joining the station effective October 30th. In late Fall of 1967, when WOR-FM dropped free-form rock in favor of a Bill Drake format, WNEW-FM hired ex-WOR-FM jocks Rosko (Bill Mercer) and Scott Muni and added Jonathan Schwartz and Dick Summer along with Steele and Bassett. WNEW-FM 102.7 Progressive Rock Format 1967 June 18, 1967: Monterey Pop Festival Begins Nell Bassett, who was also a superb athlete and had prepared for the Olympics The WNEW-FM 'girls' were featured on the cover. The format would last just under 16 months until WNEW-FM picked up Rosko after he left WOR-FM on October 30, 1967. This is a short aircheck of Klavin & Finch introducing the WNEW-FM girls: Ann Clements, Alison Steele, Arlene Kieta and Margaret Draper. July 4, 1966: Alison Steele begins on WNEW-FMĪIRCHECK: Klavin & Finch Introduce “The Girls” The WNEW-FM jingle from around this time. 13 months later, rock would take over the format. (Click for larger version)Ī playlist for Draper's show from October 2nd, 1966, which looks like it was probably computerized (and remember, this was before micro-computers). (Click for larger versions)Ī WNEW-FM newsletter from July 1966 announcing the new 'all girls' format and an article in the trades. Here are some promotions and other epherma from that short-lived format, which launched just a few days after WOR-FM launched their rock format.Ī press release from Jannouncing the new 'all girls' format on WNEW-FM. In 1966, WNEW-FM adopted an 'all-girls' MOR format that included air personalities Alison Steele, Nell Bassett, Arlene Kieta, Ann Clements and Margaret Draper.

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