Dahl said, "I did it within my organization to confirm my suspicions. [1] He went to pharmacy school but did not receive a degree. The station's broadcast tower is located atop the John Hancock Center. [23][24] In early 1971, WSDM began to mix rock music with its light jazz. The two hit it off after Dahl invited her to a "hump day" broadcast he was doing from the camel area of the Detroit Zoo. [11][failed verification], In the 9th grade, Dahl began hanging around a local underground radio station, KPPC,[12] in his home state of California. June 19. [42] In February 2019, the podcast's affiliation with CBS and Cumulus Media with Dahl stating, "I think it was a good partnership and it benefitted both parties when we were still on the air there", and "Now that we are off the air, it really didn't make a lot of sense for either of us to continue the relationship. [3]. At the time of the launch, the Twin Cities market did not have a single commercial Urban, Urban AC or Rhythmic CHR formatted station. ), Many feel that the motivation to purchase REV105 was to eliminate the competition as ABC obtained the rights to all intellectual property of REV105, including its logos and website, and Cargill reportedly signed a non-compete agreement. Ratings were hampered throughout the station's history by signal reception issues, the eclectic nature of its format, and its limited budget. The music is played through a sound reinforcement system. [103] The deal saw Merlin relinquish operations of its last remaining radio stations. However, in February 1981, WLUP fired Dahl, citing "continued assaults on community standards". Benjamin "Maxwell" Bornstein 1978. In 1991, Brandmeier hosted a national late night TV show, "Johnny B. on the Loose," syndicated by Viacom. Lucia also hosted a weekly local music program named Popular Creeps from the local Bryant-Lake Bowl. [5][6][7][8], After leaving the Steve & Garry show, Meier hosted his own show on WLUP for one year. I always used to get ticked off when I would get lumped in with Howard Stern as being a shock jock. Van Halen releases first album. Finally, with financial backing from the Cargills, Turner and Cole found that the owner of WTCX was ready to sell. [11][13] Dahl later explained, "I convinced my parents and the school that I would do an independent work-study thing. The call letters were changed to KXLV in 1983 , and in 1991 the station increased its power, which necessitated a move to 105.3. It was sort of prompted by the fact that I realized that Patrick (eldest of his three sons) was 14 and I was rapidly approaching a 'Do as I say, not as I do' situation. [11], Dahl ended up on WCKG, broadcasting an afternoon show on that station. On August 1, 2011, Dahl, no longer under contract with CBS, began the Steve Dahl Network whose 11 unique weekly shows[35] can be either downloaded or streamed via his official website and app or downloaded from iTunes. The HD2 subchannel carries Evolution, iHeartRadio's commercial free Dance/EDM station, and its flagship outlet for the platform. on the air. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received airplay across the country. WGN's 'Dave Plier Show' also aired a reunion of ex-WLUP-FM DJs, including Kevin Matthews, current WGN hosts Wendy Snyder and Bill Leff, and broadcast executive Larry Wert, paying tribute to its legacy.[119]. After the fall of Zone 105 and in the months before Drive 105 was created, Cities 97 made significant gains in the 25-54 age group. Turning 40 Will do That to a Guy", "Dreck, lies and videotape: On the air in '89", "For Steve Dahl, it was the tale of the tapes", Steve Dahl's articles in The Chicago Tribune, Biography from Disco Demolition 25th Anniversary: The Real Story documentary site, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Dahl&oldid=983716778, People from La Cañada Flintridge, California, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2019, Articles with failed verification from February 2020, Articles with failed verification from November 2019, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 October 2020, at 20:52. The deal is worth a reported $21.5 million. After openly discussing the subject, again, on-air, Meier officially dropped his pseudonym. [62], Also in 1999, Steve Dahl admitted secretly recording conversations among staffers at WCKG because he suspected they were talking about him behind his back. The Loop was launched in 1977 and scored its highest ratings in 1979. Ratings-wise, Drive 105, like all of the previous formats, were hampered by the limited signal reach in the Twin Cities area and experienced only moderate success, usually reaching a 1% or 2% overall ratings share. [49], In late December 1986, Heftel Broadcasting merged with Statewide Broadcasting, owner of AM 1000 WCFL. [53][54], On November 9, 2013, Dahl and former partner Meier were both inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in recognition of their work together on the "Steve and Garry Show". [19], In 1982, he stated on the air that motorists could allegedly substitute Necco Wafers for coins in automatic toll booths on Chicago's tollways. [33][37] Chuck Swirsky provided sports reports for a period in the early 1980s. This prompted Dahl to ask his bosses for $35,000 a year to stay in Detroit, which they refused.
[9] Cumulus had acquired the WLUP call sign earlier that year as part of its purchase of Chicago radio station WKQX from Merlin Media (whose CEO, Randy Michaels, owns the New York state station through Radioactive, LLC); the WLUP-FM call letters were formerly used on another Chicago station, WCKL, prior to its 2018 sale from Merlin Media to the Educational Media Foundation.[17].
Kedzie. [13][17][18][19][20] WSDM played "pop-oriented jazz and jazz oriented pop". He also served as a columnist for the Chicago Tribune in their Live section as the resident "vice advisor" until November 2010. Meier is well known for being part of the highly successful radio duos "Steve & Garry" and "Roe and Garry", but he also hosted shows on WFYR, WYEN, [5], On March 8, 1996, at 3 p.m., after six hours of stunting with heartbeat sound effects and clips from the television show ER, KZZP returned to Phoenix, this time featuring a Modern AC format, and the "104.7 KZZP" name, making an attempt to capture the audience that grew up listening to the original incarnation. [31][33] The original Loop air staff included O'Toole in mornings, Captain Billy Martin in middays, Les Tracy in afternoon drive, and Bob Shannon evenings. [18][22], In 1968, the station began airing a nighttime progressive rock program called Underground Den on weekends. He established a syndicate and the Steve & Garry show began airing in Detroit and Milwaukee, where it performed well. [57][58] In the time span since the original commercial was aired, the footage of the dancing fat man in the commercial has been used by numerous other radio stations across the country and abroad. Hence, the foundation of Rev 105 was set, with KREV and WREV soon to come. Cover Stories include: