Showing posts with label Miami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miami. Show all posts
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
WMXJ-FM Miami 1992
After Sonny Fox left Y100 Miami for Dallas in 1989, he returned to Miami and Majic 102.7 in 1990. Currently, Sonny is the program director for the XM comedy channels.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
WZTA-FM Miami 1987
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
WAXY-FM Miami 1988
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
WHYI-FM Miami 1984
This is a scoped aircheck of the Sonny Fox morning show on WHYI-FM, also known as Y100. In the 70s and 80s, Y100 was a juggernaut. Here's the history of the station.A little bit about how Sonny arrived at Y100:
In 1982 Bill Tanner and Jim Reihle left Y-100 for WASH-FM/Washington, DC. To replace him, Sonny Fox and Ron Hersey were recruited for mornings from crosstown WSHE-FM. Using a blend of parody songs, phony commercials, and impersonations of local and national celebrities and politicians Fox, Hersey, "Captain Y", and John "Footy" Cross led the morning show to its highest ratings ever.
In 1987, Hersey moved on to mornings at WNVZ-FM/Norfolk, WAPW-FM/Atlanta and KKFR-FM/Phoenix where he worked with Danny Bonaduce. Fox left the following year and moved to mornings at KHYI-FM/Dallas (Y95) with Bill Murphy and Joannie Siani.
Fox is now on the XM/Sirrus Comedy Channels, Hersey on WFTL-AM in Miami.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
WCIX-TV Miami 1988
This is a WCIX-TV opening just prior to CBS buying the station.The official Miami affiliation changeover occurred on January 1, 1989: WCIX became a CBS affiliate, while NBC's full schedule of programming moved to WTVJ. Fox moved its programming over to WSVN, while most of WCIX's syndicated programs went to WDZL. WCIX also began a half-hour newscast at 6:00 p.m., moved their 10:00 newscast to 11:00, and continued to increase its local news output in the early 1990s. Channel 6 officially became a CBS-owned station on January 2, 1989. However, WCIX struggled as a CBS station due to its weak signal in Fort Lauderdale. Despite operating a translator in the area on channel 27, CBS persuaded WPEC (channel 12), the longtime ABC affiliate in West Palm Beach, to switch to CBS in order to give the network a stronger signal in northern Broward County.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Miami Affiliate Switch 1988
NBC moves from WSVN-TV, channel 7 to WTVJ-TV, channel 4. CBS moves from WTVJ-TV to WCIX-TV channel 6. WSVN loses the NBC affiliation and eventually picks up FOX. WPLG-TV, channel 10, remains an ABC affiliate.
Miami Channel Switch 1995
WTVJ-TV (NBC) moved from channel 4 to channel 6. WCIX-TV (CBS) moved from channel 6 to channel 4 and becomes WFOR-TV. Once again, WPLG, channel 10, remains an ABC affiliate.
In 1994, CBS and Westinghouse (Group W) Broadcasting signed a long-term affiliation deal, part of which resulted in three Westinghouse-owned stations becoming CBS affiliates. As a sidebar, a subsequent deal between NBC and a new Group W/CBS joint venture was made in 1995, with CBS selling the channel 6 facility to NBC as compensation for the loss of two Westinghouse-owned NBC affiliates, in Philadelphia and Boston. In return, Group W/CBS received the stronger channel 4 facility and cash as compensation for the loss of WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, which was being acquired by NBC. NBC also included stations in Denver and Salt Lake City in the trade off to Group W/CBS.
At 1:00 a.m. on September 10, 1995, WCIX and WTVJ swapped dial positions. The entire WCIX intellectual unit (including programming and staff) moved from channel 6 to channel 4, thus returning CBS programming to channel 4 after a six-year hiatus. WTVJ had been Miami's CBS affiliate from its sign-on in 1949 until the 1989 switch to NBC. Along with the frequency change came a new set of call letters, WFOR-TV. However, WFOR's studios remained the same as they were when the station was on channel 6. Even though the FCC regards channel 4 as changing its call letters from WTVJ to WFOR on September 10, the stations themselves did not change hands, only the transmitting facilities. ([1], [2]) As a result, WFOR operates with the original WTVJ license, while the present WTVJ operates using WCIX's license.
In 1994, CBS and Westinghouse (Group W) Broadcasting signed a long-term affiliation deal, part of which resulted in three Westinghouse-owned stations becoming CBS affiliates. As a sidebar, a subsequent deal between NBC and a new Group W/CBS joint venture was made in 1995, with CBS selling the channel 6 facility to NBC as compensation for the loss of two Westinghouse-owned NBC affiliates, in Philadelphia and Boston. In return, Group W/CBS received the stronger channel 4 facility and cash as compensation for the loss of WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, which was being acquired by NBC. NBC also included stations in Denver and Salt Lake City in the trade off to Group W/CBS.
At 1:00 a.m. on September 10, 1995, WCIX and WTVJ swapped dial positions. The entire WCIX intellectual unit (including programming and staff) moved from channel 6 to channel 4, thus returning CBS programming to channel 4 after a six-year hiatus. WTVJ had been Miami's CBS affiliate from its sign-on in 1949 until the 1989 switch to NBC. Along with the frequency change came a new set of call letters, WFOR-TV. However, WFOR's studios remained the same as they were when the station was on channel 6. Even though the FCC regards channel 4 as changing its call letters from WTVJ to WFOR on September 10, the stations themselves did not change hands, only the transmitting facilities. ([1], [2]) As a result, WFOR operates with the original WTVJ license, while the present WTVJ operates using WCIX's license.
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