Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Richard Blade’s Flashback Lunch (2014)

A sticker from 2014, sheet measures approximately 18.5 cm by 10.5 cm.
Front side: background: black, purple; Richard Blade’s Flashback Lunch @ 93.1 JACK FM logo.
Back side: white. 


Richard Blade’s Flashback Lunch is an hour of '80s music weekdays at noon on 93.1 JACK FM (KCBS-FM), Los Angeles, USA. He's been doing it since July, 2013.

93.1 JACK FM welcomes the return of the Flashback Lunch with Richard Blade. Every weekday at noon, Richard and his accent will serve up '80s music from Duran Duran and Depeche Mode to Van Halen and Michael Jackson. It’s Gonna be HOT!

Richard Blade is one of L.A.'s veteran DJs and was a major part of the rise of 106.7 KROQ, where "Flashback Lunch" originated.


With the "No DJs" concept on JACK FM stations / branding.. Richard Blade is become the first / the one and only DJ (or voice tracking) on JACK FM.

*source: 931jackfm.radio.com/shows/richard-blades-flashback-lunch

Sunday, June 2, 2019

End of an era - 95.5 PLJ goes off the air (Friday, May 31, 2019)

A magnet from 2014, sheet measures approximately 22.5 cm by 7.5 cm.
Front side: background: black; grey; text: "Listenin' to The Todd Show in the Morning", WPLJ logo.
Back side: black. 


It's a special stuff on my WPLJ collection, The Todd Show magnet, received in 2014.

On February 7, 2014, Scott Shannon announced his retirement from WPLJ after 22 years. Co-host Todd Pettengill immediately took control of the morning show, which re-branded as "The Todd Show" on February 24. Shannon is currently at WCBS-FM.

On January 5, 2015, "The Todd Show" was re-branded to "Todd & Jayde in the Morning" due to low ratings. Jayde Donovan, also known as Patricia Sweet,
from Sacramento's KDND joined Pettengill as a co-host.

Update about WPLJ:
On Friday, May 31, 2019.. 95.5 WPLJ -- one of the most transformative radio stations in the New York market over the last four decades -- will fade to black after 48 years on the air when it switches over to a contemporary Christian music station called K-LOVE following the frequency's sale by Cumulus Media.

WPLJ signed off commercial operations on May 31, 2019 at 7 p.m., with "Imagine" by John Lennon (the final song now-former sister station WABC ended their Top 40 format with in 1982), a live version of "W-P-L-J" by Hall & Oates, and a goodbye from current and former staffers. Shortly after 7 p.m.

WPLJ 95.5 New York - End of PLJ & Launch of K-Love - May 31 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFQHKLxNQWk

More update:
Cumulus’ 95.5 WPLJ New York went out with a bang. In its final full monthly (counting for all but its final week on air), WPLJ rose from a 2.5 share in April to a 3.1 in May. Ratings expert Chris Huff notes that this was WPLJ’s best performance in two and a half years. WPLJ also held a three month trend of 2.3 – 3.3 – 3.8 in the embedded Middlesex/Somerset/Union NJ book.


Thank you WPLJ for the great memories.

Please check out my other WPLJ sticker collection on:
1) http://radiostickers.blogspot.com/2014/01/955-wplj-new-york-usa.html 
2) http://radiostickers.blogspot.com/2016/10/955-wplj-new-york-1991.html

*source:
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPLJ
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Pettengill
- dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/05/24/ken-foote-pays-tribute-to-new-yorks-wplj-fm/
- radioinsight.com/headlines/177648/may-2019-4-25-5-22-nielsen-audio-ppm-ratings-day-1-wplj-goes-out-with-a-bang/