For he who shares not dawn with his song, is one of the sons of ever darkness". Neither station stayed with the rock format. One of WMMR's most influential disc jockeys during the s was Ed Sciaky , who was known for playing and boosting the careers of new artists such as Billy Joel and Yes. Most of all, he introduced Bruce Springsteen to Philadelphia, and decades later, the city remains one of Springsteen's strongest fan bases and the scenes of many of his best-received concerts. Late s morning and midday personality Dick Hungate would in create and implement the nation's first classic rock format at WYSP, another Philadelphia station.
Throughout its existence, WMMR has broadcast live rock music shows and interviewed leading rock music stars. In addition to the role it played in expanding the mainstream audience of Bruce Springsteen , Billy Joel and Yes , the station has helped elevate many other leading rock bands.
The station also has featured local, Philadelphia-area rock music acts, such as The Hooters and George Thorogood , helping promote them to national status within the music industry. The station also has heavily promoted the grunge rock band Pearl Jam ; at 10pm every night during the week it played a set of Pearl Jam songs in what the station called "The Ten Club.
It was a very popular WMMR segment among listeners. The station also is closely associated with the band The Grateful Dead. Most major rock bands and musicians have recorded tag lines for the station, including Mick Jagger and others. As with most rock radio stations, over time, WMMR morphed into an album-oriented rock format, and in the early s leaned towards classic rock. WMMR's current format is simply called Rock, which is a blend of energetic classic rock and up-tempo current rock.
Though more oriented toward the heavier end of the music spectrum today than in its earlier days, WMMR remains true to its heritage, playing new and old music, exposing local music, broadcasting with live, local personalities 24 hours a day and staying heavily involved in the community. This is due to most of the classic rock disappearing from the station as its sister station is classic rocker WMGK. Because the Philadelphia marketplace is the seventh largest in total population in the U.
The Philadelphia rock radio landscape changed drastically in the year , when most of the stations that competed with WMMR for listeners changed formats. This made WYSP an all-talk station during the week, although the station still played rock on the weekends.
Though the stations still tended to attract from the same demographic, WYSP's format meant it could no longer properly be considered a competitor of WMMR.
WYSP dropped its talk format and became a rock music station yet again. Still, at some times, especially during the evening and weekend listening hours, there was a sense of competition. The station also competes in the Philadelphia marketplace with sister station WMGK , which broadcasts at Preston and Steve spend a week living in a RV broadcasting their show and collecting food and money for Philabundance , a hunger relief organization serving the Delaware Valley.
This series, along with the overnight hours of programmed music known as "OPUS" 2 a. His show dubbed "The Marconi Experiment" debuted on April 29, The Marconi Experiment was very much an experiment for the station, one that succeeded. The first song played on the show was "Flying" by The Beatles over the intro of which Herman recited these words: "Arise my heart, and fill your voice with music. For he who shares not dawn with his song, is one of the sons of ever darkness".
Neither station stayed with the rock format. One of WMMR's most influential disc jockey during the s was Ed Sciaky, who was known for playing and boosting the careers of new artists such as Billy Joel and Yes. Most of all he introduced Bruce Springsteen to Philadelphia, and decades later the city remains one of Springsteen's strongest fan bases and the scenes of many of his best-received concerts.
Late s morning and midday personality Dick Hungate would in create and implement the nation's first classic rock format at WYSP, another Philadelphia station. Most notable in WMMR's current lineup is midday a. In November Robert celebrated his 25th anniversary at the station.
He has held the midday airshift for about 20 of those years, starting his stint at WMMR with a brief stay on the overnight shift and spending March through June as host of the morning show. Throughout its existence, WMMR has broadcast live rock music shows and interviewed leading rock music stars. In addition to the role it played in expanding the mainstream audience of Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Yes, the station has helped elevate many other leading rock bands.
The station also has featured local, Philadelphia-area rock music acts, such as The Hooters and George Thorogood, helping promote them to national status within the music industry. The station also has heavily promoted the grunge rock band Pearl Jam; at 10pm every night during the week it plays a set of Pearl Jam songs in what the station calls "The Ten Club. It is a very popular WMMR segment among listeners. The station also is closely associated with Grateful Dead. Most major rock bands and musicians have recorded tag lines for the station, including Mick Jagger and others.
As with most rock radio stations, over time WMMR morphed into an album-oriented rock format, and in the early s leaned towards classic rock.
WMMR's current format is simply called Rock. A blend of energetic classic rock and up-tempo current rock. Though more oriented toward the heavier end of the music spectrum today than in its earlier days, WMMR remains true to its heritage, playing new and old music, exposing local music, broadcasting with live, local personalities 24 hours a day and staying heavily involved in the community.
Because the Philadelphia marketplace is the seventh largest in total population in the U. The Philadelphia rock radio landscape changed drastically in the year , when most of the stations that competed with WMMR for listeners changed formats. In the Philadelphia region, listeners most commonly identify with one or the other station and there has historically been little over-lap.
This made WYSP an all-talk station during the week, although the station still played rock on the weekends. Though the stations still tended to attract from the same demographic, WYSP's format meant it could no longer properly be considered a competitor of WMMR. WYSP dropped it's talk format and became a rock music station yet again. Still, at some times, especially during the evening and weekend listening hours, there was a sense of competition.
WZZO broadcasts at Rumors of that format flip had circulated for several years in the radio industry. Matt Cord was picked up by MMR for the 7 p. In a long, on-air goodbye to his listeners Dee said that the show was interfering with his family time. The station broadcasts on G Rock has an Alternative rock format, which is very similar to that of Radio WBBO also broadcasts on The station also competes in the Philadelphia marketplace with sister station WMGK, which broadcasts at Email this page: Share this page:.
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