Radio

Do frogs eat cicadas? We're going to find out soon as Brood X of the 17-year cicadas comes back to the Tristate in 2021.

It's the logo for Cincinnati's rock station WEBN, re-imagined AC/DC style.

WFNX was one of the nation's first stations to adopt a modern rock format. Flipping from classic rock, and the call letters, WLYN, WFNX not only gained fans in Boston, but became one of the most revered and respected alternative radio stations in the...

Originally WERE's FM sibling station, WGCL was born in 1970 after the station was acquired by General Cinema Corporation and was soon branded "G98." For the next 16 years its formats oscillated between top-40 and AOR, and was home to personalities such Bumper Morgan,...

WHFS was an alternative rock station serving both Baltimore and Washington D.C. Founded on November 11, 1961, the station, from the start, was quite adventurous in its music programming, settling into a progressive rock format in the late '60s. In 1983, the station switched...

A well-written sitcom needs a great cast to be successful, and WKRP in Cincinnati definitely had that going for it. It remains one of the all-time most beloved sitcoms in TV history and boasts one of the single funniest episodes ever, "Turkeys Away," which...

You don't have to be from Cincinnati to love this classic sitcom. Based on Atlanta radio station WQXI, Cincinnati was chosen as the home of the fictitious station at random, as producers sought a more Midwestern location. "Cincinnati" also flowed well with the made-up...

When Hugh Wilson was given the green light to create a TV show based on WQXI in Atlanta, he wanted a more central setting for the fictitious WKRP. Cincinnati was chosen somewhat at random, as it seemed to flow naturally with the call letters.??WKRP...

The most famous episode of WKRP in Cincinnati,??and one of the most acclaimed episodes of any sitcom, "Turkeys Away" follows the station's misguided attempt to give away turkeys. The whole promotion ends in disaster and hilarity, with the final line of the show emerging...

"As god is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." The most famous episode of WKRP in Cincinnati, and one of the most acclaimed episodes of any sitcom, "Turkeys Away" follows the station's misguided attempt to give away turkeys. The whole promotion ends in...

The most famous episode of WKRP in Cincinnati, and one of the most acclaimed episodes of any sitcom, "Turkeys Away" follows the station's misguided attempt to give away turkeys. The whole promotion ends in disaster and hilarity, with the final line of the show...

"Those can't be skydivers..." The most famous episode of WKRP in Cincinnati, and one of the most acclaimed episodes of any sitcom, "Turkeys Away" follows the station's misguided attempt to give away turkeys. The whole promotion ends in disaster and hilarity, with the final...

WLRS took to the airwaves in 1964 under the auspices of the Louisville Radio School, thus the call letters. It was one of the few stand-alone FM stations in Kentucky, meaning it did not have an AM sibling station. By 1978, it had developed...

WNKU signed on in 1985 from the campus of Northern Kentucky University. For the 31 years the station broadcast a mix of mostly locally-curated adult album alternative music with select programs from National Public Radio as well as other public radio networks. It is...

Wacky T. Weasel is the former mascot of rock station WQMF.

WQXI first went on the air in 1948 and played the pop standards of the day. In the 1960s it moved to a top-40/rock & roll format, before switching to oldies in the 1970s. The station is most famous for being the inspiration for...

When disco died at WDAI in May of 1980, WRCK (WRoCK) was born, playing "Chicago's rock hits." Today the station is known as WLS-FM.

WUBE-FM has been Cincinnati's home for country music since 1969.??

In September of 1988, Pittsburgh's alternative music station WXXP, Double X, switched its format to adult contemporary. On April 15, 1989, WXVX 1510 A.M. in suburban Monroeville, which had been playing '50s and '60s oldies, flipped its format to modern rock under new program...

WYDD first signed on in 1967 as a jazz station. In the '70s it switched to a more progressive, free-form AOR format, before flipping to top 40 in the '80s. As top 40 stations go, though, it was pretty adventurous, playing songs that were...

WYDD first signed on in 1967 as a jazz station. In the '70s it switched to a more progressive, free-form AOR format, before flipping to top 40 in the '80s. As top 40 stations go, though, it was pretty adventurous, playing songs that were...

Originally WKSZ, this Philadelphia station flipped its format in 1993 from adult contemporary/oldies to a pop-friendly alternative format. Within two years it was full-on modern rock. In 2005, the station changed call letters, and format becoming WPHI, an urban contemporary station.

Before he became Johnny Fever, WKRP's most popular DJ had many air names. Though set in the Tristate, WKRP in Cincinnati was based on Atlanta radio station WQXI, where show creator Hugh Wilson's friend worked. Nonetheless, the show is still close to the hearts...

Arguably the second-funniest episode of WKRP in Cincinnati. In Hoodlum Rock, the station, looking to better promote its new rock & roll format, decides to promote a concert by an emerging punk band from England called Scum of the Earth. Real-life glam rocker (and later...

Newsman Les Nessman is a five-time winner of the Buckeye Newshawk Award as well as a a Silver Sow recipient. Though set in the Tristate, WKRP in Cincinnati was based on Atlanta radio station WQXI, where show creator Hugh Wilson's friend worked. Nonetheless, the...

From the mid '60s to the mid '70s, WIXY, "Wicksy Twelve-Sixty," was Cleveland's preeminent top-40 radio station. Despite having a weaker signal than its competitors it dominated the ratings for a decade.

KULA began broadcasting on May 14, 1947. In 1967, it changed it's call letters to KKUA and switched its format to Top-40. It has changed call signs several times since, and today is a talk radio station.

Tune into WFPP for all the biggest hits of the 70s!

WFPP is the sound of the 70s.

You don't have to be from Cincinnati to love WKRP in Cincinnati. Based on Atlanta radio station WQXI, Cincinnati was chosen as the home of the fictitious station at random, as producers sought a more Midwestern location. "Cincinnati" also flowed well with the made-up...