My Radio Career 1966-Present
THEN (1966)
NOW (2008)
It was at WSBB in
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1968
1968 WOGO 1550 AM, My 1st real paying radio
gig
WOGO AM 1550 New Smyrna Beach Florida
WMFJ AM 1450
No personal audio available - but here's some cool
sounds:
1970 Aircheck of Kris Earl Phillips at WMFJ
1969
WJBS AM 1490 Deland
WTAL AM 1450
WSSA AM 1570 College
Park/Atlanta
Keep in mind I was only 16 when this
was recorded!
WREK FM
WMFJ AM 1450
1970
WPAS AM 1400 Zephyrhills Florida
WCWR AM 1480 Dunedin/Tampa
1971
WOGO AM 1550 New Smyrna Beach Florida
WPDQ AM 600
WDAT AM 1380
1972
WSGA PD JERRY ROGERS ON AIR
WSGA AM 1400 Savannah Georgia
WSGA AM 1400
This second WSGA cut is courtesy of my former co-worker at WSGA Lyndy Brannen
WZAT FM 102
1973
WVLD AM 1450 Valdosta Georgia
WVLD AM 1450
WIIN AM 970
WFOM AM 1230
1974-75
WKLS 96 Rock Atlanta Georgia
Abrams Format 1975 MP3
1976-77
WGLF FM Gulf 104 Tallahassee Florida
WTNT AM 1080
WOMA FM
WAIV FM 97
WFSU FM Tallahassee
1977
KISW FM 100 Seattle Washington
Doing 8p-Mid at KISW Seattle
1978-79
Covering the World Series of Rock for WLPX
WLPX FM 97
Mornings on WLPX 97 FM Milwaukee
Bobbin Beam
Afternoons on LPX, a
WISN AM 1110
(This was our sister am to WLPX.)
1979
Rick Neilson of Cheap Trick with me in the studio at Y95 Rockford
WYFE FM Y95 Rockford Illinois
Sunday Morning Oldies Show Aircheck MP3
Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick stops by Y95
WLUP FM 98 Chicago
Illinois * AOR (The Loop )
* Air Talent Real MP3
Saturday Nights On The Loop In
1980-81
Me and my office at QFM
WLPX Disco Demolition circa 1979
It's an 8 meg MP3, so it will take a bit to download
WLPX Disco Demolition - Bobbin Beam and Jim McBean
Thanks to Jeff, an LPX
listener from Milltown that now lives in
Terry Gibson and me at World Series of Rock
WQFM FM 93 Milwaukee
Wisconsin
"Billboard Major Market Station of the year 1981" The audio is the composite submitted to Billboard.
QFM Air Studio
Scott the Kid's QFM Blog - A must read for QFM fans!
Patti G in QFM Production, check out those curtains!
My Friend Artie Kornfeld, A wonderful
and colorful human being. He was one of the fathers of
Thank you to Rick Rotaru for the archive material! He was part of this wonderful team.
Tim "The Rock and Roll Animal" and Patti G working a QFM
event
Daybreak from the QFM Newsroom window
(Courtesy Rick Rotaru)
1982-84
A TAPING OF Y95's RADIOVISION TV SHOW
WYFE FM Y95 Rockford Illinois
1984-85
WSB FM 98.5 Atlanta Georgia
WSB FM 98.5
1985-86
WIQB FM Rock 103 Ann Arbor Michigan
WNRS AM 1310 Saline/Ann
Arbor
1987-88
KMYZ FM Z104.5 Tulsa Oklahoma
WQFM FM 93
Craig "Killer" Kilpatrick at QFM Opening day tailgate
David Lee Live on Opening Day 1988
Me, Downstairs Dan, Alice Cooper, Killer
Pauly of TV's Crime Story and Miami Vice joins the QFM Morning Show
Posing with
Paul Carrack clowns around during live QFM Morning show broadcast
(John Millinder, me, Paul)
Edie Joins me on the QFM Morning show
WZTR FM Star 95
KFMQ/KLMS
Chatting With David Lee Roth at Spago in
LA
1989-92
Live At The Grammy's with Warrant for 97
GTR
Chuck Nowlin and Big Wally posing at the Grammy's booth
WGTR FM 97 Miami Florida
97 GTR AIRSTAFF 1990
97 GTR Big Wally Theme
Song by The Rock n Roll Animals "Hey Big
Wally" Real MP3
Big Wally's Free Lunch - People lining up to get in!
Me, Scott Chapin, Skip Herman, Jim McBean
celebrating Elvis' Birthday on 97GTR
Big Wally does family day, live in the GTR parking lot
97 GTR Control Room
97 GTR
Big Wallys lunch with Jason Bonham at Hooters Ft. Lauderdale
WFLC FM 97.3 The Coast
KTHK FM 94.1 The Hawk
The Hawk Airstaff 1992
Big Wally
Morning Partner Liz Johnson and Myself, New Years Eve Broadcast 1991
1992-1998
KLUV FM 98.5 Dallas Texas
KZPS FM 92.5
Knight Wally at Medevil Times Remote in
Big Wally does middays at 92.5 KZPS
Wavy Gravy dropped by with ice cream and this big fish!
David Perez, Jon Dillon, Me, and John Larson at my going away gathering
1998 - May 2002
Hanging with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull at a TNN Taping
The Rock@105.9 WNRQ Nashville Tennessee
I love riding the rolling hills of
Live with Tim Wilson at
Wally and Robert D Raiford of the John Boy and Billy Show
and I enjoy working with the local HOG chapters raising money for abused children
Look at all the Bears for those kids!
July 2002 - Present
97 WLAV
Go to the WLAV web site - Click Here
l to r:
rear, Lyndsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood
l t r: middle, Tony Gates WLAV, Cathy Whaley WLAV, Stevie
Nicks, My friend Kim, John McVie
right up front in the middle, it's Me! And Stevie
had her hand on my shoulder......HHHHeaven!
Harley Davidson 100th Anniversary, last week August 2003
Here I am with Mike Levine of Triumph and Tony Gates of WLAV Morning show
Rob Brandt and me live at the Lukemia Radiothon
Big Wally Live and Local!
Collecting Coats for the needy
Boy Scouts dropping off coat donations
Heather Zinn
and me showing off the Burritos during
our Winter Blues Series at Tequila Willys
With Tony Gates, Suzanne and Eva from WOOD-TV
Collecting donations to Save the 4th of July Fireworks in
Making announcements at the Ride
for Babies
My
new Harley Davidson Ultra Classic
Little
Steven VanZant from E Street Band, Plays Silvio Dante on Sopranos, and hosts
his Underground Garage Radio show.
40 Years rockin' in radio... and still loving it!
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