DCRTV Washington Radio And TV Podcast
On the DCRTV Podcast, Dan Lane interviews current and former Washington and Baltimore radio and TV personalities about their successes, failures, and hard-earned lessons. You'll get a breakdown of what happens behind the scenes at local radio and TV Stations. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dcrtv-washington-radio-and-tv-podcast--6152954/support.
Episodes
In the 1980s, he hosted nights at Q107 (WRQX).
On this episode, Uncle Johnny talks about working nights at Q107 for four or five years and tells the story of getting rehired after leaving for a brief period.
We also walk through his career and figure out how he jumped from a few small market radio stations to Washington, DC.
We also talk about how he got the name Uncle Johnny and why he decided to ...
Z104 was upbeat and fun and did very well in the ratings for many years. Mathew Blades worked nights at the station for its first four years and later returned as its last morning host.
On this episode of the DCRTV Podcast, Mathew talks about what made Z104 such a great radio station and why it eventually failed.
Mathew also shares how he was fired twice from the radio station and ...
On this episode of the DCRTV Podcast, Chris talks about how he got hired at WMAL and ended up hosting afternoons with Bill Trumbull.
We discuss how he teamed up with Brooke Stevens after Bill retired and why that partnership ended.
Chris also talks about why he got fired from WMAL and how he ended up at WTOP.
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Allbritton Communications, which owned Channel 7 (WJLA) at the time, saw an opportunity for a hyper-local 24/7 all-news TV Station, and NewsChannel 8 was born.
Wayne Lynch was hired as the station's first News Director...
Since 1964, WAMU has aired reruns of these shows on their show called The Big Broadcast.
On this episode, show host Murray Horwitz and producer Jill Ahrold Bailey discuss the show's history, including the history of former hosts John Hickman and Ed Walker.
We discuss how Murray and Jill find the...
Why, in the early years of the radio station, they played Top 40 music during morning drive and AOR the rest of the day
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We talk about some of the radio stations DC101 was competing with.
Ernie tells us the secret to DC101's 50-year history of having so many legendary morning shows (Elliott, Greaseman, Howard Stern, and Johnny ...
Kemosabi Joe was the Program Director and did mornings in the 1970s and 1980s.
On this episode, we discuss how Joe made a small radio station sound so big.
Some of the topics we cover during this episode:
The secret that made Z104 such a great radio station
Why Joe liked to recycle DJ names, somebody would leave, and he would give the new person ...
In 2008, FM was mainly used for music programming, and news, talk, and sports formats were on AM.
Around the country, FM stations did not have many spoken-word formats at that time.
On this episode, Joel takes us behind the scenes on the steps he took to convince the station ownership that moving to a full market FM ...
On this episode, Steve talks about the other formats they considered and why they decided on Oldies.
Steve shares his strategy to beat direct competitor Extra 104 (WXTR), how he hired the original airstaff before the station's launch, and how they kept the new format a secret with two other radio stations i...
On this episode, David shares inside stories about what was happening behind the scenes at the radio stations.
Our conversation covers a range of fascinating topics, including the old NABET union, in which DJs weren't allowed to hit a record button or run their own board.
We also talk about the technical intricacies of the WRQX-EMF transition, th...
We discuss his being fired from his previous radio station when they found out he was buying the radio station.
We also talk about how he found out WTON was for sale, how he raised the money for the purchase, and his plan to use local programming.
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In the 1970s, the station was involved in an illegal gambling scheme, and it ended up losing its AM license.
Undeterred by the loss of its AM license, Bill Parris at United Broadcasting seized on the opportunity to move the format to United Broadcasting's FM frequency when the AM signed off.
In the followin...
Albie landed at WPGC, as the station was changing from a failed AC format to Rhythmic CHR
After 10 years at WPGC, he was ready for a new challenge, which led him to work mornings in Baltimore.
After a year in Baltimore...
The first episode features Washington radio legend Loo Katz.
Loo hosted mornings on WASH-FM for 14 years. Before that, he spent 10 years in afternoons at Mix 107.3, he did middays at WAVA, plus stops at other local stations.
On this episode, Loo Katz shares unique insights about...
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