G'ville - Late 70's

[ThreatMatrix]

We didn't have much in the way of entertainment back then. We got one local channel and one PBS channel on the rabbit ears. There were times we watched The Jim Baker show because there was nothing else to watch.
But on Sunday Nights was a radio call in show. I don't think it was locally produced. Seems they mostly played oldies. Two songs that I remember that they always played were "Counting Flowers on the Wall" and "Little Nash Rambler".
Anybody know the show I'm talking about?

 

[Gatordiddy]

We didn't have much in the way of entertainment back then. We got one local channel and one PBS channel on the rabbit ears. There were times we watched The Jim Baker show because there was nothing else to watch.
But on Sunday Nights was a radio call in show. I don't think it was locally produced. Seems they mostly played oldies. Two songs that I remember that they always played were "Counting Flowers on the Wall" and "Little Nash Rambler".
Anybody know the show I'm talking about?

There was a national call in show (Country music based) that came on Saturday nights in Tallahassee, but this was more towards the mid-80s.
Could be the same show though.

Google Mike Harvey and Bob Kingsley - those two have had syndicated shows for a LONG time.
Bob was the guy I tried to emulate when I did on-air work.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Could have also been Westwood One... they've been around forever.
Check out the song samples near the bottom

Classic Country - Westwood One

 

[ThreatMatrix]

I don't think it was Country Music based though. It just happens those are the two songs that stand out in my mind.

 

[Gatordiddy]

I don't think it was Country Music based though. It just happens those are the two songs that stand out in my mind.

probably not this... but Wolfman Jack had a syndicated call in show.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

I'd remember if it was Wolfman or any "on-air personality". I don' think the DJ did anything that made himself stand out.

"Mack the Knife" was another staple.

So maybe he focused on novelty songs?

 

[G8trwood]

Was UF radio around then? There wasn’t much a choice of radio stations either.

I remember the show, definitely oldies not country, but damn that was a lot of lost brain cells ago.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Was UF radio around then? There wasn’t much a choice of radio stations either.

I remember the show, definitely oldies not country, but damn that was a lot of lost brain cells ago.

Must have been the only station we could get. I think the schtick was that he would play songs that never got played anymore.

 

[Gatordiddy]

I think the schtick was that he would play songs that never got played anymore.

sounds like something Dr. Demento would do

 

[Gatordiddy]

Was UF radio around then? There wasn’t much a choice of radio stations either.

yeah... when I got to UF in the summer of '82, there was WGGG, WRUF, Kiss 105 (I think) and a country station.
I think I even listened to FM99 Country out of Jax as well.
not a lot to choose from at that time

 

[deuce]

We didn't have much in the way of entertainment back then. We got one local channel and one PBS channel on the rabbit ears. There were times we watched The Jim Baker show because there was nothing else to watch.
But on Sunday Nights was a radio call in show. I don't think it was locally produced. Seems they mostly played oldies. Two songs that I remember that they always played were "Counting Flowers on the Wall" and "Little Nash Rambler".
Anybody know the show I'm talking about?

Amos and Andy?

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Just one guy that I remember. He might not have even been national. I only remember one R&R station (105?) but late on Sunday nights it ran this show. Or it was an AM channel. If you remember it you remember it I suppose.

 

[Kirby]

We didn't have much in the way of entertainment back then. We got one local channel and one PBS channel on the rabbit ears. There were times we watched The Jim Baker show because there was nothing else to watch.
But on Sunday Nights was a radio call in show. I don't think it was locally produced. Seems they mostly played oldies. Two songs that I remember that they always played were "Counting Flowers on the Wall" and "Little Nash Rambler".
Anybody know the show I'm talking about?

There was cable radio you could pirate off off the cable splitter. The 70s version of XM

 

[Gatordiddy]

Just one guy that I remember. He might not have even been national. I only remember one R&R station (105?) but late on Sunday nights it ran this show. Or it was an AM channel. If you remember it you remember it I suppose.

105 became Kiss 105 in ‘81. But… it was WGVL before that. Could have been that station

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Okay. I definitely did not listen to country. And I remember when 104 was born in 1981. Before that I would have listened to the Top 40 station if that was the only other choice. If I had to guess based on which apartments I lived at the time I would guess it was 1980, Sunday nights, on either WRUF or WGGG