The Big K Good Guys in March, 1966
were (l-r:) Doug Gove, Bill
Morrissey, Bob Conville, Eddie
B. Baker, Ron "Rumple" Polcari, Donn
Parker and John Sebastian.
By June, 1966 the personalities
were called "The Playboys;." in March, 1967 they became
"The Good Guys." The summer of 1967 saw a new jingle
package...PAMS Series #29/31 (Radio A Go-Go/Music Explosion). Additions
to the air staff during the decade included Bill Adams, Jay Kaye (Jackie
Kelly), Charlie
Shoe, Dennis Lee, Jack Casey,
Dick
McDonough, Bob
Molloy, Bud Williams, Danny
Lane, Tom Holt, Chip Hobart,
Sebastian Tripp, Bill
Blizard, Charlie Edwards,
Jim O'Hara, Dick Booth, Bill Gaye, Terry
Woods, Bill Mundae, and newsmen Bob
McCord and Frank
Haley.
Unusual for a station in a market
of its size, WKBR broadcast 24 hours a day during much of the 1960s.
By 1970 WKBR's sound was impacted
by Bill Drake's programming concepts. Big K's "Wax To Watch"
and "Sure Shots" became "Boss Hitbounds," and the
station began using a Drake soundalike jingle package produced by Pepper
Tanner. The DJs included Dave Messier, Roger Alan Jones, Big Jim Edwards,
Paul Barrette, Red
Robin, Paul Rogers, Al
Carter, Pete Mitchell (Salant),
Chris Evans, Chris
Michaels, Mark Driscoll, Tom Ford, Charlie Stone, Alan Edwards,
Kevin Kane, Bob Kennedy, Ken Barlow, Konrad Kayne, Jeff Marley and news
reporters Walter Toms, Dick Lutsk,
Alan Bridges and Susan
Wornick.
Tom Merriman's Phase III jingle
package arrived in 1972. It was replaced by cuts from Music K Productions
in 1976, and William B. Tanner in 1978.
In February, 1979, Ralph Gottlieb
announced his intention to sell WKBR for $1.9 million. The new owners,THEnterprises
Corporation (Charles Howard and Donald Teeters) took over in May. While
the station experienced hard times during the 80s and 90s, many talented
people graced its airwaves including: David
Alan Boucher, J. Christopher Scott, Vince Tyler, Jay Cormier, Rick
DeFabio, Tim Riley, Dennis
Burke, Holland
Cooke, Charlie Moger,
Gary Duncan, Ed Doherty, John Frawley, Matt
Stevens, Carol Ann Pretzel,
Daniel T. Guy, Kevin Farwell,
Bill Sterndale, Earle Greer, Ernie Jenkins, Eve Meredith, Scott Pare,
Roger Parmelee, Bob Stuart, Alan
Dary, Jonathon Hall,
John Sutton, Steve Ordinetz and Eric
Parker...talk show hosts Rudy
Nelson, Lincoln Carle, Terry Powell, Ray Harris, Bill
Herman, Chris Herbert, Jack Kenny and Lou D'Allesandro... news reporters
Greg Cusson, Keith Roberts, Sue Roman, Doug White, Owen
May, Steve Sakson, John
Stobierski, Brooke Willis,
Pete Morrison,
Barry Pretzel, Frank
Haley, Bob
Cohen, Jane Valliere...and sports reporters Dave Long, Jim Colony
and Bob Melvin.
