In this edition, we take a look at the first radio station and disc jockeys to play their own songs, the impact of consultants, and how much they kill creativity.

Also, a look at the origin story of WNEW, how they seized an opportunity when another station failed, and the story of a guy who broke his legs working in a uranium mine and then became the biggest name in radio by being the first shock jock, Don Imus.

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNEW-FM

https://www.nyradioarchive.com/wnewfm.html

https://nab.org/hof/inductees/donImus.asp

https://worfm.com/history.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/02/imus200602

https://books.google.com/books?id=D-kCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://archive.org/details/everythingimusal0000reed/page/24/mode/2up

https://thebluze.com/2017/04/04/underground-radio-in-the-late-1960s/

https://www.nyradioarchive.com/audio/WNEWFM_GirlsJingle_NL.mp3

https://www.nyradioarchive.com/worfm.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=uVYEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://www.nyradioarchive.com/worfm.html

https://archive.org/details/wor-fm-98.7-nyc-first-fm-rock-station-1966

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/27/791955636/pioneering-shock-jock-don-imus-has-died-at-79

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/don-imus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Imus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver

https://www.musicradio77.com/other/Rosko%20Resigns%20WOR-FM%2010-2-67.mp3

https://www.flicklives.com/index.php?pg=112&recno=6133

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life

https://halloffame.nysbroadcasters.org/post/scott-muni

https://nyradioarchive.com/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-30-me-passings30.1-story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/30/arts/scott-muni-74-a-radio-dj-of-fm-rock-programming-dies.html

https://denniselsas.com/scott-muni/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Muni

https://www.radiohalloffame.com/scott-muni

https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/the-old-wnew-fm-record-library.549283/

https://www.musicradio77.com/other/WOR-FM-Muni-Michaels-10-8-66.mp3

https://topviewtix.com/new-york/new-yorks-broadcasting-history?srsltid=AfmBOorxS6wlZ244-tyGXgvT5Ug_rgtVIwA_w3ZfXFbMuVYPnPDAA4Hm

https://www.playlistresearch.com/ny-radiohistory.htm

https://nyradioarchive.com/audio/WNEWFM_197510_PF_CatOlsen.mp3

https://www.facebook.com/groups/278808429125814/posts/2312907445715892/

https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/early-1960s-nyc-am-radio.623044/

https://nyradioarchive.com/images/radioscans/WNEWFM_Ros_NYT19690105.jpg

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