KPWR (105.9 FM) branded as Power 106 is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area. More CHR-flavored Country stations in the late 80s like KMLE Phoenix, KCYY (Y100) San Antonio, and WYAY/WYAI (Y104/Y106) Atlanta took the format to a new place, but this is the one that gave the format its excitement until suddenly Country format battles were everywhere, and often as fierce as CHR wars. Ask any one at The Mighty Met (such as Bob Stroud now at The Drive) How many days it took us to blow up their Loop-Songs promotion. [26] June 17 saw the launch of the station's new permanent morning show, previously lead by actor Nick Cannon as "Nick Cannon Mornings", with Melissa Rios, Teddy Mora, and DJ Carisma joining him as contributors and co-hosts. This new wave of rhythm had a home and a night show host that had a feature (guess whats down my pants) which turned the city upside down. Might have just been a function of my own listening habits in my 20s, but the 80s also werent a great time for Rock radio in general. KHIT (now KWRM) Lets head south as in South Florida. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z debuted at No. The reason I got into radio was the Battle between New Orleans Top 40s WTIX-AM and WNOE-AM in the 70s then with respect to the Q93 battle-YLD battle, as a local the real battle was for AC in the 80s between Magic 101.9 and Lite 105, legendary down here. Power 106 | Listen Online - myTuner Radio After the Twin Cities, I moved to the Pacific Northwest to do evenings, then middays at KNBQ. In 1981 I-95 signed on under Keith Isley and went head to head with Bill Tanners Y-100 ( I was there from 1981-1986) great radiogreat programmers and a real battle. With the unique combination of both KPWR and KZLA, the move gave Emmis and Los Angeles its first rhythmic duopoly, as well as the second duopoly in California with this arrangement, the other being Clear Channel Communications siblings KMEL and KYLD in San Francisco. Lin put Q92 on in Summer 83. Let me add the classic Philly battle from the mid 60s through late 70s of WFIL and WIBG. Contests were truly exciting, as opposed to the boredom-inducing tenth caller qualifies to win methodology. 96X didnt have any listeners over 22. 3) WBLS vs. WKTU (and WXLO) New York in late 80 Disco 92 KTU barely had time to enjoy its stunning market upset of 1978-79 when Frankie Crocker came back to WBLS and cemented its what will they play next reputation. Other country battles come to mind (eg KMPS vs. KRPM, KFKF vs. KBEQ), but those battles were never evenly matched for very long. WWPR vs WQHT on going, the first year was EPIC. The dial was packed with rock. The Philly WFIL vs. WIBG was never really a battle. However, by early 2016, KPWR has drastically reduced the amount of rhythmic pop and EDM tracks in its playlist to focus primarily on hip hop and R&B again. Simon mentioned the HBQ/MPS battle in Memphis in the mid-70s. And, in the background, a CHR battle between Paul Christys WABX, Mike Josephs WHYT and Pat Holidays CKLWwhich got off six more good months as an AM music station. 3,526; 2 years ago; Richard Humpty Vission - Power 106 10th Anniversary Megamix - 80s/90s flashbacks- various genres by Johnny Aftershock. Done. I was at WLOL for 4 years, 1980-1984 and it was only the last year that KDWB was our archrival they had been AOR as Stereo 101 (PD: Dave Hamilton) from 1979-83. Find a melody composer to make your song memorable. Your IP: You may already have an idea what your song is about. It rivals KMEL/KYLD Sean, did you mean WIOQ and WEGX (Eagle 106)? And B97 New Orleans which debuted number one in its first book, immediately beating all stations in the market and remained in that position for years. My favorite CHR battle unfolded over the entire decade of the 80s in Rochester, starting with heritage WBBF(AM) which had become Hot AC, vs. CHR WHFM. Work with an award-winning songwriter from Gemtracks to brew up something poetic and meaningful. Sean, 93Q skewing older by day and CHR by night. Sean, WHKX vs. WYAI/WYAY (1989 1992) First high profile duop seriously challenged Kicks until the heritage station pulled away in late 92. The mother of them all is WYSP/WMMR in Philly. WMET (Metromedia) vs. WLUP (Heftel) Chicago. Seller has the most incredible beat I have ever heard. Also, as of July 2019, KPWR is the official sister station to KLLI ("Cali 93.9"), with both stations airing a rhythmic contemporary formatthe latter as a Hispanic rhythmic. Norman Cook adopted his stage name Fatboy Slim in 1996 and released the albums "Better Living Through Chemistry" in 1996 and "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" in 1998. Hey! Ariana Grande Blasts DJs for Sexist Questions: 'You Need a Little Wars take prisoners as this battle during my time there was NO war as it was more an annihilation due to good old daily ass kickings! Numbers that havent been touched since then in the markert. If anybody wants to trade, let me know The two DJs specialized in the genres of Progressive house, deep house, and techno. That was great radio! This page was last edited on 2 April 2023, at 14:27. Thanks again. But it was a pyhrric victory Q105 was headed for Country anwyay. Find an original beat by an award-winning beat maker now. Are you kidding me? Another great read as always Sean. "Cox Media Group And Emmis Communications Radio Stations Join iHeartradio", "Maloney, Paul. Entertainment was paramount, as witnessed by the promos and jock content between the songs. * WIOQ (Q102) vs. WEGX (Eagle 106) a year later in a mini-version of the Tampa battle; Other notable 90s Djs include Norman Jay, Giles Peterson, Dj Dr. Bob Jones, and Nick Holloway. WMMR was THE most dominant FM station in America, which also included the largest AQH numbers of any FM station at the time. WMPS was the leader at the time, and they hired this young guy from North Carolina by the name of Rick Dees. People north of WIBGs plant were shut out at sundown. Power Dos left the air in 2008 due to a lack of interest. At the dawn of the '90s, three guys from Italy capitalised on a winning production formula that still does great business these days. We would crash each others remotes and concerts to sneak onstage to throw T-shirts, lobby for exclusives from the music labels to rub in each others faces. Two great PDs, Steve Harris vs. Majics Jim Snowden(consulted by Jerry Clifton), and two great airstaffs. Good Time Eric Scott, Harley Davidson, Mark S. Allen to name a few pat garret on kwod now on KBULL93 SLC, Sean, The biggest was WCFL -WLS the most intense was WFIL-WIBG the ,most polite CFTR-CHUM. Phlliy-POWER 99 vs Q102 mid 90s I like your list at least one that I would have moved up is the Q102 Eagle 106 battlethat was exciting and fun and intense. Of course some of the earliest battles I remember which got me interested in radio in the first place, were the WABC, WMCA, and WWDJ(97DJ) battles.