Can't believe (my fave 80's station) played this!!

[marie3]

HOW ABOUT,

FISH HEADS (FISH HEADS ROLLEY POLLEY FISH HEADS)
FRED FROM JUPITER
IWANNA BE A LIFEGUARD

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO TO WLIR'S DJ BIRDS RECORD SALE. I GOT SOME UNBELIEVABLE STUFF. WHAT A NICE GUY AND SOME GREAT STORIES. I ACTUALLY BOUGH

[rdeiterding]

Hey, I have a great DJ to direct people on this board to. Davidn Marsden (the program director behind the great CFNY-FM in Toronto, Canada in the late 70's/early 80's). He now has a radio show on Thursday and Friday nights from 7-12 EST that is availabl

[wpixfm]

Yes! WPIX-FM! I am writing a book on the subject... If you were a listener, please send me a message!

Songs I first heard at PIX (starting in 1978, ending in early 1980), and in most cases never again on radio:

Nick Lowe - Breaking Glass
The Strang

[denlahoya]

Here's five..
Circular Impression. You have to love the opening line, I've got a rubber in my wallet....
Star Trekkin - it was a song (jim) but now as we knew it.
Sex Machine - the Flying Lizards version, get on up.
Satisfaction - Devo, while I'm on

[debkny]

WOW! Am I getting nostalgic!

Does anyone remember when WLIR tried to launch a new band called "Crossfire Choir" by playing "Canary Song" like every hour? It was probably in '85 or '86. I hated that song, and now I can't find it anywhere, and can't g

[rewind]

It was 1988. Actually, Crossfire Choir wasn't a new band; they already released a self-titled album the year before. It was during the WDRE days, and they broadcast the making of "Canary Song" live from the recording studio over the course of about five

[debkny]

WOW, Rewind. You're good. You're very good. I had totally forgotten about the WDRE days....

[jaypounders]

Rewind is right..about the Crossfire Choir thing. We recorded the song "live" on the radio as sort of promo thing during the "New Music Seminar" or was it called something else back then? It was fun..and we did end up using the tracks on our second, ill