I grew up outside of Trenton in central Jersey and my bedtime transistor radio was sometimes tuned to WABC/NYC and sometimes WFIL/Philadelphia.
Also WMMR/FM, Philadelphia had a show called “The Marconi Experiment” hosted by Dave Herman.
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I do remember Cousin Brucie and also Wolfman Jack. But I was tilted ever-so-slightly towards Philly for some reason and so I paid attention to Dick Clark's American Bandstand, ShinDig, WFIL and WMMR Philadelphia.
Cousin Brucie (and top 40 music in general) didn’t do much for me (though it was impossible not to listen to it. I have an older sister who was obsessed with top 40 so the radio was constantly blaring in the kitchen and the car. In my bedroom I typically listened to the play-by-play of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball games.
Here in Boston the legend was WBCN’s Charles Lacquadera and his Big Mattress radio show on FM. I once won two tickets to see Springsteen in a contest on his show.
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