Bobby Rich on "The Top FM 106" WWSH Philadelphia | February 28 1984

Bobby Rich on “The Top FM 106” WWSH Philadelphia | February 28 1984

   WWSH The Top FM 106 Philadelphia – Bobby Rich – February 28 1984 Back in the 1980s, the 106.1 FM frequency in Philadelphia struggled to attract an audience. It started the decade as WWSH Wish FM 106. It had a Beautiful Music/Easy Listening format with a sizable audience, but Cox radio, who owned the station, was not happy with that older audience, and wanted to make the station appeal to…

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Yo! That's My Jawn: The Podcast - Ep. 3.15 - David Jamison

Yo! That’s My Jawn: The Podcast – Ep. 3.15 – David Jamison

Nate opens up the show, recapping his 2022 Record Store Day haul from the weekend (2:34), before sitting down to chat with composer/producer/bassist/percussionist David Jamison (6:17). The two talk about his song “Spanish Jawn,” the overuse and abuse of the word Jawn, growing up, WDAS and WJJZ, learning to play drums, playing throughout high school and college, getting his doctorate in biomedical…

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Former Smooth Jazz Radio Hosts Shares Battle With Breast Cancer

Former Smooth Jazz Radio Hosts Shares Battle With Breast Cancer

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) –– For many families Mother’s Day means an annual trip to the Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure.

One former Philadelphia radio DJ has participated for the last 15 years, supporting the cause – but the race became much more personal when she got her own life-changing diagnosis.

Her voice may sound familiar, Deserie McRay-Berry served as a radio DJ with WJJZ Smooth Jazz in…

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this songza station is exactly what i remember wjjz playing

End of Eagle 106 & Launch of Smooth Jazz 106.1, WEGX WJJZ Philadelphia | March 12 1993

End of Eagle 106 & Launch of Smooth Jazz 106.1, WEGX WJJZ Philadelphia | March 12 1993

  In the 1980’s, Philadelphia’s 106.1 FM seemed cursed. No matter what Cox Radio put on the frequency, nothing seemed to work. In 1981, it was WWSH Stereo 106, playing a mix of Beautiful Music & Soft Adult Contemporary. It had an audience, but that audience was older than station management wanted. 1982, The format was modified to Adult Contemporary as Wish 106, but it failed to attract an…

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