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This survey actually mentions WROV playing “Rocky Raccoon” from the Beatles “White Album.”įorward to the 70s. Courtesy of the WROV History Website/Pat Garrett.
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WROV Roanoke Fabulous Forty Musicard for February 16, 1969. Featured on this audio clip: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” & “Back in the USSR” from the “White Album.” Two of my four favorite Beatles songs of all-time. Since Capitol Records didn’t release any singles on the Fab Four album, there were no songs from the LP regularly played on Top 40 outlets.Ībove is an audio clip when I was a guest DJ for a My Fab Four segment on SiriusXM’s the Beatles Channel. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by the Beatles. The biggest album from the 1967 “summer of love” was “Sgt. When I started listening to the radio 55 years ago, I quickly realized that Top 40 stations aired only songs that were released as 45-rpm singles by record companies. On most nights that summer, I would tune in 50,000-watt, clear channel AM radio stations, such as WLS 890 Chicago and WABC 770 New York. Then in the summer of 1967, I commandeered a desk-top tube radio from our kitchen and permanently kept this device in my bedroom. Photo courtesy of WROV History Website/Pat Garrett. WROV Roanoke DJs Fred Frelantz and Jack Fisher in 1967. I quickly discovered WROV and was hooked on their Top 40 format. My regular radio listening started in the spring of 1967 after my parents gave me a transistor radio. With this latest music blog message, I will be revealing my top selections based on these factors: Growing up in Roanoke, Virginia, listening to WROV 1240 AM and then being employed by the legendary top 40 station, starting in 1974. If I asked the above inquiry to 100 folks, I would surely receive one hundred different responses.Ī framed WROV 70s poster owned by Barry Michaels, a 1978-1981 WROV DJ. Obviously, there are no definitive answers to my question. What are the best songs played on Top 40 radio during the 70s that were not released as singles by record companies?