Radio Replay Cooper in London (Continued from page 70) feed the formats with "Saturday Night Fever" -caliber product that catches the imagination of the entire world could be too much, but hopefully others will discover the disco beat and arrangements as part of their performance. If that happens, I could be writing àbout the subject next year declaring that the giant disco machine hasn't slowed down. Disco is not just the music, it's an indoor sport that will grow as the availability of the outlets for dancing continues. Like rock 'n' roll at its beginning, there isn't much of an oldie catalogue to play on, disco memories of the past, when the music's national popularity has just arrived. If the music progresses as it should, the form will take different shapes and sizes depending upon who is creating the music. As jazz has made a comeback as part of radio programming on the scale of the popular song, disco music can have the same effect, as part of the overall popular music scene, not as a comeback in pro- Alice Cooper and Bernie Taupin were in London recently to promote Alice's new The single, gramming but as the beginning of musical trend. presentation of "How You Gonna See Me Now," and the album "From The Inside." Pictured at a disco programming will undergo the biggest change, since most lunch hosted by WEA's promotion department are, from left: WEA director of promo- tions, Bill of the presentation of the music is done by re -tread top 40 disc Fowler; Mike Appleton, producer of "The Old Grey Whistle Test" and "Rock Goes To College;" BBC Radio One producer Bernie Andrews; jockeys in formats like those for any other type of music. They only Capitol Radio DJ Nicky Horne; Annie Nightingale, presenter of "The Old Grey Whistle Test;" Radio One DJ have the past to rely on for guidance in an area that's so new. Andy Peebles; Capital Radio program controller Aiden Day; and BBC Radio One The disco spinners have the expertise from in -person viewing of producer Jeff Griffin. Seated are Taupin, Cooper, Alice and Cheryl Cooper and Radio Luxembourg's assistant program controller Richard the dance scene, have developed the music sets that please the Swainson. dancers and will try to convert that skill into assisting the radio disco Wilson left Bartell Broadcasting, and began his own consulting busi- programmers. The transition will be difficult, because the rhythm will ness . . . KCBQ hires Jimi Fox as pd, Fox formerly was the pd at be lost at times in the world of commercial radio. The dance and its Ten-Q/Los Angeles. The San Diego opening was made possible by music will continue to grow, and we might see a swing into the Gerry Peterson leaving. Bobby Rich new pd at WXLO(99X)/New York, rock 'n' roll dances like the record hop, if the cool and classy are replacing Bill Garcia. B-100/San Diego hires C.C. McCartney as pd pushed aside by the rockers. to replace Rich ... Neil McIntyre (Hi, Mom) out as pd at WPIX-FM/ THE CLONIE REPORT ... This was the year that brought cloning New York, George Taylor Morris new pd from WCOZ/Boston .. . into more of a spotlight, naturally the radio and music people con- M.G. Kelly leaves KHJ to on -air at Ten-Q/Los Angeles ... Tom Hadges tributed their fair share of cloners. I have put together a list of top new pd at WCOZ/Boston from WBCN/Boston-Charlie Kendall songs that made the clone hit parade. Kodaclone ... Send In The named pd at WBCN ... Dale Dorman leaves morning at WRKO/ Clones ... Like a Rolling Clone ... A Clone Again Naturally .. . Boston after nine years ... Bo Raines leaves as pd at WZZP/Cleve- Disco Incloneo ... Bang -A -Clone ... Let's Go Get Cloned ... land ... Bill Garcia new pd at KNUS/Dallas ... Charlie Van Dyke Started a Clone ... Clone Soul Picnic ... Celebrate Me Clone .. . resigns as pd at KLIF/Dallas . . . Bill Garcia new pd at WISN/Mil- We're All A Clone . . . Excitable Clone . . . Green, Green Grass of waukee ... Sherry Toennies new national and for Charter Broadcast- Clone. And the names of performers and products caught a little ing . . . Tom Jeffries new pd at WZZP/Cleveland . . . Mary Anne cloneing, as the search was on for those with the right name to fit McCarthy out at WPIX-FM/New York as md, local trade columnist the bit. Those that were suggested were Perry Clono ... The Rolling marries her . . . Beverly Mire new and at WPIX-FM from WCOZ/ Clones ... Cloney Orlando ... Rosemary Cloney ... Cloney Mitchell. Boston . .. Don Imus to afternoons at WHK/Cleveland ... Jack For- Ice cream clones, cloneial furniture, burger clones, and sweet smelling sythe leaves 96X/Miami to join WAIV & WSNY/Jacksonville as pd .. . clonges lead the way. So there you have it, maybe the last of the J. Paul Huddleston moves to on -air news at KCBQ/San Diego . . . clones, put away with the grape jokes and other relics of our humour- Bob Slavin new and at WCOZ/Boston ... Bonnie Simmons resigns as ous past. Oh, hold on, I have to answer the clone. pd at KSAN/San Francisco ... Harry Nelson resigns as pd at WRKO/ MOVES ... Each year the cities of New York and Los Angeles lead Boston . . . Jerry Clifton resigns as pd at WEFM/Chicago ... Mike the way in radio personnel turnovers, but it's become a tradition. Harrison and Tom Yates form GoodPhone communications . . . Bo However, Boston is now in the running with 1978 almost behind us. Raines new and at 96X/Miami ... Don Benson becomes pd for WQXI All markets have their share of advancements, resignations, and firings, and 94Q/Atlanta ... Walt (Baby) Love leaves WVON/Chicago as pd but at music stations in Boston in '78 it was a big year for change. ... Abby Melamed named new pd at KSAN/San Francisco ... John WRKO, WBZ, WBCN, WCOZ, WROR-FM, and WHDH (briefly) changed Lund new pd at KHOW/Denver ... Mark McKay new pd at WRKO/ program directors. As you might expect the changes in the program- Boston . . . Brian White appointed pd at WEFM/Chicago . . . Matt ming management brought changes in air personnel, music directors Clenott new pd at WKTU-FM/New York, Sonny Fox promoted to gm and in general changed the leadership of the station. Outsiders had at WYSP/Philadelphia ... Steve Dahl leaves W-4/Detroit to on -air at problems with whether to stay or return home, morning team Charlie WDAI/Chicago ... Walt Tiburski is named gm at WMMS/Cleveland a -d Harrigan did a couple of weeks on the air at WRKO, and decided Dan Vallie new pd at 92Q/Nashville ... Real Don Steele leaves to return to KCBQ in San Diego. Al Brady, the program director of Ten-Q/Los Angeles ... Joe Bacarella leaves as pd at WXYZ/Detroit WHDH, was leaving the station for a national FM programming job and is replaced by Jim Davis . . . Bruce Bradley joins WBZ/Boston at NBC, but decided to stay at WHDH. Boston gets my vote for change- on -air from WCAU/Philadelphia ... Jimi Fox leaves KCBQ/San Diego over, but as for the person who showed the moving companies where and is replaced by Joel Denver from 96X/Miami. Bo Raines becomes it was at in 1978, Bill Garcia is at the top of the list. new pd at 96X ... Tony Berardini is new and at WBCN/Boston, re- "I considered myself quite stable in radio," Garcia told me. "I was placing John Brody who joined Casablanca Records ... Bob Gooding in Tampa close to four years, then all of a sudden bingo, the last year leaves WCAU-FM/Philadelphia to join Private Stock Records . . . York drops rock and goes disco. Wanda and half was unbelievable." Bill and his wife Norma became the WKTU/New soft format WKTU and at WBLS/New York Michael Garcia traveling show during a four -month period of '78. It started in Ramos Charres joins from ... New York at WXLO(99X); from the Big Apple to Big D, KNUS in Dallas. St. John resigns as pd at WMAK/Nashville and becomes pd at WHIN/ a T. Morgan resigns as There, with many of the boxes still unpacked, they moved to Mil- Nashville. WMAK becomes disco station ...... Scotty Brink to morning at WNBC/New waukee and WISN. As we highlight the moves of '78 it is a year that pd at WPEZ/Pittsburgh Lee Masters . . . Paul Drew discontinues consulting Bill Garcia would like to forget. As he put it, "1978 is etched in my York replacing RKO radio after 11 years John Driscoll resigns as pd at Ten -Q/ brain. It was unbelievable, just unbelievable." for ... Now for the replay of the moves and changes from early in the year, Los Angeles ... Paul Christy leaves WNIC-FM/Detroit as pd ... Jim as pd at WOKY/Milwaukee by Jeff Ryder, formerly of through the last breath of '78.... John Sebastian is the new pd at Smith replaced WBBF/Rochester Dick Purtan joins CKLW/Windsor from WXYZ/ KHJ replacing Michael Spears, who resigned, and became a radio ... mornings Russ Knight new pd at WHK/Cleveland station owner later on in the year. Dave Thompson was made pd at Detroit doing ... Charlie Tuna leaves KHJ/Los Angeles, is KDWB/Minneapolis, replacing Sebastian ... Bob Gooding left WCOL- replacing John Webster ... replaced on -air by True Don Blue from KDWB/Minneapolis . . . AM & FM/Columbus for WCAU-FM Philadelphia ... Jim Smith was (Continued on page 106) hired as pd at WOKY/Milwaukee from WLS/Chicago . . . George

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