WMHD Sundays, only on 97.7 Radio M HD2
Before there was Radio M, there was WMHD. Listen to classic WMHD broadcasts from 1983 to 1985 in their entirety, exactly as they first aired, all day every Sunday, on Classic 97 7 Radio M HD2. Today's broadcast: November 30, 1984This broadcast begins at about 6:15 AM. It's an early episode of one of Chris' morning shows, and this one is just all over the place, not always in a good way. A few things to watch for in this one: Chris gives a completely wrong title for one song, and Chris apparently still hasn't learned the difference between the words "fixation" and "fixture." And just before 7 AM there's one of those pre-recorded public-affairs programs we had to run to keep the FCC happy. But if you listen real close, you can just barely hear some hints of the future Radio M. And you'll learn the answer to this burning question: What was the very first CD that WMHD ever got? Previous WMHD SundaysJanuary 10, 1985This broadcast begins at about 9 PM. Chris is in for a three-hour evening shift as "Terre Haute's most used substitute DJ," while he's also still doing The Electric Breakfast every weekday at 6 AM. And he got unusually ambitious with a multi-channel station promo and alternating left/right audio, all achieved through glorious physical analog tape editing. The music? Pure prototype Radio M goodness. January 30, 1985This broadcast begins at about 7 PM. It captures the moment where the Radio M music was pretty much in place, but still without most of the formatics that would be needed for commercial radio. For some reason, Chris also does a "news brief" that isn't all that brief, and he misreads a name in the copy, not once but twice. But it's still an interesting time capsule! October 22, 1984This broadcast begins at about 9 PM. This was before we had heard Album 88, and you can tell that our on-air style was a little looser and not quite as well structured as it became a couple months later after we drove to Atlanta to meet with them. But even here, the Radio M music philosophy was already pretty much in place. By the way, if you know the original source of the fake ad near the end of this broadcast, let us know! We haven't been able to track it down. January 1985 "Emergency DJ Tape"This broadcast from January 1985 is a special three-hour double episode: it's one of many what we called "emergency DJ tapes." We recorded these three-hour shows on giant tape reels and had them ready to go if a DJ didn't show up for their shift, or if we wanted to keep the station on overnight when nobody was available. What's interesting about this tape is that it's almost an exact copy of the artist and album list that we used a few weeks later on our WSDM demo tape ... and it's also the foundation for a lot of what we played here at Radio M when we launched the station that April. Note: There's a bit more background and mechanical noise than usual. That's because we didn't make this tape in the broadcast booth; we made it in the station's office on the portable equipment that we used for live remotes. December 30, 1984This broadcast is from December 30, 1984 and begins at about 9:15 PM. Chris says: "I find it interesting because it's got a lot of what we call formatics -- all those little bits of 'furniture' other than just me talking. Even if most of them aren't all that great, I think it was our way of trying to hide the fact that the Rose campus was closed for the holidays and just the tiniest of skeleton staffs was keeping the station on the air at night." March 22, 1985This broadcast is from March 22, 1985 and begins a little after 6 PM. This broadcast also includes a full five-minute episode of The Space Story, a public affairs program that was distributed by NASA. Enjoy this broadcast in its entirety, exactly as it first aired. March 13, 1985This broadcast is from March 13, 1985 and begins at about 6 PM. By this time, we had made the proposal to WSDM and were anxiously waiting for The Call. On the air, we were already essentially playing the Radio M playlist (but mostly without the imaging and formatics of commercial radio), and we knew that the owners were listening to see what we really did on the air. January 21-22, 1985We have broadcasts from two conscutive days in January 1985. The first broadcast is from January 21, 1985 and begins at about 6:55 AM. The second is from January 22, 1985 and begins at about 7 AM. Enjoy these broadcasts in their entirety, exactly as they first aired, although one song is lost during a tape flip. And somewhere in this show, Chris incorrectly reverses the artist and album of one song. Can you spot it? March 7, 1985This broadcast is from March 7, 1985 and begins at about 6 PM. This was only a few weeks before we launched Radio M, and you can feel the music pretty much in place, even if we didn't have any of the imaging or formatics yet. February 15, 1985This broadcast is from February 15, 1985 and begins at about 8:15 AM. Enjoy this broadcast in its entirety, exactly as it first aired. This is MHD Sunday, here on Classic 97 7 Radio MHD 2. |