Original upload date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 01:39:41 GMT
This was the launch of the legendary Top 40 CHR/Pop radio station Z-93 on Sunday, March 15, 1984. The station was owned by Great Trails Broadcasting(Hence the GT part of the call sign...the Z stood f
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or Z-93)and had previously been known as 93 WJAI "The Music of Your Life" with a "Beautiful Music" format. Station management decided to change the station to Top 40 due to the fact that at the time there was Top 40 on the FM dial in Dayton. The stations spoofed during the intro are as follows: Rock-formatted 105 WTUE(104.7 FM), Adult Contemporary-formatted WYMJ "Majic 104"(103.9 FM), and College Radio-formatted "Hit Radio FM 100" WVUD, which at the time was owned by the University of Dayton. The first five songs broadcast on Z-93, kicking of 10,093 songs in a row, were Kenny Loggins "Footloose", Shannon "Let The Music Play", "Weird Al" Yankovic "Eat It", .38 Special "Caught Up In You", and Phil Collins "Against All Odds". New Program Director/Morning Host John King was the first "Zeejay".
