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Of all the members of the KQV airstaff,
Chuck Brinkman was there the longest. Chuck worked in every time slot at
KQV. Chuck has graciously agreed to answer your questions about The
Big 14. From time to time, we'll publish your questions and answers here.
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The picture was featured on a WING Super Hot Hits Survey from Akron Ohio, July 25, 1966, 14 months before Jim came to KQV. Check out this brief Aircheck of Jim Quinn at WING Note the PAMS Series 31 Jingles and Jim's Dan Ingram imitation. Thanks to Paul Bosak of Waynesboro, Va for the picture and aircheck, |
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Over the years, a number of KQV items
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February 13, 1933 - April 2, 2012 |
| Dennis Benson with David Cassidy. There were more than 200 kids pushing against the window. He sent an engineer to get the police to save the teens pushed against the window. The police had to rescue the kids pressed by the huge crowd in the street against the plate glass window.. Dennis hosted Rap Around on Sundays for many years. He now lives in Michigan. He has written a number of books, and his show Passages is heard on over 700 stations.This is part of the new Dennis Benson Collection David Cassidy joined KQV-IP Jon Summers on the air that afternoon. Jon Summers Aircheck 2/19/72 |
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PAMS Productions of Dallas provided KQV with most of the jingles heard on the air from 1962 until 1975. Check the KQV Jingles Page for links to pictures of the boxes and guide sheets to many of KQV's most memorable jingle packages. Now owned by Jam Creative Productions, Pams can produce custom resings of many of those great jingles used by KQV, WABC, WLS and so many others in the 1960's and 1970's. |
| On August 25, 2011... Jon
Wolfert of PAMS Productions recreated the KQV version of Series 34 C, cut
6 for KQV for me. When this aired on KQV sound effects were added. They
have been added to version 2, Also included here is the Bob Wood Version
from a 1971 KQV aircheck. Notice the difference in the audio. The new versions
are direct from the new recording whlle the Bob Wood version was processed
for am radio in 1971.
Click here for details on that session and for details on Pams Personal Cuts. |
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Thursday August 11, 2011, I had the pleasure to have lunch with Radio's
Best Friend, Art Vuolo Jr. Art was kind enough to provide me with 3 KQV
airchecks.
Chuck
Brinkman 1965 from early March 1965
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October of 1969, a rumor circulated that Paul McCartney of The Beatles
was dead. On October 21, 1969 KQV's Chuck Brinkman and Jim Quinn and music
anylist Dan Kelley
hosted a program called The Death Of Paul McCartney - Fact or Fiction on KQV. KQV Newsman Bob Harvey and Jay Davis also participated. The show dealt with those rumors. A friend of a friend of mine, David Hoffman recorded the program. While the quality of the recording is less than perfect, it is great to be able to present this portion from that night. |
| The Death Of Paul McCartney - Fact Or Fiction Show |
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| Thanks to Bill Korch for this KQV Aircheck.
It was recorded with a microphone up next to the speaker of his radio.
Included on this composite are Todd Chase, Chuck Brinkman, Jim Quinn and
Kris Stevens.
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| In September of 1969 KQV gave away KQVIP Bookcovers at Pittsburgh area WINKYS Restaurants. The KQVIPs featured were Chuck Brinkman, Todd Chase, Gary Gears, Jim Quinn, Harry West and Fred Winston. Ironically, after KQV switched to the all news format, WINKYS moved into the former KQV studios in the Chamber of Commerce Building on 7th Avenue in Pittsburgh. |
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"Pittsburgh's Golden Age Of Radio" A number of pictures featured
KQV personalities as well as staff from many other Pittsburgh radio stations.
The book is available at Borders.com Amazon.com, ArcadiaPublishing.com
and many other locations as well.
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Jim McLaughlin, Jim Gearhart and Henry DaBecco |
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The Jaggerz, KQV pd Mike McCormick & Chuck Brinkman (courtesy Jimmie Ross) |
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| The Godfather of Soul, James Brown visited Pittsburgh's Civic Arena 11 times between 1966 and 1973. His first appearance was April 11, 1966. Above KQV's Chuck Brinkman interviews James Brown back stage at the Civic Areana. |
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Dick Drury was at KQV in 1960 and 1961. He was KQV's production director during part of his tenure as well as KQV's program director. He was responsible for a lot of the contest and station promos you heard on KQV. Check out the new Dick Drury Page to hear some of his work and remember some of the interesting contests including the Missing K Contest. |
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(Billboard Magazine 8/15/1964) |
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| Over the years Broadcasting Magazine published listings detailing official information about American radio station management. David Gleason's website features many of the listings for KQV. Click on the Broadcasting logo above to see KQV's listings from 1958 - 1976. |
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1961 KQV return address from envelope |
1964 KQV return address from envelope |
1958 Hi-Fi Club Card (front) |
1958 Hi-Fi Club Card (back) |
Pre Top 40 Mailing Label (CBS Radio) |
Mailing Label (ABC Radio) |
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This was also available as a poster! |
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Thanks to Ed Vance for supplying
this KQV George Hart Aircheck from
Saturday June 14, 1975. It's KQV The Un-Radio. |
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Beatles Press Conference |
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Paul McCartney & Steve Rizen |
| Former KQV Program Director
John Rook was kind enough to send me this interview by Dex Allen with Paul
McCartney from September 14, 1964. It was recorded earlier in the day before
the Beatles show at the Civic Arena.
KQV's coverage of the Beatles included Bill Clark, Dex Allen and Steve Rizen. "This was revolutionary coverage using the new portable equipment that was over nighted from ABC New York, giving KQV a big advantage over KDKA who had to rely on taped coverage of the day. Locating this on an old tape is the first time I've heard this in all these years."... John Rook. |
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This KQV ad appeared on page
23 of the February 5, 1958
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Larry died on December 9th, 2006 at the age of 62. The complete details are available at this link. Larry was at KQV twice in the 70's. Larry originally came to KQV from WSAI in Cincinnati. He spent some time at WZYQ in Frederick. Larry wento to WEEP in 1975 and was PD there for a time. He later spent time at WMZQ in Washington D.C. He later left radio and ran a dry cleaning business in San Francisco. |
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On May 20, 1964, Singer Bobby Vee visited KQV's Dave Scott. They broadcast the show from the KQVehicle in front of McCrory's on East Ohio Street on the North Side. For the first time here is the "Bobby Vee Show on KQV"'. |
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| KQV was looking for a new
disk jockey. Who got the job? Who did he replace?
We don't know for sure if this is what the ad referred to, but we can guess from the KQV timeline. On July 28, 1961 Dick Drury left for St. Louis and was replaced by Bill Western. |
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KQV purchased jingles from many companies over the years. Among those companies were PAMS, the Anita Kerr Singers, Ullman, Intermountain, William B Tanner, and CRC, Commercial Recording Company. The ad on the right features a list of stations that bought from CRC in 1961 including KQV and WABC. This ad appeared in Broadcasting magazine on February 6, 1961. Click on the ad to see full size. Listen to KQV jingles on the KQV Jingles Page. |
Broadcasting magazine August 11, 1958 |
Broadcasting magazine September 1, 1958 |
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Boatmobile, an amphibious car that also went in the water with the KQV Safe Driving Quiz. Thanks to Ron Mocadlo of North Huntingdon, Pa. for providing the survey with the pictures. |
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February 18, 1961 KQV High Hoopers vs. National Recording Stars Pitt Fieldhouse Thanks to Dean Gerber for these pictures. |
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| KQV brought one of the most
controversial Musical Performances to the Steel City. When KQV presented
HAIR at the Nixon Theater, advertisers threatened to boycott. KQV invited
Pittsburgh to enjoy a day of fun at Point State Park on May 19, 1971 for
KQV Spring Free Day. More than 20,000 Pittsburghers enjoyed a day of fun
and music.
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| Former KQV Program Director Mel Phillips has a blog, Mel Phillips Remembers. In addition to programming KQV, Mel also programmed some of the biggest radio stations in the country including WOR-FM, WXLO and WNBC in New York and WRKO AM & FM in Boston. Thanks to Mel for mentioning this site as well. |
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Former KQV Personality Bob
Wood has a blog, Bob's
Blog. After leaving KQV Bob spent many years at WBEN in Buffalo and
programmed KOOL 108 in Minneapolis. For more information on Bob Wood today
and a series of pictures from Bob's collection, check out the Bob
Wood Page.
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| Former KQV Program Director
John Rook is writing a book called "Passing Thru". Check out John's Website
at www.johnrook.com.
Read excerpts about John's radio career. Also read John's take on the state
of radio today. From the FCC to multiple ownership to indecency, John comments
on radio's problems and future, plus he also features comments from some
of the industry's biggest movers and shakers.
6. Music Excitement - How Beatles Exclusives made their way from KQV to WABC and WLS. 7. KQV Is Groovy QV - How John Rook was hired as KQV Program Director by John Gibbs. 8. The Beatles - A look at the Beatles hits and John's meeting with John Lennon.
Here for the first time are copies of KQV REP-LETTERS from 1964 and 1966. From August 1966 - KQV REP-LETTER on KQV Hooper ratings |
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featuring Gene Pitney, Gary Lewis, Dobie Gray, The Hullabaloos, Brian Hyland, Bobby Goldsboro, The Crystals, and The Reflections. Many
of The KQV Shower of Stars shows were part of a package
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| KQV's Deejays did record hops all over the city. Often local bands would appear with some of KQV's Deejays. One of the local bands often linked to KQV was the Headliners. Ed Salamon who would eventually program at KDKA and WEEP in Pittsburgh was a guitar player in the band. The Headliners auditioned for KQV's Steve Rizen. For more on The Headliners click here. |  |
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Harry West was KQV's morning
man in 1969 and 1970. Harry came to KQV from WARM in the Scranton - Wilkes
Barre area. Today Harry is retired and living back in Wilkes Barre. One
thing that people still remember is the Harry West Show Jingle. After more
than 30 years, here it is for the first time on the internet.
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there is a difference between what the printed copy of the KQV Hit Parade
listed and what was actually played on the air.
Check out this list provided
by Mike McCormick from September
2 - 8, 1968.
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| Thanks to Mike Bakin for this picture of the KQV High Hoopers. This picture came out of the 1962 North Braddock Scott High School Yearbook. Can anybody help fill in the names to go with faces ? |
| This picture was found on a Frisbee on Ebay featuring the KQV Rock People. If anyone has a KQV Rock People Poster please contact me. |
