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The Epic 1980’s Washington Radio Battle Between WAVA And Q107 With Loo Katz (Ep 1)
Episode 1
Published 2 years, 3 months ago
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The DCRTV Podcast interviews current and former Washington and Baltimore radio and TV personalities, sharing what happens behind the scenes at local stations.
The first episode features Washington radio legend Loo Katz.
Loo hosted mornings on WASH-FM for 14 years. Before that, he spent 10 years in afternoons at Mix 107.3, he did middays at WAVA, plus stops at other local stations.
On this episode, Loo Katz shares unique insights about the epic 1980’s Top 40 battle between Q107, WAVA, and B106.
Loo shares the story of the famous WAVA reverb and why he got fired from the station.
We also talk about why Q107 gave up on the Top 40 fight and the technical problems they had launching Mix 107.3.
Loo also shares the backstory of how he ended up hosting afternoon drive on Mix 107.3.
We also talk about how he crossed the street to WASH-FM, and he takes us behind the scenes on how he picked his co-hosts Lori Brooks, and later Chilli Amar.
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The first episode features Washington radio legend Loo Katz.
Loo hosted mornings on WASH-FM for 14 years. Before that, he spent 10 years in afternoons at Mix 107.3, he did middays at WAVA, plus stops at other local stations.
On this episode, Loo Katz shares unique insights about the epic 1980’s Top 40 battle between Q107, WAVA, and B106.
Loo shares the story of the famous WAVA reverb and why he got fired from the station.
We also talk about why Q107 gave up on the Top 40 fight and the technical problems they had launching Mix 107.3.
Loo also shares the backstory of how he ended up hosting afternoon drive on Mix 107.3.
We also talk about how he crossed the street to WASH-FM, and he takes us behind the scenes on how he picked his co-hosts Lori Brooks, and later Chilli Amar.
More from DCRTV:
DCRTV.com
Newsletter signup: https://dcrtv.com/newsletter
Follow DCRTV on Facebook
Support DCRTV ON Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dcrtv/membership
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dcrtv-washington-radio-and-tv-podcast--6152954/support.