With two new markets tonight, here’s your larger-than-usual Monday Update:

• Chicago – The Nine simulcast now ID’s separately, so this is a WDEK ID I recorded last month. I also sentenced the tape deck to record a WJMK/Jack ID (Even though I like Jack!)
• Fort Wayne – Two new humerous ID’s from WYLT.
• Indianapolis – From this year, A March update from a now simulcast WFYI.
• Kokomo, Indiana (A new Toppy Market!) – We’ll start with two ID’s from WWKI on a very sad occassion. Last Wednesday night, they suffered a fire at the radio station. These ID’s were taped Friday – one is into the local news update, and the second is when they signed off for the evening at 7pm. WWKI is now operating out of two large trailers in the radio station parking lot.
• Minneapolis – My 1998 ID from WRQC.
• Muncie-Marion, Indiana (A new Toppy Market!) – WXXC used to be WMRI, but here’s their new ID. Listen carefully!
• Peoria – WBGE from 1996.
• South Bend – From this year, an April update from WZOC (I was on my way to Chicago, to tape those ID’s above…)

Enjoy the new sounds!

Yes, we know, there’s been no update in a few days. I was busy doing my taxes, Scott was in Lost Wages at NAB, Brian was tearing his hair out at his job, and Lou…well, what can you say about Lou. He’s just a great guy.

(Disclaimer: I really don’t know Lou that well. I don’t know what he does either, and I’m not about to speculate…)

Anyway, here’s this week’s short update from me but I’ll have more very soon.

• Cincinnati – Not WKRP, but an ID I taped from WRRM.
• Fort Wayne – Some hometown goodness from WYLT – “The Center of the Hit Music Universe” (betcha didn’t know that about Fort Wayne!)
• Indianapolis – Two ID’s I taped in March – WQME in nearby Anderson and WYXB.
• Minneapolis – A 1998 ID I taped from KQQL.
• Quad Cities – A 1996 ID I taped from WAAG.
• Rochester (West) – A 1998 ID I taped from KQPR.

As a side note, for those who think I’m out to dominate Tophour with all-Fort Wayne-ID’s, you may be onto something. However, I’ll be fair to the other markets as well with tonight’s short update.

• Duluth – A WWAX ID from their stunt as “All Commercials.”
• Fort Wayne – Three WOWO ID’s (one from 1996, 1997, and 1999), along with an old WLDE ID and a new WJFX ID.
• Minneapolis/St. Paul – A KSTP-FM ID I recorded in 1998.

That’s all for this abbreviated update. Enjoy the new sounds!

As some of you know, I live in the great state of Indiana, which has always been the punchline of many jokes, since most of our citizens never changed our clocks in April or October when everyone else did. As most of you know, this practice recently ended and I was forced to “Spring Forward” with the rest of the nation last Saturday night. While this wasn’t as painful for me as it was for others (…that reminds me, my parents never did call to ask my helping in resetting their VCR. I’m on my way over there shortly. I bet it’s blinking “12:00” when I arrive…)

What does the time here have to do with Legal ID’s? Nothing. I just needed a warmup. Here’s tonight’s ten ID update. As always, you’re paying for the seat, but you’ll only need the edge.

• Cedar Rapids – The first time I visited Cedar Rapids was for Thanksgiving in 1997 and I recorded this WMT-FM ID.
• Cincinnati – Here’s a neat 1996 WEBN ID I recorded.
• Fort Wayne – Two ID’s here: WLDE is our Oldies station and here’s an older (ahem) 1996 ID from them. However, the second ID is a laugh – the DJ on this WEJE aircheck actually voices the ID with a little “reminder” as you’ll hear.
• Indianapolis – Three ID’s from trips I made there this year: Jack-WJJK, Country WLHK, and Alternative WRZX.
• Los Angeles – This is KROQ (from 1996).
• Rochester, NY – A Keith Eubanks ID from WPXY-FM
• Washington, DC – A 1996 ID from around the time Z-104 (WXTR/WXVR) signed on.

Enjoy the new sounds!

I struggled this week deciding how many ID’s to add today. Do I add four ID’s, since it’s a Final Four weekend? That didn’t sound very satisfactory. Do I find four ID’s from four radio stations in each college’s town? No, don’t have the resources for that. Finally, I came up with it. I’ll add Twelve ID’s.

Now, for all who are scratching their head and muttering “But Nine is the magic radio number!”, I understand this may be tough to understand. Really, you may discard my notion of Twelve being an all important number, as it’s really not.

How did I come up with twelve? Mom and my fourth grade math teacher would both tell you that’s as high as I can count. That’s not true. (Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourtee…eh, I’m getting off track here.)

Why am I putting up twelve new ID’s? Simple: The Final Four this year is held in Indianapolis. That’s a twelve letter word.

(I know. Mom also said I wasn’t very clever either.)

Here’s the ID’s:

• Appleton, etc. – A 1999 ID from then-WEZR.
• Danville, IL (A new Toppy market!) – We’ll start with a 2001 ID I recorded from WKZS and I’ll add more later.
• Detroit – One of the last ID’s from classical WQRS.
• Fort Wayne – Three ID’s from WJFX – The first is a Mitch Craig ID from 1996 when they were still “Foxy 107.9”, the second ID is a 1998 ID when they were still “Foxy,” and the third ID is very recent, touting their radio ratings performance.
• Las Vegas – A 2000 ID I recorded from KISF.
• NYC – This is the first 1996 ID with WKTU named.
• Rochester, NY – A 1995 live ID from WPXY.
• Syracuse – An ID from a short lived stunt – WHEN-FM – as “Quick 108.”
• Washington, DC – A 1996 live ID from WRNR.
• Waterloo, IA – An ID I recorded in 2000 from KOKZ.

Enjoy the new sounds and the basketball games tonight (if that’s your thing.)

Typically, I update on Saturday, but pressing matters forced last night’s update to move up one day. Here’s what we have tonight:

• Denver – A 1996 ID from KXPK.
• Fort Wayne – A unique combo WMEE ID with both JAM Creative Production jingles and imaging by the late Keith Eubanks.
• NYC – A 1999 WSIA ID – it’s clipped here for you, as the talkover was over two minutes long, and I value your time, y’know…Also, another WPLJ ID, this time voiced by Scott Shannon.
• Phoenix – Some KYOT voiced by someone with a deeper voice than mine…
• Rochester, MN – Some deep cuts here with a pair of ID’s from 1998 – one each of KLSE and KRPR.