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New York City Reunion Planned To Say Farewell To WPLJ
April 15, 2019 at 8:42 AM (PT)
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After almost five decades as a personality driven contemporary pop/rock music station, WPLJ/NEW YORK will be no longer as it transitions to K-LOVE, a Christian music station, later this SPRING.

“Like many of my colleagues, I had a lump in my throat the size of YONKERS when I heard that WPLJ, as we know it, would be disappearing,” said VP/Programming at WPLJ from 1990-2009 TOM CUDDY and currently the PD of iHeart Talk WOR-A/NEW YORK.

“Having had the privilege to work at WPLJ for 19 years, I felt compelled to bring together the talented people who make-up the station’s history, both on-air and behind the scenes, past and present,” said CUDDY. “So I’m putting together a reunion where we’ll lift a glass and share some fun stories among all of the gifted staffers who made ‘PLJ tick.”

The reunion will be held on TUESDAY, MAY 21st, 6-9p, at THE CUTTING ROOM, 44 East 32nd St, NYC.

To secure an invitation, CUDDY asks anyone who has worked at ‘PLJ over the past 48 years to send him an e-mail at FarewellWPLJ@gmail.com and to pass on details to any ‘PLJ colleagues they are still in touch with.

[ratnobMember]

Of related interest ….

I happened to be in New York on the Sunday evening when WPLJ Program Director, Larry Berger, faced listeners of the classic rock station to explain why they were now hearing Michael Jackson songs.

Within weeks they were sounding like a mainstream CHR station out to take on WHTZ.

This was the summer of 1983.

It’s a recording that is boring but important, and I’ve ended it with a WPLJ JAM montage that someone else put together (and I have forgotten who – sorry).

It’s a bit of audio history about how stations change.

Ratnob

Here’s the audio:
http://geoffbarton.co.uk//files/_IDs/Larry-Berger.mp3

(Originally posted on the Bob Dinan jingle site – but the audio no longer works
http://www.bobdinan.co.uk/Blog/Jingle_Podcast/Jingle_Podcast.html)

[mjb1124Member]

The last day is officially the 31st of May.

[mjb1124Member]

They’ve been using retro TM cuts for a while, but I also just heard a JAM Breakthrough cut at the end of a promo. I’ll definitely enjoy this while it lasts!

[Walkerbroadcasting]

And here’s the best WPLJ resing I’ve ever heard, form Cut 1 of the Big Time Radio package from TM Studios:

[mjb1124Member]

Love that cut, great resing. It was awesome to hear the original played on the air several times on the last day of WPLJ, along with the TOH. Heard a few JAM cuts as well.

[michiMember]

And here’s the best WPLJ resing I’ve ever heard, form Cut 1 of the Big Time Radio package from TM Studios:

http://www.onairdj.com/pwbtr.mp3

And then there’s these:
https://soundcloud.com/michelle-bradley-3/j1-big-time-radio-cut-1

[ntcarver0Member]

And here’s the best WPLJ resing I’ve ever heard, form Cut 1 of the Big Time Radio package from TM Studios:

http://www.onairdj.com/pwbtr.mp3

And then there’s these:
https://soundcloud.com/michelle-bradley-3/j1-big-time-radio-cut-1

Love all of these, especially the ones for J1.

Can someone provide a link to the package so I can hear what the original sounded like?

[mjb1124Member]

Here you go:

http://studiodragonfly.com/index.php?Itemid=164&option=com_zoo&view=item&category_id=6&item_id=19

[IainJohnston]

Dragonfly link now not working.

[gameswizardMember]

Dragonfly link now not working.

That’s because Studio Dragonfly is blocked in the UK.
http://jinglemad.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/11152/studiodragonfly/p1

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[ntcarver0Member]

Thanks.

[michiMember]

Actually, it’s this one:

[glen]

Thanks
I Knew 5 secs after I posted it that I screwed up.

[Sean MartinMember]

Dragonfly link now not working.

That’s because Studio Dragonfly is blocked in the UK.
http://jinglemad.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/11152/studiodragonfly/p1

And everywhere else in the world it would seem, except the USA, though I had been told that they were no longer taking orders so go guess

[martinlesterMember]

The Funny thing is you can still access

IJingles.com

From the USA but no other country!

[jonnoMember]

I can access ijingles.com in the UK

[IainJohnston]

“I can access ijingles.com in the UK”

Likewise.
Probably some DNS servers may still not have “scavenged” supposedly cancelled links yet?

[martinlesterMember]

And here’s the best WPLJ resing I’ve ever heard, form Cut 1 of the Big Time Radio package from TM Studios:

http://www.onairdj.com/pwbtr.mp3

And then there’s these:
https://soundcloud.com/michelle-bradley-3/j1-big-time-radio-cut-1

Love all of these, especially the ones for J1.

Can someone provide a link to the package so I can hear what the original sounded like?

Ok here’s a Link that works in both UK and USA

[IainJohnston]

And editing the 4-digit demo number there leads to whatever other packages, should one know what they are! ;^)

[Justin731994Member]

Here’s the first post on the WPLJ thread since 2019, a link to my jingle montage as a tribute to the station before the K-Love era began in 2019.
https://soundcloud.com/justin-floyd-602324354/wplj-jingles-from-before-the-k-love-era-jamhlccentury-21tm-centuryjones-tmtm-studios

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