I was driving around home (Central New Jersey) on a steamy Summer evening in July of 2005 when the radio seemed to be ripping in terms of far away stations thanks to Tropospheric Enhancement so I made the trek down the shore to the boardwalk at Belmar, NJ in hopes of airchecking WLNG 92.1 on Long Island a mere 105 miles as the crow flies across the ocean.
First and foremost though I got a break from the "new" Jack-FM at 101.1 in New York which replaced the stale 50's and 60's oldies of WCBS FM that played for decades. The format "playing what we want" worked in markets like Baltimore, Toronto and California and was jockless with countless sweepers by Howie Kogan between the songs. Eventually the "leisure village" crowd was so outraged only two years later they dropped the Jack and brought back CBS FM but as a "classic hits" format. Eventually the 50's and 60's were phased out also so my question is where's the outrage now?
Anyway, I flipped to 92.1 and you can hear I was trying to fine tune it on the dial as Chuck Mackin' was crackin' (using a Rusty Potzism). I was able to get this short clip before the signal faded, the trop shifted and WVLT Cruisin' 92.1 in Vineland started to take over the frequency.