Posted by Allan Sniffen on November 07, 2001 at 06:21:04:
This special "New York's Best Rock" Forum is now closed to new posts but is still available for reading. Its purpose was to answer questions about the format carried by WPLJ radio from 1974 until 1983. We were extremely fortunate to have its program director, Larry Berger, available to answer any and all questions about the station's format over those years. Larry was assisted by three of his top air personalities over that time, Jim Kerr, Carol Miller and Pat St. John.
The idea for this came from Larry. He had noted that many questions had been raised about the WPLJ of this era on the New York Radio Message Board and elsewhere. Rather than tie up the main board with questions about WPLJ, Larry suggested creating a separate place that would be available for a limited time to respond to any and all questions. This was the result. It was a totally open forum with no screening of posts whatsoever. The questions were excellent. Larry worked very hard in answering quickly and accurately and this forum ended up with over 600 posts and follow-ups in an 8-day period!
While no longer open for new posts, the forum remains open for reading. If you have any questions about WPLJ's "New York's Best Rock" format there's a very good chance it was asked and answered somewhere on this forum.
A special thank-you goes to Larry Berger for the idea and the commitment. He made this work. Thanks also to Carol, Jim and Pat for enthusiastically responding to everyone who had a question. You guys were great then… and are still great today.
Hopefully the story of “New York’s Best Rock” will have a new chapter written. If the response to this forum is any indication, there is a large audience of adults waiting for it to happen.