WBEB
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WDVR-FM heritage
Previously called WDVR-FM (Delaware Valley Radio) and WEAZ, the station pioneered the Beautiful Music format beginning in 1963.
Original staff included Rich Franklin and Dave Shayer, both broadcast veterans, and were two of the original air staff hired by WDVR/WEAZ/WBEB 101.1 FM when they first went on the air May 13, 1963. Both, later, were Music Directors at 101.1 FM, and are still active in broadcasting today. Working with Jerry Lee, Marlin Taylor, Dave Kurtz, Alan Campbell and others, WDVR skyrocketed to phenomial success and became a broadcasting legend. 101.1 FM was, and is, one of the most successful independent FM stations in the country.
The station was known for playing Beautiful Music featuring pop tunes reworked in the form of instrumentals. They played two vocalists per hour, as the vocalists would be based on the works of such artists as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Neil Diamond and The Carpenters. By the 1980's, the station increased the amount of music with vocalists to four per hour as they also added more artists suited to an adult contemporary format.
In 1988, the station dropped Beautiful Music for a soft adult contemporary format. With the format change, the entire airstaff stayed on and continued, as the station was known at this point as "Easy 101." The station's would shift to a mainstream adult contemporary format in the 1990's, and their call letters would eventually change to WBEB.
On-Air Schedule
Weekdays
- 5AM to 10AM - The B101 Morning Show with Chris McCoy and Tiffany Hill
- 10AM to 3PM - Juan Varleta
- 3PM to 8PM - Dan Blackman
- 8PM-1AM - Delilah
Weekends
- Various Shifts - Jason Lee
- Various Shifts - Dave Packer
- Various Shifts - Kaylen Cirillo
- Various Shifts - Anne Evans
- Various Shifts - Lorraine Ranalli
External links
| FM radio stations in the Philadelphia market | |
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| See also: List of radio stations in the Philadelphia market | |
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