WINE 1080kc… The Buffalo and Kenmore Station
I’ve just re-opened a huge box of stuff that I got from Buffalo Radio vet JR Reid when he moved to sunny FLA… Its mostly transcriptions (acetate records that were cut right at radio stations in the days before audio tape), as well as some interesting paper items from the time before KB became the King of the Rock and Roll Heap…
WINE was one of a handful of radio stations trying to break in on the Rhythm Music Craze (should read Rock’n Roll) in the mid to late 1950s in Buffalo.
A Quick History of 1080 in Buffalo
WINE had become the call letters following a change from WXRA…. WINE soon became WYSL. WYSL then moved to 1400, and the call letters became and stayed…. WUFO.
Here are the stars of WINE Radio… Hernando and Poopsie… Tap Taplin, Greyt Scott, and Jimmy Lyons.
Click on these links for WINE sounds… These are all from Transcriptions (more to come!) from WINE radio… And I’ll bet haven’t been heard in over 50 years!
Fats Domino promos WINE & Greyt Scott
Greyt Scott station Promo WINE
French Donut Shoppe WINE Commercial dated 11/58
Please add your comments on WINE or that geat era between the start of Rock and the dawn of KB… where home grown Rock radio was all over Buffalo’s dial… or email me with any sounds or visuals to share here!
Look for more stuff from WNIA, WWOL, WYSL, WBNY, and other great Late 50’s Rock’n Roll Stations to come!