Showing posts with label WMMR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WMMR. Show all posts

November 29, 2013

Preston & Steve Camp Out For Hunger starts December 2nd, at XFINITY Live!

Camp Out For Hunger starts December 2nd, at XFINITY Live! at the Sports Complex in South Philly. Preston & Steve will camp out all week in the XFINITY Live! parking lot, collecting desperatley needed non-perishable foods for Philabundance.

Donations will still be accepted Mon-Thurs 6a-9p; Fri 6a-11a. Address: 1100 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148

Are you heading up a food collection to donate at Camp Out? CLICK HERE to print out the Camp Out Poster to help promote your collection efforts!

Preston & Steve actually do live in an RV the entire week. All donations benefit Philabundance - feeding the hungry of the Delaware Valley - Volunteer for Philabundance.


January 19, 2013

WMGK Cancels Michael Tearson's Saturday Morning Show

Longtime Philly and somewhat quirky local DJ Michael Tearson, who plays classic rock is off the airwaves in Philly at "Classic Rock" 102-9 'MGK. (Does that makes sense?) But you can still find him on the net. Tearson's a legend!

"I’m on the website Radio That Doesn't Suck, and on Sirius XM," Tearson told the Inquirer this week.

Here's a slightly cryptic, or possibly sarcastic message from Michael Tearson's facebook page-


"MT ON AIR: 1st NOT on WMGK as they cancelled Saturday Morning 60s this week losing a BBC Hour and Janis Joplin 70 BD live tribute.

Continuing on Sirius/XM Deep Tracks 27 Sat 4-10 PM/Sun 6-mid ET. and any old time you like free and on demand at www.rtds.ca"


RTDS is the Radio That Doesn't Suck website. It took awhile to find the show. Follow the "On Demand" Link.

Tearson's been on the air since 1967 at WXPN as a student at Penn. He went on to WDAS FM in 1970 with Hy Lit's "Hyski’s Underground" then shortly thereafter began a long run on WMMR.

November 23, 2012

John DeBella Celebrates 30 Years in Philly Radio

WMGK Celebrates with a Fancy "To-Do" for John DeBella

John DeBella the morning host at Classic Rock 102.9 WMGK is celebrating 30 years on the air in our beloved City of Brotherly Love brother, by inviting listeners to his "30th Anniversary DeBella DeBall." More on that at the station's website.

In an interview with Philly.com, DeBella shared some of his thoughts on becoming a Philadelphian.

"Most of my normal-life things [like his barber and dentist] were still in New York," he explained. "And then we had [the] blizzard (in 1983). In the middle of it, I walked to Jim's Steaks on South Street, which was five blocks from my house, to get a cheesesteak, and walked back. On the way back in the blizzard, with a cheesesteak getting cold in my hands, I said to myself, 'You're a Philadelphian. If you're willing to walk 10 blocks in a blizzard for a cheesesteak, you're a Philadelphian. You're not a New Yorker any longer.' "