Mike Weber does middays on AM 1380 WLCY. It's the day after the 1980 primary elections. Howard Hewes steps in before his afternoon shift.

Mike Weber does middays on WLCY 1380 AM. The station was doing a "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" campaign in support of the hostages in Iran.

Mike Weber morning drive on WFLA-FM The Jacksons are coming in concert and there is confusion about coupons for tickets. Tedd Webb is doing sports reports including the NCAA allowing college football TV broadcasts on Saturday afternoons, Rowdies exhibition soccer, and Bandits football. Lee Hall has news of Walter Mondale visiting Tampa and potential female VP running mates in the 1984 presidential election and Brian Brewer is in the Firestone Jetcopter doing traffic.

NOTE: FLA FM used a stand-up console (no chair) configuration to help add energy to the on-air presentation. They wanted me to be "up", but It sounds like I need to switch to decaf coffee!

K-99 afternoon drive with Mike Weber
Later that evening "Night Court," starring Harry Anderson and created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, premieres on NBC TV; runs for 9 seasons. Adrian Dantley ties Wilt Chamberlain's NBA record for most free throws made in a game by converting 28 of 29 free throws in Utah's 116-111 win over Houston at Las Vegas. Tampa doesn't have a hockey team yet but Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 in the highest-scoring modern NHL game.

The first "business day" of 1984. Continuous Country K-99 afternoon drive with Mike Weber. It's also the 25th anniversary of Alaska Statehood.

Jerry Springer sits in with me to take calls about the Who Concert tragedy at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum the night before.

This WLW air check features calls from witnesses who were there and opinions on how to prevent it happening again. (A ban on general Festival Seating is called for.) You will also hear classic radio commercials about retail establishments in Cincinnati that are no longer there.

(Sorry for the somewhat poor quality of the air signal recording from a radio cassette recorder.)

It's difficult being on the air when a tragedy occurs. This is the evening of the WHO concert tragedy at the Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum. 11 died in the crush of an estimated seven thousand people trying to get in for "festival seating".

This is the reporting that evening as the information was coming in. I was wrangling coverage by Pat Boyso and Jeff Hildebrandt on mobile radios at the hospitals. The following night (the next podcast episode) features Councilman Jerry Springer with me answering comments by call-in listeners. Ironically, our studios at 3 East 4th Street overlooked Riverfront Stadium and the Coliseum. I could see the flashing lights of the emergency vehicles.

NOTE: This was recorded off the air on a radio cassette recorder, so it has the distinctive AM radio sound. Copyrighted material appears under the "Fair Use Doctrine".

After some months of reviewing my previous laid back performance and tuning my style to an updated station format I relaxed into more of a morning radio sound. (And perhaps drank more coffee.) The results were tangible in the ratings. I dominated the market with an Arbitron rated 36 share and Radio & Records magazine named me Top-40 Secondary Market Personality of The Year in 1977. I also got a job offer from the legendary WFIL in Philadelphia. (A phone call that came the same morning that we purchased our first house.... I turned them down because of that.)