Word: wrko
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tuesday, Edward L. Baskauskas '72 of Winthrop House came over WRKO radio revealing that the latest mystery man in the station's Voice of Rock Contest was Darin and thus won the $500 prize...
...Phillips, program director for WRKO, said his station has no plans for changing its song selection policy. "It's censorship," he said. "I don't think it's fair...
...Cambridge. After feeding me plenty of Italian macaroni and meatballs, we began our ride by crisscrossing the streets of East Cambridge, Vellucci's home territory. He drives a Chevrolet himself, instead of using a chauffeured Cadillac which the City traditionally provides its mayors. As we drove around with WRKO playing softly in the background, Vellucci explained two differences between East Cambridge and Harvard Square. First, the East Cambridge neighborhood is tight-knit: it is not unusual for next-door neighbors to be blood relatives. Second, perhaps because of the close family units, the East Cambridge neighborhood is quiet, with...
Whatever. At any rate, Bobby came to Boston last week to make dizzy the heads of Boston teenyboppers, and presumably to make a little money. Or a lot. WRKO trumpeted, as only AM radio can, the good news of his coming, and the acne generation prepared. And it wasn't going to be at Boston Garden or the B.U. Armory, but at Symphony Hall. The movement had respectability...
Ever since about 1962, rock music had been in a steady decline until it-seemed that the original rock in roll, as we knew it and loved it. had disappeared forever but for a few moments of nostalgia on WRKO or on some one's record player. Then came the first signs that a revival was on its way-Elvis Presley had three hits in a single year. Paul Anka appeared on the charts at the end of 1969 with a tune about happiness. Rick Nelson grew his hair and made a hit out of "She Belongs...