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WQAM (560 AM, "Sportsradio 560") is a South Florida radio station owned by CBS Radio. The call letters WQAM were claimed to stand for We Quit At Midnight ... since the station signed off at midnight every night until 6:00 the next morning. Its studios are in Miami Gardens and the transmitter is in Virginia Key, Florida.
The station is Florida's first radio station, going on the air in February 1921 when a license was issued to WFAW. In the beginning, the young station was helped with programming by The Miami Metropolis newspaper, but after the paper stopped its participation in 1922 the station adopted the call letters WQAM in January 1923.
Things were primitive in the early days. Fred W. Barton, president of the Miami Broadcasting Company made many of the electrical parts himself. In 1926 the station increased its power to 500 watts. The station was the first in the United States to install a permanent remote pick-up from the U. S. Meteorological Department. Power was increased to 1000 watts in 1928 and WQAM became a full-time affiliate of CBS. In 1947 its affiliation was changed to the American Broadcasting System. In 1948 Barton sold his interest and The Miami Herald newspaper became the station's owner.
In Charlie's words... Juan Carlos, I put this together from a very old audio tape. It is a Friday night Charlie Fernandez show in October of 1975 on WQAM. It was made on a tape recorder that was controlled by the microphone switch. When the microphone was on the tape recorded and when turned off the tape stopped. I hope you enjoy it. Maybe put it on your iPod to play next time you're in Miami. I have a streaming radio station as a tribute to my family's radio station in Sarasota (where I live today). It is wkxy.playtheradio.com or http://listen.radionomy.com/WKXY.asx. You can hear my "older" voice every now and then.
WQAM 560 Miami - PAMS Goldmine Energy & Philly Flo Jingles - 1970s. Radio Aircheck
This is a compilation of scoped airchecks of Rick Shaw on 560 WQAM Miami from 1962 to 1965.
These are Pams jiingles used by WQAM, Miami, in 1964. WQAM was one of the best top 40 stations in the country in the 60s and early 70s.
1960s AM radio, WQAM Miami. The only radio station Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda could pick up.Well, almost the only one, certainlly the only one worth turning on.
WQAM Miami Florida 1966 Contest with Rick Shaw
WQAM 560 Miami - Futuresonic Temperatunes Jingles - 1961. Radio Aircheck
WQAM 560 Miami - PAMS Series 18 Jingles - Early 1960s. Radio Aircheck
WQAM 560 Miami - PAMS Series 17 Jingles - Early 1960s. Radio Aircheck
Three Rick Shaw air checks from WQAM. 00:00 February 1, 1964 07:22 September 14, 1965 25:17 April 29, 1966 Courtesy Steve's Radio and Railroads website. For more great memories of WQAM please visit http://www.560.com/ --- https://neilrogers.org
WQAM (560 AM, "Sportsradio 560") is a South Florida radio station owned by CBS Radio. The call letters WQAM were claimed to stand for We Quit At Midnight ... since the station signed off at midnight every night until 6:00 the next morning. Its studios are in Miami Gardens and the transmitter is in Virginia Key, Florida.
The station is Florida's first radio station, going on the air in February 1921 when a license was issued to WFAW. In the beginning, the young station was helped with programming by The Miami Metropolis newspaper, but after the paper stopped its participation in 1922 the station adopted the call letters WQAM in January 1923.
Things were primitive in the early days. Fred W. Barton, president of the Miami Broadcasting Company made many of the electrical parts himself. In 1926 the station increased its power to 500 watts. The station was the first in the United States to install a permanent remote pick-up from the U. S. Meteorological Department. Power was increased to 1000 watts in 1928 and WQAM became a full-time affiliate of CBS. In 1947 its affiliation was changed to the American Broadcasting System. In 1948 Barton sold his interest and The Miami Herald newspaper became the station's owner.
I'm sittin' here thinkin' about you tonight
And all that you mean to me
I used to think I would never fall in love again
I guess I was wrong
When your heart was broken
When your wounded pride was laid to rest, baby
You'll never open your heart to anyone else you said
But you lied, I know you're lyin' tome
You see your mind might be made up, mmm
But your heart has got it's own plans
There's no one to blame for false pride, tellin' lies,
tryin' to hide
From feelin' the pain, I know you don't wanna feel it
There's nowhere to hide when the love is callin' your
name, yeah
From the dark, babe, nowhere to hide, baby
There's nowhere to hide, so let love have it's way
with your heart
When love calls, love calls, love calls your name
It's on my lips
And I wish that you were still here
To take me away with your kiss
And take me away from all this crazy, crazy
'Cause too many words have been spoken, mmm
Too many lies have been told, baby
You'll never do it again you told yourself over and
over and over
You're wrong, dead wrong, babe, yeah
There's nowhere to hide, mmm, when love is callin'
your name
In from the dark, baby, nowhere to run, girl
There's nowhere to hide, yeah, so let love have its
way, girl, with your heart, babe
Love calls, love calls
There's nowhere to hide, yeah, when love calls your
name
You fall apart, baby
Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run when love is on its
way, girl, to your heart, baby
When love calls, love calls your name, babe
Love's callin' your name, hey, hey
It's callin' out for, callin' out for me, baby
Love's on its way, baby, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm sittin' here thinkin' about you tonight
And how you make me feel
The sweetness of your touch
The softness of your voice, mmm
You make me wanna be a better man, baby
And I wanna thank you for calling me into your life