Sunday Breakfast w The Beatles

show was syndicated and hosted by a local named ann stevens here in dayton, oh.  corporate radio schmuks canned her after years of developing the show and replaced her with lame ass morning dj's.  you can still listen on 104.7 wtue here in dayton on sunday mornings.  not sure if it is every weekend though.

Disc Jockey Helen Leicht created, hosted and produced an early version of Breakfast with the Beatles on WIOQ in Philadelphia beginning in 1976 and running through 1989; when WIOQ changed formats, Leicht moved the program to station WMGK. Disc jockeys and program directors at other stations picked up the idea and variations on a Beatles-themed programming block appeared throughout the US. The concept proved a good fit for morning programming (particularly on weekends) and so the Breakfast name, or a variant, was often used. The all-Beatles format was further popularized by such nationally syndicated programs as Ticket to Ride, hosted by Scott Muni in the 1980s.

Radio stations which feature, or have featured a Breakfast with the Beatles program include: WXRT in Chicago, WMGK in Philadelphia, WGRF in Buffalo, WMXJ in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, KMET in Los Angeles, KLSX in Los Angeles, KCBS-FM in Los Angeles, KLOSin Los Angeles, KSLX in Phoenix, Arizona, WZLX in Boston, WAXQ Q104.3 in New York, WGRX (now known as WZBA) in Baltimore, WICB in Ithaca, WQXA in Harrisburg/York Pennsylvania, WYUU and also WMTX in the Tampa Bay Area, WBIK in Cambridge, Ohio, WTUE in Dayton, Ohio, KQMT in Denver, KZOKin Seattle, WTIX in New Orleans, and The Walrus FM in Baja California, Mexico (serving San Diego, California).

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Pete Best, Olivia Harrison and Yoko Ono have all been guests on the longest-running version of the show (30 years) in Los Angeles, which was dropped in 2006 by KLSX-FM, but picked up by 95.5 KLOS in November 2006. Ringo Starr, Pete Best and Spencer Davis along with Beach Boys Brian Wilson and Mike Love also frequently called into the Tampa Bay's WYUU U92 92.5 fm 1988 to 1999 show with Dr. Chuck Stevens as the host. Dr. Chuck Stevens was also awarded a RIAA Gold and Platinum album awards from Capitol Records for "The Beatles Anthology" also credited as the first American radio personality to debut the Capitol Records Single "Free As A Bird" (Documented)

The Los Angeles show is currently hosted by longtime Beatles expert Chris Carter, who replaced the late Deirdre O'Donoghue in 2001.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_with_the_Beatles

Good morning, Jambone, hope all is well. 

Interesting to hear about things music aficionados like Ann Stevens are responsible for. Community radio volunteers continue to do wonderful things all the time also. 

Did you hear the story of how the big hit duet of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" with Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond was inspired by a DJ?  In Florida, I think.

He was splitting with his wife, and spliced together segments from their solo recordings of the song and played it on the air. The great reaction led to the artists recording it as a duet (and a mega-hit).  

And yes, screw the corporate schmucks. As Tom Petty sang, "There goes the last DJ..." 

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Terri Hemmert is the best at this type of program.