WQXI

WQXI first went on the air in 1948 as an all music station, playing pop standards. Their independent status was unique programming as the established stations, WAGA 590 AM, WSB 750 AM, WGST (then at 920 AM), and WATL 1380 AM, were all network affiliates.

By the 1960s, WQXI was Top 40 with the moniker "Quixie in Dixie". Among the stations personalities was Dr. Don Rose in the late 1960s, who went on to near legendary status at KFRC in San Francisco.

Bob Todd, summer of 1967.

Other Quixie jocks included Scott Shannon, John Leader, Gary McKee, Russ Davis, The Tiger Twins (Tom and Paul Collins), Jeff McCartney, Jim Morrison, Tony "The Tiger" Taylor and J.J. Jackson.

In 1978, WQXI provided inspiration for WKRP in Cincinnati, a television sitcom about a radio station. Series creator Hugh Wilson dealt with WQXI when he worked in advertising. WKRP's early episodes about dropping turkeys from a helicopter and the "dancing ducks promotion," in which ducks danced on hot plates, were stunts actually done by Jerry Blum at WQXI in the early 1970s. He had leased an 18-wheeler from which he tossed hundreds of live turkeys at a suburban Atlanta shopping center. The public went nuts fighting over the turkeys and it was a mess. Blum never did anything like that again.

Here's a nice composite aircheck of WQXI Djs on the air in 1966. [ LISTEN ] (13:53).

A scoped serving of Bob Bolton and Karl Phillips in April, 1969. [ LISTEN ] (13:25).

For a time, it was owned by Esquire Inc.. In the 1970s, WQXI became an oldies station. By the 1980s, WQXI was simulcasting with its FM sister station. By the early 1990s, WQXI was airing an adult standards format.

When Atlanta hosted the 1996 Olympic Games, the station simulcast the French radio news channel France Info for several hours a day. During the mid-1990s, WQXI also aired Spanish-language music for several hours a day as "La Pantera" (The Panther). In the 2000s the station calls itself 790 The Zone, while maintaining the heritage call letters, running a sports/talk format.

QUIXIE n Dixie & 94-Q late 1970's.

WQXI AM and WQXI FM with J.J. Jackson, Dain Schult "The Silver Haired Man of Rock n' Roll, Kelly McCoy, Gary McKee, Russ Davis, Barry Chase, Scott Woodside, Night Train Lane, Chris Morgan, Willis the Guard, Yetta Levitt, Randall Hinton, David Hull, Helen Casey, Brenda Miller, Lee Caffee, Coyote McCloud, Tom Sullivan, Jeff McCartney, Gary Corry, Fleetwood Gruver, Dennis Winslow, Buddy Baron, Quixie Quacker, Kevin O'Connell, Lisa Nicholas, Atlanta Bill O'Hara, and Chris Bailey.

WHO WORKED WQXI? Here is the list: Harriet Coffey, Ken Dowe, Paul Drew, Sam Hale, Khan Hamon, 'Skinny' Bobby Harper, Pat Hughes, J.J. Jackson, Red Jones, Fleetwood Gruver, Dennis Winslow, Buddy Baron, Quixie Quacker, Chuck Knapp, "Night Train" Lane, John Leader, Chris Marshall, Bob McKee, Rex Miller, Chris Morgan, Big Ron O'Brien, Ron Parker Dr. Don Rose, Willis the Guard, Yetta Levitt, Randall Hinton, David Hull, Helen Casey, Brenda Miller, Lee Caffee, Coyote McCloud, Tom Sullivan, Jeff McCartney, Gary Corry, Scott Shannon, Kris Erik Stevens, Bill Stinchcomb, Bob Todd, Frank Ward, Dain Schult "The Silver Haired Man of Rock n' Roll, Kelly McCoy, Gary McKee, Russ Davis, Barry Chase, Scott Woodside, Kevin O'Connell, Lisa Nicholas, Atlanta Bill O'Hara, and Chris Bailey.

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