DJ AIR CHECK "WTMR, R Alan Campbell"

Christmas 1968 in the Delaware Valley on WTMR 800khz. Lee Scott, newsman, R Alan Campbell DJ on "the board". ABC Entertainment Network for the Philadelphia area. History: The station began operations in the late 1940s as WKDN. It was originally owned by Ranulf Compton, and was a 1,000-watt, daytime-only station that broadcast middle-of-the-road music. WTMR's power had been increased to 5,000 watts. The call letters became WTMR after the station was sold to Tommy Roberts in 1968. http://www.phillyradioarchives.com/history/wtmr   |   Campbell was working in the Delaware Valley at WDEL, WTMR and  in the late 1960’s announcing at WPBS on Domino Lane (Roxborough antenna farm) working with Pat Landon, John Trent and Jack O‘Reilly. He worked for a few years at WFLN at 8200 Ridge Pike when the classical AM and FM station was an affiliate of NBC. He occasionally filled in at other area stations. He moved south for health reasons in the mid 1970s when he joined the radio staff at WFLA-AM-FM-TV (NBC) in the Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL market.