WGTB Schedule (Part 1)

Scan by Andrew Ratliff

I was reading a few back issues of the magazine FM Forecast on the marvelous website American Radio History and happened upon some entries for WGBT. Now WGBT began as an AM station, the FM license was only granted in about 1960. Nonetheless the issues of FM Forecast I have read from 1969 do not include the WGBT schedule. Though it does include WAMU, WBJC and WHFS. in addition to the popular commercial FMs. By 1970 that list also included WETA and WGTS but still no WGBT. More here.

Then in March of 1974... there it is. The bridge between Fm Forecast and WGBT was almost certainly the "popular music" aka Progressive Music review section of FM Forecast. Contributing authors included: Ray Bobo, Michael Hogan, and Bruce Rosenstein. Hogan was host of Abnormal radio hours and Bruce was host of the eponymous Bruce Rosenstein Show' both on WGBT.  Ray Bobo might be "E. Ray Bobo" who is named in the great Monty Hall debacle with Marilyn vos Savant.[LINK]

I have pieced together some program descriptions from the March & April issues and a lot of research. Then like now college radio schedules tend to change by the semester.

MONDAY
06:00 AM - Quadrophenia with Euclid - Quad segment using the SQ & QS systems
09:00 AM -  Alternative News
09:30 AM - Radio Free Shire - with Earendil & Barlow T. Shagnasty: features a calendar of events, progressive music
12:00 PM - Sophies Parlor -  Feminist music & info for women & men - More here.
02:30 PM - Radio Free Women - Discussion of Women's issues - More here.
03:15 PM - Spiritus Cheese - with Josh Brooks and Mark Gorbulew,  Live interviews with local & nat'l recordings artists *refugees from WHFS
06:00 PM - Alternative News
06:30 PM - Interface - Local issues explored in depth
07:00 PM - Brass Monkey show - music with Skip Pizzi. *Yes, this is the same Skip Pizzi that's at NAB. More here.
09:00 PM - Pacifica evening News / Craig Siegenthaler Show, progressive music

TUESDAY
06:00 AM - The Tom O'Brien Show, progressive music
09:00 AM - Alternative News
09:30 AM - Radio Free Shire
12:00 PM - The Bruce Rosenstein Show, progressive music *Also writer for FM Forecast.
02:30 PM - The Place, Community Programming with Marie Nahikian. *Nahikian was one of the founders of WPFW. Currently host of The Usable Past podcast. More here.
06:00 PM -  Alternative News
06:30 PM - Friends, gay people in action More here.
07:00 PM - The Random Radio Hours - Pamela Evans *Possibly the same Pam Evans that was chief engineer at WGMS in 1973.
09:00 PM - Pacifica Evening News / J. Garvin Walsh Memorial Program - prog. music
12:00 AM - The Abnormal Radio Hours, Progressive music with Michael Hogan & Count Twelve.  *Michael Hogan also wrote for FM Forecast.

WEDNESDAY
06:00 AM - The Tom O'Brien Show *Tom ran for class president in 1973
09:00 AM - Alternative News
09:30 AM - Radio Free Shire
12:00 PM - The Mark Garbin Show, progressive music
02:30 PM - Fireside Flak - with Edward Glynn, S.J: discussion with prominent Georgetown University personalities. *More here
03:15 PM - Spiritus Cheese
06:00 PM - Alternative News
06:30 PM - The Post Meridian Show  *alternates with The People Show with John Wilson
07:00 PM - The Reasonable Rich Show
09:00 PM - Pacifica Evening News / The Abstraction Show - with John Page *Sometimes spelled Paige.
12:00 PM - Keyboard Filter Show - Experimental, ethnic & electronic music with analysis & historical perspective by Scott Sommers & Jonathan Eberhardt. Guest hostess Mary Cliff. *Eberhardt was an  award-winning aerospace writer who also was a folk singer. He died in 2003. More here. Mary Cliff went on to DJ the folk program 'Traditions' which was on WETA,  WAMU and WERA-LP at different times. She's also been on WAVA and WHFS. More here.

THURSDAY 
06:00 AM - David  Selvin Show, progressive music, poetry & commentary listeners are invited to telephone 625-4237
09:00 AM -  Alternative News
09:30 AM - Radio Free Shire 
12:00 PM - Mike Cullen Show, progressive music
02:30 PM - Critique - Interviews with playwrights, authors & actors performing in Wash. area.
03:15 PM - Spiritus Cheese
06:00 PM -  Alternative News
06:30 PM - Interface *Hosted by Bob Roher
07:00 PM - Progressive Music
09:00 PM - Pacifica Evening News /Bead Intervals with Marty Kurcias *I think Kurcias is the gentleman who became an engineer at
12:00 AM - The Abnormal Radio Hours

FRIDAY
06:00 AM - The Kevin Lanigan Show, progressive music
09:00 AM - Alternative News
09:30 AM - Radio Free Shire - with Earendil & Barlow T .Shagnasty: features a calendar of events, progressive music  *Earendil is the name of a fictional elf in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien
12:00 PM - The Bruce Rosenstein Show
02:30 PM - Watchdog - Consumer affairs program
05:30 PM -  Alternative News
06:00 PM - Open Forum - Community Access program, telephone calls accepted concerning the operation of WGTB-FM
07:00 PM - The Cosmic Burnout show - with Strider 7-8 PM in Quadrophonic, using the SQ & QS matrix systems *Also called the Galactic Mindfuck Show
09:00 PM - Pacifica evening News / Boogie for a Friday
12:00 AM - Margaret Mead Presents - Chris Zinn & Chris Thompson

SATURDAY
06:00 AM - The Tom O'Brien Show
08:30 AM - Take Time for Children
09:30 AM - Medicated Goo Show *Probably named for the song of the same title by the band Traffic
12:00 PM - Sophies Parlor - More here.
02:30 PM - Radio Free Women - More here.
03:15 PM - Geri Calkins Show *Calkins later did segments at WPFW, now married to Skip Pizzi
06:00 PM - Evening Alternative News 
06:30 PM - Friends - More here.
07:00 PM - Andi Fishman's Show
12:00 PM - Corpus Callosum - Ken Moss & Rich Stevens *Ken Moss also a writer for The Hoya. More here.

SUNDAY
06:00 AM - The Jill Shapiro Show - progressive music
09:00 AM - The Disk Memory Show - Host Alan Lee plays music from the 50's and early 60's *Lee came from WMAX/WXDT the carrier current predecessor of WKDU at Drexel. He was later host of Doo-Wop Sounds on WPFW. More here.
12:00 PM - The Stump Jumpers Sit-In - Country Rock with Tex & Greg .*Also the name of an unrelated program on WUNH.
03:00 PM - I Thought I heard Buddy Boulden Say... - Host Royal Plays blues & jazz from the 30's and 40's. *Named for a tune by Jelly Roll Morton, but hosted by author W. Royal Stokes!
06:00 PM - The Jerky John Show - progressive music
09:00 PM - The Abstraction Show - progressive music with John Page
12:00 AM - The Abnormal Showcase - great orchestral music from Germany