Pat Sajak on WSM Nashville, Dec. 1, 1975 

I never knew WSM played anything but country very interesting to hear some of the songs on WSM like Fleetwood Mac just really strange

Up until about 1979 or so, WSM played adult-contemporary music during the day and went to country at night. After that, they'd gone country full time.

The music you hear from that time was called “Middle-Of-The-Road” music. WSM went full time country in 1979, with country being the format only at night time prior to the 1979 change.

O yeah! Pop during the day, country at night! Back in the day!

I heard your air check from a Saturday morning in 1976…incredible radio! You sounded great…I miss this kind of radio! Thank you!

We had Zayre all the way down here in Florida until maybe 1989 or so. I loved it as a kid.

When the syndicated version of Wheel first aired in Nashville, it was on WSMV-Channel 4. At that time, NBC still carried the daytime version, so Channel 4 aired Wheel twice on weekdays for several years.

He subsequently sold it for a bid of only $1,000!

5:29-5:55 1975. Here's one of the many clues. www.roanoke.com/sports/uva/doughty-after-his-coaching-stint-ended-randle-uva-kept-their/article_8d242666-f6b2-5bdc-9a6d-6fbed7ff5d9f.html

It was 1975. I too was also 18 that year as well.

Doug, we'll I think you're highly confused. First, 650 WSM was "NEVER" a so called "Top 40" radio station in the 70s during the daytime, however, I don't think you understand what the format "Adult Contemporary" is. That was what 650 WSM was during the daytime in the 70s. Ted Johnson was the Program Director of 650 WSM then. Adult Contemporary pulls songs of the Top 40 or today known as the "Contemporary Hit Radio" (CHR) format that appeals to a older audience of ages 35-54. Adult Contemporary has changed since the 1970s and it has a sister spin off format today call "Hot Adult Contemporary" that is to me real close to Top 40. Today in the 2020s, Top-40 is refered to as CHR. There is no hard rock played in today's "CHR" (Top 40-Pop) format. Today in the 2020s, rock music has died with hip-hop/rap taking it's place. Going back to what 650 WSM was doing in the 70s with it's daytime adult contemporary format was to pull songs that were not too hard rock or bubble gum, teen hits either. Hip-hop/rap had not come along yet. In the Adult Contemporary format, songs were tested to gear to the 35-54 audience, (or a general audience) not teens and younger adults. That's what 650 WSM played during this time period. I think that is where you're confused. In 1979, "Hip-hop/Rap" came on the scene in the Top 40 (CHR) format. Around 1979, WSM made the move to drop Adult Contemporary during the daytime and go full time Country, which it is today. Today, Mix 92.9 in Nashville (WJXA-FM) is the "Adult Contemporary" Station. Let me add a side bar Doug, in 1975 there is a Playlist of Adult Contemporary songs and artists played during the daytime on WSM. You would hear The Four Seasons, Dan Fogelberg, Fleetwood Mac, John Denver, Helen Ready, Gordon Lightfoot, some Jefferson Starship just to name a few. There is a 650 WSM music survey sheet sample from 1975 here in online. I even remember 650 WSM playing Elton John hits during the daytime.

ha ha.…..Look around he was on Armed Forces Radio in his military days.

He's now hosting America's longest-running, syndicated game show "Wheel of Fortune". He's been doing it since 1981.