12&40, Musicards & Playlists

A collection of WROV Playlists. Each is listed with source and date. All files are PDF files that require Adobe Reader (if you don't have it you can get it free here .

The Tremendous 12 and Fabulous 40

In the early 1960s, WROV had the "Tremendous 12 & The Fabulous 40". This format was consistent with Burt's other radio station WEET which, at 1320 on the dial, had playlists listing "The Top 13 & The Roaring 20." Later versions of these playlists featured photos of the personalities down the left side.

	June 1, 1961
	December 25, 1961
	August 8, 1962

The Fab Forty Musicard

Being The Frightfully EXCITING Compilation of Roanoke Valley's Top Tunes as determined by WROV's "FAB FIVE" disc jockeys after Consideration & Listener Requests, Local Store Sales, National Studies and, of Course, the Fab Fives EXTRAVAGANT Experience Entertaining the Largest Audience in Roanoke Radio, the WROV Musicards originated around 1965 and had a very "60s" theme. According to Rhona Levine Tate, Burt did the lettering and artwork himself. The Musicards were printed in the Levines' garage.

	October 18, 1965   (Inside)	(Outside)
	May 9, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	May 23, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	June 13, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	June 20, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	June 27, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	July 11, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	July 25, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	August 1, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	August 8, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	August 15, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	August 29, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	September 5, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	September 26, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	October 10, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	October 17, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	November, 1966 (no date listed!)   (Inside)	(Outside)
	December 19, 1966   (Inside)	(Outside)
	February 5, 1967   (Inside)	(Outside)
	March 19, 1967   (Inside)	(Outside)
	September 11, 1967   (Inside)	(Outside)
	January 1, 1968   (Inside)	(Outside)
	January 15, 1968   (Inside)	(Outside)
	February 12, 1968   (Inside)	(Outside)
	June 10, 1968   (Inside)	(Outside)
	June 17, 1968   (Inside)	(Outside)
	June 24, 1968   (Inside)	(Outside)
	July 15, 1968   (Inside)	(Outside)
	September 15, 1968   (Inside)	(Outside)
	October 27, 1968   (Inside)	(Outside)
	November 17, 1968   (Inside)	(Outside)

The Fab Fifty Musicard

In early 1969, the "Winner's Picks" were dropped and the playlist was expanded to 50 songs but otherwise looked the same.

February 16, 1969   (Inside)

(Outside)

Super Summer '69

The surveys were slightly different. Smaller print, and designed so that you could fold it into a little book.

August 24, 1969

The Year-End Countdowns

For most of the 1970s, WROV didn't print a weekly playlist. The music directors (Ron Tompkins, Phil Beckman, Joe Martin, Terry Young, Chuck Holloway, David Levine, Bill Jordan) did do a playlist which was sent to the weekly trades (Rudman's Friday Morning Quarterback, Radio & Records among them) but that was it. And in some years, a chart was printed to supplement the end-of-year countdown show. Here are a few record reports and year-end charts.

	January 29, 1973   (Front)	(Back)
	October 16, 1974
	Top 74 of 1974
	Top 75 of 1975   P1	P2
	Top 79 of 1979   P1	P2

Return of the Weekly Playlist

The printing of the weekly playlists, we think, was revived in 1978 by then-MD Barry Michaels. These just featured the WROV logo at the top, music information, a mention of one of the announcers, and occasionally contest information at the bottom.

	January 15, 1980
	January 22, 1980
	January 29, 1980
	February 5, 1980
	February 12, 1980
	February 19, 1980
	February 26, 1980
	March 4, 1980
	March 11, 1980
	March 18, 1980
	March 25, 1980
	April 1, 1980
	April 8, 1980
	April 15, 1980
	April 22, 1980
	May 20, 1980
	May 27, 1980
	June 3, 1980
	June 10, 1980
	June 17, 1980
	June 24, 1980
	July 15, 1980
	August 19, 1980

August 19, 1980--as far as we know--was the last ever printed WROV playlist. This was the week that we learned that K92 was now the dominant station in town among the younger folks; they printed a survey, so apparently Burt felt that with the beginning of WROV's transition to an "adult contemporary" station, one was no longer needed. And far be it from Ol' Burt to spend a dime on anything that wasn't completely necessary!