WMET 95 ½ FM - "The Hype" (Commercial, 1979)

[@MrYoumatic]

Music in the background is "Carouselambra" by Led Zeppelin, from their 1979 LP "In Through the Out Door".

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

Thanks, I thought it sounded Zeppelinesque...

[@toyfreaks]

nrd 😁

[@okcray4016]

Been a while since I've played this album, I'll have to dig it out and give it a listen.

[@davanmani556]

Their best album

[@JimmyFoxhound]

goodness gracious I miss the days when ladies had big curly hair like that.. even though this was a bit before my time I still remember as a kid seeing girls in the 80s with big hair kinda like that. I still love that look!!

[@soundlemonade]

Thank you so much for posting! I hadn't thought of WMET in years!

[@mikekrause3671]

Wmet was the best Rock station in Chicago for a few years. i remember one of thier things was playing whole Lp sides at a certain time of the day. they played deeper cut s sometimes. now Classic rock stations sound like they have the same ten songs ad nausem.

[@georgeharleydavidsonrider156]

WOW 💪🏼💪🏼

[@TraceurDoc1]

Is it strange that over the course of time, older footage/images seem more current than those from later? For example, looking at footage from late 90s/early 2000s seems oddly dated to me, even though it was recently. Then I look at these videos from my childhood(80s, even late 70s), and it seems less dated, though more nostalgic. I know this sounds weird, just wondering if anyone else experiences the same.

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

Quality of home videotape and VCRs in the 90s and beyond was pretty bad. Usually those recordings look terrible compared to 70s or early 80s recordings.

[@relentlessflashbackin]

Finally somebody that has my same feelin' and it's not only about TV, I feel the same with a lot of pop culture. For example 'Jumanji' (one of few post '93 movies that I like) seems more dated than 'Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade'. Or another example: the IV generation Camaro seems more dated than the III gen Camaro! I don't know why but '70s and '80s, even if they are clearly from a distant past, they are so fresh, most of the things since 1991 seem so dated, old, blank and bleak... I'm studyin' the last 50 years to discover why...

[@anonuser5852]

I think it’s because the ‘90s haven’t hit a retro phase yet. At one time the ‘80s seemed really cheesy and outdated too, but over the last 15 years or so the ‘80s look has become cool again and younger people are starting the adopt it for the first time. The ‘90s might have a resurgence some day or they may not, we won’t know about that bridge until we cross it. And, like The Museum said, the quality of the recordings definitely play a roll.

[@allstar930]

You're on to something, I'm definitely picking up what you're laying down.

[@benjaminyeager6914]

The mail bag column in the December 30, 1979 Chicago Tribune TV Week states this woman's name as Kristie Oleson. Also, I now have Carouselambra running on a constant loop in my head and can't get it out.

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

Thanks! Great ID!!

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

Holy cow! She was in The Blues Brothers - look her up. :-)

[@robertmasina4610]

She was the this radio station's version of Lorelei of WLUP, the rival to WMET at that time.

[@gregoryleo4640]

@@robertmasina4610 Not really. This girl was only used on the TV commercial for WMET. Lorelei made appearances and had merchandise .

[@thomasbrown3356]

My knowledge of Album Rock would not exist if it wasn't for WMET. From AC/DC to Van Halen. Classic rock like the Stones and Zeppelin. My life is richer for it. From 1981 to 1985. I was a music Jedi. The only DJ I can remember was Scott McConnell.

[@Merylstreep1949]

Yeah❤❤❤❤

[@jb888888888]

I remember listening to a WMET nighttime DJ who called himself "the Doctor."

[@gregoryleo4640]

I don't.

[@VBaskin2010]

You mean Lorelei "Pow!" Shark A.K.A. the 1st Loop Rock Girl Fuzzy?! ;) ;)

[@dalethelander3781]

That's not Lorelei. That was WMET's answer to Lorelei. I also remember WMET's girl being a cute chubette, but I could be wrong.

[@VBaskin2010]

I'm talking to Fuzzy and not you @@dalethelander3781, so bug off man!

[@dalethelander3781]

@@VBaskin2010 You can't control who comments, dudesickle. I didn't see you single me or anyone elae out for exclusion. Anyone can comment on another comment. You post a comment, that means you invite everyone to comment back to you. You also didn't tag anyone named Fuzzy. I'd hate to see your Facebook. You must be new to the Internet, snowflake.

[@VBaskin2010]

I Say bug off Mister @@dalethelander3781! Fuzzy Would you block the new jerkass?!

[@elle5374]

I think she's cool... love her hair to.... an the commercial good concept.

[@57buickcentury]

Now to find the previous version: "95 1/2 FM - That's where I get my hits!" (pie in the face).

[@gregoryleo4640]

That's when the call letters were WDHF.

[@williamvaclavik8035]

And now made it back as mainstream rock called Rock 95.5

[@JENDALL714]

On the west coast in Los Angeles we had Kmet, probably owned by the same company.

[@HemiVic]

It was! Metro media Radio!

[@StutleyConstable]

95.7 WQMF out of Louisville used a very similar commercial a few years later when it came online. It is now 96 WQMF and not quite as good as it was in the '80s but a hell of a lot better than it was ten years ago when it had a 25 hour rotation on its music.

[@johnzeszut3170]

Any one remember WFYR? They ran a sort of tavern on the side and it costs money to park your car, it costs money to enter and it costs money to stay in the joint! Lucky it did not cost money to get out!!

[@MiBones]

WRIF is an incredible station. BABY!

[@robertonline6543]

What happened to the loop? Sorry been awhile since in Chicago

[@chicagoblackmale]

It's a Christian contemporary station now.

[@robertonline6543]

@@chicagoblackmale what?!? Wow ...I use to love that station... no loop? Wls, I know q101 is gone...b96? What's left? Wbbm? Wgntalk radio? I miss my old Chicago 😪 bozo,ray Rayner, taste of Chicago, animal kingdom 😢 wow...all gone? I remember Logan Square theater played movies for a couple bucks ...so did milford and portage.

[@MikeLutton]

what is the Girls name

[@rkgaustin]

Lorelei Shark

[@okcray4016]

Lorelei is "the girl with the remarkable mouth" from the classic LOOP commercials. WMET was their competitor back then. I remember seeing this during my sophomore year of high school, and there was a media column that mentioned this girl's name. Best I can remember is it was Kristin or something like that.

[@benjaminyeager6914]

Kristie Oleson

[@lloydnbrownjr8997]

The Chicago ladies from back in the day were pure raw Sexxiness, for sure!!! Old School Rocks!!! Does anyone know who was the actress within this commercial!!! Because, she kind favors Nancy Allen!!!

[@johndrake2729]

That was in 1979???

[@metop33]

Anybody know how long the station was around for?

[@ajaugenti1976]

Cool!!!!!!

[@jackdemus7890]

I'm surprised they got away with using Led Zeppelins Carouselambra in this spot...especially since it very rarely gets airplay!

[@dalethelander3781]

They had to pay Swan Song Records for the rights.

[@christopherjones5446]

Really? WMET ripped off the Loop’s Lorelei??

[@uncletrick1]

They were goofing on the Loop and Lorelei.

[@robertmasina4610]

I notice the similarities myself. I ought to know, I've lived in the Chicago area all my life and have seen numerous TV commercials.

[@robertonline6543]

? Wasn't there another female that did this for the loop radio station back in the day?

[@jesusnodal8948]

I wonder how long that station lasted???

[@dalethelander3781]

Until 1985-86 or thereabout. Their metal DJ, Scott Loftus, went to a brokered low-power station and started RPM: Real Precious Metal, then went to full-power WAUR and played hair metal weeknights from 6p-12a.

[@davespalla9684]

@@dalethelander3781 and WVVX... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZvafqKejpupnq8

[@dalethelander3781]

@@davespalla9684 That was the brokered station. WVVX. I could only get that station in my car in Elgin.

[@rkgaustin]

@@dalethelander3781 I was listening to WVVX the night Ozzy barfed on the control board during Scott Loftus' show.

[@gregoryleo4640]

@@dalethelander3781 Scot Loftus wasn't a Metal DJ at WMET. His shift was weekends and fill-ins. The format was watered-down Album Rock after Doubleday bought the station from Metromedia.

[@primusvsunicron1]

Now known as WCHI

[@toyfreaks]

Looks like my friend Emma with big 80's hair!

[@vidphile1]

awesome logo! kkhr, los angeles.

[@dalethelander3781]

I thought it was the same logo as KMET, L.A.'s Mighty 'Met.

[@FirestoneX]

This babe is like in her 60s now if not dead.