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From the grand old days when radio stations had a full complement of name-brand talent and the boss was ...well, the boss. Pictured here circa 1980, the Q107 team.

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By David Farrell

From the grand old days when radio stations had a full complement of name-brand talent and the boss was ...well, the boss. Pictured here circa 1980, the Q107 team. We've tried to identify them all, but if we've messed up on a few, apologies in order. And a grand shout-out to Cameron Carpenter, Earl Jive and Bev (Hills) in piecing the jigsaw together.


L to R (rear): Jessie Dylan, Andy Frost, Bob Mackowycz, (traffic girl Marynne), Kathleen Rankin, Kristy Knight?, Sue Johanson, Jeff Chalmers, Bill Carroll, Jim James, ???, Brother Jake Edwards, Beverly Hills.

L to R (front): Gene Valaitis, Dusty Shannon, Gary Slaight, Earl Jive, Jane Hawtin, Shirley McQueen, John Derringer. 
 

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Readers are more than welcome to send in their own snaps with a cutline, and the photographer's name where possible.

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Macklemore at Rolling Stone Future of Music held at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on March 17, 2023, in Austin, Texas.
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Macklemore at Rolling Stone Future of Music held at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on March 17, 2023, in Austin, Texas.

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Macklemore Donates $1M in Ed Sheeran Tour Earnings to Palestinian Aid, Calls on Robert Kraft to Match It

"Writing a check is one of the least costly forms of solidarity available to me," the rapper said.

Macklemore is challenging Robert Kraft to put his money where his mouth is amid the controversy surrounding Ed Sheeran‘s Loop Tour and the “Free Palestine” debate.

The rapper spoke out once again Wednesday (Sept. 16) after a two-day frenzy that saw every single one of Sheeran’s tour openers pulling out of Loop in solidarity with Palestinians and with Macklemore, who was dropped from the trek over his onstage protests earlier in the month against the violence in Gaza. “With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs,” he wrote.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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