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WWF Radio

Scott,
What exactly was WWF Radio? I remember it being sparsely promoted around 1994 or 1995 but I never got a clear explanation of what it was. Was it a weekly radio show? Did any of the blog readers tune in? 

I'm pretty sure it was some sort of syndicated radio show, back when people listening to the radio was a thing, but it was never carried anywhere near me so I don't know the details of what was on it.  I remember them doing PPV simulcasts on there for a while but other than that I think it was just stuff like kayfabed interview segments hosted by Todd Pettingill.  

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  1. They also partnered with Westwood One for several two-hour Saturday night specials on the eve of PPVs, starting with Royal Rumble 2000, I believe.  I doubt many stations carried them; they vanished quickly.  I listened to most of the first off of the satellite, and IIRC it was Cole interviewing wrestlers in kayfabe.

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  2. I forget the PPV, I think Survivor Series 94, where Gorilla and Ross were doing alternate commentary for the radio. They would keep switching with Vince and Heenan. Don't remember them doing it for any other PPV.

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  3. I vaguely remember JR doing the PPV play by play on this.

    I would totally buy a JR/Regal audio version of current PPVs for $10 if they ever offered it now.

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  4. I remember listening to the Undertaker-Yokozuna casket match on the radio.

    Strangely, when I finally saw it it played out exactly the same as my mind had pictured it: terrible.

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  5.  It was the 94 Rumble and McMahon was paired with Dibiase.

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  6. I remember WWF Radio also, and it wasn't carried in or anywhere near my area either. I never even bothered to check either, lol.

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  7.  That was for the Heavenly Bodies/Rock N Roll Express match at Survivor Series 93 and the Razor/IRS IC title match at Royal Rumble 94.

    I think the PPVs were broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network to military bases and troops overseas and the like. I think they did (maybe still do) this for stuff like the Super Bowl, World Series, etc. and I guess WWF somewhere got involved for awhile too. It lasted until at least Wrestlemania 10, not sure what happened after that. I think Meltzer talked about it on a radio show awhile back if anyone wants to track it down.

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  8. So it was basically a company-sanctioned version of watching PPVs on Scramblevision? Cool. I would love for them to do a play-by-play radio podcast with two commentators like Joey Styles and Matt Striker who would actually call the action old school style (by which I mean, actually call the action) so that people could stream it on their site and use it as alternate commentary while watching the shows. 

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  9. the Giants are in the playoffs.. radio is strong right now.. KNBR all day..

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  10. Didn't Jim Ross continue his weekly radio show from WCW on there too?

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  11. yeah...wwf radio did event broadcasts.  i only remember them doing it with PPVs.  I actually remember when I was about 11 or 12, getting out the phone book and calling every station and asking them if they had wwf radio....im sure they howled with laughter after i had hung up.

    its funny i can also remember listening to wwf house shows in the Boston Garden on the radio in the mid 80s.  Seemed to be such a weird thing to listen to on the radio.

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  12. $20 if they added Shieky Baby as a 3rd man

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  13. I know that I listened to the last hour of Wrestlemania IX on JR's regularly-scheduled radio show. Imagine my surprise when I turned in and heard that, since I didn't order the ppv that night. Also, I was able to listen to his show broadcast from Georgia in Wisconsin. The power of A.M.!

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  14. There's a really good app available on smartphones as well as the Roku called TuneIn Radio where you can listen to damn near every radio station on Planet Earth, although I don't listen to radio much anymore, mainly just 102.1 The Edge in Toronto for having the best rock playlist in radio and WSB in Atlanta for Tony Schiavone's commentary.

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  15. I've heard of WWF Radio, don't believe it was ever available in my area (I was living in Evansville, Indiana at the time.), but since they had live radio broadcasts of PPVs, ultimately I think it was only available in markets that still didn't have PPV availability yet.

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