WWDB 860 AM · Saturday 4 to 6 pm - Just getting Started!

The Philly Sound

Vintage hits - Philadelphia Sound. and the voices behind the music.

Hosted by The Real Rob Carson

Tune in Saturday
Vintage car radio on an open road
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ON AIR · SATURDAY
Listener enjoying vinyl records in a retro shop
Classic radio, turned all the way up.

Built for the ride

The dial stays on. The stories keep coming.

The Philly Sound is a high-energy Saturday ride through the records that made radio feel personal: familiar favorites, forgotten 45s, deep cuts, and the voices that made every spin matter.

It is classic AM radio with the windows down—rooted in Philadelphia, powered by personality, and always ready with one more great record.

The record stack

Every kind of good Tunes.

01

Oldies

The ones you know by heart

02

Soul

Deep grooves, real feeling

03

Doo-wop

Street-corner harmonies

04

Garage rock

Raw, rattling, alive

05

Beach music

Top-down, sun-out rhythm

06

Pop classics

Hooks that never left

07

Philly soul

Homegrown and timeless

08

Forgotten 45s

The flipside finds

The Philadelphia file

Making Music History

From Cameo-Parkway and neighborhood vocal groups to the studios, producers, dancers, DJs, and record shops that carried the sound, each episode opens another corner of the Delaware Valley music map.

Explore the legacy

On the air

The people behind the records.

Musicians, broadcasters, collectors, producers, and record-store minds join the conversation. Guest names are preview examples until the schedule is announced.

Music

The record maker

A conversation about the song, the session, and the stories that stayed off the label.

Radio

The voice on the dial

Broadcasters swap tales from studios, remotes, and the glory days of local radio.

Archives

The crate digger

Collectors unpack the regional records that still deserve another spin.

Keep the dial right here

Saturday sounds better on The Philly Sound.

Join The Real Rob Carson for an open-road ride through hits, memories, and the music that made Philadelphia move.

Tune in to WWDB 860 AM