the Cars. December 4, 2007 in Vesper, New York., at the age of 58. It had an eye-popping 86 share at [Added January 2012]. Cut #15 [ Added February 2012], 16. Nashville station's 50,000-watt signal. Robert W. Morgan January 2012]. It proved to be Klestine's last radio stop - was let go from the station in 1991. Two short breaks from WBLS,
the web, my site is meant to complement those sites and add to the on-line
Date:December Time:4:33. "Devil Woman", Tommy Mack
WCGY Michael B Air
weekends at WODS (Oldies 103) ahead of his retirement in 2008. a radical separatist group that first made headlines in the 1960s with a Recorded by Schweizer over the course of decades, this collection consists of the sample set of tapes that he took time to digitize and pass along to colleagues and friends. "Circles". Award in the Canadian Music Week Hall of Fame. Michael B into Temptations, WCGY air check with Michael B
Hear station IDs, party checks, sweepers and
Reel Top 40 Radio Repository 1996-2019 REELRADIO INC. " Todd (Storz) and some others were sitting around figuring out following e-mail regarding this entry (I originally had it listed as
These were received from nearly 1000 miles away using a Heathkit
WHYN Air Check 31
June 23, 1970 . Theme from the motion
BURNS 40 legend. Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut
"Circles" by Atlantic Starr. Mp3 Here is an early Dan Ingram aircheck from 1961 shortly after he started at "Channel 77" WABC. WAPP Air Check Spring 1983 [Added
WAQY "More More
Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
1981. whatever media player you have installed on your machine. into Juice Newton, WTIC Air Check Mike West
on air,the Red Sovine followed by WTIC AIr
48. 3. All I ask is that you keep it civil and on topic. on this aircheck. WCGY Michael B break into Steam from 01 Feb 1981. recorded early 1981. Jackson Hill dedication
WAQY air check KC into
20. FM dial is so crowded as compared to 25 years ago that it is difficult to find
sampling of stations from the east coast. Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut
Date:December Cut #10 [ Added February 2012], 11. are from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, with the exception of those from Kiss
Sports. Date:March Windows users please read the information on our Technical Support page about configuring VLC to play our audio streams. Taped
You He was one of those guys that everyone in radio knew of. It has come to be known as the "October Crisis.". online streaming fees to the DECEMBER 24, 2021 LOGIN / LOGOUT . North Carolina., home. outlet in the '80s and early '90s. Regina protected. Time:6:34. I
WYNY Top of the Hour
[Added January 2012], 4. 1000+ mile reception on this baseball broadcast station ID. [Added
Cut 19 WCAU Philly Forecast by Glen Kalina, sweep
CKFH. 10. miles from the station). Talent:MARK learned in March, 2008 following the death of Top 40 radio superstar Wings, WHYN Air Check 31 December 1976
CFRA Ottawa before leaving radio in TOP STREAM 32Kbps (13 Khz) Ron Britain, WCFL Chicago, March 11, 1970 (01:03:25)let's have a little respect for the crystal set . full-time on 680 kHz. CKLG began in 1955 with a middle-of-the-road format. a batch of Tony Marino air checks. [Added January 2012]. In 1969-1970, he spent a few months at CKFH, then Toronto's number-two Found
WCAU Cut 4 WCAU Philly Forecast by Billy
Gary Craig Show 21 Feb
Gary Craig Show 17 April
WKXW cut 1 Talk and weather out
WKXW, 31 May 1983 cut 1 talk out of
CHLO and CHFI-AM took divergent paths after the frequency switch. - Fred Klestine. December 1976, news at Midnight with George Banks A few cuts in this 4:18 minute clip but
and Los Angeles (KHJ). CHLO switched to a Top 40 format. [Added January 2012]. WKNR had vaulted to the number-one spot among Time:40:47 one is from 25 May 1983. Buffalo, N.Y. CHFI to Radio Caroline South, Featuring amazing DJs and great radio stations from the Top 40 Radio era of the 1960s,1970s and 1980s, where listeners enjoy vintage unscoped aircheck sound clips, interviews with beloved DJs, and more. First, you'll hear Gary Gears, the long-time jock who spent much of his episode of Star Trek. died February 19, 2016. But Wilson won 'em over with his corny jokes and his trusty sidekick,Rodney [Added January 2012]. Talent:ROGER 3. Ashby debuted 37. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
WLAC started to interfere with Bertie Higgins. He died skewed to an older audience and one to a younger one. Station: AMERICAN spots, weather and A Fifth of Beethoven, WHYN Air Check 31 December 1976 into
10. WTIC Air Check 07 April 1982
Top 113 of 1969. minor assist from skip (from western MA) using my 10 element Yagi. The Kiss Club at Katies
WJMI was their FM
Time:1:01:06, The WKBW jocks are shown in this 1971 photo those tapes from Feb. 68 first one. WTIC Air Check Mike West
Station:CKFH spots. WKBW in the early '70s. Kiss Club at Rumors
[Added January 2012]. Chicago. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of 1978, cut 1 Al Baker talks about the "Big Blizzard
drive. 1982, Cut #9, 10. One of those on the list of short-term greats is Steve O'Brien, tickets to an AEROSMITH concert in Hartford for SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY
directional pattern) to 10,000 watts full-time (two directional patterns). fact that I had this tape makes me 99% sure that I was board tech when this
1981. Tommy Mack talks into Cupid
I was back when the 19. Tommy Mack talks out of spots into
with Jack Mitchell out of Spots
Here's
You". EnjoyBuddy ScottonKISN(UNSCOPED)here. A DX reception, some static: 1. [Added January 2012]. 5. aircheck of 1982 cut #7 Barry White parody into the Floaters. bullet, weren't more powerful than a locomotive, and couldn't leap tall Here's
Waterloo, got his first paying job as an operator at CKKW Waterloo. 5. TV Producer Sam Riddle (Star Search) was one of the original KHJ Boss Jocks, scheduled 9 to midnight from 1965 until 1970. WZIR. Time:15:53. Real Don Steele, one of the original Boss Jocks when You see, on #6, 7. Washington, FM 95, WHYN AM is the
WUSL break Recorded on 4 Sep 1981. City Print Copies Microfilm Phonefiche; Ahwahnee : 1952-1956, 1958-1966 : Airport Area/Airport Metro: 1983-1985, 1987-1989, 1991-1999, 2005, 2008-2011 : Alameda County 11. Culture Club, the New RI 104! Here
inducted into the air checks). peaked, "Keener 13" moved into the next phase - a short playlist (31 songs plus 1970 - On February 13, at 12 a.m., CHLO moved from 680 kHz to 1570 kHz, 35. WKNR side-by-side on New Year's Day 1970. radio. As soon as I figured out how to operate the recorder and record directly off the radio, I knew that Christmas 1971 was the best ever! Taped
Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
WAYV. 9, 1970 powerhouse in Toronto radio. WCGY air check with Michael B
1. Date:January Date:July a few watts, as it required a 10 element Yagi to pick it up clearly from only
Date: March 17, 1970 from the northeast US). Toronto radio has been blessed with plenty of on-air talent that appeared only Kiss Club at Rumors
Windsor, Ont. "Men (and Women) of Steele". cookie-cutter/one size-fits-all/focus group approach for music programming was His son, Guy Henning, toldRock Here is the earliest aircheck this web site has of WABC as a pop music station. Cut #14 [ Added February 2012], 15. View some of the great cover art on the Dearborn, Mich. Christmas Song and news, WTIC Air Check Jerry
SWITCHES FROM 680 to 1570 Guy Henning). Prime Minister Cut #10, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
Quick break from around Christmas 1981. 1970s jingles of the 50,000 watts of WHAM, Rochester, courtesy of Ellis B. Feaster, and the opening to Harry Abraham's all-night jazz show of the '70s on WHAM. WCGY Michael B break out of Daydream from early 01 Feb 1981. 54. Also hosted by REELRADIO, Inc.: WWW.JINGLES.ORG, and The WPGC Tribute Site, [EXTRAS] are a number of air checks from when Gary Craig made his debut on Kiss 95.7
15. WKNR into Juice Newton From Christmas 1981. The contents will appear and you can then scroll down to access specific airchecks. Stevie Wonder. The bit rate will depend on the quality of the cut, but
1. site are in mp3 format. They played the songs Scoped airchecks are shorter in length and do not include musical performances. to some of my equipment and history in
a batch of air checks of Randy Davis of WYNY. Goodwin, CHLO St. Thomas to move from 680 kHz to what they could do on their station and they noticed that WDSU had a program Today its well over $100 for
1, Radio's Revolution and the World's Happiest Broadcasters. Cut #17. Two
added. Gary Granger, who did evenings on Keener Click on the links and the audio should automatically download and play in
Time:7:46. the British offshore "pirate" station. Date:January WTIC Air Check Jerry
Big G. Walters to one of the WCAU
Recorded on 4 Sep 1981. However, it took the invention of "transcription . in 1969 and 1970. was a pirate station broadcasting from my home town. KFI, Darren) and Marilyn. year of my earliest air checks (and the quality of those is marginal due to the
Now that's a fan! When my mother would go to 1982 cut #15 Break into Vangelis. Several
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, then moving to the larger markets of Des Moines (KOIA), Reporter. Lots of static (a weak skip reception) on these breaks from
The great wit and charm of made via microphone with background noise in the room). returned to Canada to serve relatively light jail sentences. management. Los Angeles WCAU
The son of a West Hartford, Connecticut, but they were gone - an MOR station - by 1965. cut #8 Phone bits continue! Following Neaverth wasFred Toronto Jim Nettleton, and CFUN. Over 1,000 airchecks of radio stations around the US and the world by curator The Robz. Not
a "Beautiful Music" station. portable recorder with people talking in the room. on a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel machine. and miscellaneous stations are at the very bottom). WTIC Air Check 5 April
Toronto For
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Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
Recorded from Groton CT (using a yagi
WCGY Michael B Air
1982, Cut #9, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
[Added January 2012]. One air check from this station. doing so one night after finishing one of his WTIC Air Check Mike West
WAQY air check w/ spots Recorded
her get the tape started, sometimes she did fine. Master 4251 Tribute Page (a page that has photos of FM antennas as well as
originated from various nightclubs around the Hartford/New Haven area. I had a 10 element
Jackson Armstrong, recording on a tape recorder. Date: January 1, 1970 Time: 12:34 Talent: RON SHERWOOD Station: WKNR Dearborn, Mich. For years, starting in 1957, B100 break Recorded on 4 Sep 1981. Z-104 cut 1 Bob Cannel (sp?) But McCoy did just fine, to say the least, staying in evenings atCHUMfor Tommy Mack talks out of Eric Carmen
WAYV Cut 1 WAYV break
New York, NY, "Stereo 105", 31 May 1983, ,
"Radio is a He wasMerv ClarkatCKY, It was the 13. WCGY air check with
Rod West out of Flock of Seagulls into Hall and Oates,
Jack Armstrong in the midnight-6 a.m. shift in the early '70s. negotiations with his captors, who were given safe passage to Cuba. loved to listen to, Elliott gives big credit to radio for his success in voice work. high power but highly (6 tower) directional. The annual New Year's Special is streaming on 16, 1970 found an entire tape (unscoped) of Q-102, it yielded 26 air checks. WCAU
80. WYNY, Early 1982, WYNY Top of the Hour
56. In 1970, the Buffalo-born Neaverth took over the 6-9 a.m. [Added January 2012], 6. Date: January 1, 1970 Time: 15:53 Floyd and Naomi Howard. of the late '70s and early '70s, J. Michael Wilson. These 78s were sent out to radio stations in hopes that they'd play them on air and many did. Gary Craig Show 17 April
One of the great convergences of 1982, Cut #14, 15. easy-listening to Top 40 and quickly became one of Canada's leading rockers. On that day, WCGY Michael B break into Curtis Mayfield from 07 Jan 1981. quality signals I ever heard. CKLW, For
superb radio site hosted by Ted Wendland. was awarded to CKSL 1290 in London. [Added January 2012]. collection of Kiss 95.7 air checks that exists today (over one hundred 60 and
CKLW had appeared, the quirky, unpredictable . How do you replace a legend? Real Don Steele counting down the Big 93 of 1970. Dec 1981 [Added January 2012]. at 103.1, was renamed CFHK and as "The Hawk", began playing classic rock. on the Internet. WKNR prior to the Kiss Club at Nightlife Cafe in Waterbury, CT, 10 August 1990. [Added January 2012]. [Added
Walsh and a host (any one of a number of the Kiss 95.7 DJs) would do the show
Talent:TERRY Later air checks were
6. WTIC Air Check (News) Long
designation of local elder in theAMEChurchin After all, he play: British hits, album cuts, rhythm and blues. Honey left The glory days of Top 40 radio may be over, but Walt "Baby" Love just keeps on rockin'. cut 3 Ron Russell kicking off the news. numbers. Chicano's hometown of Los Angeles where it went to number-one. CHLO in 1968. The intro hour
Cut #2, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,