New contributor Paul sent in this short aircheck of a station that once had a big presence in the market (even if dwarfed by CKLW) in the late 70s. AM 560 WHND is playing Oldies in this QuickCheck from 1983, and the audio is still good, as AM was still 13khz wide at the time and AM receivers still sounded good!
New – Ron Lundy on WABC 07/29/70 – Courtesy BigAppleAirchecks. Listening to this certainly is a step back in time! Lots of commercials, Full Newscast and of course, Ron Lundy’s sweet southern drawl on a hot Summer day when Con Electric had to cut back on electricity to avoid an outage. It’s tough to listen to, however, as there are a lot of annoying chops in the audio. So, patience is the rule here… but we had to have one new Ron Lundy Aircheck! So, Enjoy!
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Featured Airchexx - Ron Lundy
Ron Lundy, WABC New York | July 29, 1970
Courtesy of Matt @ BigAppleAirchecks, here’s Ron Lundy at a very sold out WABC! While this is scoped, the unscoped version still has more commercials than music. You’ll need patience to listen to this, as the source audio as we received it is choppy and a bit muddy, otherwise its a great... [View This Entry]
From the good ol’ days when the reverb was still on and 50s/60s were the station’s mainstay, here’s a grainy, but great window back to 1987 – when Gotham’s radio landscape was so very much different than today.. Voiceguy Charlie Van Dyke says CBS-FM is celebrating it’s... [View This Entry]
Most remember Ron Lundy as the midday personality for most of the top 40 era at New York’s 77 WABC. As the story goes, Dan Ingram worked with Lundy in St. Louis at this very radio station prior to going to WABC, and convinced his program director to hire Lundy. If you’ve never heard Ron... [View This Entry]
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QuickCheck: Richard D., WHND 560 Monroe (Detroit) MI | 1983
New contributor “Paul” checks in with a Detroit area station that’s been gone for 20 years. He writes: (This) came from a long ago defunct radio station…. that was once in it’s heyday as a GREAT (FM) oldies station (WHNE) from 1973 – 1976 until it finally ended up as a has-been AM station until it’s demise around 1990. Quality is good and of course, it’s a music station on AM…... [View This Entry]
Ron Lundy, WABC New York | July 29, 1970
Courtesy of Matt @ BigAppleAirchecks, here’s Ron Lundy at a very sold out WABC! While this is scoped, the unscoped version still has more commercials than music. You’ll need patience to listen to this, as the source audio as we received it is choppy and a bit muddy, otherwise its a great representation of America at the height of the Vietnam war. Listen for a full newscast including stories about fish with mercury,... [View This Entry]
Big Wilson, 66 WNBC New York | April 1969
There’s a lot that’s been said about Big Wilson – he’s a legendary personality on the old WNBC. Problem is, when people think of radio in the 1960s in New York City, the first station that always comes to mind is WABC. So, WNBC was always dwarfed… and never really tried to compete in the Top 40 arena anyway, as NBC, the network, always had features running on air which disrupted the music presentation.... [View This Entry]
Magic Matt Allen in the Morning, Sirius Totally 70’s | 2007
We don’t as a rule post Satellite Radio airchecks, mainly because we’re interested in the authentic broadcasts of classic AM and FM radio. Sent in by new contributor Brett Provo (current Production Director for WMAS-FM Springfield MA), this is an exception to our rule. Magic Matt Allen is genuinely FUNNY. As the morning man on the now-defunct Totally 70s channel on Sirius before the merger with XM, Matt had... [View This Entry]
Jimmy Jam, Hot 99.9 WHXT Easton/Allentown PA | July 15, 1991
We don’t know much about Easton PA (as with many lesser markets), but this is a good sounding Top 40 at the end of the 80s CHR era. By ‘92, grunge and rock would take over much of the landscape… but this is a rhythmic, 80s-imaged CHR and it is good to hear! Added by Lance Venta: This aircheck is about 6 weeks before the station would become “Oldies 99.9″ WODE. The demise of WHXT would also lead... [View This Entry]
Our first aircheck from Alaska features this AM Stereo hit music station from Anchorage. The only information we can dig up about KFQD is that it is still around, doing a news format these days. Recorded by contributor Bob Gilmore on one of those Sony SRF-80 (I believe) AMAX radios, this is a wideband mono aircheck of the morning show. Charlie Harrigan is filling in for the regular guy (Marcus in the Morning), so we don’t... [View This Entry]
Steve Shannon, First Day on 680 CFTR Toronto | June 23, 1973
Its really amazing how similar certain streamlined formats were on both sides of the Canadian/US Border. CFTR Toronto could easily be confused with 93/KHJ Los Angeles in ‘73 with their shotgun, less talk approach. Still, the hits make the difference and the Canadian content is evident in rotation on this HOT Top 40 680 CFTR. It would be another seven years before John Records Landecker would arrive here from his world... [View This Entry]
Howard Hoffman, 77 WABC New York | April 8, 1980
1980 was a year of change for WABC. By the end of the year the music would begin to shift to a more adult sound, but in the early part of 1980, WABC was still a hot Top 40 station, as evidenced by this short scope of the wacky Howard Hoffman show. Hoffman is really out of control on this night. How does one describe the Howard Hoffman show? Well, lets just say that he wouldn’t be allowed on the air with this approach... [View This Entry]
George Michael, MusicRadio 77 WABC New York | February 28, 1977
The Late George Michael is tagged here doing a great show on WABC from 2/28/77. This is an original recording, donated by Bob Gilmore. Notables here include much signal fading and white noise on the tape, which suggests this was recorded some distance away from New York City. No matter, Michael is in top form, as was the norm on the George Michael Show – he never misses a talkup or hitting the post! These are the... [View This Entry]



