Our friend Andy Bologovsky sent in more WAVZ material – this time, a great composite from July 1974. Among the many… Bill Rock and Bryan Phoenix make appearances on the best sounding AM station between New York and Boston!
Its three minutes of KHJ memories with a look back to 1971 with The Real Don Steele. Courtesy of Robyn Watts.
Like the above KHJ aircheck, this next QuickCheck comes via an edition of “East Coast Airchecks” that served a then-thriving radio industry back in the 90s. This is about 5 minutes of George McFly on KXXX X100 San Francisco (the predecessor to Oldies formatted 99.7 KFRC-FM) from 1988.
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Jimi Fox, KFMB-FM B-100 FM San Diego | August, 1975
San Diego must have been ahead of most markets with the evolution of FM. By 1975, KFMB-FM was hot top 40, with a shotgun approach to personality hit radio that makes us pine for the good old days. Jimi Fox sounds great here and runs a TIGHT show! Read More →
Eddie Martinez on XHTZ “Jammin’ Z-90″ San Diego | December 1990
Returning to the Robyn Watts collection, here’s a refreshing look at the San Diego market from one of those border blaster stations, er, well one of those FM stations that didn’t have to worry about the non commercial restrictions imposed on US stations broadcasting from 88.1 to 91.9 MHZ.... [View This Entry]
Bobby Ocean on 1170 KCBQ San Diego | May 26, 1971
A bit of light processing returns this performance of the Bobby Ocean show on KCBQ to life! This is fairly early in Bobby Ocean’s career, before he went on to stardom at KFRC San Francisco, and all the talent is there. So is the voice that imaged numerous stations in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Runs... [View This Entry]
Chuck Browning on KFMB-FM ‘B-100′ San Diego | April 1976 (3:51) – RELOADED
Originally posted in 2005, here’s a fresh master copy courtesy of our friends at California Aircheck! “B100 FM with the Original Chucker…” And you’re asking where we dug this up?! Too bad this is only about three minutes long. Chuck Browning was heard all over America... [View This Entry]
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Composite: WAVZ “New Waves 13″ New Haven | July, 1974
Contributor Andy Bologovsky presents this sixteen and a half minute tour of the Kopps-Monahan studios of 13 WAVZ. Its mid-Summer and the New Waves is sizzlin’ with a lineup of jocks who all made it to major market stations after their stay in New Haven. It’s an Oldies weekend, but its not exclusively Oldies, with some 1974 blockbuster hits heard in here along with the classics. Sure, its scoped, but this moves... [View This Entry]
QuickCheck: George McFly, KXXX X100 San Francisco | 1988
“East Coast Airchecks” was one of those ’90s professional aircheck services that sent out tapes to radio stations and other subscribers. We’ve featured plenty of these before, courtesy of Robyn Watts, who sent us lots of these tapes back in ‘04. Now, from one labelled “Classics II” comes this almost 5 minute listen to one George McFly on San Francisco’s X100. It’s high... [View This Entry]
QuickCheck: The Real Don Steele, KHJ Los Angeles | 1971
“…You can trust your car to the man who wears the star” So begins this all-too-short, rare recording of RDS on 93/KHJ. We join things right in the middle of a commercial break (Texaco). We’re listening to KHJ in ‘71, and while the Bill Drake era is all but over, the format is intact with all the familiar Drake formatics. Read More →
Composite: WINS and WMGM New York | October, 1961
This is a great comparison between two competing Top 40 stations. 1961 was so early in the top 40 game that WABC was just in its infancy with its then-new format. This recording doesn’t include ABC. WINS, of course, went on to become the nation’s first All-News station. WMGM simply reverted to the previous call letters on 1050, WHN, and then became synonymous with Country Music in New York for the next decade. Read More →
The History of Black Radio in Milwaukee With Dr. O.C. White And Jim Frazier, WAWA 1590 | February 10, 1987
Here is one of the most interesting airchecks I’ve heard in a long time. Dr. O.C. White and Jim Frazier talk about the history of Black radio from the days of 1590 WAWA about a year before the station went dark. The old jocks… where are they now and what stations were they heard? How did Black radio start? These questions are answered on this one hour recording. it’s a MUST LISTEN for anyone who wishes... [View This Entry]
Dr. Bob Show, WAWA-FM Milwaukee | 1966
This goes way back to 1966. It’s a rare FM show, rare because there were very few FM stations that programmed popular music independently of a co-owned AM. Here, Dr. Bob mentions that some of the day’s programming is on FM only. This show is what would probably be classified today as Urban CHR… but in 1966 there was no such format, so we’ll just say it’s a mainly R&B oriented Top 40. A... [View This Entry]
Ken Gilbert, 1360 WDRC Hartford | January 1983
I asked Mr. Gilbert what WDRC-AM sounded like before the flip to Oldies, and so here’s a 9 minute high-quality scope from 1983. While Ken didn’t say so, it sure seems like Buckley did more of a slow format turn towards oldies from Top 40 during ‘83. Listen to this, then the aircheck from later in 1983 to get a feel for where the station was going. Read More →
Gary Evong, CFDR “780 Kixx Country” Halifax, NS | August 4, 1998
Our first listen to radio in the Canadian Maritimes brings us to CFDR Halifax. Known as 780 Kixx Country, this is a fully staffed, full service station with all the programming elements that make up good radio. No jingles, but plenty of classic Country liners. A full news and sports report. As your webmaster recalls from listening to Canadian AM Country stations, the AC-ish approach was and maybe still is typical. I know... [View This Entry]
Ken Gilbert, WDRC-AM 1360 | July 1983
Our friend Ken Gilbert sent in another goodie! WDRC (Big D, as it was affectionately known) was, by 1983, primarilly an Oldies station. This wasn’t some cheap imitation of an FM, however… as tape restorian Paul DiMarco (who provided the original copy to Ken Gilbert) wrote: I know times have changed but this is (absurd) !!! I’d listen to this type of radio before anything else on today’s dial….and... [View This Entry]
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