Big Wilson, 66 WNBC New York | April 1969

Mar 02, 2010 1 Comment

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.

Big Wilson is captured here in a recording that sounds like it was made with a microphone placed in front of a table radio speaker. The audio quality isn’t the best. But its worth remembering Big Wilson and a radio station with more heritage than any other station in America… WNBC. The station has been gone since 1988, but certainly not forgotten.

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One Response to “Big Wilson, 66 WNBC New York | April 1969”

  1. David Sutton Reply Mar 04, 2010 at 2:29 am

    Wow! An MOR aircheck of the late WNBC! To paraphrase the introductory comment, when people think of that station, its later rock’n'roll formats (AC and Top 40) are what come to mind (as evidenced by all the other WNBC airchecks).