Dr. John Leader, 93/KHJ Los Angeles | July 1, 1977
Jul 17, 2010 
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An original recording obtained by contributor Daniel Coulombe, here’s the great Dr. John Leader… on KHJ! 1977 was still a good Top 40 year for the AM band, and KHJ was still in contention, even if K100 was the hot FM at the time, and with KTNQ was about to hit…
Leader was also heard at WQXI Atlanta and KSTP in the Twin Cities, but surely never better than here on KHJ!
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Nice check !! I heard John on a 1968 aircheck at WLAV Grand Rapids and he was great from the beginning. Heard him on Quixie 79 WQXI from 1971-1972 and he was at the top of his game then too …..
Very nice addition, Hey Karl do you have the WLAV aircheck of Leader? He was there starting in late 69 or early 70, He would have still been at WGRD in 68. I am looking for Grand Rapids Stuff.
Karl,
I’ve heard that QXI aircheck too… If you have it, please contact me…
KHJ was promoting The Firecracker 300 on this aircheck. The following year the countdown would be moved to sister KRTH where it would be heard every Independence weekend until 2009. KRTH didn’t do the countdown this year, instead opting for “An All American Weekend.” But who knows, maybe it will return in 2011.
KTNQ hit six months before…first day was December 26, 1976. And I think that aircheck is on this site….so that shouldn’t be news.
The short check of John Leader was on a tape I heard titled Shelby Singletons Aircheck or something like that and featured some of the top jocks….about 40 of them if I recall. I’ll bet you can find it somewhere.
Karl
Listen to the end of the newscast for the N.O.W. PSA: It’s Rude for a Man to Call a Woman a ‘tomato’ It’s better to call her by her real name…
Wow ! Only in the 70′s…
Hello All – I am afraid I do not personally have any airchecks of John Leader on WQXI or anywhere else. – Boy I wish I did. If I did you’d hear it right here !!! He is posted with one on the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame website http://www.grhof.com in the audio section.
Karl