Month: January 2012

• January 25, 2012104.7 KZZP, Phoenix

  Nick Summers, “Hit Music 104” KZZP Phoenix | June 11, 1984

  Courtesy of the folks at AircheckDownloads.com, here’s a short, 3 minute scope of the old “Hit Music 104” KZZP out of Phoenix. It’s called “Kiss-FM” today, but go back with […]

• January 23, 2012Detroit/Windsor

  Motor City Gold – Detroit-Area Radio, Circa 1971, Part 2

  In October of 2004, in our second year on the web, we posted a series of aircheck tapes entitled “Old Gold”. The series was called that based upon one of […]

• January 18, 20121580 KDAY, Los Angeles

  Jim Maddux, 1580 KDAY Los Angeles | March 15, 1976

  Despite it’s years as a mainly R&B and Soul station, 1580 KDAY would earn it’s place in the sun as what could be termed the very first “Rock 40” format […]

• January 16, 2012Detroit/Windsor

  Motor City Gold – Detroit-Area Radio, Circa 1971, Part 1

  In October of 2004, in our second year on the web, we posted a series of aircheck tapes entitled “Old Gold”. The series was called that based upon one of […]

• January 14, 2012102.7 KIIS-FM, Los Angeles

  Rick Dees in the Morning, 102.7 KIIS-FM/1150 KIIS-AM Stereo Los Angeles | Summer, 1985

  Rick Dees began his career sometime in the early 1970s in the state of Mississippi. His first claim to fame occurred in Memphis, at 56 WHBQ, that powerful Top 40 […]

• January 11, 2012680 AM WRKO, Boston

  Frank Kingston Smith; Norm Nathan & Jordan Rich “Morning Magazine”, 68 WRKO Boston | May 28,1981

  By 1981, music on AM Radio across the U.S. was well in decline. Stations at RKO General were typical of many ownership groups of the time and most of their […]

• January 10, 201294.1 WMBZ, Memphis

  Steve West, WMBZ 94-1 The Buzz Memphis | February 2001

  From the ashes of Country station WOGY ‘Froggy 94’ arose this Modern AC station called “The Buzz”. This one jock who started a classic radio website poured his heart and […]

• January 10, 2012Charleston SC

  John Burwell & WTMA (Charleston) Music Machine Blooper

  Courtesy of Mike Raub, here’s an aircheck that proves the worth of 5 second delay. WTMA didn’t have one, apparently. This speaks for itself….