Donnie Simpson, 93.9 WKYS “Disco 93” Washington DC | 1979
This blows by in less than four minutes but is a good representation of what evolved into the Washington DC market's biggest Urban station. Seemingly every major market had one…
Chuck Leonard, 77 WABC New York | November 2, 1975
"WABC New York, All you Need to Win! Chuck Leonard(1) is holding court on a crisp, Fall morning on WABC! You'll note right off that election day is coming up.…
John London, 101.3 KDWB Twin Cities | July 15, 1995
Welcome to Airchexx, where we feature some of Radio's Greatest Hits! There are some in our audience who remember CHR in the 90s like it was yesterday! Here's one that…
“The Official World Chart Show”, 93.9 CKKL Ottawa, Ontario | May 3, 1997
Its the Official World Chart Show! Interesting. I never heard this show. Perhaps it didn't air in the United States (maybe it did, somebody out there knows). But this is…
Mark Simone, 77 WABC New York | July 21, 2007
For those who never heard this show, WABC added this program right after WCBS-FM dropped oldies in favor of the "Jack-FM" format, trying to capitalize on the tremendous heritage that…
Steve Bleecker, WJBQ (98 JBQ) Portland, ME | July 1983
Description by Steve Bleecker:
Harry Nelson had recently come from KFRC, and I got the call to “get my ass” (his words) to JBQ to do mornings! Almost as soon as I arrived… he left for Fargo, N.D. and JBQ’s FORMER PD, Brian Phoenix was called back to JBQ, to resume as PD! In between Nelson and Phoenix – we all had the best fun! The fun stopped as soon as Phoenix got back – he ‘let me go’ in early Jan ’84, and it wasn’t pretty! I was on a medical leave of absence – hepatitis – when
he came to my apt. – to fire me – as I was so sick, already! That’s when I got completely out of radio!
Curator’s Notes:
Radio is often a cruel business and while one programmer may love what a particular jock brings to a station, another may feel entirely different. That’s the way the radio business has always been. My advice to anyone wanting to join this rather unstable career field is that he or she should understand that each programmer has his or her own preferences as to voice intonation, personality, etc. It’s not entirely arbitrary and it’s not always fair, regardless of government employment rules.
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“Today’s 93.1 FM” WPAT Patterson NJ
First, let me share a quick memory. Around the time this was recorded, perhaps earlier, I was driving down the NJTP, headed back to Norfolk, VA. The radio in my…
Jerry St. James, WDRQ Detroit | August 1977
From contributor Paul Ford, Here is great aircheck from WDRQ 93.1 FM in Detroit... August 1977 with Jerry St James. Truly representative of many one-man morning shows at the end…
