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Month: July 2019
WPLJ 95.5 New York, End of WPLJ & Launch of K-Love | May 31 2019
May 31, 2019 was a day many New Yorkers will never forget. It was the day WPLJ went away. 95.5 WPLJ signed on the air in 1971 as an Album Oriented Rock station. By the late 1970s, the playlist had tightened a bit to New York’s Best Rock. WPLJ was very popular with that format.…
Jojo Kincaid, WVBF Framingham (Boston) | October, 1978
Jojo Kincaid has long been one of your webmaster’s favorites. Here’s Mr. Kincaid doing what he does best, and the tempo is so fast, the show so tight, it’s hard to keep up! The best Top 40 jocks were fast and this ‘check doesn’t disappoint! Recorded on a Friday night, Jojo Kincaid is kicking off…
Z100’s Sign On with Scott Shannon, WHTZ New York | Aug 2, 1983
“The new WHTZ! So new it’s still under construction as I speak!” August 2 1983 is a day that will go down in New York radio History! When 1983 started, there were no Contemporary Hit Music stations on FM in New York. By Summer 1983, both WPLJ & WAPP were moving away from Rock,…
Glenn “FM” Stevens, WAQY “Wacky 102 FM” Springfield MA | 1980
New contributor Paul DiMarco sends this original aircheck right off the source reel. We have a longer version of this which includes Ken Gilbert which was donated by Rick Kelly (northeastairchecks.com), but this particular copy is so clear and crisp its worth re-posting. Glenn “FM” Stevens was part of a tight-knit group of jocks who…
New York Area Radio Dial Scan | November 1983
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It’s November 1983, and it’s the weekend! You are driving around New York, as you tune around the radio dial. This recording is an example of what you would have head. I was driving around New York, and just tuning up & down the dial, and recording what I head. You’ll hear many of the…
Young & Elder in the Morning, 105.9 WGKX Kix 106 Memphis | June 10, 2003
Somehow, this airbrushed photo and straight from the skimmer machine recording escaped my attention all these years, only to reappear recently as I was going over a CD I thought contained a different set of historic airchecks. Here’s the Young & Elder show from the early Summer of 2003. At this point in the evolution…
Bob Gilmore, 1220 WNNR Hamden CT | July, 1987
Featured Air Personality Bob Gilmore donated this fascinating aircheck of a station that went silent on May 31, 2019 (as WQUN). It’s a Beach Party Weekend! Curator’s Notes: There are times when I really wish I could post an aircheck unscoped. This is one of those times. Here is AM 1220 Hamden, Connecticut, just a…
Dr. John Winston, 690 WAPE Jacksonville
There’s at least part of a news report by legendary newsman Terrance McKeever in this.
