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WVON 1450 Chicago – Bill “Butterball” Crane – August 1967 This aircheck featured Chicago’s longtime R&B station, 1450 WVON. WVON was a “heritage” R&B station serving Chicago’s black community, launching in 1963. WVON featured
Back in 1997, Eddie Money was coming to Vermont… that’s news in and of itself! Ken Gilbert is caught here, interviewing the artist known for the hits, “Two Tickets To Paradise”, “Take Me Home Tonight”,
KKDA Soul 73 Dallas – Linwood “Cuzzin Linnie” Henderson – May 7 1993 Courtesy: Robert Nicholson Linwood “Cuzzin Linnie” Henderson spent 50 years on the radio in Dallas. Cuzzin Linnie came to Dallas
Unlike many of Boston’s “historic” radio stations, the story behind WNAC and it’s personalities isn’t quite as well documented as 680s later incarnation as Top 40 formatted WRKO. We know that Gus Saunders did news
Here’s a real quick aircheck recorded by contributor Julian Porter, who was in Boston around this time period, recording radio in the Boston area. This was tagged on to the tail end of a cassette
WOR 710 New York – Jean Shepherd – Red Ryder (A Christmas Story) – December 24 1974 Jean Shepherd was a writer, humorist, satirist, actor, radio raconteur, TV & film personality. He was
WWRL 1600 New York – Gary Byrd – May 1973 Courtesy: Rob Frankel Through the 1960s, 70s, and into the 1980s, New York’s 1600 WWRL was the AM R&B leader. With a fast pace,
WJLB FM98 Detroit – Rob Johnson – September 1984 Courtesy: Steve Apel This aircheck featured Detroit’s longtime R&B station, WJLB FM 98. WJLB started out as an AM station, but as FM
