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Category: 980 KFWB
Wink Martindale on 980 KFWB Los Angeles | June 2 1965
KFWB 980 Los Angeles – Wink Martindale – June 2 1965 This aircheck, features 98 KFWB, and Wink Martindale. If you were not from southern California, you may not have known Wink spent many years as a radio personality. Martindale was an exceptionally talented DJ, who was frequently seen on national game shows. He…
B Mitchel Reed, 980 KFWB Los Angeles | Summer, 1967
This recording is from Reed’s second tour of KFWB in the Summer of 1967.
Elliot Field on 98 KFWB Los Angeles | January 9 1959
KFWB 98 Los Angeles – Elliot Field – January 9 1959 From 1925 to 1950, KFWB was owned by Warner Brothers. (In the open of the video, I mention they also owned KDWB & KEWB. I later learned that was incorrect) By 1956, KFWB was purchased by Crowell-Collier Broadcasting, and two years later in…
Wink Martindale, 98 KFWB Los Angeles | 1965
**LISTENING LINKS** Click below to hear this aircheck UNSCOPED – FULL AIRCHECK Click below to hear this aircheck TELESCOPED Click below to view this from the Airchexx Classic Radio YouTube Channel Description Wink Martindale is a well-known personality, not only in radio but as a TV game show host. In fact, Martindale has been part…
Wink Martindale, 980 KFWB Los Angeles | June 2, 1965
Date of Recording: 06.02.1965 Station: 980 KFWB Los Angeles Format: Top 40 Featured Air Personality: Wink Martindale (WHBQ, KFWB) Contributor: Big Apple Airchecks Post Date: 12.03.2017 Airchexx Entry: 1,530 The KFWB Principal of the Year contest has just two weeks to go!… Curator’s Notes: If you thought Wink Martindale seemed a little ‘stiff’ on the…
QuickCheck: Russ O’Hara, KRLA Los Angeles | June 12, 1969
1969 was a good year for Top 40 radio in Los Angeles. KFWB was still around, albeit more like a Middle of the Road station, 93/KHJ was at the top of it’s game, and then there was KRLA. Never the powerhouse hit station that other AMs were, past or future, it was a warm and…
Tom Konard’s “Aircheck Factory” Presents: Gene Weed, 980 KFWB Los Angeles | November 23, 1958
Date of Recording: 11.23.1958 Station: 980 KFWB Los Angeles (Slogans: “Color Channel 98”, “All News 980”, “The Beast 980”, “Desi 980”, “Mera 980”) Format (at time of recording): Top 40 Featured Air Personality: Gene Weed b 1935 d 1999 (WQAM/KFWB/AFRTS/Dick Clark Productions) Contributor: Anonymous (per request) Airchexx Entry: 1,484 Sixty-five degrees in the land of…
Bill Ballance, KFWB Los Angeles | August 19, 1959
Here’s one that barely needs any introduction. Bill Ballance was a legendary Deejay from the dawning days of AM Top 40 radio. The format hadn’t been around that long in 1959, but KFWB was on top of the ratings in those days. KFWB began doing Top 40 a year earlier, in 1958. Programmed by Chuck…
