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QuickCheck: Jackson Blue, WXKS-FM Medford/Boston | August 13, 2007
Several years while scanning around the FM band, WXKS-FM was coming in in near HD quality (the HD indicator was flashing on my Boston Acoustics receiver), which is pretty good for being 75 miles from Boston, and I thought it would be a good time to make a new recording of Kiss-108. It’s the Jackson…
Airchexx-In-HD: CHR 99.5 KPLX-HD2 Dallas | April 25, 2007
Here at Airchexx, we try to cover all the bases when it comes to documenting great radio. Whether its from the 40s, 60s, 80s or today, if it’s interesting, we’ll post it. Here’s one that shows great promise. It’s not quite ‘there’ yet, simply because there are no jocks. HD radio has such potential, except…
Dick Heatherton, WCBS-FM 101.1 New York | February, 1977
Date of Recording: February, 1977 (Exact Date Unknown) Station: WCBS-FM 101.1 New York Contributor: Big Apple Airchecks Featured Air Talent: Dick Heatherton Aircheck Entry: 1,406 Comments: Here’s our third aircheck featuring Dick Heatherton on WCBS-FM. Although the news is cut out of this recording, you hear the start and end of two newscasts. Bill Gilliam…
Quick Composite: KITS San Francisco | July 1983
Courtesy of Hot Hits(tm) collector Steve McVie, here’s a short, 5 minute composite of KITS. I’m struck by how these jocks are featured on so many different stations. Its likely that in this era (1978-1983), Mike Josephs had these guys go and launch the Hot Hits format in another market, and they’d move on to…
Pat Reynolds, 96.3 WBBM-FM Chicago | July, 1990
Date of Recording: July, 1990 (Exact date unknown) Station: WBBM-FM 96.3 Chicago Featured Air Talent: Pat Reynolds Contributor: Robyn Watts Aircheck Entry: 1,405 Comments: Its been quite a while since we posted something from the absolutely fabulous Robyn Watts collection but lets just say this was worth the wait! WBBM-FM’s nickname at this point in…
John Rhode, 590 CKEY Toronto | October 11, 1988
Date of Recording: October 11, 1988 Station: CKEY Toronto “Key 590” Featured Air Talent: John Rhode “The Breakfast Club” Contributor: Russ Horton Aircheck Entry: 1,404 Comments: New Contributor Russ Horton sent in a high quality unscoped recording of Classic Hits formatted 590 CKEY. Branded “Key 590”, the Classic Hits format was barely invented, in fact,…
Ron Lundy, 1430 WIL St. Louis | January 4, 1963
Date of Recording: January 4, 1963 Station: 1430 WIL St. Louis Featured Air Talent: Ron Lundy (WABC, WIL, WCBS-FM) Comments: Most remember Ron Lundy as the midday personality for most of the top 40 era at New York’s 77 WABC. As the story goes, Dan Ingram worked with Lundy in St. Louis at this very…
Kid Corona on KKFR “Power 92” Phoenix | 1993
Description by Contributor The original “Kid Corona” first hit the airwaves in 1989-90 as one of the premiere jocks on Southern California’s new Jammin’ Z-90/San Diego. After winning the nighttime battle against KKLQ-FM; Q-106, Corona was recruited by Edens’ KOY-FM; Y-95/Phoenix for the 6-10 p.m. shift at the height of the Phoenix CHR wars. In…
