Wow, What I wouldn’t give to hear more than just the 6 minutes-plus of this partly-scoped almost-perfect reproduction of Sue O’Neal on WXLO! Demonstrating that, even while in late 1979 this station had a bit of an identity crisis (couldn’t decide if they wanted to be AC “FM 99″ or Top 40 “99X” – you hear both), it still was a hot station to listen to! Contributor Ray Bozzanca enthusiastically writes:

“This is all I could find on her, wish I had more. Back in those days who knew some 30 or 40 years down the road that with technology you be able to have someone or even a large mass of people being able to hear what I recorded then! Back then also I was taping mostly for the music too.Its a little more of her than you have on the site.”

Trust me, Ray.. I do too. Sue once told your webmaster that she kept almost none of her old airchecks, so we rely on people like you, our contributors, to dig up those old recordings. Keep em coming!

Sue O’Neal on WXLO (FM 99) 99X New York is a post from: Airchexx.com

We get contributors from all over the world, it seems, and now thanks to Rene´ Bjorngaard, we get a superb recording of The Birdman and our site friend Sue O’Neal (WVBF / WXLO) from sometime in 1990.

Rene’ explains how he got this aircheck:

I am writing to you from Denmark in Europe (Yes, the European Union J ), and I have the last couple of month been digitalizing my collection of tapes, which most obviously contains Danish radioshows from the last 20 years or so. But However I felt over one special tape, which I almost forgot I had. It is an recording from N.Y radio WQHT from approximately 1990, which was
distributed over Europe by the astra satellite. Unfortunately I didn´t know what an special station I had access to, and therefore I only have this single tape L. The Dj´s on the tape is Tim Byrd, and Sue O’Neil. I have this session cut down to a regular aircheck, without music, but with
commercials with a total playtime of 23 min.

I find this totally amazing that American Radio was and still is very popular across much of Europe, and now with internet access, around remote areas of the globe. If you’re from anywhere outside of North America, we’d sure like to hear some of YOUR radio stations, especially if they broadcast in English.

Our special thanks to Rene’ Bjorngaard in Denmark for this really GREAT recording of Hot 97.

Recorded from Denmark Via Satellite: Tim Byrd & Sue O’Neal on WQHT “Hot 97″ New York | 1990 is a post from: Airchexx.com

New contributor Brian Redman emailed this in a few weeks ago – a reasonably hi-fi recording of Sue O’Neil on 99X. We’re not sure of the date but considering there’s ice and snow its a safe bet that we’re talking about the Winter of ’78.

At a whole 58 SECONDS long, this is the shortest aircheck on our site! This starts with a promo voiced by morning guy (and current Sirius host) Jay Thomas.

Quickcheck: Sue O’Neil on WXLO 99X New York | Winter 1978 is a post from: Airchexx.com