This came to us on an unmarked cassette recorded on Maxell UR tape. Even listening all the way through, the jock doesn’t mention his name, the stopset is all national/brand spots with no identifying material to actually tell us what market… but they do mention Louisiana, and so a search of Q93 Louisiana gave us the call letters at least.

Perhaps someone can identify the jock and this station better. Your comments on this aircheck are greatly appreciated.

QuickCheck: A sample of KQID Q93, Alexandria LA | Sometime 1997 is a post from: Airchexx.com

Listen for old WTIX (AM) jingles, a playlist that’s literally all over the place, and a full network newscast from Doug O’Brien (WNBC, WINS).

Jay Douglas, WTIX-FM New Orleans | 1996 is a post from: Airchexx.com

This is the station that started out as an old-line NBC affiliate, WDSU. It was an important station in New Orleans back in the day, but at this point in time, after several call letter and format changes including CHR and News/Talk, a very popular Blues format was evolving. It was a good run, lasting until 2002 when owner Clear Channel Communications flipped it to All-Sports. Its now a Gospel station.

Enjoy this little AM station remembering it for what it was, just before consolidation and jockless formats. A nice, local sounding station serving a special community. One full newscast and Paul Harvey report included!

Blues 1280 WODT New Orleans | November 3, 1996 is a post from: Airchexx.com

Beebe would go on to greatness at such stations as 91X in San Diego, 66 WNBC New York, and elsewhere. Interestingly enough Beebe actually says his FIRST name on this aircheck. At other stations, he simply would introduce himself as “I am Beebe”.

Enjoy this, another historic broadcast brought to you via the services of Matt over at Big Aple Airchecks in New York – Thanks!

Allan Beebe, KNOE AM-FM Monroe LA | August 18, 1972 is a post from: Airchexx.com

You get one break, worth about 2 and a half minutes of the “other” Oldies station. Yeah, and WTIX was Oldies too. What were they thinking?

QuickCheck: Morning show on AM 990 WYAT New Orleans | October 1987 is a post from: Airchexx.com

This sounds like an Urban AC formatted station. Someone who remembers may be able to better fill us in on the details. We did manage to find a station logo… on the side of a station van pictured below.

Dale Spencer on WYLD FM 98 New Orleans | October 1987 is a post from: Airchexx.com

What an amazing staff this station had! Listening to WTIX from Memphis, Tennessee was just about unheard of due to the station’s night pattern but the evening that Katrina rolled in, they stayed on their daytime pattern using an emergency broadcasting rule that the FCC has on the books. These guys were the last stations on the air in New Orleans and stayed till the roof caved in and water destroyed the studios. Most of the full time airstaff who didn’t evacuate was there, and did an unbelievable job. As we used to say in the Navy…. Bravo Zulu!

The Ed Clancy Show on WTIX AM 690 New Orleans | October 1987 is a post from: Airchexx.com

Remember back in the days when WRNO transmit (sometimes) a simulcast of its FM rock station on Shortwave? I still remember the frequency. 15.420 Megahertz. Sometimes Hard Rock, sometimes Top 40 (I heard Casey Casem on it one time), sometimes religion especially towards the end of it’s life, and for about a year, the home of Rush limbaugh.

Anyway, this is not about the shortwave station, although it’s from the FM – SW simulcast era. It’s about the early Classic (active?) Rock era at 99.5 FM in the Cresent City. Today, WRNO IS Classic Rock and is owned by Clear Channel Communications. The Oldies days are long gone, and so is the Shortwave station.

This is short, about 4 and a half minutes, which technically makes it an official Airchexx.com QUICKCHECK… but it should remind everyone of the radio heritage that was in New Orleans for so many years!! And, check out the (way out of place but sounding good anyway) 70s era Top 40 jingles this station used infrequently. I always wondered if that was for the benefit of the Shortwave listeners or what???!!!

PM Drive on 99-5 WRNO “The Rock” | October 1987 is a post from: Airchexx.com

All was well back in ‘87 – and if you’re from the area, take a listen (if you’re not, listen anyway!). It’ll bring back some happy memories from before last year’s hurricane took it all away.

Ben Cooper in the Morning on WEZB New Orleans’ Power Station B-97 | October 1987 is a post from: Airchexx.com

On this aircheck, WWL is in it’s second week broadcasting under the collective umbrella of parent company Entercom Communications, LLC and Clear Channel New Orleans (click HERE for a sample TOH ID) – operating in a limited partnership arrangement called “United Broadcasters of New Orleans“. The studios are located in Baton Rouge, LA. Virtually every broadcasting facility in the New Orleans area was destroyed in the hurricane, and the programming on WWL is being simulcast over the few remaining radio stations still broadcasting in the area – broadcasting with a transmitter on emergency power with no studios available to originate content.

As demonstrated on this aircheck, WWL / United Broadcasters are virtually the only communication for the people who are left stranded in the desolate New Orleans area. Its an example of the power of radio (AM in particular) that can get the word out when all other media fails.

Public Service Programming on 870 WWL / United Broadcasters of New Orleans | September 8, 2005 is a post from: Airchexx.com