John Records Landecker Returns to 89 WLS | March 13, 1986
“…Somebody thought it MIGHT be a good idea to present still another broadcast in the never-ending story of John Landecker and his job…”
Wow! Picking up right where he left off in 1981 is the one and only John Records Landecker, starting the show with the ‘family music hour’ - a fancy name for a bunch of Oldies (which WLS had begun to backslide into by this time). Sure, the Big 89 is still a rock station but there’s way more talk than music in this show. Landecker has a new feature just about mid-way through this aircheck - notes from the day’s WLS staff meeting, which, as JRL notes, was his first in almost 5 years. And his commentary from the staff meeting, wherin he comments on PD John Gerhon’s reminder of all air personalities’ FCC responsibilities as public trustees and the first line of public information… absolutely PRICELESS!
This is a long aircheck, it’s in AM Stereo, but the separation isn’t all that great - hi-fidelity nonetheless, and you’ll really love going back and reliving the end of the music era at WLS, that while sad, was still an exciting time in 1986, before the station sank down into oblivion within the next year.
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A nice long unscoped aircheck of a night on WLS in 1986. It is just like being there.
Thanks.