The Terry Knight Show on WEAM 1390 Arlington VA | January 1964
Here’s one that will make you go WOW!… Terry Knight on WEAM - this sounds like a big station, and being that it is in the now-Washington Metro market, it probably was back in ‘67. But at only 1,000 watts, who woulda thought?
Big town sound on the station that later would become WMZQ, Washington’s Country station. This relatively flea powered AM served the suburb of Arlington Virginia.
Apparently pulled right off the master reel, this comes to you in stunning audio quality for such an old aircheck. Runs about 5 minutes.
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How i miss WEAM radio. I grew up in Alexandria Virginia and WEAM radio was the one. I well remember the Jack Alex and Terry Knight show. Radio today, at least for me, has lost the flare of exiciting radio of the 50’s and 60’s. Many years ago i bought the full set of different radio shows on LP albums starting with 1956 to 1964. Like to have a CD of WEAM radio. Thanks for you site.
In Our Lords Service
John
WEAM was indeed a great station. There is also an aircheck of WEAM on ReelRadio. I was stationed in D.C. in 1964-1966, and we listened to WEAM all the time. Thanks to Airchexx for a great aircheck!
Richard
The WEAM “1964″ aircheck is interesting. However some correction is in order. First, this recording is from January 1965, not 1964. The “flea-powered” reference is not in order. The station operated with 5,000 watts day and night on two direectional patterns and placed city grade daytime over all of DC and most of the suburbs. Nights the lobe shot over DC as well and placed city grade over most of the city, with a null to the north. it was not 1,000 watts!
Great! Love to hear these old tapes!! Anyone have any Jack Fisher on WEAM? He was there in ‘64…
Again, Thanks!