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Tag: 1976
Charlie Van Dyke with Rick Dees on 93 KHJ Los Angeles | 1976
If you haven’t heard this aircheck before, you’re definitely in for a treat. Memphians know that Rick Dees was a huge star at WHBQ around the time of this aircheck. And if you think he was good there, put Dees in the same studio as Charlie Van Dyke and you have a trainwreck… or the…
Fred Winston, Dick Saint & Doug Dahlgren, 890 WLS Chicago | March 12, 1976
…There’ll be no high today, sorry…. I’m high… no no no… I’m kidding. I wish I was high… no haha just kidding… If we had a ratings system, this would get four stars! Wait! Actually, we do! Try it. This aircheck comes to us from Ira Menacker via Matt Seinberg. Thanks to both of them.…
CKLW Windsor/Detroit “Million Dollar Weekend” | 1976
CKLW may have been Canadian, but it was likely the most creative and best station in the RKO chain. It’s also likely that the period of 1970-1976 was probably the height of “The BIG 8”. CKLW was a 50,000 watt music blowtorch covering most of Eastern North America… and it catered to interests in Detroit…
Phil Gardner, 1220 WGAR Cleveland | May 1976
Phil Gardner is celebrating his two year anniversary on WGAR, and judging from the outstanding audio quality, it might have been put out on vynl or something – either that or someone took exceptionally good care of their tape! Dick Clark even sent audio congratulations for Phil’s show! Listen for Phil Gardner’s rendition of Byron…
Johnny Driscoll, WCFL Chicago | 1976
Our newest Contributor looms large among legendary personalities John Driscoll was a popular (not to mention famous) jock in cities like Chicago and Miami, along with a few other places…he currently has his own voiceover website and even has his own archives – check it out at Voiceover America. The link leads to a section…
Bob “Vernon with a V” on 66 WNBC New York | Summer, 1976
Bob Vernon is heard on this great, mid-70s PM Drive show on the old WNBC. Notables on this aircheck: My favorite top of hour legal ID: “Fifty-Thousand Watts Clear Channel. This is the Flagship station of the National Broadcasting Company. Sixty Six, W N B C New York!” Talk about being proud as a peacock!…
Dennis Elliot, 94.5 WPEZ Pittsburgh | 1976
Some say that a radio station’s storied past helps to guide the station’s present. Whether or not that’s true depends upon the station and market. Today’s Classic Hits format at WWSW might pull from its history as one of Pittsburgh’s legendary Top 40 stations, WPEZ. This aircheck moves along at light speed, using a shotgun…
Jim Maddux, 1580 KDAY Los Angeles | March 15, 1976
Despite it’s years as a mainly R&B and Soul station, 1580 KDAY would earn it’s place in the sun as what could be termed the very first “Rock 40” format – some 8 years before WLS Chicago earned the format title. The format was relatively short lived, two or three years, from what I remember…
