1986 – Airchexx.com

Bryan Roberts, 93.1 KKHR Los Angeles | April 6, 1986

Sep 24, 2021

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in 93.1 KKHR, Bryan Roberts, Los Angeles, Nancy Plum

From the latest box of cassettes from contributor Nancy Plum is this excellent quality double-sided recording of 93.1 KKHR Los Angeles. This aircheck is from the end of the Top 40 format and there are changes heard on this tape to the format which could have lead some to suspect the station was going to…

Glenn Colligan & Scott Mason, 1150 WMEX Boston | Sometime, 1986

Jan 29, 2021

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Steve West

in 1150 WCOP, 1150 WMEX, Boston, David Boucher, Glenn Holligan, Scott Mason

You’ll hear two very capable jocks here. Glenn Holligan is the jock holding down the show from the WMEX studios and Scott Mason is broadcasting on-location from Hallissy Chevrolet in Lowell.

EJ (Joe) Crummey Produces and Co-Hosts the Wolfman Jack Show, 66 WNBC New York | February, 1986, Part 2

Oct 18, 2020

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Steve West

in 660 WNBC, Gary Blau, New York

Here’s PART 2 in our series of AM-Stereo airchecks. WNBC used the Khan-Hazeltine AM Stereo system and while the transmitting plant itself was finely tuned and well-processed by NBC’s top-notch engineers, heard on a (then) modern, wideband AM Stereo receiver, this sounds BETTER than modern processed FM stations!

EJ (Joe) Crummey Produces and Co-Hosts the Wolfman Jack Show, 66 WNBC New York | February, 1986, Part 1

Oct 17, 2020

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Steve West

in (EJ) Joe Crummey, 660 WNBC, Gary Blau, Lee Chambers, New York, Wolfman Jack

Listen to how Crummey’s banter and production skills make this show sound 100% live, local and relevant. This is quite amazing, especially when one realizes that in the mid-1980s, computer automation was still more than a decade away, and producing a show such as this required precision timing, quick thinking and a lot of cart…

Jim Collins for E.J. Crummey Overnight, 66 WNBC New York in AM Stereo | August 18, 1986

Oct 13, 2020

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Steve West

in *Featured Jocks, 660 WNBC, Gary Blau, Jim Collins, New York

The subject of THIS aircheck is the great Jim Collins, who would soon after this was recorded, be part of the WNBC Time Machine.

Mike Raub, 1450 WJBX Bridgeport CT | July 19, 1986

Sep 12, 2020

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Steve West

in 1450 WJBX, Bob Gilmore, Bridgeport CT, Mike Raub

The recording is in mono, but in very high quality mono, suggesting that this was recorded using a typical widebanded AM receiver available in the 1980s.