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Tag: 1986
Bill Houston, 1380 WNAQ Naugatuck CT | Winter, 1986
Who says small market radio was boring? Contributor Ray Bozzanca recently sent this (in two parts) that he received on reel from the subject of this aircheck, Bill Houston. Among the great things that this shows, AM Stereo sounded great (and so did the processing – someone should congratulate whomever was CE at the time!),…
Willie B. Goode, 95.5 WPLJ New York | October 10, 1986
Power 95 is solidly CHR, but not yet Mojo Radio. The jingles will remind you that 95.5 was once WABC-FM, and looking back listening to this, its obvious that ABC was in some way trying to re-create the MusicRadio 77 magic on FM. At least to some small degree. Willie B is heard on part…
The Aircheck Factory Presents: The Z-104 Tapes – RELOADED
Originally provided on CD by Norm Miller, here’s a fantastic look at WZYQ Frederick & WZYQ-FM Braddock Heights, a station that ended up in recent years a simulcast of Washington DC’s Z 104. This compilation spans an entire decade from 1975 to late 1984. It’s introduced by voiceover king, programmer and fabulous jock Charlie Van…
Harley Davidson Demo, WHYI (Y-100) Miami | 1986
This, apparently, is an edited demo tape probably done by HD himself. How these things get into the pipeline of airchecks floating around is anyone’s guess, but this surely was good enough to get any gig he wanted!!! This begins and ends with a Y100 jingle. In between is some really great material. Very tight…
A sample of AM drive on 1050 WHN New York | 1986
In the waning days of Country music at WHN, here’s a look at how mornings sounded just before the end. By 1987, WHN would be gone, having flipped to All-Sports as 1050 WFAN, which would move the next year in what was known as the big switch, down to 660 upon the expiration of WNBC.…
Brett Summers on 97.5 WONE Akron | August 1986
We don’t have much information on WONE, but we do have one aircheck from 1986. Here’s Brett Summers recorded in the month of August. Anyone with memories of this station, or who knows anything about the jock, please comment below.
Composite: WLNR Lansing | December 1986
Here’s a nice look at an Urban AC recorded in the lead up to Christmas ’86. What more can anyone say about soft Urban AC other than… it’s quiet. Compare that with some of the alleged Urban AC stations today and you’ll be amazed how much the format really has changed.
WNPQ Canton “Quick 96” | August 1986
Included on a cassette with other northeast Ohio airchecks posted recently was this composite of Rock formatted WNPQ. I’m sure some of our visitors remember, but we can find nothing on the web or elsewhere to indicate the history of this station. Wikipedia (we like this a lot) has only this information on WNPQ: WNPQ…
