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Tag: New York
Bruce Morrow, WABC New York – 1969
There’s something about Cousin Brucie. People either loved him or weren’t crazy about him. Here’s Bruce Morrow at the peak of his popularity on WABC. Notice how fast Morrow is talking. Its hard to keep up with the pace of this show. And, that’s exactly what this is. A SHOW! There are more commercials and…
Dan Ingram, 77 WABC New York | Summer, 1969
…”Its time now for my name!!!” Big Dan Ingram is the highlight of this aircheck, recorded on a sunny, 80 degree day. Its the Summer of Love 1969, and Ingram is as irreverent and witty as ever! Listen how Dan Ingram weaves in and out of songs, sings along with commercials, and creates an atmosphere…
Bob Dayton, 101.1 WCBS-FM New York | 1978
It’s been a while since we posted a new WCBS-FM aircheck, and we think this one will delight longtime fans of the ‘Golden 101’! This goes back to 1978. Bob Dayton (WABC, KBLA) sounds warm and personable, and CBS-FM is playing all the great songs from the 50s, 60s and early 70s. This is the…
Lee Douglas with Elton John aka “EJ the DJ”, WXLO 99X New York | Summer 1975
Sir Elton John apparently was an accomplished DJ among his other talents! At least, he was after this raunchy appearance on the Mighty X! Its the Summer of 1975. “Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart” and “Philadelphia Freedom” were a year away from becoming Elton John’s mega-hits. But with a slew of rock classics under his…
NYC/Hudson Valley Composite, 1975-1977
Courtesy of longtime Contributor Alan Fletcher, here’s a composite of AM and FM stations in New York City and the Hudson Valley region. It spans a time period from sometime in 1975 to 1977. There’s so much packed into this 30 or so minutes of assorted audio its difficult to write all of it here,…
Robin Marshall on WPIX 102 New York | Autumn, 1987
WPIX blew through several different formats in the 80s, before finally ditching the WPIX call letters and settling on Smooth Jazz. Towards the end, it was a soft AC station. This is a perfect example of what SOFT AC really was. Very few stations go this soft today. Owned and operated by Tribune Broadcasting, the…
Lisa Taylor, Paul “Cubby” Bryant, WHTZ Z100 New York | January 1999
Thanks to longtime contributor Matt Seinberg @ Big Apple Airchecks comes this original recording of Z100! To us, this sounds unremarkable, albeit unmistakable Z100. This larger-than-life station still sounds good on this somewhat fuzzy recording (although the audio quality is pretty good), but there are so many slow songs it’s hard to think of this…
Jim Kerr, Morning Drive, WPLJ “Power 95” New York | November 1987
Another step in the evolution of WPLJ 95.5, at the time of this aircheck known as “Power 95”. For a time, ABC corporate actually changed the calls to WWPR, but it’s still ‘PLJ here. Notice the “WPLJ New York” Legal buried in a stopset. Jim Kerr is a capable morning jock, and this, thankfully, is…
