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Month: May 2013
Robert Murphy, 101.1 WKQX (Q101) Chicago | January 1984
The competition was incredible, and so was the air talent heard every morning in Chicagoland during this, the heyday of FM CHR! Courtesy of Robyn Watts’ fabulously wonderful collection, we bring you Robert Murphy and his style of morning show on WKQX. This is another incredibly high-fi recording from Midwest Aircheck, so turn up those…
Dick Biondi, WBBM-FM (B96) Chicago | January 1984
Who woulda thought Dick Biondi would still be doing Top 40 some 20+ years after his first gig at WLS? This is Chicago’s BIG CHR B96! Biondi is… well all i can say is it starts out a bit slow, at least for him. Just an opinion, mind you, but considering the various morning shows…
Morning Madness: Jonathan Brandmeier on 97.9 WLUP-FM Chicago | January 1984
And now, what finished off WLS’ personality rock format for good! By 1984, WLUP was THE king of rock stations in Chicago (and by 1986 the grand experiment to turn the rockers into talkers by moving the most popular personalities to AM 1000 WLUP-AM was ON!). Brandmeier is heard here starting his morning show on…
CK Cooper on 103 1/2 WFYR Chicago | 1984
This one will take you way back, way before Jammin’ Oldies, way before Classic Rock, AOR and Active Rock and back when RKO General still owned “Fire”! It’s Monday morning and CK’s first day on the job. His first official change… no more Monday mornings, now they will be called Tuesday-A. You get the picture.…
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…
John O’Brien; The “Memorial Day 500”, 102.1 WAQY Springfield | May 24, 1987
An original recording from Webmaster Steve West, here’s John O’Brien (WCCC, Bax & O’Brien WAQY Morning Show) counting down the biggest songs of the Classic Rock era. Packaged as the Memorial Day 500, WAQY attempted to capitalize on Nascar’s Indy 500 stock car race.. and it worked, as far as I could see at the…
Memphis Composite – WHBQ, WMPS, Others | September 2, 1972
Well… Look what we found lurking on the back of a KLIF tape… Dueling Top 40 stations 56 WHBQ (RKO General) and 68 WMPS (Plough)! Imagine the surprise hearing this tape. Rob Grayson, where are ya! This is from before the Memphis appearance of Rick Dees, before FM 100 was Top 40… even before FM…
Jim White / Tommy Kramer on KNUS 99 Dallas | 1972
KNUS 99 – 98.7 to be exact, was McLendon’s FM powerhouse. Originally slated to be an all-news station, and almost never to be because Gordon McLendon almost sold it in the 60s, KNUS turned out to be the SECOND successful Top 40 station, right behind (and later surpassing) sister KLIF 1190. Here’s two great jocks…
