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Month: August 2019
The “Next To Last Aircheck” with Ross & Wilson, Final Day Musicradio 77 WABC New York | May 10 1982
I think everyone has heard “The Last Aircheck” from the final three hours of Musicradio WABC, with Dan Ingram & Ron Lundy, before the flip to talk. I call this aircheck, the “Next To Last Aircheck. It’s the hour before the Ron & Dan show, with Ross Brittain & Brian Wilson, acknowledging it’s the…
Chuck Leonard, MusicRadio 77 WABC | Summer, 1979
A lively Chuck Leonard plays the Disco hits of ’79 on MusicRadio 77.
Dan Ingram From Final Week on 77WABC New York | May 3 1982
This is kind of a bittersweet aircheck. It’s from the final week of MusicRadio 77 WABC. At this point in WABC’s history, you can feel the changes coming to the station. You had a sports talk show in the evening, Alan Colmes, who would soon become the station’s morning host, doing talk…
Bruce Morrow, 77 WABC New York | May, 1969
Many remember Cousin Brucie from his days at CBS-FM. Certainly, he sounded fantastic there! Our older visitors will likely vividly remember Bruce Morrow as the evening personality at WABC. While WABC was nearly always nicely polished, Bruce Morrow’s night show was, well, not quite as polished in its presentation. But Cousin Brucie’s personality more than…
Bill Mack, KWFT 62 Wichita Falls TX | August 3 1957
Not many radio DJs have a Grammy, but Bill Mack does! Radio personalty & songwriter Bill Mack penned the song “Blue,” which became a big song for Patsy Cline in 1958, & a smash hit in 1996 for LeAnn Rimes. He has also written songs for George Strait, Dean Martin, Ray Price, Jerry Lee Lewis and George…
Dan Ingram, 77 WABC New York | January 2, 1968
In many ways the popularity of WABC rose and fell with the Beatles arrival and their breakup in 1970
Norm Gregory, KJR 95 Seattle | May 1971
KJR Channel 95 was Seattle’s dominant Top 40 station, from the 1950s, through the 1980s. Big promotions, big personalities, and the biggest songs of the era were featured on KJR. Some of the names that were on KJR include Larry Lujack, Pat O’Day, Dick Curtis, Lan Roberts, Scotty Brink, Norm Gregory, KJR Channel…
Ross Brittain, WTRK Electric 106 Philadelphia | October 1986
What if Mike Joseph, the architect of the Hot Hits format, tried to compete against his own station? In Philadelphia, we didn’t have to wonder. We heard it first hand. WCAU-FM was the leading CHR station in 1986, leaving the #2 Top 40 station, Z106 WZGO, way behind in the dust. Cox Radio, owner…
