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Month: October 2019
John Lander & The Q Morning Zoo, KKBQ 93Q Houston | Fall 1989
There are certain 1980s Top 40 radio battles that are legendary. WFLZ vs. Q105. CHUM vs CFTR. Z100 vs WPLJ. One of those battles involved Houston’s 93Q KKBQ, against KRBE. it was a fierce battle. John Lander led the Q Morning Zoo 93Q to dominate over Glenn Beck & KRBE in the…
Jean Shepherd, 710 WOR New York | Sept 21 1969
Even if you think you’ve never heard Jean Shepherd, you have! If you have ever seen the movie, “A Christmas Story,” you’ve heard Jean Shepherd! Jean wrote the story, and also narrated the movie as well. Jean was a story teller. Every night, on KYW in Cleveland, then on 710 WOR New York, Jean would…
K-Earth 101 KRTH Los Angeles | June 1976
There was a time when it was common to hear the music of the 1950s on the radio. Back in the 1970s, KRTH Los Angeles was primarily a 50s Oldies station. In 1972, there was a switch to what was then called a “gold” format, featuring older hit songs from the past. At…
Rick Shaw & John Mack Flanagan on 610 KFRC San Francisco | October 10, 1976
Here are over 15 minutes of pure 1970s KFRC heaven! If WABC New York is considered the greatest Top 40 station of all time (on the East Coast), then 610 KFRC has to be it for the West. Actually, west coast Top 40 was significantly different than it’s east coast counterpart, so in this regard,…
Batman Batphone Secret Number Promo, 93 KHJ Los Angeles | 1966
Soon after the TV show, Batman, debuted in January 1966, 93 KHJ Los Angeles ran a promotion with the series. As Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) themselves announced on the radio, the lucky fan who could guess the secret 7 digits of the famous red Batphone that Commissioner Gordon used to contact the…
Harvey Holiday FINAL SHOW, 98.1 WOGL Philadelphia | December 12 2018
This may not count as a classic aircheck, because it is from 2018, but it does feature a classic Philly jock. Harvey Holiday spent more than a half century on air around the Delaware Valley. in the 1960s, he was on air on the outskirts of Philadelphia, at stations like WRAW,1340 in Reading,…
Gerry Bledsoe, RL16 WWRL New York | January 1 1977
R&B formatted WWRL New York featured some very big names pass through it’s doors from 1964 to 1982: Reggie Lavong, Hal Jackson, Hank Spann, Bobby Jay, Tommy Smalls, known as Dr. Jive, Eddie O’Jay, Frankie Crocker, Gary Byrd, Chuck Leonard, sportscaster Art Rust Jr. and Gerry Bledsoe. A singer & songwriter,…
Fred Winston, 89 WLS Chicago | 1983
Fred Winston began his career on Chicago radio as an afternoon DJ spinning the hits on AM 89 WLS in 1971. After almost six years there, he started his trek all across the Chicago radio dial, with stops at WMAQ, WFYR, WCFL, back to WLS, WJMK, WLUP-FM, WPNT-FM, WXXY, and WJMK/WJMK-HD2. Fred has…
