Month: November 2019
Memphis Composite: 56 WHBQ, 68 WMPS & 1070 WDIA | Summer, 1972
This is probably the definitive aircheck of the Mid-South during the Summer of 1972.
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Ken & Granny Emma; 98.7 KNUS Dallas | November, 1972
…what more could I possibly write about a station that’s so good, RKO General even copied its DJ style!
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Jim White / Tommy Kramer on KNUS 99 Dallas | 1972
This went up a very long time ago… 2005, to be exact. But short as the description is, the aircheck itself is timeless. K-News 99, the CHR/Album Rock hybrid owned by McLendon was an accidental success. Today, this station is the legendary 98.7 K-LUV
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Howard Hoffman, 77 WABC New York | January 1980
In late 1979, the winds of change were blowing through MusicRadio 77 WABC. People were spending more time listening to FM radio, and the once mighty WABC, was seeing it’s numbers drop. WABC management thought changes were needed save the station. One […]
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Dale Dorman & JoJo Kincade, Kiss 108 WXKS-FM Boston | 1983
From the late 1970s, until today, Kiss 108 WXKS-FM Boston has been a Pop music powerhouse. Starting as a Disco formatted station in the late 70’s, the station evolved into an Urban Contemporary format, then by 1982 to continued to […]
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Greaseman, DC101 WWDC Washington | 1985
There are three radio personalities, who normally work alone, who have blown me away with what they can do on the radio. All 3 make it look so easy. First is Gene Shepherd, who would tell stories on the radio every […]
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Salute to American Radio, BBC Radio 1 London | July 4 1976
- 1000 WCFL
- 101.1 KRTH
- 102.7 WNEW-FM
- 1150 KIIS-AM
- 1600 WWRL
- BBC Radio 1
- Casey Kasem
- Jeffrey Troy
- Larry Lujack
- Wink Martindale
- Wolfman Jack
In the mid 1960s, there was nowhere easy for British youngsters to listen to rock ‘n’ rollers like The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones. Commercial radio wasn’t yet an option, and the guardians of the publicly-owned British Broadcasting Corporation considered […]
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FINAL Dan Ingram Radio Show, 101.1 WCBS-FM New York | September 16 2007
I’m warning right up front, that this aircheck is a little hard to listen to. It’s Dan Ingram’s final radio show. WCBS-FM had returned to it’s “modified Oldies” format 3 months earlier, after the Jack FM debacle. Dan was invited back […]
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Dan Ingram FIRST SHOW, 101 WCBS-FM New York | October 19 1991
If you grew up in the metro New York City in the 1960s, or 70s, you probably listened to Dan Ingram. He hosted afternoon drive on WABC for 20 amazing years. (He also hosted morning drive for one year, but everyone […]
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A Sample of KPTY “Party Radio @ 103-9” Phoenix | September 12, 1998; 7:25 – 8:10 PM
The station wasn’t around very long – 1997-2000, but it did make it’s mark on the Phoenix market.
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Elliot & Woodside, Q107 WRQX Washington | December 31 1982
Jim Elliott & Scott Woodside, first teamed up at Washington’s WPGC AM & FM in 1978, and they quickly became a sensation. For most of their eight years together, Elliott and Woodside enjoyed high ratings and were each believed to be […]
The dreaded “WABC Disco Era!” Many people consider this the beginning of the end of Musicradio 77 WABC. In December 1978, the new Disco 92 WKTU defeated WABC in the Arbitron ratings. It was the first time an FM station had beaten […]
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