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Station Composite, 96.3 WMYQ Miami | 1974
From the short lived WMYQ Top 40 era, this composite is donated by Russ Oasis for use and archival here on Airchexx. It’s one of the best sounding airchecks in terms of sound quality that we’ve heard – and the jocks are some of the best in the business at that time! Just listen.
Don Kelly, Anything Goes on K101 KIOI San Francisco | December 1973
KIOI, known to it’s listeners as K101 FM, was owned by engineering graduate and broadcasting magnate James Gabbert. It was a rather wild station. They had what could be best described as an adult top 40 format with a deep, deep playlist where you would hear all kinds of music. The station was very successful…
Jocko Henderson, Radio Greats Reunion on 101 WCBS-FM New York – | 1991
“It’s your engineer, Jocko, your Ace from Outer Space, way up here in the stratosphere! Back on the scene with the record machine, sayin’ oop-pop-a-doo and how do you do?” -Jocko Henderson Douglas “Jocko” Henderson, also know as “The Ace from Outer Space,” was one of the most unique jocks of the 1950s & 60s.…
Jimi Fox, KFMB-FM B-100 FM San Diego | August, 1975
The New B-100-FM was so new, the ink had barely dried on station letterhead. At least in the radio world of 1975, when FM radio still hadn’t reached parity with AM. But it was getting close. This was Bobby Rich‘s B-100. The original “Better Boogie” station. The one that de-throned 1170 KCBQ in 1977. B-100…
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,…
