Gary Franklin, Hot Hits 106 WMAR-FM Baltimore | Summer 1983
One of the great “Hot Hits” ™ formatted CHR stations of the 80s was Mike Joseph’s creation in Baltimore. Today’s “Mix 106.5” got its start as WMAR-FM, an incredibly…
Ed McMahon, 107.9 WXKS-FM Kiss-108 Medford (Boston) | April 6, 1994
This aircheck is part of a larger master aircheck composite featuring McMahon, Lisa Trexler (overnights?) and Dale Dorman.
John Summers, AM 1190 KLUV Dallas | 1998
The Mighty 1190 AM in Dallas is a legendary frequency. It was the Gordon McLendon Top 40 powerhouse KLIF in the 50s & 60s. Fairchild Industries kept KLIF going as…
Steve Garren, First Show, HitOldies – The Greatest Hits of 5 Decades!
I brought Steve Garren over from Total Hits USA
Neil Fox, 95.8 Capital FM London | July 1994
Until the 1970s, the British airwaves belonged almost exclusively to the BBC. However, the British government eventually decided to open the country’s radio environment to commercial stations in 1972, and…
Don Cannon, WIFI 92 Philadelphia | 1981
In 1973, Philadelphia’s WIFI 92 instituted a high-energy Top 40 format known as the Boogie Format with the slogan “Let’s Boogie.” It Philly’s first live FM Top 40 station. It…
Big Ron O’Brien, 98.1 WOGL Philadelphia | February, 2004
This is the first of what appears to be dozens of original recordings featuring Big Ron O'Brien.
Pat Dawsey, Z-Rock 106.7 WZRC Chicago | February 1987
Back in the mid-1980s, many Rock radio stations were ignoring songs on the harder end of the Rock music spectrum. This left the door open for Z Rock to…
