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Month: May 2020
Sergio Dean,107.5 WBLS New York | September 1983
Sergio Dean was one of those unsung heroes of NY radio. He came to New York after programming ZBF in Bermuda. He spent almost 30 years on air in New York, with much of that time in morning or afternoon drive. He started at WWRL in the 1970s as Program Director & AM drive. He…
Big Ron O’Brien, 102.7 KIIS-FM Los Angeles | August 29, 1992
For such a short aircheck, this one is packed with just Big Ron and his voice!
WXTU First Day On Air, 92 WXTU Philadelphia | September 12 1983
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 performed fairly well for many years. When 98.1 WCAU-FM debuted its Hot Hits format in October 1981, which caused WIFI’s ratings to fall as WCAU-FM quickly grabbed most of…
Barbara Sommers, 99FM WUSL Philadelphia (KISS 99/Power 99 FM) | Dec 27 1982
Here is a rare aircheck of WUSL Philadelphia, before it had become Power 99 FM. The station flipped from Country, to Urban in Oct. 1982, with the new name KISS 99FM. WKSZ Media/Philadelphia, which had not yet signed on the air, had planned to use the name KISS 100. WKSZ went to court & was…
Herb Kent, WVON 1450 Chicago | February 1965
Herb Kent, “The Cool Gent,” spent decades on air, most of that time in Chicago. His radio career started in 1940s, and went right to the day he died in 2016. In the 1940s, Kent received his first paid radio job at WGRY in Gary, for $35 dollars a week. He went on to work…
Ellis B Feaster & Pat Gray, B98.7 KBEE-FM Salt Lake City | January 1998
I’m always a bit embarrassed when sharing one of my own airchecks, but I figure if I’m sharing audio of everyone else in radio, I should share a few of my own. This is Salt Lake City’s KBEE B98.7. After leaving KRPM Seattle, I hosted mornings on KBEE from 1995 to 1998, with my friend…
Gary Burbank, The Big 8 CKLW Detroit | 1974
Gary Burbank was one of Cincinnati’s most beloved on-air personalities. But before he became a radio giant on WLW, Gary worked at some legendary stations on the way to Cincy. Burbank was one of the first white disc jockeys at Memphis’ groundbreaking R&B station, WDIA. In the late 60s, Gary landed a gig at…
Bill Houston, 1380 WNAQ Naugatuck, CT | September 1, 1985
The quality of this recording is outstanding. In fact it’s so good, it may be the best AM stereo off-the-air recording ever made!
