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Bill “Butterball” Crane on 1450 WVON Chicago | August 1967
WVON 1450 Chicago – Bill “Butterball” Crane – August 1967 This aircheck featured Chicago’s longtime R&B station, 1450 WVON. WVON was a “heritage” R&B station serving Chicago’s black community, launching in 1963. WVON featured great air personalities like Moses “Lucky” Cordell, Herb Kent “The Cool Gent”, E. Rodney Jones, Joe “Youngblood” Cobb, Pervis Spann,…
Ken Gilbert Interviews Eddie Money: 97.1 WZRT “Z97” Rutland VT | January 22, 1997
Back in 1997, Eddie Money was coming to Vermont… that’s news in and of itself! Ken Gilbert is caught here, interviewing the artist known for the hits, “Two Tickets To Paradise”, “Take Me Home Tonight”, “I Wanna Go Back” and others on Z97 (97.1 WZRT Rutland). The interview lasts about 2 1/2 minutes, then we…
Linwood “Cuzzin Linnie” Henderson on Soul 73 KKDA Dallas | May 7 1993
KKDA Soul 73 Dallas – Linwood “Cuzzin Linnie” Henderson – May 7 1993 Courtesy: Robert Nicholson Linwood “Cuzzin Linnie” Henderson spent 50 years on the radio in Dallas. Cuzzin Linnie came to Dallas in 1960, where he was an announcer for KKSN-AM 730, which would later become KKDA-AM. It was hard to cross…
Gus Saunders, 680 WNAC Boston | June 16, 1961
Unlike many of Boston’s “historic” radio stations, the story behind WNAC and it’s personalities isn’t quite as well documented as 680s later incarnation as Top 40 formatted WRKO. We know that Gus Saunders did news on WNAC for a time and we know from this aircheck that Roy Leonard was heard doing morning drive, although…
Frank Kingston Smith, 98.5 WROR Boston – The Tall Ships Arrive! | May 30, 1980
Here’s a real quick aircheck recorded by contributor Julian Porter, who was in Boston around this time period, recording radio in the Boston area. This was tagged on to the tail end of a cassette holding an hour of 94.5 WCOZ during the “New Wave” era at the then-AOR station. And that gives our viewers…
Jean Shepherd & The Red Ryder BB Gun (A Christmas Story), 710 WOR New York | December 24 1974
WOR 710 New York – Jean Shepherd – Red Ryder (A Christmas Story) – December 24 1974 Jean Shepherd was a writer, humorist, satirist, actor, radio raconteur, TV & film personality. He was a master story teller, who would take bits and pieces from his own life, and weave tales of his youth.…
Gary Byrd on 1600 WWRL New York | May 1973
WWRL 1600 New York – Gary Byrd – May 1973 Courtesy: Rob Frankel Through the 1960s, 70s, and into the 1980s, New York’s 1600 WWRL was the AM R&B leader. With a fast pace, slick jingles, & hip on air personalities, the station sizzled. Some of the jocks who worked st WWRL include, Bobby…
Rob Johnson on FM98 WJLB Detroit | September 1984
WJLB FM98 Detroit – Rob Johnson – September 1984 Courtesy: Steve Apel This aircheck featured Detroit’s longtime R&B station, WJLB FM 98. WJLB started out as an AM station, but as FM became more dominant, they moved the popular R&B format to FM. At the time of this recording, WJLB was winning…
