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Tony Blackburn on AM 1548 Capital Gold London, England | 1996
Capital Gold 1548 London – Tony Blackburn – 1996 Capital Gold launched in 1988 after the government urged broadcasters to stop doing AM/FM sumulcasts. The station ditched the Top 40 simulcast of Capital Radio 95.8 FM, and started playing Oldies, or “gold based” records. The station continues to air songs of the 70s &…
Martin Block & The Make Believe Ballroom on WOR AM 710 & FM 98.7 New York | April 11 1965
WOR AM 710 & FM 98.7 New York – Martin Block – Make Believe Ballroom – April 11 1965 Martin Block landed on air in New York in 1934 at WNEW. Within a year, he was hosting a show called “The Make Believe Ballroom.” Block borrowing both the concept and the title from West…
Frank Reed on 96X WMJX Miami | 1977
WMJX 96X Miami – Frank Reed – 1977 Courtesy: Mike McCann In the early 1970s, the 96.3 FM signal in Miami, was home to a very successful Top 40 station, known as 96 WMYQ. on October 1st, 1975, the station became 96X WMJX . The station chugged along unti April 1979, when the station…
Larry Kenny (FIRST SHOW) on 97 WYNY New York | September 3, 1979
WYNY 97 New York – Larry Kenny (FIRST SHOW) – September 3, 1979 WYNY 97 Had a decade run as an AC in New York from 1977 to 1987. It’s was a very successful in the late 70s & early 80s. The station dropped it’s all news service on January 1, 1977, and became…
Bob Shannon, 101.1 WCBS-FM New York | August, 1990
The late Bob Shannon (Don Bombard) is featured here in another never-posted anywhere before aircheck from PM drive, sometime in August, 1990. Phil Pepe has his picks for this week’s Yankees and Mets players of the week (so, we know it’s not March, as the recording was labelled), and there are other clues as to…
Sid Mark & The Music Machine, on 96.5 WWDB Philadelphia | August 20, 1989
WWDB 96.5 Philadelphia – Sid Mark – The Music Machine – August 20 1989 If you grew up in Philly and were a Sinatra fan, you knew Sid Mark! He was a legend with his Friday with Frank and Sunday with Sinatra programs. In Philadelphia, and nationally for more than 60 years, Sid Mark…
Ken Gilbert, Morning Drive, 97.1 WZRT “Z-97” Rutland VT | August 9, 1995
From the Ken Gilbert collection, here’s another Z-97 aircheck from Ken’s box of tapes. Ken Gilbert has been on New England radio stations for half a century! (don’t tell him I put it that way, he think’s he’s still 21!). The list of stations he was on include WDRC AM & FM Hartford, WAQY Springfield,…
Ron Lundy, Midday Show, MusicRadio 77 WABC New York | March 18, 1980
Courtesy of Contributor Steven Green, here’s an excellent quality recording of the legendary Ron Lundy, just being himself on 77 WABC. It may be 1980, but WABC is still the top 40 station everyone grew up with. That would change later in the year with the addition of Yankees baseball, which displaced night driver Howard…
