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Year: 2023
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Larry McKay & Dave Sebastian on 93 KHJ Los Angeles | December 1974
KHJ 93 Los Angeles – Larry McKay / Dave Sebastian – December 1974 Courtesy: Larry McCabe Back in the late 1960s & early 1970s, 93 KHJ was a Top 40 powerhouse in SoCal. It was so popular, “Boss Radio“ was practically the soundtrack of Los Angeles. For many years, “personality”Top40 radio—dominated by lots of…
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John B Gambling & Rambling With Gambling on 710 WOR New York | December 1947
WOR 710 New York – Rambling With Gambling – John B Gambling – December 1947 Courtesy: Howard Hoffman For 80 years, there was a Gambling hosting mornings on 710 WOR New York. Rambling With Gambling was a longtime morning tradition on the radio. Starting in 1925, John B Gambling did wakeup duty. in 1959,…
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Jerry Williams w/ Guest Bob & Ray, WBZ 50th Anniversary on WBZ 1030 Boston | September 24 1971
WBZ 1030 Boston – Jerry Williams – WBZ 50th Anniversary – Guest: Bob & Ray – September 24 1971 From the Alan Tolz Collection In 1971, WBZ Boston took a week and celebrated the radio station’s 50th anniversary. They invited many famous voices from WBZ’s past to be a part of this special week…
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Martin Block’s Make Believe Ballroom on 710 AM & FM 98.7 WOR New York | May 30 1965
WOR AM 710 & FM 98.7 New York – Martin Block – Make Believe Ballroom – May 30 1965 This aircheck features Martin Block & his Make Believe Ballroom on WOR New York. Martin Block landed on air in New York in 1934 at WNEW. Within a year, he was hosting a show called…
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Easy Listening WLRW 94 Champaign-Urbana | September 7 1969
WLRW 94 Champaign-Urbana – Easy Listening – September 7 1969 From the Bob Jones collection. No big personalities on this recording. This aircheck features old fashioned easy listening radio radio from the 1960s. WLRW-FM 94, from 1969. The station was easy listening, with lots of instrumentals, but there were a few songs on the…
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Hy Lit Hall Of Fame on WSNI 104.5 Philadelphia | December 1985
WSNI 104.5 Philadelphia – Hy Lit Hall Of Fame – December 1985 From the Thomas Gillan collection. If you know about the history of Top 40 radio, then you know the name Gordon McLendon. McLendon was the owner of 1190 KLIF, and was considered the man who perfected Top 40 radio on KLIF. In…
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Alan Polasky, 79 WFUN Miami | 1974
The year appears to be 1974. From contributor Alan Polasky, here’s one of his own airchecks. It’s been preserved very well, sounds just like it came from the studio skimmer machine. At under two minutes long, this sounds really good and is typical of how AM top 40 radio sounded in ’74.
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Dan Walker, 1240 WWCO Waterbury CT | 1979
Contributor Angello Vecchiarelli is an archivist of Waterbury and Naugatuck Valley radio stations. There is a page for Waterbury area stations on Facebook which includes WATR, WNVR, WNAQ and WWCO. Look it up if you’re interested in Waterbury area radio. Here’s one that our Contributor sent in over a year ago. It’s very short, but then…