Captain Whammo, 95.5 WMET Chicago | 1978
The audio player directly below will play the telescoped, but long, complete aircheck tape as originally digitized at Big Apple Airchecks. The video is the short edited version. The story…
Captain Whammo, WMET Chicago | April 1978
DESCRIPTION WCFL on 1000 AM was a 50,000 watt radio station owned by the Chicago Federation of Labor. WCFL aired a Top 40 format from 1962 to 1976, when the…
Cat Simon, 95.5 WMET Chicago | February 6, 1985
The Noise is gone... About this aircheck: This was apparently recorded within the first few days of a major format change at WMET. For many years, 95.5 was owned by…
Greg Brown, 95 1/2 WMET Chicago | March 20, 1977
Here's a long scope of Greg Brown on the old WMET Chicago. Original jingle package, classic mid-70s Chicago commercials and the cool sound of Greg Brown. At this point in…
Format Change in Chicago: WDHF Becomes WMET | December 1, 1976
Description by Contributor Keith Teicher: Here's the call letter change over from WDHF to WMET, Chicago on 12/1/1976. Note in the first stopset after the change the wrong jingle is…
Composite: 95 1/2 WMET Chicago | March 1977
Who knows what became of this 1970's FM competitor in the Windy City? Certainly, there's plenty of personality on 95.5 FM (including ol' Captain Whammo aka Jim Channel), but the…
Mal Vincent, “Dusty 45s”, 95 1/2 WMET Chicago | 1985-1987
Mal Vincent was a "supersub'. He would substitute for various DJs, usually at night. Scattered throughout a period of 4 years, he was on the air from 1983 through 1987.…
Wild Bill Scott, KFRC AM/FM San Francisco | June 24, 1994
Wild Bill Scott was a radio pioneer who was credited with creating the "Z-Rock" Rock Radio Network. He was best known as a radio personality who worked at mainly hard rock stations across the U.S. including Chicago's WLUP and WMET, along with the legendary KROQ "K-Rock" in Los Angeles. He's heard here on the relatively short-lived KFRC AM-FM Oldies simulcast.
