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Author: Ellis Feaster
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…
Norm Gregory, KJR 95 Seattle | January 1983
KJR Channel 95 was Seattle’s dominant Top 40 station, from the 1950s, through the 1980s. Big promotions, big personalities, and the biggest songs of the era were featured on KJR. Some of the names that were on KJR include Larry Lujack, Pat O’Day, Dick Curtis, Scotty Brink, Eric Chase, Bob Shannon, Dick Curtis, “World…
End of Eagle 106 & Launch of Smooth Jazz 106.1, WEGX WJJZ Philadelphia | March 12 1993
In the 1980’s, Philadelphia’s 106.1 FM seemed cursed. No matter what Cox Radio put on the frequency, nothing seemed to work. In 1981, it was WWSH Stereo 106, playing a mix of Beautiful Music & Soft Adult Contemporary. It had an audience, but that audience was older than station management wanted. 1982, The format…
Dan Ingram, 77 WABC New York | May 4 1982
This is kind of a bittersweet aircheck. It’s from the final week of MusicRadio 77 WABC. At this point in WABC’s history, you can feel the changes coming to the station. You had a sports talk show in the evening, Alan Colmes, who would soon become the station’s morning host, doing talk overnight, and…
Gary Franklin, Hot Hits 106 WMAR-FM Baltimore | Summer 1983
One of the great “Hot Hits” ™ formatted CHR stations of the 80s was Mike Joseph’s creation in Baltimore. Today’s “Mix 106.5” got its start as WMAR-FM, an incredibly high-energy hit music station that did, indeed, play all the hits. Rock, Pop, R&B, Novelty… if it charted, they played it. A true Top 40…
