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Author: Steve West
Al Dixon, 1600 WAPX Montgomery | February 24, 1975
Over 40 years ago, little R&B station WAPX made national headlines when a group of Muslim terrorists took over the station, tried to incite a Muslim uprising and then had a shootout with police. October 12, 1974, to be precise. You can read all about that right here. One of the men who was taken…
Peter Ross, 102.9 WDRC-FM Hartford | February, 1972
This begins at the tail end of a newscast, the announcer doesn’t give his name. Then its right into music on the Peter Ross show! Here are the things to notice on this aircheck: Dick Robinson, who was HUGE on WDRC, voicing a Railroad Salvage spot. Robinson is the founder of the “Connecticut School of…
Peter Dean, 101.9 WTMX Chicago | June 12, 1992
Mix 102 is your ticket to Summer Charlie Van Dyke is the imaging voice for this Hot AC station known as “Mix 102” Licensed to Skokie, Il., you’re listening to the Mix Morning show with Peter Dean. The source tape had no date associated with this recording, but it’s former president George H.W. Bush’s birthday,…
Jeff Bannister – “The Power of Love”, 1310 CIWW Ottawa
What’s the story with Ottawa’s 1310 AM? Well, it was a music station for much of it’s life, the last music format being Oldies. Heard here in 1987, it is a Gold-Based contemporary music station, playing mostly 70s music but pulling from the 60s and the 80s, as best we can tell. Today, the station…
Bob Hopa, 101.1 WHOT-FM Youngstown | August 5, 1987
You can win SUPER CASH from Hot-FM-101! Or, Stick It and Win! Lots of contesting, as was the norm at so many CHR stations by the end of the 1980s. Bob Hopa is in the air chair for this tightly scoped three-minute glimpse of WHOT. This is very short, and there’s not much to write…
Sebastian Morning Show, 106.9 WCCC “The Rock” Hartford | July 23, 2007
…”Good morning, what’s your addiction?” We profile this Hartford CT morning show now, where the main topic is prescription drug addiction. The topic starter is steroid use in sports but moves on. Also, Harry Potter, and more. It’s the only morning show featuring FAMILY VALUES (chuckle)… 106.9 WCCC – The Rock! Aircheck by Steve West
Airchexx Talent Spotlight: The Career of Tom Birch
If someone asked me if I would be doing full length interviews with old jocks, I’d have laughed them right off a cliff. Who, me? Airchexx.com is all about posting airchecks. This DOES feature the latest Tom Birch aircheck, the beginning of it scattered in and about this interview, which lasts 30 minutes. The rest?…
Dale Dorman, WODS “Oldies 103.3” Boston | February 21, 2009
A very tired sounding Dale Dorman and his raspy voice plays Boston’s Greatest Hits as the former “Oldies 103.3” plays out its last gasp of 60s music before shifting to a more modern Classic Hits format. Dorman had left the fulltime radio business after his final “Breakfast Club” morning show on September 15, 2008. This…
