Al Gates, Morning Drive, WRKO AM/FM Boston | June 19, 1967
Al Gates is featured in this excellent copy of then-new Bill Drake WRKO. Interesting items on this recording are reverb, which sounds fantastic and not overdone and a simulcast with…
Composite: 68 WRKO Boston | January, 1979
Date of Recording: January, 1979 (exact date unknown) Station: 680 WRKO Boston, Massachusetts Featured Air Talent: Charlie Van Dyke, Jordan Rich, Sandy Weaver, Eric Cheney, others. Contributor: Big Apple Airchecks…
QuickChexx: Chip Hobart, 68 WRKO Boston | 1974
Running about 3 minutes, Courtesy of Contributor Steve Bleecker, here's a short, clean, and well processed WRKO featuring Chip Hobart. I'm guessing the year 1974 here, since the tape came…
Dale Dorman, 68 WRKO Boston | 1973
... It's Monday Morning and it's going to rain And Cher's "Gypsie's, Tramps and Theives" is skipping!!!! Well... the Drake era has been over for a while, and Dale Dorman…
Dale Dorman, 68 WRKO Boston | July, 1971
And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dale Dorman! With that introduction by Bill Drake, Dale Dorman kicks off his morning show promptly at 6 am sharp, and the rest of this…
Chip Hobart, 68 WRKO Boston | 1973
Here's another glimpse of Early 70s WRKO with Chip Hobart at the controls. If you heard that WRKO was known as New England's Album Station, this is the proof that…
Chip Hobart, 68 WRKO Boston | Winter, 1972
"...However when (he) hit The airwaves in New England as CHIP Hobart on WRKO, he had Completely transformed himself "overnight", into this on air "Cool Cat..."
Chuck Knapp, 680 WRKO Boston | April, 1967
Tape recordings are an amazing thing. Someone hit the 'record' button at random, and at times, such as this, we get to hear something quite amazing. That this tape survived…
