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Category: Boston
Charlie Van Dyke, WRKO Boston | April 6, 1979
Date of Recording: 04.06.1979 Station: 680 WRKO (WNAC) Boston, Massachusetts, USA Format: Top 40 Featured Air Talent: Charlie Van Dyke (jock), Ed Walsh (News), Bill Rossi (Sports), Jordan Rich (Weather) Contributor: Bob Gilmore Date of Posting: 09.18.2017 Total Time: 28:24 (Telescoped) Airchexx Entry: 1,511 … WRKO at Seven Forty-Two. Got Tom Kasano on the phone……
J.J. Jeffrey/Chuck Knapp and the “Top 300 Best of All Time”, 68 WRKO Boston | October 20, 1967
Our good friend Bob Gilmore returns with another fantastic aircheck of old! It seems kind of odd that WRKO, a new station at this point, having flipped to Top 40 from the former WNAC earlier in the year, would be counting down the Top 300 Best of All Time – I mean, the Rock &…
Audrey Constant, 106.7 WMJX Boston | March 21, 1998
Date of Recording: 03.21.1998 Station: 106.7 WMJX Boston, Massachusetts, USA Format: Soft Adult Contemporary Featured Air Personality: Audrey Constant Contributor: Anonymous Airchexx Entry: 1,492 Comments: Not much to say about this just over 5 minute scope. Apparently recorded by someone putting a microphone in front of an FM radio speaker, this aircheck shows off Magic…
CHR Sample: 107.9 WXKS-FM Medford/Boston | August 20, 1998
Date of Recording: 08.20.1998 Station: 107.9 WXKS-FM Medford, Massachusetts, USA Format: Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) Station Owner: Jacor/Evergreen/Clear Channel Communications (iHeart Media) Contributor: Anonymous Airchexx Entry: 1,491 Kiss-108 wants to know, what did YOU DO last Summer? Comments: It seems that every decade, the trends in popular music rotate back to rock before rotating around…
Sunny Joe White, WXKS-FM Kiss 108 Medford/Boston | November, 1989
Date of Recording: 11.xx.1989 Station: 107.9 WXKS-FM Medford, Massachusetts, USA Format: CHR Featured Air Personality: Sunny Joe White (1954-1996) Contributor: Robyn Watts Comments: In the history of Boston radio, perhaps no other Program Director was as successful or famous as “Sunny” Joe White. Hired by Ritchie Balsbaugh to launch Disco “Kiss 108” in 1978 from…
Loren & Wally, 105.7 WROR Framingham / Boston | March 21, 1998
Date of Recording: 03.21.1998 Station: 105.7 WROR Framingham, Massachusetts, USA Format: Classic Hits Current Owner: Beasley Radio Group Featured Air Talent: Loren Owens; Wally Brine Contributor: Anonymous Comments: A staple of Boston radio since 1981, Loren Owens and Wally Brine have occupied the morning slot on the 105.7 FM frequency ever since taking over from…
104.1 WBCN Boston Says Goodbye, Part 3 | August 8, 2009
Date of Recording: 08.08.2009 Station: 104.1 WBCN (WBMX) Boston, Massachusetts, USA Format: Rock (Active/Modern Rock) Featured Air Personalities: Ken Shelton; Howard Stern Contributor: Jeff Lehman Comments: If you’ve landed here and are wondering what happened to WBCN’s internet stream, which they said would remain along with the WBCN Rock format on WBZ-FM HD2? Well, click…
104.1 WBCN Boston Says Goodbye, Part 4 | August 8, 2009
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For the third time this year, an iconic rock radio station in a major city is shifting formats: Boston’s 104.1 WBCN, “The Rock of Boston”, departed the airwaves on August 13th. The rock station had been broadcasting for 41 years. According to Billboard.biz, WBCN was a victim of CBS Radio’s desire to launch an all-sports…
