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Composite: 1460 WAXC Rochester | 1974

Date of Recording: 1974 (exact date unknown) Station: 1460 WAXC Rochester, New York Featured Air Talent: Robert Craig Savage, Tom Birch, The Greaseman, Larry White Contributor: Steve Bleecker Date of Contribution: 08.09.2016 Aircheck Entry: 1,431 Comments: “That record is a thing of […]

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Chuck Ingersoll, 90.1 WGMC (Jazz 90.1), Rochester, NY | July 12, 2013

Description by Contributor Chuck Ingersoll: While he did a morning show at album rocker WCMF in the mid-to-late ‘70s and middays at MOR WSAY in the early ‘80s, both in Rochester, Chuck was always a big jazz fan, writing reviews and articles […]

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Chuck Ingersoll, 1370 WSAY, Rochester, NY | February 14, 1981

Description by Contributor Chuck Ingersoll: In 1980, Lew Dickey, Sr. purchased WSAY/1370 in Rochester, NY. For many years it had been one of two stations owned by Gordon Brown (the other in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga) that were notable for naming […]

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Chuck Ingersoll, 96.5 WCMF, Rochester NY | January 24, 1980

Description written by Contributor Chuck Ingersoll: The golden days of “underground album radio” were pretty much done by this time, and soon new ownership/management would clean almost all of us out of the WCMF album rock house. Features Jim Hooley, now a […]

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The Sound of 96 WCMF, Rochester, NY | 1979 Sales Demo

Description by Contributor Chuck Ingersoll: A promotional tape put together for the sales department of WCMF, album rock in Rochester, in 1979. Includes mornings Chuck Ingersoll with Blaine Schwartz and Jim Hooley on news, midday Bill Martin, Trip Reeb afternoon drive, Gary […]

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Chuck Ingersoll, 96.5 WCMF, Rochester, NY | August 22, 1977

New Contributor Chuck Ingersoll describes this first aircheck of 96.5 WCMF Rochester: It was getting near the end for underground album radio, but in 1977, the jocks at WCMF, Rochester still got to select and program their own music and shows. It […]

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Steve Bleecker, 1460 WAXC Rochester | Fall, 1977

The WAXC call letters in Rochester NY have been gone for so long they don’t even show up in the FCC’s historical database. Too bad, for a station that sounded this good. We’re in 1977 and Contributor Steve Bleecker sent this in […]

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Chris Bailey, WAXC Rochester | 1974

This aircheck has a few surprises for our listeners. Not only is Chris Baily a talented jock, but a famous one, as it turns out – Charlie Tuna. No, not THAT Charlie Tuna, a guy in Cleveland. Actually, the real story is […]

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Jessica Savitch/Rob France, WBBF Rochester | June, 1967

Here’s a slice of 1960s upstate New York gold, reverb and all! This is the old 950 WBBF (now WROC). This was obviously recorded on a wideband AM receiver – those were the norm back in the 1960s at a full 16khz […]

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