We’re up to Part 5 of Reunion Day. It’s the second hour featuring Race Taylor and Joey Kramer with special guests. This gets very emotional in spots. Joey B. calls in for his guest segment.[…]
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Category: Big Apple Airchecks
WPLJ Reunion Day, Part 4 feat. Race Taylor, Joey Kramer, Tony Banks & Heather O’Rourke | May 30, 2019
95.5 New York, WPLJ, Reunion Day, 2019, Race Taylor, Joey Kramer, Tony Banks, Heather O’Rourke, Pat St. John, the Big Montage
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Todd & Jayde in the Morning, Reunion Day, 95.5 WPLJ New York – Part 3 | May 30, 2019
“The best way for us to honor PLJ is for us to just do a great show”.
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Todd & Jayde in the Morning, Reunion Day, 95.5 WPLJ New York – Part 2 | May 30, 2019
This particular aircheck is the continuation of Part 1. Because of that, we’re going to use the same write-up that we used in the first one… but before that, we’ve got a few descriptions of[…]
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WPLJ Reunion Day, Part 1 – Todd & Jayde in the Morning, Hour 1 | May 30, 2019
95.5 WPLJ‘s next to last day broadcasting as a commercial pop music station. It was reunion day, as the station invited back dozens of people who worked on air at the various format variations of[…]
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Jay Thomas, 92.3 WKTU New York | September 1, 1983
The station at 92.3 has a rich history, going back to 1948 when it first signed on in the 48 mHz band. Since 1985, the station has more or less been some form of hard[…]
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Honoring WPLJ: Pat St. John, 95.5 WPLJ New York | August 28, 1975
This is a surprising aircheck. For those of you who remember WPLJ as a ‘hard rock’ station, this should dispel that myth. WPLJ was an Album Rock station. Or, “Progressive” as the purists would insist.[…]
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Bob Pittman, 66 WNBC New York | September 11, 1977
Here’s the current Chairman and CEO of iHeart Media, Inc. from his days as the Program Director of WNBC! Pittman’s resume is extensive and available elsewhere. Ironic that this recording shares another, much more infamous[…]
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Fast Jimi Roberts, 99.5 WGAY Washington DC | April 16, 1999
My name is Fast Jimi. New Radio Station, New DJ… The WGAY call letters were essentially history except for this first day or two. 99.5 was called “Jammin 99-5” right out of the box, but[…]
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Mike Waite, 105.1 WPJB “JB 105” Providence | March 22, 1979
Here’s a very short clip, too short even for the Top of the Hour ID. WPJB for a time towards the end of its reign as Providence’s Top 40 GIANT, branded itself “Music Power –[…]
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Don Geronimo, 95.5 WPGC-FM Morningside | March 19, 1980
WPGC Morningside. Well, they say its darkest just before the dawn. Or, in this case, the station was hottest just before the end. The station would eventually become an Urban Contemporary station and shed its longtime[…]
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Scott Woodside, 107.3 WRQX Washington DC | October 16, 1986
Often, airchecks arrive here with a slightly incorrect date. The only reason (outside of the music) that this was noticed was Scott Woodside’s comment about the Red Sox making a huge mistake the previous night.[…]
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