Back around Halloween 1983, I made a trip to New York City, and recorded several radio stations. I was hosting an afternoon radio show in Atlantic City, NJ. To help…
On July 1, 1987, America's first all-sports station was born as Emmis Broadcasting launched 1050 WFAN in the nation's No. 1 market. At the same time, a New York radio legend…
Station: WABC New York Frequency: 770 khz Format: Talk This aircheck features New York City’s Legendary radio personality Bruce "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, on his first night back at the radio…
This is another in our series of AM-Stereo airchecks. WNBC used the Khan-Hazeltine AM Stereo system and while the transmitting plant itself was finely tuned and well-processed by NBC’s top-notch engineers, heard on a (then) modern, wideband AM Stereo receiver, this sounds BETTER than modern processed FM stations!
Here's PART 2 in our series of AM-Stereo airchecks. WNBC used the Khan-Hazeltine AM Stereo system and while the transmitting plant itself was finely tuned and well-processed by NBC's top-notch engineers, heard on a (then) modern, wideband AM Stereo receiver, this sounds BETTER than modern processed FM stations!
Listen to how Crummey's banter and production skills make this show sound 100% live, local and relevant. This is quite amazing, especially when one realizes that in the mid-1980s, computer automation was still more than a decade away, and producing a show such as this required precision timing, quick thinking and a lot of cart (tape) machines!