Ron Stevens, 105.5 WQGN (Groton) New London | 1986
Here's another from Contributor Paul DiMarco (Mr. 70s, as he's known at his "Totally 70s Radio Network"). This is our very first entry from New London, CT. It was CHR…
Gary Owens, 910 KEWB Oakland CA | July 7, 1959
The career of Gary Owens was so long, and filled with so much success that the written work about him fills volumes. Gary Owens is heard here at almost the…
Tony Prince, 1520 (199 Meters) Radio Caroline North | March 1, 1966
Here is a slightly restored (to remove noise and enhance the fidelity) aircheck of Tony Prince, donated to us by Russ Horton. There is a huge connection here, in that,…
Donnie Simpson, 93.9 WKYS “Disco 93” Washington DC | 1979
This blows by in less than four minutes but is a good representation of what evolved into the Washington DC market's biggest Urban station. Seemingly every major market had one…
John London, 101.3 KDWB Twin Cities | July 15, 1995
Welcome to Airchexx, where we feature some of Radio's Greatest Hits! There are some in our audience who remember CHR in the 90s like it was yesterday! Here's one that…
Mark Simone, 77 WABC New York | July 21, 2007
For those who never heard this show, WABC added this program right after WCBS-FM dropped oldies in favor of the "Jack-FM" format, trying to capitalize on the tremendous heritage that…
Steve Bleecker, WJBQ (98 JBQ) Portland, ME | July 1983
Description by Steve Bleecker:
Harry Nelson had recently come from KFRC, and I got the call to “get my ass” (his words) to JBQ to do mornings! Almost as soon as I arrived… he left for Fargo, N.D. and JBQ’s FORMER PD, Brian Phoenix was called back to JBQ, to resume as PD! In between Nelson and Phoenix – we all had the best fun! The fun stopped as soon as Phoenix got back – he ‘let me go’ in early Jan ’84, and it wasn’t pretty! I was on a medical leave of absence – hepatitis – when
he came to my apt. – to fire me – as I was so sick, already! That’s when I got completely out of radio!
Curator’s Notes:
Radio is often a cruel business and while one programmer may love what a particular jock brings to a station, another may feel entirely different. That’s the way the radio business has always been. My advice to anyone wanting to join this rather unstable career field is that he or she should understand that each programmer has his or her own preferences as to voice intonation, personality, etc. It’s not entirely arbitrary and it’s not always fair, regardless of government employment rules.
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Jerry St. James, WDRQ Detroit | August 1977
From contributor Paul Ford, Here is great aircheck from WDRQ 93.1 FM in Detroit... August 1977 with Jerry St James. Truly representative of many one-man morning shows at the end…
