Good radio knows no bounds, and our good neigbors to the north had an abundance of great radio stations with awesome talent.
Back in ’72, one can really get a feel for how radio worked, and still works in Canada – hits you won’t remember (for U.S. listeners) because they were Canadian artists, of which the CTRC, Canada’s radio regulating body similar to the U.S. FCC, mandated a certain percentage of. It actually works well for Canadian groups who otherwise would never even get a shot on American radio or labels. I digress.
This recording sounds like someone simply put a mic in front of a radio speaker. Didn’t we all do that at one time or another before we knew any better??
Date of Recording: July, 1964 Station: 1280 CHIQ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Featured Air Talent: Dave Mickey Contributor: Russ Horton Aircheck Entry: 1,441 Date of Contribution: 8.28.2016 Everybodys swingin and havin a ball on the Dave Mickey Show! Comments: The station once located at 1280 in Hamilton, Ontario is, and has…
How many ways can you use ONE shotgun jingle? Listeners who remember the great 99X WXLO do remember... except for one several month period in 1972 when 98.7 FM morphed into WXLO from the old WOR-FM, WXLO used just ONE shotgun jingle... for about four years. Why change something if…
Date of Recording: 10.xx.1989 Station: 102.7 KIIS-FM Los Angeles, California, USA // Branded as 102-7 Kiss-FM Format: CHR Featured Air Personality: Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton (WHTZ/KIIS-FM/WKTU/KBIG, others) Contributor: Anonymous Original Post Date: 10.14.2010 Airchexx Entry: 877 Curator's Notes: Sean (his real name) Hollywood Hamilton is one of America's most talented and…
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Good radio knows no bounds, and our good neigbors to the north had an abundance of great radio stations with awesome talent.
With hits from the Bee Gees, Paul Davis and Firefall, This was more like 78.
You’re right about the date….I was in grade 10 in 1972. Rick and I worked together in 1978
Amazing – I loved it.
Most of this is from May, 1979.
(Young drivers advert refers to Tuesday May 1 and Rod Stewart concert on May 6 – both happened in 1979.)