Herb Kent, WVON 1450 Chicago | February 1965
Herb Kent, "The Cool Gent," spent decades on air, most of that time in Chicago. His radio career started in 1940s, and went right to the day he died in…
Ellis B Feaster & Pat Gray, B98.7 KBEE-FM Salt Lake City | January 1998
I'm always a bit embarrassed when sharing one of my own airchecks, but I figure if I'm sharing audio of everyone else in radio, I should share a few of…
Gary Burbank, The Big 8 CKLW Detroit | 1974
Gary Burbank was one of Cincinnati’s most beloved on-air personalities. But before he became a radio giant on WLW, Gary worked at some legendary stations on the way to…
Norm Gregory, KJR 95 Seattle | January 1983
KJR Channel 95 was Seattle’s dominant Top 40 station, from the 1950s, through the 1980s. Big promotions, big personalities, and the biggest songs of the era were featured on…
The Real Bob James on The Time Machine, 66 WNBC New York | 1988
By this point in 1988, the WNBC Time Machine had really got the format down to perfection.
End of Eagle 106 & Launch of Smooth Jazz 106.1, WEGX WJJZ Philadelphia | March 12 1993
In the 1980’s, Philadelphia’s 106.1 FM seemed cursed. No matter what Cox Radio put on the frequency, nothing seemed to work. In 1981, it was WWSH Stereo 106, playing…
Dan Ingram, 77 WABC New York | May 4 1982
This is kind of a bittersweet aircheck. It’s from the final week of MusicRadio 77 WABC. At this point in WABC’s history, you can feel the changes coming to…
Gary Franklin, Hot Hits 106 WMAR-FM Baltimore | Summer 1983
One of the great “Hot Hits” ™ formatted CHR stations of the 80s was Mike Joseph’s creation in Baltimore. Today’s “Mix 106.5” got its start as WMAR-FM, an incredibly…
