Steven J Gray, WHQT Hot 105 Miami | August 1990
Miami's Hot 105, WHQT, came into being in 1985, when the station dropped it's Soft Adult Contemporary format, because audience was older than advertisers wanted. The station flipped to a…
Ingrid Schumacher FIRST MIDDAY SHOW, 104.5 CHUM-FM Toronto | September 1, 1999
Ingrid Schumacher was one of Toronto's longest serving radio personalities. From 1977 through 2017, she was on 104.5 CHUM-FM. From the AOR days, and through the CHR days. Right out…
Big Ron O’Brien, 102.7 KIIS-FM Los Angeles | August 29, 1992
For such a short aircheck, this one is packed with just Big Ron and his voice!
WXTU First Day On Air, 92 WXTU Philadelphia | September 12 1983
In 1973, Philadelphia’s WIFI 92 instituted a high-energy Top 40 format known as the Boogie Format with the slogan “Let’s Boogie.” It Philly’s first live FM Top 40 station. It…
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…
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…
Ed McMahon, 107.9 WXKS-FM Kiss-108 Medford (Boston) | April 6, 1994
This aircheck is part of a larger master aircheck composite featuring McMahon, Lisa Trexler (overnights?) and Dale Dorman.
John Summers, AM 1190 KLUV Dallas | 1998
The Mighty 1190 AM in Dallas is a legendary frequency. It was the Gordon McLendon Top 40 powerhouse KLIF in the 50s & 60s. Fairchild Industries kept KLIF going as…
