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…
Ken Gilbert, 102.9 WDRC-FM Hartford | June 17, 1989
Courtesy of Contributor "Mr. 70s", Paul DiMarco, here's a pristine quality recording of my friend Ken Gilbert on the old "Big-D 103" oldies station. The recording is so good, in…
Eric Cheney, 94.5 WZOU Boston | February, 1985
Eric Chaney WZOU Boston First posted several years ago and now restored, this very short clip of Eric Chaney on the old WZOU brought back lots of memories! This is…
Lee Sherwood, 93 KHJ Los Angeles | January 29, 1981
Perhaps the most striking part of this world premiere COUNTRY KHJ aircheck of Lee Sherwood is just how smooth he was! RKO General couldn't have picked a better person to…
Hawk Harrison, WYHY Nashville | 1990
Coming to you via the fabulously enormous Contributor Robyn Watts collection, here's a selection from "East Coast Airchecks" Tape #32 entitled "Hot Night Jocks". Hawk Harrison is no Coyote McCloud,…
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…
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.
