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680 CFTR Toronto – AM CHR – | August, 1988

Nov 17, 2019

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You only need the two minutes spanning this sample of Toronto’s CFTR. It’s high-energy, late 80′s CHR at it’s finest… and in true Canadian style, on AM!

Art Vuolo on 102.9 WOIA Ann Arbor | May, 1967

Nov 15, 2019

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Steve West

in 102.9 WOIA, Ann Arbor, Art Vuolo, Robyn Watts

Art Vuolo is a radio historian. Vuolo has been producing VIDEO airchecks of most of the great Top 40 stations in existence since around 1978. Before that, Vuolo was a JOCK!

Wendy & Bill Show, 97.9 The Loop WLUP-FM Chicago | April 15 1996

Nov 1, 2019

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Ellis Feaster

in 97.9 WLUP, Bill Luff, Wendy Snyder

The Wendy & Bill Show, has become kind of an institution in Chicago. Wendy had worked on air at The Loop on & off since 1986. Bill is a Chicago-born actor, writer, comic, studied improvisation at Chicago’s Second City Theatre. He performed there and traveled with the improv group Joint Void, then made the switch to…

Charlie Van Dyke, CKLW The Big 8 Detroit (Winsor) | 1969

Oct 5, 2019

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Ellis Feaster

in 800 CKLW, Charlie Van Dyke

If you have ever watched TV news, you’ve probably heard Charlie Van Dyke’s voice. He is the “voice” of many newscasts & TV stations around the country. He is also the voice of EMF’s K-Love radio network, which is on over 500 radio stations. Before doing TV voiceovers & IDs, he jocked…

Bob Garrett, “Hot Hits”(tm) 98 Now WCAU-FM Philadelphia | November 26, 1982

Oct 2, 2019

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Steve West

in 98.1 WCAU-FM, Big Apple Airchecks, Bob Garrett, Philadelphia

First, a little history. Before the birth of what’s known today as WOGL, 98.1 was home to a heritage set of call letters and a trademarked hot Top 40 format which graced a dozen or so markets from 1977-1986. Mike Josephs’ “Hot Hits” format revolutionized the way the Top 40 format was presented. “Hot Hits”…

Brush Creek Follies, KMBC 980 Kansas City | March 1941

Sep 24, 2019

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Ellis Feaster

in 980 KMBC, Brush Creek Follies

If you’ve watched Ken Burns’ series, Country Music, you may have seen the episode where it featured live Country Western live performance shows going on at many radio stations around the country. Some of these shows, from the 1930s & 40s, include Nashville’s “Grand Ole Opry” on WSM, Chicago’s “National Barn Dance” on WLS,…