Boston Sampler #1: WRKO / WVBF
Courtesy of Contributor Frank Davis, here's a wonderful composite featuring two of Boston's legendary Top 40 stations. It starts with Harry Nelson on WRKO, then moves on into the wierdest…
Chuck Knapp, 68 WRKO Boston | August, 1967
WRKO in 1967... the call letters scream Bill Drake, but in this aircheck, the signature Drake sound, and jingles, are not there. In fact, when WRKO launched, in March of…
Jerry Williams on WMEX 1510 Boston | 1964
WMEX 1510 Boston - Jerry Williams Talks About A New Group Called The Beatles - 1964 Courtesy: Alan Tolz Back in the early 1960s, WMEX cranked out the hits…
Magic Christian, 105.7 WVBF Framingham (Boston) | May 16, 1975
Contributor Max Power sent this one in recently and, while it's conspicuously low-fi (I think it sounds like it was recorded with a portable tape recorder held up to a car radio speaker), it's rare to hear both Magic Christian, AND mid-1970s WVBF!
Charlie Van Dyke FINAL SHOW on 1190 KLIF Dallas | 1979
KLIF 1190 Dallas - Charlie Van Dyke FINAL SHOW - 1979 Courtesy: Robert Nicholson If you know about the history of Top 40 radio, then you know the…
Jerry Williams Discusses Debt Collectors, on 1030 WBZ Boston | Fall 1969
WBZ 1030 Boston - Jerry Williams - Debt Collectors - Fall 1969 Courtesy: Alan Tolz Something a bit different. An aircheck of a legendary talk show host, on…
Charlie Van Dyke, on 1190 KLIF Dallas | December 1978
KLIF 1190 Dallas - Charlie Van Dyke - December 1978 Courtesy: Robert Nicholson If you know about the history of Top 40 radio, then you know the name…
Harry “Bud” Nelson on 1300 WRBC Jackson, MS | 1972
WRBC 1300 Jackson - Harry "Bud" Nelson - 1972 1300 WRBC was one of the Top-40 stations serving Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1960s & 70s. One of the…
