At just over 6 minutes in length, there’s not much that can be said about this short aircheck, other than it was an AM Oldies station in 1986 – a time when most AM stations had already quit the music race. Still, it sounds good, with a little thunderstorm static on the signal and a lake weather advisory.
Chip Binder starts this off, followed by Barb Lincoln.
Date of Recording: December 4, 1978 Contributor: Big Apple Airchecks Station: 1420 WHK Cleveland Featured Air Talent: Don Imus Aircheck Entry: 1,399 Send me to Cleveland... have you lost your MIND? The infamous words of Don "Imus in the Morning" upon his return to New York's WNBC about nine months…
In "1420 WHK"
Phil Gardner is celebrating his two year anniversary on WGAR, and judging from the outstanding audio quality, it might have been put out on vynl or something - either that or someone took exceptionally good care of their tape! Dick Clark even sent audio congratulations for Phil's show! Listen for…
In "1220 WGAR"
The unidentified jock in this clip sounds like he's having a good time, on a show called the After Hours Joint. This is full of rock segues (scoped, of course), and includes a great legal ID... something WMMS was always famous for.
In "Cleveland"
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Steve West is a 41 year veteran of broadcasting. His air work as a Jock and News Anchor includes six radio markets and over two-dozen radio stations. Steve is the founder of Airchexx.com and Hitoldies.net - All the BIG Hits!
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Chip Binder retired from radio in 1998 and works at a Cleveland-area bank.
Oh, how I miss WHK and the oldies they played. Sometimes hard to pick up in the Akron area during the evenings due to other stations interference but listening to Bill Schiel was worth it.
Since WHK was, at the time, owned by Malrite who also owned Z100 that would explain the similar imaging.
I give WHK a lot of credit for continuing to play music on AM in 1986 while others gave up years before that.
This aircheck includes a weather advisory. This is something most radio stations don’t bother with today especially after morning drive and in many cases it’s questionable if they will interrupt their morning show to inform the public with necessary information.
Thanks for the aircheck of WHK.