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Tag: 1978
QuickCheck: Terry Nelson on 64 KFI Los Angeles | 1978
Contributor J.R. Russ sent this in back in 2008 and it’s a superb aircheck from the days when KFI and KHJ were duking it out, along with KTNQ – “The new Ten-Q”! FM was making inroads, but in L.A., the biggest format, arguably, was AOR.. and its own battle of stations KMET and KLOS. But…
Al Bandiero, 98.7 WXLO New York: Sometime 1978
Fans got to hear Bandiero on 101.1 WCBS-FM in New York during one of their recent Radio Greats Weekends, which we plan to post sometime soon. Now, check out this GREAT, albeit somewhat short aircheck of the Italian Stallion on 99X! This is a high-quality recording, so sit back and relax, as the top 40…
Bob James, 1220 WGAR Cleveland | February 3, 1978
Date of Recording: February 3, 1978 Contributor: Big Apple Airchecks Station: 1220 WGAR Cleveland Featured Air Talent: “The Real” Bob James Aircheck Entry: 1,400 Comments: WGAR (AM) was the flagship station of Nationwide Communications. Like many of the national radio ownership groups at the time, Nationwide placed emphasis on high quality broadcasting, personality driven stations…
Imus in the Afternoon, 1420 WHK Cleveland | December 4, 1978
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 after this particular recording. Got…
Mike Waite, 105.1 WPJB Providence | October, 1978
Date of Recording: October, 1978 (Exact date unknown) Contributor: Big Apple Airchecks Station: 105.1 WPJB Providence RI Featured Air Talent: Mike Waite (WPJB, WROR) Aircheck Entry: 1,396 Comments: A very short clip of Mike Waite from 1978. WPJB “JB-105” was a station way before its time. Engineered, audio speaking, to sound louder and more crisp…
Steve Michaels; Dan Mason, WPGC FM/AM Morningside MD | November 1978 and December 23, 1978
Date(s) of Recording: November, 1978 & December 23, 1978 Station(s): 1580 WPGC & 95.5 WPGC-FM City of License: Morningside MD, serving Metro Washington DC Format: Top 40 Featured Jock(s): Steve Michaels, Dan Mason Contributor(s): Big Apple Airchecks Lee Chambers Aircheck Entry: 1,383 WPGC FM and AM Morningside! Hello, just after Twelve Noon with Dan Mason…
Judge Harrigan, WAVZ New Haven | July 7, 1978
Sounding like the East Coast version of Dr. Don Rose, Here’s Judge Harrigan with one liners, traffic reports, time checks and the hits – all the ingredients you’d expect from a major market morning show, but this is LOCALISM done right! On this particular day, there was a power outage in East Haven, and ConRail…
Jackson Armstrong, 1020 KTNQ Los Angeles | December, 1978
Jack Armstrong is on top of his game in this, a 2004 donation to our site by Matt Seinberg at BigAppleAirchecks.com. Right off the bat, the gorilla is right there with Jack and the fun starts from the first song! Armstrong is doing the morning show this particular day. Too bad he wasn’t around 10…
