Tag: 1979
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Rick Kelly & Glenn “FM” Stevens, 102.1 WAQY Wacky 102 Springfield Mass. | December, 1979
Advertisements **LISTENING LINKS FOLLOW DESCRIPTION BELOW** Over the years, it’s been increasingly difficult to obtain recordings of the old Top 40 station that preceded WAQY‘s Classic Rock format. Known as […]
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Al Bandiero on WKBW 1520 Buffalo | January 28, 1979
Advertisements **LISTENING OPTIONS FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION BELOW** Of all the recordings I kept over the years, only two have survived from the 70s. The first is a Chicago “Greatest Hits” […]
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Harry Nelson on 68 WRKO Boston | Summer 1979
Advertisements Credit, once again, our good friend Matt over at Big Apple Airchecks for this look at Boston’s legendary 68 WRKO! No I can’t give you an exact date on […]
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KFRC Station Composite, 610 KFRC San Francisco | 1979
Advertisements There are some radio stations that are considered legendary. WABC New York, WLS Chicago, KHJ Los Angeles, and I think KFRC San Francisco would be in that category. It […]
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“New Is…” Jingles, from Newsradio 88 WCBS New York | 1979
Advertisements If you are a radio geek (and if you were not, you probably wouldn’t be here) you have probably had a radio jingle package get stuck in your head […]
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Kevin Manning, 92.9 WZGC Z-93 Atlanta | 1979
This aircheck is important for two reasons. First, it shows off the incredibly high-energy of this format... same one used at the former WIFI 92 (92.3) Philadelphia around the same time.
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Chuck Leonard, 77 WABC New York | August 3, 1979
Advertisements This aircheck goes back to the final few years of MusicRadio 77 WABC. We find a lively Chuck Leonard playing the hits of ’79. WABC seemed to play a […]
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Don Brooks, 1540 WPTR Albany | 1979
Don Brooks is doing the morning show filling in for the normal morning guy Bob Woody, who this day is appearing on local television. WPTR was using a weather service called "Compu-Weather" and their morning meteorologist is Todd Gross... who calls in early in this aircheck talking with Don Brooks about his pick in the World Series game that evening.
