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.
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 lot…
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.
It's the“WABC Disco Era!” Many people consider this the beginning of the end of Musicradio 77 WABC. In December 1978, the new Disco 92 WKTU defeated WABC in the Arbitron…