Gary McKee, 94.1 WQXI-FM 94Q Atlanta | March 15, 1986
Courtesy of Contributor Robyn Watts, from California Aircheck (tm) tape #S-80 of May 1986. "Do you get the feelin' these people snuck in and took a look at our checkbooks...?"…
Lon Thomas, WARM Power 99-7 Atlanta | March, 1986
When this station started playing top 40, it was called "WARM 99", but in March of 1986 the name changed to "Power 99-7". The call letters in the beginning were…
Launch Day, 100.7 WXXP Pittsburgh | June 15, 1986
Nothing like an aircheck with no historical reference... Given that the tape that this was recorded on only lists this aircheck as having been recorded in June of '86, we…
Short Composite: WHK Cleveland | June 1986
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…
Denny St. John, 1050 KOFY San Francisco | June, 1986
Here's an interesting aircheck of a radio station which did much to promote itself, not only as an Oldies station playing music from the 1950s, but as a daytime only…
William B. Williams Farewell: WNEW 1130 New York, Part 3 – August 3, 1986
From Ira Warren Patasnik, the third segment of this great tribute to legendary WNEW broadcaster William B. Williams, who passed away of complications from colon cancer on August 3, 1986.…
610 KFRC San Francisco: The End of Top 40 | August 11, 1986; 3:00 – 6:00 AM
Public affairs programming ends and overnight jock Jack Silver picks up where the station always did at 3am - playing the best music. Only, on this particular morning, the playlist…
Mal Vincent, “Dusty 45s”, 95 1/2 WMET Chicago | 1985-1987
Mal Vincent was a "supersub'. He would substitute for various DJs, usually at night. Scattered throughout a period of 4 years, he was on the air from 1983 through 1987.…
