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Tag: 1987
The Real Bob James on The Time Machine – 66 WNBC New York | May 28, 1988
These airchecks keep popping up, seemingly out of nowhere. Given that the Airchexx curator has been doing WNBC Time Machine recreations for the past two years it’s little wonder. This gem comes from Bob Gilmore’s collection. This likely originated with former, now deceased, WNBC engineer Gary Blau, who made dozens of STEREO recordings from the…
Chuck Leonard, WRKS 98.7 Kiss-FM New York | November, 1987
Courtesy of Big Apple Airchecks, here’s Chuck Leonard (WABC, WQEW)and a reasonably short scope (just a few breaks) of Mr. Leonard and a lot of historically significant advertisements. The imaging isn’t over the top here, but the music was certainly edgy for its time. If you remember 98.7 Kiss (they DON’T call it Kiss-FM here)…
Nancy Plum, KFI AM 640 Los Angeles | March 23, 1987
Every aircheck tells a story. What listeners remember years later isn’t always what the station sounded like at the time they remember. For me, the most memorable time at KFI was the “Amazin’ AM” Top 40 era, which basically ran from 1978-1984, part of those years in Stereo. But THIS version of KFI? Airchecks of…
Dale Parsons on the WNBC Time Machine | December 1987
By 1987, WNBC had figured out that the audience actually increased when the station started playing a regular diet of Oldies. What had started as an experiment earlier in 1987 by Big Jay Sorensen was given a green light to go semi-full time, Weekends and Overnights. The Time Machine, simply put, was a nearly perfect…
End of 1050 WHN / Launch of WFAN New York – Format Change. Dan Taylor & Suzyn Waldman | July 1, 1987
On July 1, 1987, America’s first all-sports station was born as Emmis Broadcasting launched 1050 WFAN in the nation’s No. 1 market. At the same time, a New York radio legend ended as 1050 WHN went off the air. Over 15 years, WHN had become a Country Music legend in New York city, with names on…
Pat Dawsey, Z-Rock 106.7 WZRC Chicago | February 1987
Back in the mid-1980s, many Rock radio stations were ignoring songs on the harder end of the Rock music spectrum. This left the door open for Z Rock to fill the void. Z Rock was a nationally syndicated radio network that played hard Rock & Heavy Metal music, from 1986 to 1996. The format…
Jim Collins, The “Time Machine”; 66 WNBC New York | September 5, 1987 8:50-10:20 AM
Lots of 1987 commercials, reverb and PAMS jingles, resung for WNBC, to give this station an unmistakeable WABC sound – all WNBC needed was the WABC jocks to make it complete.
End of Electric 106 & Eagle 106 Launch, WTRK & WEGX Philadelphia| March 13 1987
In the 1980’s, Philadelphia’s 106.1 FM seemed cursed. No matter what Cox Radio put on the frequency, nothing seemed to work. In 1981, it was WWSH Stereo 106, playing a mix of Beautiful Music & Soft Adult Contemporary. It had an audience, but that audience was older than station management wanted. 1982, The format was…
