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FWIW...It was MUZI Ford in Needham.....(Although only about 10
years old, I was a WBZ listener back in '68 :-) I didn't start listening to
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I loved "Welcome to Broadcast House!" My Dad is
featured on a few of the bloopers, and knowing the rest of the cast of
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I worked mornings at WSVP in late 1970 through the following
summer, when I moved to PRO. I wonder what happened to this particular Chuck
Morgan. I remember him being kind of a greaser who once started the studio
waste basket on fire. Jim Hooker, the GM, proceeded to have a "fire
sale," the promos for which made the station sound like the toilet it
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Interesting immitation of the Drake format on the Chuck Morgan
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:-) i WORKED @ wsvp IN 1972 as a "Charlie Morgan"
(Morgan a common KHJ type name) in mornings. I worked with Little Stevie
Hunter (from WBRU), Frank Malette, Dave (Saftel) D'Angelo, Bobby James, the
hippie PD, and Bill Martin (who went onto WMEE). We used to joke that WSVP
meant "we're sure very plastic"! The signal was local & we had
too many "progressive rock" cuts in with our Osmonds & Grass
Roots. I went to WNHC (fake Drake) & WAVZ (super Q)from there before a
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I always enjoy getting the opportunity to hear Dale Dorman. I
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WSVP was "consulted" by a few jocks from WRKO in the
mid 70's. It was quite a revolving door with folks like Ron (Buzz) Brindle,
Bill (Doc) Donovan, Dusty Brooks, Paul Resnick, John Scott, Jack Casey and a
"host of others" working at WSVP at one time or another. No mention
of the "Golden 1450" on this aircheck so I guess they were more CHR
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I wonder if this is the same Chuck Morgan who did mornings at
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I love the newsgoy on this aircheck...it's me! Those were the
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I'ts great to hear classic memories on WTFM N.Y. keep more
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Those good 70's in Mahopac,N.Y. WVNJ 100.3 Newark,N.J. at
midnight went off the air I was able to pick up WJRZ 100.1 Ship Botten ,N.J.
back then WJRZ was only 3,000 watts Long Beach Island,n.j. exit 63 :-) |
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IN the good old 70's living in Mahopac,N.Y. 60 mile north of
N.Y.City WDJF 107.9 The best jazz station Westport,Ct. would go off the air
at midnight I would turn my antenna east and Boom I would pick up WWEL in
Boston aka 1976 WWEL was sold in 79 WXKS KISS 108 Rules.WDJF NO LONGER now
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Sue O Neil was great on 99X WXLO Those were the day's and yes I
was an FM Dx'r Sue also sounded great on New Haven's Power house WKCI FM
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Jeff would like to hear from you. Trying to track down old
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This is an excellent aircheck.This aircheck sure brings me back
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Great to hear from Chet/Mike! I know Rog/TJ is hermitting in the
Gallup area, Rick Parry (with the "a") is still in the Schenectady
area, as are "our girls" Joanna, Pat and Marilyn, but does
"our" DeRosa really OWN a station in Fulton? As for Jerry
(Bottieri) Tyler, Paul (Don Bowers) Revere ... who knows. Any more airchecks
or pics of the (formerly) "Young Americans"??? |
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Isn't it amazing how an aircheck can instantly transport one
back in time. Wow... I remember the hijacking story featured in this
aircheck, in fact this is so familiar to me I feel like I was probably
listening this day. Quite a deja-vu moment!
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I was so looking forward to hearing the orangutan story and
"Larry Glick". I was a huge fan of his in the late 60's in northern
Ontario Canada. WBZ came through clearly most of the time. With Larry making
calls to castle owners around the world, etc etc.. Iloved the guy. Now, damn,
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hope todd and bill will be on in rhode island soon so we really
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:-)i would like to knoe where bill silvers is know and i think
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Larry Glick was the best. Today I was sharing some of Larry's
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this sight has some super air-checks.takes me back to my youth
of the sixties and seventies when radio was where it was at... listened to
the big top 40 stations in boston at the time wrko and wmex. i was very much
interested in to going into radio when i was younger and for a little while
worked or i should say spent my weekends at the local radio station in my
home town wesx in salem ma. a mighty 1000 watter/250 night operation.. i
attended the defunct grahm junior college for one year and had dreams of
becoming a big time radio personality. i wish i stuck with my original
plan... oh well such is life.. i am thinking of getting into radio on a part
time basis...who knows? like i stated you have some great airchecks on this
site... i really got a kick out of the wtym check... do you or anyone else
know who did the jingles... they are pretty good.. what co. pams ????
tm????gwin sound or whatever. i would be interested to know...what really
stood out to me is when the female voice announced "good music radio for
ladies and gentleman" it was so corny it's good....... keep up the good
work ... it is really cool to hear when radio was fun and exciting.. best ron
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Looking forward to hearing the old bunch again, including Bill
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Do you have any more info or airchecks from WSNY ...to
paraphrase Clayton Moore's Autobiography, "I WAS one of those 'Young
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Anyone know how to contact "Michael/Chet"? I worked
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I always liked the sound of WWDJ. I would do anything possible
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Sue O'neil was also on the former 99X in New York and Jammin
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This aircheck is a great piece of history, but unfortunately, it
illustrates why Mr. DeSuze should have retired in his prime, which would be
in the 60's.
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Okay, I was so excited about the walk down memory lane, I found
that I really am not at nycap.rr.rom (too many hours on the computer, of
course, it's .com)and you can find the other minor one.......oh the memories.
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I just have to share my thoughts and wonderful memories of WABY
radio in Albany. I really enjoyed reading Joe Condon's contribution and was
even inspired to drop him a line to tell him so. I was a devoted listener in
the 70's and never missed the Bobby Mitchell show. He and his cohort Rich
Murray provided endless hours of oldies which always included Elvis and lots
of Motown. It seens like only yesterday, but it truly was a life time ago.
Miss it always!!! I still smile at the WABY tower that looms over the Home
Depot plaza in Albany. :-)
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(drop x and 9 from email addy) In the early 60s, Bill
"Waddy" (From his initials) Diehl, an Ithaca College student (I
think) was on the WTKO staff. Bill beat us all out, ending up on WNEW in NYC
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Delete x and 9 from email addy. I was a Conneticut Hill operator
in '60 - '61, when the NERN stations were WRRC, WRRD, WRRA, WRRB, and
WRRE(?), east to west. The network feed was changed by hitting a reset button
and dialing a number on a telephone dial, and you usually could hear the dial
clicks over the air. Either they cleaned up the remote control system, or
cleaned up the aircheck. Also, the audio levels were usually a bit off from
each other. In my day, the Conneticut Hill operator announced the next
station. I don't think any of us were very good announcers. One morning, I
said "Oh damm" into the open mike when I got the feeds screwed up,
back when that was a major FCC sin, and everyone held their breath for a
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New York 1966, but the file name has 1967. my question is what year is it ?
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Surfed by to catch Joe Niagara, with whom I worked at WCAU-FM in
1975...but the error message says the link is outdated. Good airchecks of
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The station in Bloomfield CT that used to be country started
life in early 60s as WEXT (West Hartford) and later become known as WMLB. It
moved to Bloomfield on the same frequency when it went full time (was 1 kw
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The KHJ stuff is classic! I'm just finishing Ben Fong Torres'
book "The Hits Just Keep on Comin'" which highlights all the great
Drake jocks and their travels between east coast and west, with a few stops
in between. For those of us who went to school in Boston, this is exactly how
WRKO sounded in 1970-72. And it's also how the rest of us tried to sound on
our college stations. But without the personal guidance of consultants like
Bill Drake and Ron Jacobs, many of us missed the mark. Thanks for the
memories, once again, Rick.
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Bud Ballou, sounding quite different than his days in Boston
came to Denver in 1966 on KBTR 710am. I do not recall just how long he was
here but KBTR had him and several other DJ's in their line up to wrest
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Hi Great clip I remember listening to larry glick in the 70s. He
was great. I was wondering what He is doing now.The best show I remember is
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I love the site...especially the NYC and L.A airchecks...I have
been collecting airchecks for 15 years...If anyone has any airchecks that
made during from the 1960' to 1980's that were taped off
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Hi Rick - First, I really enjoy your site. Your recent
improvements made a good thing better. Now, I'm kind of dissappointed about
this month's airchecks. There are plenty of non-NE sites. Please stick w/the
Northeast, especially around the New York City metro region! Thanks again,
your pal - Steve
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I am trying to locate a polka that Bob Steele used to play on
the 20th of May- usually every year, entitled The 20th of May. Does anyone
recollect this and if so, know the name of the artist? I have been trying to
locate this for a while now with no luck. |
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What a great slice of Top 40 radio memorabilia! Thanks for
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Great eharing this from Alan Freed from 1955. He doesn't give
the call letters very often, but the localism is fascinating, all the local
schools and towns. Two of them are from Bermuda, where WINS and the other big
NYC AMs come in all day and night because of salt water path, nearly 800
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I enjoyed listening to Dannie on KB.....To this day KB Radio
still has the weird flange effect at night. My previous manager Bob Savage
told me that they signed on at 1480 am I believe originally and moved to 1520
and towers are still cut for 1480. You think they would fix this, if that
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Superb airchecks from those great stations in the past. Indeed
Howie on Caroline in 67/68 using the name Bud B. |
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I listened to Commander Glick for many years on BZ radio. I
recall a story about the drunk calling up the package store and placing a big
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Wow, talk about flashbacks. Great site. As time permits I have
been transfering old airchecks and tapes to CD's as the tapes are only good
for one or two plays. Is there interest in additional airchecks. I may have
early Greaseman cuts from Elmira, New York 1968-69? |
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I grew up in VT listening to WDOT. The station was one of the
great training "sandboxes" in the northeast. I await the site with
anticipation. Is thered that much tape of 'DOT around? |
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Interesting aircheck of the end of Hot Hits WFBL. Good sounding
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I am Mark Davis, former morning newsguy on WVBF, (also WMEX,
WEEI, WBZ) in Boston during the late 60's and 70's. I am now Chief Political
Correspondent and former anchor for the ABC-TV station in New Haven/Hartford.
The morning show host was the very talented Greg Aust, ( a/k/a/ "Austin
in Boston")formerly of KFI in Seattle. I have lost track of him but
please make corrections for the record.
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Great web site! Brings back a lot of GREAT memories! Too bad you
don't have anything from WBZ (AM) out of Boston in the early to mid sixties.
Carl DeSuze and Dave Maynard are part of my youth and were always
entertaining.
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If I recall correctly "Austin in Boston" was Greg
Austin (not David). He was also known as "Chuck McKay" on CKLW ...I
think he was fired twice from the big 8.
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Its always fun to hear my friend Clark. Actually he was WPOP's
second Bobby Branigan. The first worked there for only a month (Aug-Sept 69)
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This is a great site, just discovered it. I was a
"GLICKNICK" for years listening to WBZ all night long, and remember
the diferent bits Larry would play. My favorite was the "Graveyard
Marauder" when the private investigator was hidding in the green house,
during a storm, and the Frankenstien like creature showed up! |
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Actually FLY-92 did a automated version of a Drake-Chenault
Format(SoftRock) from late 75' till I beleive 77' that was just before Bob
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Looking for Stoneman from WCCC 1975 ish or any other you might
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:-) WOW! WHAT A GREAT PUBLIC SERVICE YOU GUYS ARE PROVIDING. I
WAS A HARD CORE NY RADIO LISTENER IN THE 60'S AND 70'S. I REMEMBER DEAN
ANTHONY DOING HIS "ACTORS AND ACTRESSES" AT NIGHT AS I WAS DOING MY
HOMEWORK IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS A GOOD GUY ON WMCA BACK THEN. YOU COULD
REALLY CONNECT WITH THOSE JOCKS, NOT LIKE TODAY. AGAIN THANKS! |
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Newcast includes on of the great mysteries in Gtr. Bos. in the
60s, disappearance of housewife from home in suburban Lincoln. Still
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for an old "Glicknick" that was music to my
ears...listened to Larry every night for so many years as I was growing
up...been searching all over the net for air checks of him and have never
found any...this surely has made my day and I thank you for that...If you
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Grew up in the 70's listening to "The Big Tuna WAQY102,
Rich Roy 56 WHYN", and all the other GREAT DJ's Boy sure can't replace
any of these folks!!!!
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Great site! Does anyone remember the WPTR saying that went
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I worked with Bob Mcgonigle at WLAD/WDAQ Danbury in the early
80's..What a nice guy and yes he had a great set of pipes..I believe he had
heart problems brought on by the stresses of radio.
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It's Flanagan agian, with your favorite music, on your favorite
station for music and news. Paul and I were great friends in 57 thru 60 and
spent a lot of time at his dining room table, in North Troy, going through
45s by the hundreds figureing out would be the next chart topper. We did a
weekly record hop in the summer at the Chrystal Lake Casino in the summer and
what a place for a record hop. He was well loved and will always be missed.
Even to this day I often wonder what ever happened to Paul James, Don Fortune
and the others that helped to make the fifties what they were. Paul was the
best, from Frear's Department store mezanine to the Gold Studio on Central
Ave. . I will never forget how mystified he was with the comercials on 8
track when they first came out.(WPTR then) The music and the friends were a
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I remember listining to Bud Balou at KB in Buffalo, then all of
a sudden he's gone, a year later I was visiting new england and there's Bud
on WMEX about 1969, so I phoned the hit line and spoke to him told him I had
listinde to him before. I understand he has since passed away, he must have
died at a very young age?
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I enjoyed this aircheck so much it brought me back to when I was
in my late teens.I would like to know if there are any airchecks of the
sports huddle with Eddie Andelman-Jim McCarthy-and Mark Wittcan,If there is
could you let me know.Thank You very much.Dave
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Hey! Is this the same Bob Roberts I worked with on WEEE? Around
1967-68 Sounds the same, show feels the same ...get back to me ...I want to
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Does anyone remember the German Marching Song that Larry Glick
used to play all the time. Also does anyone remember the "Champagne Lady"?
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David Brudnoy was a tremendous asset to Boston (and the country)
and is truly missed. Thank you for sharing this credit to his memory.
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Dave Brudnoy in 1986 actually talked about the threat of
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Larry Glick Gurus help!!!!!! looking for the Horoscope Comedy
bits he would play on request. Not a big believer in Astrology, but these
were funny and quite often on-the-mark! Perhaps they're part of a larger
comedy recording that can still be had?
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Thanks for the Larry Glick check from WBZ. I grew up listening
to Larry all night at my house down in Virginia and he was a major reason I
ended up in radio at the beginning of my career. Great radio! |
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Hi -- I've just found this site and am enjoying looking through.
Jack Miller is my dad "JM in the AM" and it is a lot of fun to
listen to him again. I remember listening in the morning to him while we ate
breakfast and got ready for school. It was like having him at home with us
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In regard to Tall Paul on WTRY.....This was the way top 40 was
presented in the 50"s...noboday really had a handle on it
yet..especially upstate NY. Very few black artists were played...Pat Boone,
some Elvis and lots of Perry Como. Alan Freed was one of the guys that broke
the color barrier and we started to hear Fats Domino, Little Richard and by
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Larry Glick had one other recording he played and replayed (by
request) on his program. It was of an old time radio announcer whose name
escapes me. This announcer made a mistake during the reading of his script or
thought what he was reading was humorus and got the giggles. He went into
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I was so very pleased to find a copy of this old Glick program.
It was my Dad's absolute favorite...he must have recorded it and replayed it
a thousand times. He laughed as hard the last time as he had the first time
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Bill Williams, you are correct, sir! My recall on the date is
sometime in November 1974...it was, indeed, a Sunday afternoon. Who can find
the stolen Dale Dorman bits? |
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The WRPI sound check this month is great. So good to hear some
true college radio when it was aimed at the student body and faculty and not
the general public. The content of the newscast although all wire service was
excellent. And the weather guy Eddie was obviously calling from the WROW 590
transmitter site and I would imagine that based on the reference to Route 9W
it must have been when the towers were located on the right side of the
Thruway while heading southbound about a mile north of where they are located
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Enjoyed the Cary Paul aircheck from WBBF, however being the
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As I listened to the Rob and Jay WRPI aircheck from '71, I
couldn't help but think back to my college radio days. For the first three
and a half semesters at Castleton, I was a DJ at WIUV, the college's radio
station. The first semester, I did a show from noon to 3 in the afternoon.
The following semester, I held down the Tuesday night slot from 10PM to
midnight. I held the same time slot my sophomore year, but on Saturday
nights. It was a great experience for me, even though I have since given up
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I just finished listening to Dan Ingram in 1972 on WABC. it's no
wonder that to this day, so many of us consider him the best and realize more
than ever why people like Big Dan managed to turn so many of us on to how
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It's interesting to listen to Jack Miller again on WCBS FM. Jack
was never a high energy jock but he had his place at that station. I believe
he was the program director before Joe McCoy. Now it's Dave Logan who has
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It's great to hear Dick Summer. I was attending Grahm Jr.College
in Kenmore Square at the Fenway working on a Broadcast Journalim Degree when
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The Bill James WEEX was great. It's nice to find a site like
this that doesn't only have airchecks from the "big city" stations.
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I am looking for a song that Bob Steele used to play on his
radio station..called Buffalos on my Lawn..can you help me find it..or
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Frankie Crocker is one of the reasons I am in radio today and
have been for the past 26 years. I am also proud to say that I got my start
in one of his stops along the way..WWRL-AM. At the time my name was Wayne
Scott and I worked with Gary Byrd, Bobby Jay, Sturgis Griffin, Gerry Bledsoe,
Don Early Allen, Darcel and Rocky Bridges. I also worked WRVR before and
after the flip to country. I was there with Pat Prescott, Herchel, Bat
Johnson, Lois Gilbert, Art McFarland and company. It was listening to The
Chief Rocker before, during and after his hey days at BLS, along with Vaughn
Harper, Ken 'Spider' Webb and all the talented names mentioned above that
continue to inspire me today in my work on the ABC Radio Network. Frankie set
a standard for African American air personalities that some have achieved but
far too many have forgotten. Maybe hearing some of his airchecks will remind
them. Keep em coming.
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As I was growing up I had an early case of insomnia, induced by
the all night rantings of my alcoholic mother. Thankfully I was able to get a
signal late at night from Boston all the way up in my backwater town in the
Adirondacks with this amazing man, Larry Glick. I would squirrel away with my
AM speaker in one ear and the pillow over the other and he would get me
through the night with a smile. He was hilarious, but he didn't need to
'shock' to be provocative -- with a kindness to the humanity that would stay
up all night to listen to him and a generosity of spirit. Thanks to you and
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What a great jock Gary Berkowitz was at WPRO FM. I would like to
hear more of what he sounded like in those days if any airchecks are
available. Thank you.
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I grew up listening to CKLW as I lived only 30 miles away. My
friends and I listened all the time during the 60's & 70's. That was one
heck of a station and format they had along with some of the best dj's
around. The Detroit stations couldn't touch'em. It was great hearing the dj's
and the jingles again. Iwas fortunate enough to watch the special documentary
that was shown on the Cdn History channel in April - The Rise and Fall of The
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WWDJ...all they needed was a signal! We struggled to listen in
southern Connecticut when I was in high school. Last I heard, Bwana Johnny
was in the Portland, Oregon market doing oldies, but that was a while ago.
Years later, as music director of WSAI Cincinnati, I was instructed to clean
out the music library so they could build a dubbing facility. WSAI had been
co-owned with WWDJ by Pacific & Southern Broadcasting. Among the boxes of
stuff in there was the entire record library of WWDJ...they had been shipped
there after the format change to religion. Today, I probably have 50 or 60 of
the actual records on those airchecks! |
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I can remember listening to Larry Glick late a night in Northern
Ontario (when radio stations from long distances came in quite well). That
was 35 years ago. I can remember first hearing about Evil Kinevil on his
show. I can still remember his caller who told a story about a policeman going
into a cemetery to find a drunk mud soaked person climbing out of a hole dug
for a burial. Glick laughed so hard, I can remember it like it was yesterday.
Any other stories? H
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Remember Chip from WRKO..More of an A/C sound then the top 40
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Just a minor point: the aircheck is from 1972. Thanks for this
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Actually, this aircheck could be legit. I worked there and
remember the aircheck machine was a superscope cassette deck that took a feed
off the UREI Mod-One board and switched on and off because the power adapter
was wired to the on-air lamp atop the FM Remote Buttons. Great memories of a
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...but you already knew that. If only I read things before I
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Re Scott Muni WOR-FM...Listen to these songs, this check is from
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Greetings....] Stepping aboard briefly with thanks for renewed
memories of those early radio days...and I might add...television at WBZ and
WBZ-TV in Boston Proof of purchase comes with some 20 odd years of mine at
Soldier's Field Road where radio was well known and television became much
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I did not live in the prime coverage area of 97dj when it was a
top 40 station so I would do anything I could to get a decent signal so I
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The more I hear this aircheck of Scott Muni, the more obvious it
becomes that it is from 1966. Los Bravos "Black is Black", Walter
Wanderly's "Summer Samba" and The Young Rascals "Come on
Up" were all released in 1966. I'll make the correction. |
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It's great to hear the late Frankie Crocker again. I was a fan
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In the aircheck of Rod Hill on WDOT in 1978 he refers to the
afternoon jock Peter King: the same Peter King you've heard from CBS Radio
News in Florida... hanging chads, hurricanes, presidential debates, etc.
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I worked at 'BZ in the early-mid 60's, but was at WRKO in 1968.
'BZ shifted from TOP 40 to adult contemporary when WRKO came on with TOP 40.
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I'm looking for the WVBF Heller jingle package from 1972. This
is the one with Electronic Mumma. I have a copy of the masters from 1974 and
1976 to trade. Many of the jingles on the master were never used on the air.
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Where go I go for the best Jingle-Airchecks MP3 collection
especially in the Boston - Providence area. I would really like to hav sound
clips from WBCN. Thanks Mike Andrade
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Boy does this bring back memories, as a kid I listen to Larry
every night and would always fight going to sleep because I thought I would
miss something good on the show. This was a great show. My grandfather was
actually on the show and got a "Glick University" tee-shirt. Do you
know of any other clips or cd ,cassette recording of the show.
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Michael Collins of WQUN, Hamden, Ct. directed me to this
teriffic site. It surpasses all advanced billing! Great listening for a kid
who began his broadcasting career in 1962 at WHAY Radio New Britain, Ct. Thanks
for the memories!!!
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Just to clarify something Mikel J mentioned below...the country
station was WPCX Auburn. (Not to be confused with Albany's WPYX or even New
York's WPIX) WPCX was WMBO's FM during the Great Scott ownership. The country
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Hey Mark Fuller...great bunch of jingles. WACK is still using
their 70's era jingles on air as re-entrys during O'Rielly, Hannity, Yankees
& NASCAR. There are carts of older jingles stored away but I fear the
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Mark Fuller did a great edit job piecing these enjoyable little
ditties together, Even a 'PYX-106 Country Jingle'? (maybe I was hearing
things) Way Cool! Thanks for a great 5 & 1/2 minutes! |
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Having engineered many hundreds of Bob Steele's morning radio
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What great memories Michael J. Raymond brought back with this
aircheck of the Great 98 circa 1967! I remember waking up and falling asleep
to WTRY, and couldn't wait 'til summer to be able to listen all day. I went
to Burnt Hills High with Bob Hall, who was in the class of '68. That's right,
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:cool: Rick, what a dandy thing to hear! I didn't know this
existed and pretty much shows me at 'TRY after about 4 months, mostly settled
in and having a heck of a good time. I didn't expect to be at WTRY until I
was at least in my 20s. George Williams was the PD and he hired a lot of
young talent including people like Bob Roberts (Fred Sidoti) who eventually
went on to WPTR and of course, Bob Hall among others. Than You for ther
Neat-O surprise! You do need to change the bannerline, it was WK O P-FM
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Thanks so much for putting the aircheck up. Now I realize what a
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What a voice, what a sense of humor and wit and what sound bites
-- Gee, the capital district listeners don't know what THEY ARE MISSING!!!!
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Having lived 45 of my 55 years in the Hartford-Springfield area
coming across this web site has sure stirred some memories. Living in East
Longmeadow you couldn't escape WTYM; my friend Ron lived two houses down from
the transmitter on Shaker Road and it was the only radio station he could
get. Imagine being a teenager in the 60's and it home only being able to
listen to WTYM. Luckly they went off the air at dusk so he could at least
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Thursday,
October 27, 2005 04:27 PM Host: pool-70-109-166-39.man.east.verizon.net 
Growing up in Watertown, I listened at night to Joey Reynolds on
"K-B" (WKBW-Buffalo). That's because Watertown's only top-40 station,
WOTT, was a 5-thousand watt daytimer. I miss power-radio!
Chuck Plumpton <cplumpton53@hotmail.com>
24.58.92.223
Fayetteville, NY USA - Wed Mar 31 08:47:58 2004
How could I have ever forgotten 5000 watt WPOP? I have such a long way to go
with this stuff! There was also a 5000 watt station on the left of WICC (around
560) in NYC. The 'Good Guys') that was cool (cool still works 40+ years
later...amazing). I have a LONG way to go with this stuff and can't begin to
thank you all (y'all) enough. Neil Young? Atlantic Atco record label? I love
this stuff!! Will get back to y'all later!!!
Allen J. Feinberg <OYEVETTE@aol.com>
64.12.117.21
Deerfield Beach, FL USA - Wed Mar 24 10:37:43 2004
WICC, 1960, great era, great time to be a child! Other stations I listened
to were WDEE (Hamden 1220, WAVZ (Lucky 13), WNHC (1340), WINS 1010 (Murray the
K), WHN, 1050, and finally, for AM, WABC, which still rules! What a great
station WABC was, and being a child, I had no clue! This is my psaaion! I love
this stuff!!!
Allen Feinberg <OYEVETTE@aol.com>
64.12.117.21
Deerfield Beach, FL USA - Wed Mar 24 09:43:56 2004
Did you ever manage to grab the opening theme song of the
WTIC Bob Steele show off of any of your radio archives? When I found your
collection of sound clips from the Bob Steele Show, I was delighted and enjoyed
ever bit of it. The only thing missing was the familiar sound of the opening
theme with the bells ringing and the birds singing. We all woke up to that
familiar sound every day, and as we were getting ready to head out for work and
school, Bob would make sure we had our lunches and our glasses and our book
reports. It sure would be great to hear that music again, and maybe even a
little clip of Bob doing the glasses and lunch reminders. Thank you for putting
these treasures where we can hear them again. - Gary Melechinsky (now living in
Kansas)
Gary Melechinsky <garym@onyxtop.com>
64.212.37.223
Delia, KS USA - Tue Mar 16 12:34:15 2004
I have a tape that i made of the organgutan story on
larry glick and every time i play it i can't help laughing out loud. it was
wonderful.
susanr
207.144.8.20
USA - Sun Mar 14 13:17:28 2004
I Loved the old 1970's and early 80's Easy
listening format which dosnt exist any where today .eASY STATIONS I grew up
with in VT NH MASS RI CT NY NJ PA DEL MD gone.
steve farrell <sfvnyc@AOL.COM>
198.81.26.105
PALM SPRINGS, CA USA - Sun Mar 7 13:08:20 2004
Charley: Thanks for letting me know that it was you who
contributed the hilarious Larry Glick aircheck. I've corrected the wording on
the web site. And again, thanks so much for your contribution!
Rick Kelly
68.112.240.43
USA - Fri Mar 5 23:10:46 2004
Hi Rick, I'm the guy that sent you the Larry Glick
aircheck. I believe it was from either late 1978 or 1979 as the caller
describes how the person who had adopted the orangutan did so after having seen
the film 'Every Which Way But Loose' which was out in 1978. Hardly a night went
buy after this call that callers to Larry's show didn't request that he play this
again. I think he replayed it once every 2-3 weeks. It was recorded in Dover NH
in the early 80's by a friend of mine using a portable cassette recorder next
to a radio so the quality is a little poor. Hope everybody enjoys it. It still
makes me laugh all these years later.
Charley Dean
66.63.106.151
Rochester, NH USA - Wed Mar 3 23:56:42 2004
Jackson Armstrong. My ALL TIME favorite DJ... In Radio
School, they told me NOT to talk so fast, like my idol Jack Did... and He STILL
sounds Great today! THE Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ader! Thanks for posting this
one!
Jim Knapp (Jim Kaye, the Big Tuna) <bigtunaunk@comcast.net>
24.61.132.153
Agawam, MA USA - Wed Mar 3 23:12:57 2004
Haven't visited for a while... Great to hear those old
WTYM JINGLES again! (so relaxing...) I remember playing some of them when I ran
the audio board at WTYM for the Late Great DAVE LANE morning show back in the
mid 70s... Thanks Rick AND Gary!!!
Jim Knapp <bigtunaunk@comcast.net>
24.61.132.153
Agawam, MA USA - Wed Mar 3 22:47:06 2004
I highly enjoyed the Billy James aircheck on WEEX Easton
from 1977. The name doesn't ring a bell, but I was only seven years old at
about the time of this aircheck. From '74-'79, I lived on College Hill in
Easton, only a few blocks from WEEX. I could see the sister FM's red tower
beacon from my bedroom window. I would often listen to 'The Big X' every night
in bed. It's probably the reason I got into radio. I moved away from the Lehigh
Valley in June of 1979. By January 1980, WEEX had shifted to a more easygoing
pop adult format under the guidance of Charlie Ryan. A few years later, the FM
across the hall dumped Easy Listening for CHR and became Q-100 (WQQQ). I'm
always looking for more tapes of WEEX. Who's got 'em? Scott Lowe WAEB-FM
Allentown (Easton)
Scott Lowe <loweknows@aol.com>
207.106.90.71
- Mon Mar 1 11:49:20 2004
you dont have the best djs like salty brine,,,, and the
great joe thomas,,from wpro,, Everone in R.I. will love to here, joe thomas,,
annthing for ,,,Chuck Steven ,,,,we just cannt wait Thank you,,, will keep
checkig till you get the best dj of all time
michael <mondomikeradio@aol.com>
152.163.252.132
cranston, R.I. USA - Mon Mar 1 07:44:29 2004
I'ts great to hear Al bandiero again but never knew Al
worked in Phila and Buffalo .Only NY CITY I knew Al.
Steve <jbitsohhoney@aol.com>
198.81.26.105
palm springs, ca. USA - Mon Feb 23 16:30:50 2004
What memories. I was the overnight guy on WFLY throughout
the 80's and once in a while on WPTR on various shifts. (Nick Roberts) It was
great to hear some of my old friends.
Con Sofologis <csofologis422@aol.com>
199.196.144.11
Wash, DC USA - Wed Feb 18 00:09:36 2004
I think Ken Mcgrail was great !!! One of the true
talented air personalities that was in the Albany market. It was a pleasure to
work for him.
Ted Hector <yankeefan35@msn.com>
64.12.97.10
Rutland, Vt USA - Tue Feb 17 20:10:53 2004
I'am real sorry for the death of Dean Anthony I
used to listen to Dean on WTFM in NY C
steve <jbitsohhoney@aol.com>
198.81.26.105
palm springs, ca USA - Tue Feb 17 01:07:35 2004
Fast Jimi is on the air doing PM drive at Mix 106.5/wwmx,
Baltimore... dm
Danny
Meyers <dannymeyers1@aol.com>
68.10.54.100
roanoke, va USA - Fri Feb 6 18:41:55 2004
Learn of this stie today from Herb Starr with 2
R's.... Found myself broadcasting for WPTR on the demo tape...toward he end
there's a story about qwolf raod...where I qupote someone as saying if its gets
wider, the village could loose tax revenue. Boy...was that off the mark. Look
at Wolf Road today. Interestingly, I signed off at the Albany County
(International) Airport where I am now director of public affairs. another
newsman I worked with, Jon Kelley, is now vice president of economic
development for Saratoga County.
doug myers <dmyers@albanyairport.com>
68.172.15.84
Loudonville, ny 12211 - Wed Feb 4 21:18:29 2004
Barlow rocks!
BARLOW FAN
216.204.109.26
USA - Tue Feb 3 18:08:45 2004
Concerning the neat input from Roger Fenn concerning WTKO
in the 60's: Not only did TKO have all kinds of cobbed-up stuff on the air, and
it WAS a real teletype in the background of the newscasts (you were required to
open the sound-proof teletype door for the newscasts), but I personally
invented one of the first delay loops to aid in censoring a call-in program.
Two ancient Magnecords were in the rack. I ran a long tape loop between both.
Record on top. Playback and on-air on the bottom. I had an empty tape reel
spinning in the loop near the floor to maintain the tension. Well, it worked!!
Neil Jacobs
Neil Jacobs <nvj1@yahoo.com>
69.67.231.13
Spencer, NY USA - Tue Feb 3 09:39:15 2004
How do you guys get these, I dont even have any copies
from those days! Thanks, Roger Christian STAR 102.5 BUFFALO
Roger
Christian <rogerchristian@mail.com>
63.110.90.2
Buffalo, NY USA - Mon Feb 2 09:20:22 2004
Wow!Whoever assembled this thing deserves a lot of credit-Most
of the voices on this montage are still in the business:Bill Brown,Dan
Daniel,Pete Fornatale-I also heard a short excerpt of Bob Dayton's final
broadcast on WABC from August 1965-Of course,he didn't know that-What got him
fired was the tasteless routine he did commemorating the 20th anniversary of
the Hiroshima bombing-Four years later,the same thing happened to fellow WABC
personality Roby Yonge for talking ad nauseum about the alledged demise of
Beatle Paul Mc Cartney-An excerpt of that show is also featured in this
montage.
Scott Burton <Authorityman@aol.com>
152.163.252.132
Bridgeport, CT USA - Sun Feb 1 20:08:56 2004
Enjoyed many memories of my engineering/production
days with The Big 68 WRKO when we were top rocker in Boston. Any old friends
out there want to contact me? I'm still C&W music lover at heart!!!
Gordon Brown <CountryGordy@AOL.com>
64.12.97.11
Watertown, MA USA - Sun Feb 1 20:05:19 2004
In the early 70's,there were three top 40 stations
in Hartford:WDRC,WPOP,& WCCC-CCC switched to an album rock format in
1975,the same year that POP went all news-DRC was playing contemporary music up
until September of 1986,when they switched to their current oldies
format-FYI:Rusty Potz is still in the radio biz-He can currently be heard on
WLNG in Sag Harbor,NY,which is the eastern end of Long Island.
Scott Burton <Authorityman@aol.com>
152.163.252.132
Bridgeport, CT USA - Sun Feb 1 19:43:39 2004
Adult contemporary muisc is one of the hottest
radio formats in the country today-It's interesting to note that after
listening to the 1979 WTFM composite,a new station signed on five years
later-That was WLTW-FM (Lite 106.7)-I'm sure they gave TFM a run for their
money-As of this past January 23rd,WLTW celebrated 20 years worth of unparalled
success.
Scott Burton <Authorityman@aol.com>
152.163.252.132
Bridgeport, CT USA - Sun Feb 1 19:29:27 2004
Making first contact. Interesting! My broadcast
days in the business,were at BZ in Boston. Memories still linger as does WBZ
radio and television. Good listening! Dick Tucker
Dick Tucker <rick5@web.tv>
209.240.205.62
New Castle, NH USA - Sun Feb 1 17:24:43 2004
It's neat to hear these production pieces. WTYM also aired a
Pepper/Tanner jingle package that they had edited the heck out of. I have a dub
of it here, somewhere. Also, the news jingle here (from an edited song, as I
recall) was also aired on WSPR Springfield in the same era. Wild -- just wild!
Tracy E.
Carman <topcat@mailblocks.com>
151.203.188.215
Longmeadow, MA USA - Sun Feb 1 17:20:09 2004
Interesting...... I was the first voice on the air at
WPRO-FM (Fine Music) in April, 1961. Later I programmed the music for PRO-FM
and WROW-AM. In 1967 I was the mid-morning jock at WADK, Newport, RI. (I've got
an air check if you want it.) Good site! Jim Daley
Jim Daley <jfdaley@adelphia.net>
24.52.31.60
Colchester, VT USA - Sun Feb 1 09:44:49 2004
The WTYM beautiful music jingles are very good; however,
when it comes to beautiful music jingles, I think the WROW -590 AM package is
the best. Any chance you could put some of them on the site? Surely Joe Condon
must have them.
Dave DiSisto <ddisist1@nycap.rr.com>
24.195.125.232
Albany, NY USA - Sun Feb 1 01:24:40 2004
Yes, Dean did everything easy. He was the Perry Como of
broadcasters. I was with, and told him about WHLI in 1982; while he was on the
picket line at (my former station)WTFM. Dean was the ultimate 'woodwork' He fit
in in an instant; and no one handled athority like Dean. Even the pushiest,
zealous, obnoxious employees at any level, never questioned Dean's athority. A
real 22 karat role modle.
Albert W. Fusco <ALBERTWW1@AOL.COM>
205.188.209.169
New York City, NY USA - Wed Jan 28 00:50:22 2004
I am from St. Andrews, NB, Canada. When I look out my
front window I can see Eastport, Maine across the Passamaquoddy Bay. I studied
recording engineering 17 years ago and am just now beginning to pursue my dream
of building a recording studio. I worked in radio a bit for the CBC and some
private stations in New Brunswick. I am wondering if I might be fortunate
enough to get my hands on some old UREI compressors from anyone that visits
this site? Thanks, Woods St. Andrews, NB & Calais, ME
Woods <woods@nbnet.nb.ca>
142.166.253.46
Calais, ME USA - Sun Jan 25 15:33:45 2004
This cracks me up, but it lacks the thing at the end where it says
'Remember...this was only a test' plus the crashing sound.But still, it makes
me laugh.HEE HEE HEE!
Jeremy Cardew <ihatebarney12000@yahoo.com>
24.165.242.183
Palm Bay, FL USA - Sun Jan 18 15:26:35 2004
It was a treat to get a little info re Dick buffalo
Burch, This guy amused me for many hours as a kid in sacramento early 60's when
he was a dj at kxoa,kroy radio sacramento. Any way to email a personal thanks
to him, tho I realize he may have left the Northeast years ago. Thanks.
Sincerely Dave Clark
dave clark <dclar25@attg.net>
67.172.167.3
sacramento, ca USA - Wed Jan 14 13:37:01 2004
For some reason, I can't get the Jay Stone aircheck to
play. I've tried it numerous times. It says realplayer and starting, then it
doesn't start. Eventually, it will either tell me that realplayer has timed
out, or that the connection to the server has timed out. I can play everything
else just fine. I thought you might want to know that there seems to be a
problem. Pam.
Pam <geodom@optonline.net>
24.190.41.134
USA - Sun Jan 11 05:41:36 2004
I have been looking for old WWSC 1450 soundbits from the
late 60's to early 70's..wondering if anything exits on here.
bradey brownell <profesorclassic@hotmail.com>
24.25.156.24
saratoga springs, ny USA - Sat Jan 10 16:53:02 2004
Rick, Wow, you are really getting quite a
collection of WCFR airchecks up on this website. Where else can you actually
hear the evolution of WCFR on the net? I notice that by this time, the station
had no jingles at all. I don't know if they had sweepers or not. I believe that
an FM station in Walpole NH now has the call letters of WCFR. Anyway, this is a
station that will always be near and dear to my heart, sort of like WDOT in
Burlington.
Sam Ward <samward54@cogeco.ca>
24.57.157.143
Georgetown, Ontario Canada - Thu Jan 8 12:21:00 2004
Dale is now doing mornings at Oldies
103/CBS-Infinity Boston.
Giovanni <gio@92profm.com>
68.9.117.25
Providence, RI USA - Wed Dec 31 19:01:20 2003
I was THERE! You're right, no reverb (yet) spring
verbs installed soon after. The Boogie Man DID switch to Bobby Mc Gee at
96TIC-FM. He's now selling billboard advertising in Vegas! Innnnn Stereo!!
Giovanni <gio@92profm.com>
68.9.117.25
Providence, RI USA - Wed Dec 31 18:43:11 2003
what was the name and breed of salty brine's dog on
salty brines shack on radio wpro?
sheldon birenbaum <sheldb12@wmconnect.com>
205.188.209.169
atlanta, ga USA - Sun Dec 28 00:12:20 2003
'SWEET' DICK BURCH - I REMEMBER THE NAME FROM MY DAYS IN
THE 'CUSE BUT I NEVER REALLY LISTENED TO HIM, PREFERRING THE ROCK 'ROLL JOCKS.
I DON'T THINK HE COULD EVEN GET A A JOB TODAY IN RADIO...HE SOUNDS LIKE HE'S
FALLING ASLEEP WHEN HE'S ON THE AIR. TALK ABOUT LESS THAN SCINTILLATING. WHAT A
BORE! THE LOCAL COMMERCIALS WERE INTERESTING THOUGH...
PAUL < >
68.86.194.25
WALLINGFORD, PA USA - Fri Dec 26 19:09:21 2003
I just found this site after doing a Google search.
It is great. Reading some of the names of the jocks on WICC brought back
memories of listening to the station especially in the 60s. This site, and
others like it, remind me of what radio was like and what it can be again.
Larry <lstoler99@optonline.net>
24.44.141.238
Stamford, Conn. USA - Sat Dec 20 17:46:52 2003
Great stuff. I worked at WORC Worcester for Dick
Smith when I was 18 in 1975 and Arnie Woo Woo Ginsburg at WWEL 1978-1979.. I
work now with 20 somethings in TELECOM and they have no clue of the way it was
!!!
Peter Horn <DJCHIPETE@AOL.COM>
152.163.252.132
CHICAGO, IL USA - Sat Dec 13 18:35:53 2003
I cannot believe that was Nick--DJ'ing?....he sures
sound different than the Nick of today--he's doing play by play for the
Kings--for a long time now..
Gayle Lecus <gaylel@rocketmail.com>
67.124.79.178
Lynwood, Ca USA - Sun Dec 7 02:52:43 2003
Sorry, I missed the retrospective on Bob Steele
12/6/03. If anyone else recorded it, please let me know... I'd love to dub it
and put it up here for the world to hear. Steele was a one of a kind, and is
missed!
Rick Kelly
206.216.177.102
USA - Sat Dec 6 23:35:54 2003
Any plans to record this Saturday's (12/6) WTIC 1080's
tribute to Bob Steele? I think it would make a nice companion to the tribute
you already have onsite. It's from 5:30-10 with Arnold Dean. Enjoy your site.
Rich Baril <rbbaril@aol.com>
205.188.209.169
West Simsbury, CT USA - Wed Dec 3 18:01:53 2003
Tony Brunton, recently retired, was director of special
events for the CBS radio network. Tony is well and ocassionally comes out of
retirment to produce radio pool coverage from different parts of the world.
Bob Marvin
170.20.11.59
Danbury, Ct USA - Tue Dec 2 09:25:59 2003
Hey, What a blast to see this pop up,it has been over 15
years since I made a living wailing on the radio! Thanks for the flashback
& the 'real' Jeff Moulton for submiting the check.
Don
Perry <homes14534@bluefrog.com>
66.192.113.242
Rochester, NY USA - Mon Dec 1 17:43:35 2003
WOW!! What a trip down memory lane. As a teenager
in CT in late 50's I was a radio junkie... Loved Tuning in WKBW and WPTR at
night. Summers on the CT shore listening to NY Radio (WMCA, WMGM, WABC etc)
Love the WTIC stuff - tribute to Bob Steele. All that listening got me into
radio. (WCAX later WVMT Burlington, WLNA/WHUD Peekskill, NY was the GM in the
late 70's early 80's and WCNX, Middletown, CT as GM, News Dir etc.)Wonder if
anyone has air checks of WELI or WAVZ from late 50's or WICC from that
period..They were excellent examples of early Top 40 music and news format. or
WDOT Burlington from late 50's early 50's with the storefront studio!!! Again -
fantastic site. I plan to visit often.
Ed Creem <edward.creem@snet.net>
209.150.11.2
Middletown, CT USA - Sun Nov 16 06:29:59 2003
whatever happened to bwana johnny (the beauty on
duty) from wwdj hackensack from 1973-74 b4 it became an all religion station ?
john myers <matstan1@aol.com>
152.163.252.132
neptune , USA - Wed Nov 12 22:53:54 2003
I was never a Bob and Ray fan, but my mother still
swears that they were the best ever. This aircheck shows me why. What really
amazes me, though, is that I have to face-up to the fact that MY all-time
favorites, and they were wonderful, got all of their stuff from B&R. You
already guessed Al Lohman & Roger Barkley, and The L&B on KFI in the
late 70's, was a refined copy of this clip. Lastly, Phil Hendrie owes both
teams for his formula, except that he has the distinction of doing it alone.
Thanks for making this available. It's a great gift. Joe
Joe Fischle <joeinla@sbcglobal.net>
216.223.225.6
Los Angeles, CA USA - Mon Nov 10 03:07:14 2003
WWDJ airck Dean Anthony I enjoyed hearing that wonderful
voice, He will be missed ): He mentions New Dorp HS that is 4 blocks from where
I live now (: Dino was Great!!! I was a big 'goodguy fan too. Thanks for the
great airck!! Love Mary
Mary Shaw <babylou2121@aol.com>
205.188.209.169
Staten is, NY USA - Thu Nov 6 15:27:51 2003
I am the night A.T. at EZ99.1 in Boston, former PD at
Magic, Boston, and p.t. professor at Emerson College. I grew up in Nassau (on
the other side of East Greenbush, just north of oblivion) as a huge fan of
WTRY, beginning around 1956. In retrospect, they were always more of a 'chicken
rocker,' some standards interwoven amongst Top 40 hits with very chatty Air
Talent... Stan Roberts, George LeZotte, Paul James, John Mounteer, Dick Brown
(a diagosed schizophrenic but hugely entertaining), and Bill Taylor. They moved
the station further in an MOR direction in the early 60's, calling it 'a new
kind of radio...' heavy on info. elements and show tunes. After disasterous
ratings results, they hired Lee Gray as PD. Lee re-positioned the station as a
straight-ahead Top 40, capitalizing heavily on Beatlemania, and a pitched
battle ensued with WPTR. It was probably Top 40's finest hour in the Tri-Cities
market because by the mid 70's the youth formats were moving to FM and the
beginnings of modern 'narrowcasted' fragmentation had begun. Ed Brueder has a
great WTRY retrospective composite aircheck available for sale on his Man from
Mars website. -Jack (Dr. John) Casey
Jack Casey <mediadoctor@yahoo.com>
68.171.241.153
Boston, MA USA - Wed Nov 5 21:46:15 2003
Juat thought your short example of Bud was too short. As
a disc jockey in Rochester, I listened to, and visited Bud on several
occasions. I especially liked his 'you can't fill my shoes' comment at WKBW.
Sad to learn that he passed away.
Dave Diegert <DDieg73100@aol.com>
152.163.252.132
Webster, NY USA - Wed Nov 5 02:46:15 2003
I enjoyed the chris warren aircheck immensely. What name
did chris use at wgy. I would appreciate your feedback. Thanks very much. Jim
jim garibaldi <jimmyspa2003@aol.com>
152.163.252.132
west park, ny USA - Tue Nov 4 19:55:10 2003
Can someone find out from the contributor(WSNY 1970)who
the person on the air check & doing the horserace promo is. I think it's
me? Michael J Raymond?
Michael RJ Plath <MPlath5@aol.com>
205.188.209.169
Rensselaer, NY USA - Mon Nov 3 09:45:49 2003
Does anyone have any Larry Glick WBZ shows on tape or cd?
I am a big fan of Commander Glick and would love to hear some vintage Glick
University, shooting off the air, let me check whistles and classic stories.
Please let me know, JPR
Jeremiah Riordon <jriordon@msn.com>
63.246.198.11
Athol, MA USA - Sun Oct 26 14:33:12 2003
WVNR...ah, the memories of working in the dark, my '82
Mustang with Pennsylvania tags parked next to the transmitter shack while I was
tweaking equalizers by the light of a flashlight. Meanwhile, a local Poultney
resident traversed the field with a loaded shotgun, asking what in hell was
this SOB from another state doing tinkering with the local radio station's
equipment? This was taking place within minutes after Barlow had closed the
deal to buy the place, so, I guess the guy was justified, but, Ken Barlow, know
that I will never accept lead as equitable payment for services rendered,
especially when it's delivered via an 'implant'!
Cary Pall <Modradio@aol.com>
204.210.237.254
Columbus, OH USA - Sat Oct 18 11:47:27 2003
Wow! After spending 10 of the most exciting years of my
life working in the studios at 100 Mt. Wayte Avenue in Framingham, I can close
my eyes and imagine being right back in the building when listening to the old
WVBF airchecks! Thanks for the memories!
Pete Falconi <pfmarketing03@aol.com>
66.189.17.128
Southborough, MA USA - Fri Oct 17 16:03:10 2003
Harvey was kind enough, during my college days, to host a
visit from Rick and myself back in 1973 when we were baby DJs. Wharfield was
irrepressible! I have never seen anyone work with more energy, focus and
concentration. And every break connected with you on the other side of the
radio. Years later, I was fortunate enough to work with Harvey at WAAF. While
the WAAF persona was more laid-back, Harvey was as focused and full of energy
as ever. He was the backbone of WZLX during its early days as 'Classic Hits
100.7 (bllllEEEEEEp)', too. One of New England's true greats. I miss hearing
him.
Cary Pall <Modradio@aol.com>
204.210.237.254
Columbus, OH USA - Thu Oct 16 17:02:12 2003
Thanks for the memories! I can close my eyes and go back
more than 2 decades listenting to this stuff! As a youngster growing up in cny,
14fbl was the station all the kids in my circle listened to. Whether it was
laying by the pool, hanging out with my buddies at the hancock field youth
center, or whatever we did as kids, this station and wolf were a big part of
our lives. Hearing the voices and jingles and bits of songs played back then,
provides some nice memories about what seemed like such simpler times. Thanks,
and keep up the great work!
keith k. <natecait@hotmail.com>
65.173.233.81
syracuse, ny USA - Sun Oct 12 17:33:05 2003
Two heller packages are on both Rons and Harvey's
airchecks. The first and the 2nd. You also hear the sing along's that I think
were done by pams. Interesting that the longer song jingles were not in the mix
in 74. Austin, they made who helped take down WMYQ. Wonder what he's doing
today?
lou josephs <loujosephs@ibcworks.net>
165.247.104.36
Potomac, MD USA - Thu Oct 9 11:04:48 2003
Oh my god... that Harvey Wharfield demo blew me away.
Thank you, thank you!
radio lister
24.147.127.69
USA - Tue Oct 7 00:56:18 2003
hi!
S.G. Jackson <wifvmd411@yahoo.com>
68.33.201.110
baltimore, ND USA - Fri Oct 3 21:11:29 2003
Al Bandiero has worked at some great stations, including
WKBW, 99X, and WPLJ. He also appeared in a couple of the 'Rocky' movies, along
with some current Terminex TV commercials. Thanks for posting this aircheck!
Matt Seinberg <bigappleairchecks@wpljmail.com>
68.194.6.176
Wantagh, NY USA - Thu Oct 2 13:59:16 2003
Vidaver worked at many NYC radio stations, including
WCBS-FM, WYNY, WTFM, WPIX-FM and WPAT. John is still doing voice over work, and
doing p/t work at WPAT. Thanks for putting up this great aircheck!
Matt Seinberg <bigappleairchecks@wpljmail.com>
68.194.6.176
Wantagh, NY USA - Thu Oct 2 13:51:40 2003
Love the aircheck of Don Perry at 98TRY, that's exactly
how I remember TRY sounding at that time, I was in junior high at the time,
listened to 98 TRY all the time, 4 years later I would have my first radio gig
at the 'Great 98'!!
Richie Norris <richie77dj@yahoo.com>
24.195.65.131
Upstate , NY USA - Wed Oct 1 17:50:45 2003
Oh, my God ! Who found that one ? I gotta say I'm a
little embarassed that I sounded like THAT ! 'Course, I was a lot younger and
didn't know what I was doing ! I think Charlie Kendall made me do it ! Someone,
help me with talks ups !
Harvey Wharfield <Wharfield@aol.com>
152.163.253.100
Boston, USA - Wed Oct 1 14:27:04 2003
Re: KB Radio 15...Got to hear KB while driving through
Buffalo last weekend. The AM stereo signal sounds excellent and their
groundwave coverage through the metro is much improved over the last time I
heard them. Jack Armstrong is as funny as ever, and the Don Berns production
sounds as vintage as the PAMS jingles. Also got to hear some of the 'new' 1050
CHUM. They've dug out a lot of their vintage jingles, too. Their music could be
described as 'Deep Canadian Content of the 60s and 70s'...the station to tune
to for all those OTHER Five Man Electrical Band, Lighthouse, Guess Who and
Diamonds songs! And if you crave lost Canadian artists like Ian Thomas, Shirley
Eikhard and Fludd, it's the only place in North America to hear 'em. I enjoyed
it a lot...didn't have a recorder or I would have captured some for you.
Cary Pall <Modradio@aol.com>
204.210.237.254
Columbus, OH USA - Wed Sep 24 17:22:53 2003
What a site! I was in radio in Albany in the early '80's
using 'Ron Jeffries' on WFLY. It's cool to listen to some of my freinds from
back then. I met my wife at WFLY and she's still in the biz doing mornings with
Chuck Taylor on B95.5. I'll have to submit some of our stuff for you!
John
Keimer <john@tele-client.com>
24.194.141.52
Albany, NY USA - Mon Sep 8 12:28:15 2003
I worked in radio in the 70's and collected alot of
airchecks. I have an air check of THE BIRDMAN and LARRY DIXON @ WAPE
Jacksonville. 50,000 watt station. I have not found any checks out there of
WAPE Thoughts? Great site
Tom Alexander <atoz271@aol.com>
64.12.97.11
Jacksonville, FL USA - Sat Sep 6 22:36:12 2003
Finally fans of Dale will get to here him hopefully,
hte'll let him do personality, as he is now being heard doing promos forhimself
on WODS.
John <john@ebradio.net>
24.25.176.88
Boston, MA USA - Sat Sep 6 20:53:26 2003
Great site! It was truly great to hear this magnificent
recording of who we called Bud Ballou, aka Howie Castle on Radio Caroline
South. He was an excellent dj who stayed on Caroline until the station was
forced off the air by a Dutch tugboat company on March 3rd,1968. Bud had his
last show on March 2nd, 1968 doing the 6 until 9 pm show in the evening and I
have still some pieces of it on tape. Let me correct you on Carolines
frequency: It was 1187 kHz and the power was nominally 50 kW. It was Radio
Caroline North who used 1520, but at the end it had been changed to 1169 kHz,
with 20 kW. Finally, let me suggest that the recording might be from November
1967, which was the month Bud joined the station together with Andy Archer,
also mentioned. svennam
Svenn Martinsen <gm@northernstar.no>
213.236.167.78
Norway - Wed Sep 3 06:26:09 2003
I just looked at shrpsports.com and I saw on WFEA when
Johnny Tripp heard the Patriots lose to Buffalo 27-20 and I guess this aircheck
was recorded November 28,1971- I hope I'm 100% right
Peter J. Wiggins <pjwiggs@attbi.com>
66.31.182.59
Norton, MA USA - Tue Sep 2 17:10:29 2003
I found this site fortunatelly and I am really happy that
I have done it.
Instar.no>
213.236.167.78
Norway - Wed Sep 3 06:26:09 2003
I just looked at shrpsports.com and I saw on WFEA when
Johnny Tripp heard the Patriots lose to Buffalo 27-20 and I guess this aircheck
was recorded November 28,1971- I hope I'm 100% right
Peter J. Wiggins <pjwiggs@attbi.com>
66.31.182.59
Norton, MA USA - Tue Sep 2 17:10:29 2003
Hi, just wanted to say how much I enjoy the site... I was on WMEX 1150 AM
in the 80's I did the Night Train show from 6 to Mid. Hearing all these
airchecks makes me want to go back..... Boston Radio will never be the same!!
Thanks again.
Sal Pacino WMEX 1150 am <n1fev@hotmail.com>
68.163.166.180
Medford, ma USA - Thu Aug 28 00:34:21 2003
I never tire of listening to Dan Ingraham air checks from the 50's and
70's on WABC. Ingraham, widely imitated, had no peers. He was, and still is,
the greatest Top-40 personality ever! No one can match his timing, wit and
overall showmanship. This stuff is great!
Bob Sirkin <scooptv@earthlink.net>
66.32.69.156
Marietta, GA USA - Wed Aug 6 15:57:07 2003
What a pleasure to listen again to these WTIC pros. Especially Bob Steele,
Bill Hennessy and Art Johnson. I grew up in New Britain listening to WTIC. In
my first television job, at Ch-30, I become Bill Hennessy's news writer for his
11pm broadcast. A classy, great guy! I listened closely to Art Johnson, both on
WDRC and WTIC. Art was the epitome of professionalism and class. Always a
smooth, seamless delivery. Funny too. In the 60's, Hartford Radio was
considered among the best in the nation. Many, many future stars passed through
the Hartford market. Thanks for this great site! Bob Sirkin
Bob Sirkin <scooptv@earthlink.net>
66.32.69.156
Marietta, GA USA - Wed Aug 6 15:34:15 2003
Wow! This is great stuff. The original "Electric Mama" WVBF was
one of the most bizarre and amazing top 40 stations of all time. Kendall, BLF,
Bud Ballou - incredible talent let loose to do radio the way it should be done.
The jingles (I have the original carts) were unique. I hired both Charlie and
Bill Freeman for WVBF. It's too long of a story to tell. Let me just say that I
would've not been in radio in the 70s if it weren't for WVBF. That station gave
me the inspiration along with the great radio in Boston, New York, Albany and
Buffalo during the 60s. I blame/credit both Kendall and Freeman for helping me
solidify my career course. What made WMMS a great station was incredible
talent.
John Gorman <gmanusa@attbi.com>
24.131.199.5
Cleveland, OH USA - Mon Aug 4 13:16:30 2003
My favorite DJ of all time. I was fortunate enough to hire him at WMMS/Cleveland
when WVBF moved in an AC direction. He did all nights for a number of years.
Had a huge following.
John Gorman <gmanusa@attbi.com>
24.131.199.5
Cleveland, OH USA - Mon Aug 4 13:10:54 2003
Love this site. Brings back many, many, many memories of the greatest radio
of all time.
John Gorman <gmanusa@attbi.com>
24.131.199.5
Cleveland, OH USA - Mon Aug 4 13:05:42 2003
Nice site. Excellent.
Brother Bill
12.219.139.26
USA - Sun Aug 3 07:51:03 2003
Loud and clear... listened to your station when I grew
up.. Rick Kelly sent me the "air check" got to love it... PJ
PJ <superthread16@alltel.net>
166.102.50.6
Columbus, NC USA - Sat Aug 2 23:55:01 2003
that was great hearing that again, i remember hearing that back during
the tom shovan days at w.h.v.w in hyde park,they would run that as a spoof
every once in a while
jeff <jeffspc1@aol.com>
64.12.97.11
hyde park, ny USA - Sat Aug 2 22:48:45 2003
Thanks for the great memories. I wish that WMEX FM (in NH
) was a station in Boston. I miss the oldies, the station breaks, the
"Instant News", the jingles, and the Goodguys!
John Fayad <jbgman@aol.com>
24.34.168.11
Bradford, MA USA - Sat Aug 2 20:02:20 2003
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR CHUCK STEVENS WICE 55 AM HE WORKED AT
MANNY STATION WRIB WPNW ECT. HOW ABOUT JOE THOMUS FROM 63 WPRO , AND ONE OF THE
BEST IN THE WORLD CARL HENNY. THANK YOU FROM MODO RADIO
MONDO MIKE <MONDOMIKERADIO@AOL.COM>
128.148.174.22
CRANSTON, R.O USA - Fri Aug 1 08:17:37 2003
wow! what a great piece of work (northeast time
tunnels, et al)! the best of yesterday and today. my compliments to the chef
(now that i have a high-speed connection and can truly enjoy this type of
thing!)
Chuck Igo <chuckigo@maine.rr.com>
24.198.37.124
USA - Sat Jul 26 12:58:35 2003
Just caught your WCCC aircheck and heard Rusty Potts. I worked with Rusty
in 73-74 at WCCC as Al Green. They had just dumped the all request idea and
were straight top 40.
Steve Fox <sfox@1065thepromise.com>
207.230.143.240
Jacksonville, fl USA - Mon Jul 21 14:03:54 2003
I d love to see if you have any scoped or unscoped broadcast of wtry between
the years 1963-1966,those were the years of Lee Gray, The Big Sound Survey,
Rick Snyder,voice your choice & Bob connell in the morning & cheap
reverb echo along with the pams jingles.
Louis Sierra <sierra2@capital.net>
209.23.17.180
ny USA - Sun Jul 20 21:03:48 2003
Nice qualiy on WZZD...do you have any acces to Steve Hatley? His deep voice
and sarcastic delivery was amusing.
mike <emailmikemail@aol.com>
64.12.97.11
phila, pa USA - Fri Jul 4 18:07:17 2003
Thanks for the memories. I grew up in CNY - Utica & Albany. 60's and
70's. Those were the days. No great radio in dallas.
wayne collins <wcollins@fni.com>
216.52.177.216
dallas, tx USA - Wed Jun 18 14:01:27 2003
Fascinating web site..I grew up in Boston..Circa 1967-1977 and worked at
WORC Worcester for Dick Smith in 75-76 and at WFGL Fitchburg (76) WWEL Boston
for Arnie Woo Woo (77-78) and at WENY in Elmira (78-79) WLAD Danbury
(79-81)..Oy Vay when I think about it!!!!
PETER HORN <Phorn@Global.com-com>
216.146.70.241
Chicago, Il USA - Wed Jun 4 18:19:17 2003
Wow... I love it!!! This is very impressive. I couldn't agree more... GFM in
the 80's was a great station. I'll pull out my old air checks and see if
anything might be worthy of being showcased among all these pros.
Tom (Casey) McCarthy <tompatti@adnc.com>
209.242.148.3
San Diego, CA USA - Tue Jun 3 13:51:09 2003
Just listened to Northeast Airchecks Boston Time Tunnel, I, II and III.
Great nostalgia hearing the snippet of WCOP/1150, Arnie Ginsberg WMEX/1510
& 68/WRKO. Would like to hear more 'Time Tunnel' sections. They must be
time consuming for Mr. Swenson to edit. Keep up the good work Rick and I hope
this web site will be around for a long time. Paul Leonard
Paul Leonard
67.75.11.56
USA - Tue May 27 13:36:10 2003
No surprise about Caroline reaching so far. Worked on the Lady back in 1975
and we had mail from USA, Central Africa and most parts of Europe. We had A Continental
Electronics 50kW tx thru a very high mast, at sea. We surely covered a lot of
territory. Footprint! Nope, a splat!
Don Stevens <anubis@tutankh.fsnet.co.uk>
195.92.198.72
London,England, GB - Fri May 23 23:57:28 2003
WPJB (calls stand for Providence Journal-Bulletin) was the FM sister of
WEAN, R.I.'s first and last all-news station (I worked there in the mid-1970s).
Aircheck brings back great memories of a place where screaming jocks worked
alongside sober-faced newsies. JB's control room was a closet. Tiny! -Steve
Bousquet
Steve
Bousquet <bousquet@sptimes.com>
68.35.214.238
Tallahassee, FL USA - Fri May 23 08:39:06 2003
Update on Larry Lujack http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Lujack
Robert Keller
68.4.67.91
USA - Sat May 17 04:09:52 2003
Just wanted to drop a line here and say how much I appreciated finding this
site - especially the airchecks from the Bob Steele memorial show on WTIC 1080.
I'm from the Hartford area originally, and when I came here fir the first time
today, that was the first I'd heard of his passing back in December. I remember
waiting up on snowy winter mornings, hoping to hear Bob read the name of my
school district as having closed, as well as the rousing bells and barking dogs
that always signalled the start of his daily show. Of course, when I got older
I migrated like most kids my age to the FM dial (my station of choice - WTIC
FM, and Craig & Company in the morning), but I always retained a fondness
for the old man and his Words of the Day, his Antenna Switches, and his novelty
records. And, of course, his annual threatened retirement, every April 1st like
clockwork. Ah, memories...
Devin de Gruyl <ddegruyl(at)wideopenwest(dot)com>
69.14.17.175
Columbus, OH USA - Fri May 16 19:21:22 2003
As a preteen growing up in Rochester,NY in the late 50's
and early 60's, I remember a Syracuse station WNDR with someone named Dandy Dan
Leonard and Jolly Rolly Fowler. Were they real names and if not, who were they?
Thanks.
Howard Malley <hgmalley@sbcglobal.net>
66.88.60.174
Naperville, IL USA - Mon May 12 18:49:26 2003
That was the way we DJs began...
roger <rqfenn@yahoo.com>
142.167.17.248
USA - Fri May 9 11:58:19 2003
Jeff Douglas! Bob Harris! Blasts from the past, indeed!!!
How are you guys doing? Cheers! John
John Grasberger <grasberger@aol.com>
205.188.209.137
San Diego, CA USA - Thu May 1 11:26:27 2003
Yo... Hopefully someone will be able to post a Jerry
Williams collage. Boston,Chicago,Pa.etc. A real pioneer of talk radio.. Thanks
Gary
Gary Nelson <wx1u@maine.rr.com>
24.198.144.144
Portland, Me USA - Wed Apr 30 22:54:52 2003
Quite a page. WAVZ, New Haven. Wow! I was there in '74
and worked with Brian Phoenix, Ron Foster, Chuck Martin, Bill Rock. Did news
with Anne Avery, John Wilkes, Gerry Brooks and others. Neal
Neal Stevens <radioneal@att.net>
12.91.131.108
Springfield, VA USA - Wed Apr 30 22:09:12 2003
Thanks for the great Benevolent Bill aircheck! Of all the
jocks on the old WVBF, this guy was by far my favorite! I listened to this guy
the entire time I lived in Boston while going to Graham Jr. College (class of
'75). Does anybody know what became of Bill Freeman, or where he is now? I'd
love to hear more airchecks of 'your old pal, Benevolent Bill'! By the way,
speaking of Bills, does anybody remember, or have any airchecks of 'Boston
Bill, Your nightime thrill who's mentally ill' from the old WCCC Hartford? He
worked there around '73. Anybody know his whereabouts? Thanks! Glen 'FM'
Stevens
Glen FM <glenvent@san.rr.com>
24.165.10.13
San Diego, CA USA - Fri Apr 25 13:53:23 2003
Have always enjoyed Bill , met him once and he knew who I
was a thrill a real deal. I was working at KFRC-FM in the city by the bay where
we choose to play the most music San Francisco.
Rex MCNeill <rexontheair@yahoo.com>
207.231.89.151
Sacramento, Ca USA - Fri Apr 18 19:07:00 2003
Ken started shortly after I did at WACKY (WAQY) and left a couple of months
after I did.He's still alive and well. He now works for Ken Squire (fron CBS
TV'S NASCAR)in Vermont. I heard from him yesterday. You can contact Ken at
keng@globalnetisp.net. Glen 'FM'.
Glen 'FM' <glenvent@san.rr.com>
66.91.228.224
San Diego, CA USA - Sun Apr 13 01:59:21 2003
Ken Gilbert WAQY Springfield MA 1979. (2:47)
Gilbert did afternoon drive on WACKY102 for a couple years, and also went on to
work at WDRC Hartford and the country station in Bloomfield CT on 1550 whose
old call letters escape me now. Gilbert had a habit of making obscure
references to… well, whatever he was referring to. Gilbert later went back to
his native Vermont<< Those calls would either be WGAB, WLVX (1988), WRDM
(1993). --Mike
Mike Fitzpatrick <necrat@the-spa.com>
209.113.249.85
agawam, MA USA - Sun Apr 13 00:37:06 2003
Wonderful web site ... Great fun to listen to some of the
great jocks .... Thanks ... Len
Len <Lenzstuff@comcast.net>
68.83.21.201
New Cumberland, PA USA - Sat Apr 12 22:01:32 2003
RE:WACKY 102 FM Rick, What a GREAT site this is! All
those great guys from WVBF that I listened to while I was at Graham- Charlie
Kendall, Benevolent Bill,and those great jocks I listened to growing up in
Hartford-Dick Robinson, Sandy Beach, Joey Reynolds- MAN- what a fantastic trip
down memory lane! I have a pretty big box of airchecks from my time at WAQY
('79-'81). Much better stuff than the one aircheck at WACKY 102.COM., including
lots of crossover bits between shifts with Jim Rising, Ken Gilbert Dean
Manchester, and probably one or two with Tuna. WACKY was a true original-never
worked at another station that even came close to what WACKY was during those
years.By the way, I even have an aircheck or two as 'Charlie Albert' on WCSB
while I was at Graham. If you're interested, just drop me a line or give me a
call. Keep up the great job! Glen 'Glenn FM Stevens' Rappold San Diego, CA.
Glen 'FM Stevens' Rappold <glenvent@san.rr.com>
66.91.228.224
San Diego, CA USA - Sat Apr 12 02:45:26 2003
The WROR stuff in III priceless. Al Matthews who's still
doing morning at HJY is the promo voice, and not only that but you have Joe
Martelle (now at WEAT FM in West Palm Beach) SNL at the oldies open. (Bob
Spicer production god at Greater Media Boston, did that one.
lou
josephs <loujosephs@ibcworks.net>
192.239.90.254
Potomac, MD USA - Tue Apr 8 13:13:15 2003
Now I see why he was so popular with kids. Kids don't
know any better. Segues aren't important, that's for damn sure. This is a great
example of 'What Not To Do' for aspiring broadcasters. Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
james
162.84.211.85
USA -
Is there anyway to get a downloadable copy of the 'Two
Buffalos song for archiving on my own computer? I worry that someday this sight
won't be up and I won't be able to find it again. Thanks, Celeste
Celeste <celeste@livingimagination.com>
64.252.52.71
West Haven, CT USA -
tom doyle on wror is the best. the only ststion we listen
to.
bill lang <bigbill6875@aol.com>
205.188.209.41
USA -
Great site. Many thanks. Love the Dan Ingram airchecks,
brings back many fond memories. Do you know of any WNEW Ted Brown or William B
Williams airchecks. I grew up with these guys as well. Again, Thank YOU!
George Eidel <DD938GJE@AOL.com>
64.12.97.11
Pt. Pleasant, NJ USA -
i tune in to wkbw in the 1960s would like to know if
anyone has any tapes joey reynolds shows
erik gran <firefoto6@comcast.net>
24.125.66.157
ashland, va USA -
It was great hearing Jack Gale as Fenway on WMEX. I
remember him from his stay in Baltimore from 1957-63. Also from 1996-97 when he
did a two hour show on WITH from his home in Florida.
Bruce Bonner <Brucieoh@aol.com>
64.12.97.11
Cockeysvill, MD USA -
I worked with Gary at WHUD/WLNA in the late 89-91. I
don't remember him mentioning the name 'Mitchell'...but reading the description
of him, I knew it had to be him. And now I can remember hearing him talk about
the 'wacky' station. I would type his real last name here...which starts with a
'Z'...but I would never spell it right. Very nice guy. Man has he done the
'town to town up and down the dial' thing.
John Carlton <actingman@iname.com>
68.164.37.131
New York, NY USA -
As a WDRC 1360 listener through most of the 1960s I
really enjoyed hearing the late but great Ron Landry again - he was my all time
favorite. Also enjoyed the Dec 31 1967 clip from Dick Robinson's Countdown
Show.
Bill Sample
204.60.210.239
Plantsville, CT USA -
Wonderful broadcast blast from the past - I'm sure I was
listening to that show that night!
Bill Sample <wdsample@snet.net>
204.60.210.239
Plantsville, ct USA -
I remember Howie in Syracuse in the early 70's. I'm sure
he was the music director at WNDR - your typical tight playlisted station - and
he was particularly resistant to UK acts. I remember him stubbornly refusing to
play ELO till it was top 10 nationally as well as Kraftwerk. So odd that he
came from Radio Caroline - the opposite of his attitude toward music when in
Syracuse. Good riddenswe all agreed when HE left.
Corinne Atais <meigui@nyc.rr.com>
24.90.109.16
jackson heights, ny USA -
Really enjoyed hearing Danny & Jackson Armstrong back
on 'KB' .. I grew up with in Cheektowaga in the 60's & 70's, had a summer
job at KB as a 'go-fer' working for Jeff Kaye & got to meet all my radio
heros. I can honestly say this station & these guys are the reason I have
been working as a jock & PD for the last 30 years. Congratulations to the
entire K-Big team !!
Greg Stevens <greg.stevens@cox.com>
206.157.230.254
Louisville, KY USA -
Thanks for the airck of Jackson Armstrong. I wish I could
hear him here in S.I. NY. He has a great voice!!! (: sounds like a nice guy too
(:
Mary Shaw <babylou2121@aol.com>
152.163.189.201
Staten island, NY USA -
I have to say that it has been 20 years since I heard the
old KB, and now being able to see the 'old girl' right back where she belongs,
sounding just as good as she did when she left, brings tears of joy to my eyes.
I grew up in Rochester, and for my money, there has never been a better
station--or better jocks anywhere. That includes CKLW, WCFL, WLS, and the like.
It was the Danny Nevereaths, Joey Reynolds, Bud Ballou's, and Sandy Beach's
that got me into being a jock myself. I have been in the music industry for the
last 27 years, and I often find myself thinking about those days and KBW. I
hope they start streaming on the net soon. I'm happier than a pig in manure!
Thanks for giving us old warhorses these airchecks..God Bless.
VanO <vano@mmapromo.com>
63.231.145.219
Minneapolis , MN USA -
In 1981 I lived in Phila. and resided in a tenth story
dorm room at Drexel. I was able to get WYNY and I listened to them once in a
while. I probably listened to Bob Shannon and did not even know it. Nice to
hear WYNY again
peppertree5706 <peppertree5706@hotmail.com>
209.99.97.116
Austin, TX USA -
Jackson Armstrong is the best DJ I have ever heard, and I
am 61 years old, and have listened to many stations and DJ's.
Willis Boyer <wandcboyer@adelphia.net>
24.52.12.6
Williamstown, MA USA -
Jackson sounds great dispite being voice tracked. There
are elements of the format that are very comfortable and some that are to
'now'. The original jingles are classic; they put anything done today in the 'also
ran' category. In the glory days of Top 40, the imaging was limited to mostly
calls and a quick station positioner not all the copy heard in these sweepers.
Also, I don't particularly care for all the artist/song 'history'. If the voice
tracked jocks didn't have that though, what else could they talk about?
Listeners are mostly 50+ now and don't cruise, or go to sock hops every
weekend, or watch the submarine races on Lake Erie. Overall, the station sounds
better than 99% of the oldies stations on the air.
John Long
<oidarman@aol.com>
65.80.88.101
Columbus, Ga USA -
I cannot thank you enough for these airchecks. Incredible
nostalgia. Does anyone care anymore? I was a friend of Simon Geller at
Gloucesters' WVCA but I doubt if I have any of his airchecks, I wish I did. I
may know someone who does if your interested. Thanks again for all of it!
Brian G <chunyaxche@yahoo.com>
63.214.122.216
Rockport, ma USA -
Late 1961, WTRY General Manager Sam Nielson had Program
Director John Mounteer change format to what now would be described as adult
contemporary. There was alot of informaton talk too. WTRY crashed. WABY, being
run by Dick Lawrence(wkbw fame) became number one. Late 1962, Sam Nielson
realizes his mistake, and goes back to top-40. August 1963, Stan Roberts leaves
mornings at WTRY to go mornings on Capital Cities WKBW. Don Weeks moves to
mornings at WTRY. Ted 'Rebel' Jones takes Don Weeks place evenings at WTRY.
October of 1963, Sam Nielson leaves WTRY. Sales Manager Lee Hartsfield becomes
General Manger. Greg Mason made Operations Manager. He fires John Mounteer and
brings in 'Jockey' John Stone. It's early 1964, WABY is caught in the top-40
battle between WTRY and WPTR. Owner Toni Brady switches to adult contemporary.
Lee Gray, then PD of WABY is out a job. However, in his time at WABY, he had
impressed people in the market. In February 1964, WTRY General Manager Lee
Hartsfield hires Lee Gray to replace Greg Mason. 'Jockey' John Stone is out.
Lee Gray starts doing afternoon drive at WTRY. Lee Gray, because of a
relationship he developed at WABY with the Beatles takes WTRY to the top. Jock
Lineup at start of Lee Gray's tenure was Don Weeks..6-9am...Ed Reilly..9 to
noon...Ted 'Rebel' Jones..noon to 3pm....Lee Gray 3 to 7pm...Rick Snyder 7-mid
Bill'nightowl' Taylor all nights. Weekends were done by regular disc jockeys on
a rotating schedule....and Production Director Bob McClay....and part-timer Joe
Condon. Capital Cities Broadcasting's WROW wanted Stan Roberts out of the
market. They got him out of the market and hired him too at WKBW. Don Weeks
ended up becoming number one in the mornings....beating WGY. To reward Don for
his ratings, new General Manager Art Simmers(who came from WPTR), promoted Don
to News Director and brought in Bob Connell from WOND, Atlantic City(where
Jessica Savitch was working part-time) to become morning man at WTRY. Don Weeks
stayed a few months and went over to Channel 13 Television to become weather
man and promotions director. Lee Gray, at the time, told me, Don Weeks was the
best disc jockey he ever heard or worked with. So, you can imagine how he felt
about the entire matter. Art Simmers brought in Bert Sherwood, as Sales
Manager. Bert had been a WMCA 'Good Guy'. Left WMCA for WLOB, Portland, Maine
to learn sales and management. He came to WTRY from WLOB. What a great radio
station WTRY was during that time. Hope this adds another perspective to the
story. Joe Condon
Joe Condon <kcondon@netheaven.com>
216.133.88.117
Albany, NY USA -
This aircheck features the wrath of the buzzard sweeper,
Bob Christy would have been the PD. It also features the 2nd Heller package.
Station at this time would have had Frank in the morning, Harry Chase and Major
Tom mid days, and Magic Christian in afternoon drive....Charlie Fernadez was
the night jock. Freeman later ended up for years at WMMS, Charlie Kendall hired
him and he was there to the very end of WMMS. He always wanted to open a donut
shop.
Lou Josephs <loujosephs@ibcworks.net>
192.239.90.254
Potomac, MD USA -
Re: Northeast Radio Network Just wanted to let you know
that when Pat Robertson bought the IV Radio Network as it was once known, he
had a statewide weather round-up in much the same way at 8:15 a.m. and 6:15
p.m. each day. I know as I did the evening report for the Capital District. The
network was known as the CBN Radio Network and they had news on the hour, which
we carried on WHRL, 103.1 FM, Albany. This was during the period from May of
1969 through March of 1970 when I was at HRL. It actually predated me and was
there when I left. I remember it well because a got in trouble a few times when
I was bold enough to say when sending it back to Ithaca, 'and now back to the
always on time CBN Radio Network.' They didn't like it because I was poking fun
at the fact that they rarely started the hourly newscasts or the weather
round-up straight up at :00 or :15. What can I say. When I say it's 6 p.m. I
mean it's 6 p.m. not 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 45 or more seconds past. Always
irritiated me. But back to the weather round-up. I believe the Capital District
report from Randy English was from WGY when it was done on the Northeast Radio
Network. When we did it at WHRL, I remember we would actually be using the feed
from WJIV for the network, when it came time for us to do our segment for the
weather round-up, I had to remember to break away from the 'network', then turn
on my mike and give the report, then turn off my mike and go back to 'network'.
I'm not quite sure how they got our report except I suspect it was picked up
off air and probably transmitted through WJIV somehow. Just an added note, when
Robertson sold the stations to individual buyers, there was a clause that the
stations had to remain religious broadcasters or the stations would default
back to Robertson.
Dave DiSisto <ddisist1@nycap.rr.com>
24.195.18.201
Albany, NY USA -
Thanks ever so much for making available the tributes to
Bob Steele. Being in MD for 23 years now, I couldn't listen to the show and
this is a special and very moving treat. I grew up with Bob Steele, and I agree
with Arnold Dean...he will NEVER be gone. As one tribute put it, the word of
the day is adieu....but not 'goodbye'. I don't like final goodbyes, so I'll
leave it as 'see you later, Bob. And thank you.' Bob Paine (285 1/2 lbs...plus)
Bob Paine <macandrew@prodigy.net>
65.130.113.185
Frederick, MD USA -
I am trying to contact Rick Sparks who did the radio
station in Punxsutawny Pennsylvania. I was on the radio as a psychic. Back in
1994
M.Dolores Martell-Concanon <martellc@webtv.net>
209.240.198.62
Creekside, PA USA -
Wow-Ed Brouder sent me a 'DRC aircheck several years ago,
but it takes this one to realize exactly how green I sounded in my first year
on the air. It's almost embarassing, although without WDRC and WTRY there never
would have been WKBW and KLIF, etc. But listening now (or listening as best I
can with a 56k modem and a real player that does more re-buffering than actual
playing) makes me wonder just what those PDs from my early years heard in me; I
sure wouldn't have hired me...then... Anyway, thanks to those who have posted
my airchecks. I don't seem to have any from the early years that survived the
ages...but it's nice to know that some people out there do. Cheers- =d=
Don Berns <db@drtrance.com>
64.187.17.59
Toronto, ON Canada -
I did the production hack on the ID. There's a half
second breath pause I had to put in, because Chuck Rileys didn't pause
correctly on the master tape. The Ballou stuff is great, he really did hang at
the old gansett brewery on rte 9. I used to follow Bud on Saturday nights.
Lou
Josephs <loujosephs@yahoo.com>
192.239.90.254
Potomac, MD USA -
Was WTKO a daytimer in 1967? I read a biography of the
late newswoman Jessica Savitch (who attended Ithaca College and was in fact a
weekend DJ on WBBF Rochester at this time) and it said that as of 1964, there
was no Top 40 station in the town broadcasting after sunset, so the students at
Ithaca played it on their own on-campus, quasi-closed circuit station.
Paul Duca <tomservo56954@attbi.com>
141.149.164.60
Whitman, MA USA -
THe Country station in Hartford for many years was
WEXT-1550..a daytimer (at least then) that never seemed to get any appreciable
ratings. Nowadays they are a Radio Disney affiliate...WDZK...which I can
sometimes catch on skywave right below the NYC Disney affiliate WQEW-1560.
Country Radio seemed to do much better on WWYZ-92.5
Lew White <LEWISMW@aol.com>
205.188.209.41
Rockaway, NJ USA -
Hey Rick, your selections get better all the time.
Listening to Ken Gilbert on Wacky 102 brought back more memories. The Steele
tribute - what can I say, it was a surprisingly good thing for WTIC to do and
it was very tasteful. As usual, you were right on top of it. My favorite though
is the CKLW reunion. You got it before I did, but as long as it got posted
somewhere I'm thrilled - its the best thing we've heard in a very long time! By
the way, you have a lot of material from Cary Pall. I don't know Cary, but I
found out that he programmed our sister station here in Memphis, Star 98 a few
years ago. I was... shocked since he's so well known. I work for Star's sister
stations Kix 106 and Smooth Jazz 98.9 across the hall. So its a strange
coincidence. Next time you talk to Cary, say hi for me. Keep up the great work.
I'm listening regularly! Steve (Sawyer) West - same guy in your WHAI aircheck
that doesn't work anymore, LOL Millington, TN
Steve
West <stevewest106@hotmail.com>
65.137.101.198
Millington, TN USA -
I love this site, because it has the Greaseman and Rick
Kelly on some great radio stations, I love that site.
Derrick Anderson <DLAnderson2003@aol.com>
205.188.209.41
LaFollette, TN USA -
12/30/02-Just been introduced to your site and look
forward to taking the time to listen, especially since I grew up with Boston's
Bob & Ray and used to replicate their skits in home room period at high
school with a friend who married their pianist's daughter. I also worked at
WHDH as talent and as a radio news writer-editor. Also worked maybe a dozen
others as talent. I'd like you (and your visitors) to know about The Media
Gang. We are a roster of about 500 (currently -- it changes constantly) retired
and veteran members of the media (print as well), arts and theatre, PR,
Publicity and Marketing, the advertising and production commuinities, and
virtually any career field related to all the aforementioned -- with membership
extending from owner/managers to the most menial of positions -- mostly the Boston
market but including anyone who wants to join us from throughout New England.
Twice a year (a May Wednesday and an October Saturday) we get together for a
Nostalgia Brunch/Lunch someplace where the price won't be too steep and the
parking is free. For the sake of our retirees, it's a lunch so they can have
the comfort of daylight hours for driving -- and I always try to assure that
they can return to the highway to head home without fear of jumping into
traffic already speeding past at 50-60 mph. Most members were recruited because
others proposed them and had a way for me to reach them. Others are welcome --
but I do insist on at least a thumbnail showing qualification for the roster.
It's NOT a networking thing -- it's a Nostalgia thing. I issue four picture-filled
mailings per year -- one each announcing and one each reporting the gatherings.
I also send news of members of our roster occasionally via e-mail, ranging from
public appearances, air interviews, new jobs, to illnesses, recoveries, and
obits. I'll send a few mailings to anybody qualified, but at a certain point,
unless I receive a $5.00 check, or they attend a luncheon (it's built into the
ticket price), they'll be dropped from the list. It's not a money-maker -- I
just want to break even in the end. E-mail contacts (with thumbnail bio and
snail mail address) are welcome -- LenZola@aol.com -- but the subject MUST be
'The Media Gang' -- I generally do not open mail from strangers, especially
with attachments -- enough viruses have visited my PC that I hit the delete key
without hesitation.
Len Zola
67.241.172.99
Framingham, MA USA -
WIBG/WZZD I lived in Phila. from 1977-1983. The WZZD
(disco) format lasted longer than a year. I have surveys from 1980 and I think
that they rocked until 1981 or 1982.
Steven Green <peppertree5706@hotmail.com>
209.99.97.168
Austin, Tx USA -
Hadn't you space to include the facts that Bob & Ray,
Leo Egan and Fred B Cole were on this batch of goodies? Some of the MOST famous
voices ever in Boston -- moreso or at least on an equal par with those you did
mention on-screen.
Leonard Zola <LenZola@aol.com>
64.12.97.11
Framingham, MA USA -
I just wanted to make you aware, in case you weren't
already, that the 1975 WPOP Montage which Roger Fenn supplied to you (and which
Roger obtained from me), is actually a creation of fellow aircheck purveyor Ed
Brouder a/k/a Man From Mars.
Lee Gordon <dleegordon@compuserve.com>
12.243.37.43
West Hartford, CT USA -
The Arnie Ginsburg,Jerry Williams tape is excellent. I
lived in Connecticut,but went to the WMEX studios for many years and new Mac
AND DICK RICHMOND.I ALSO KNOW ARNIE GINSBURG.PLEASE CONTACT ME
skip Mckee <hoglet@prodigy.net>
63.215.226.22
middletown, ct USA -
ENJOYED YOUR AIRCHECK VERY MUCH. I WAS JUST WONDERING
WHEN AND WHERE DID MAX DO HIS GIG HERE IN POUGHKEEPSIE AND KINGSTON. APPRECIATE
YOUR RESPONSE. THANKS. JIM
JIM GARIBALDI <JIMMYPO4AOL.COM>
205.188.209.41
WEST PARK, NY USA -
I grew up listening to his radio station every morning...
and went to Sunday School on Sunday's right after his childrens program, and by
the way... he is responsible for teaching me how to whistle...! Imagine... Sure
was glad to hear his voice on the snowy mornings... and eagerly waited for his
announcement for the school closings.! PJ
Pam Canfield <superthread16@alltel.net>
162.39.75.189
Columbus, NC USA -
I never was crazy about Shadoe, but he executes the
'Drake Format' superbly there!
Bill Kelly <radiofun@juno.com>
12.219.139.26
NC USA -
99X airchecks: I forgot how great they sounded. Back then
99X and prior WXLO and WOR-FM were never my first choice, but I turned to them
during news breaks or bad songs or 'WABC editorial commentaries.' 99X was
really good and wish that I listened more often. Thanks for the memory.
Steven Green <peppertree5706@hotmail.com>
209.99.40.196
Austin, Tx USA -
A very fitting tribute to a TRUE RADIO LEGEND... My first
radio listening experience was listening to Bob Steele with my Dad, in the
car... One of the first 'songs' I ever liked as a kid was played alot by Mr.
Steele... 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport' by the same singer that did Steele's
favorite 'Two Buffalos' (Rolf Harris) Thanks for posting a wonderful tribute to
not only a NEW ENGLAND LEGEND, but an ALL TIME RADIO LEGEND...
Jim 'Kaye' Knapp <bigtunaunk@attbi.com>
24.218.220.241
Agawam, MA USA -
Segments on the passing of Bob Steele are truly wonderful.
I wonder if WTIC is making the entire tribute available on CD.
Dave DiSisto <ddisist1@nycap.rr.com>
24.29.41.210
Albany, NY USA -
I too grew up in the '50s listening to Steele especially
for school closings. We could see the 'TIC towers from home in West Hartford. I
was curious about them and radio when I was a kid. Thus I chose broadcasting as
a hobby and career.
Roger Fenn <rqfenn@yahoo.com>
142.167.16.19
Brunswick, ME USA -
Love hearing these jingles and promos I grew up listening to. Nice job!
Ed Reilly <Ereilly777@hotmail.com>
24.195.99.41
Greenwich, NY USA -
All I can say is OMG! The site is amazing, I made my
first stop by today and will be comimg by often..I loved everything I listened
to, you do a great job Rick!
Walker Kelly <Walker@wnjl.com>
204.60.40.110
NOrwich, CT USA -
Dan Ingram 1970: Ah summertime memories; no school means
four hours of Ingram every afternoon six days a week. Wow, great. This tape was
probably from June before school was out but it is close enough to summer. I
love it, Ah grand.
Steven Green <peppertree5706@hotmail.com>
209.99.96.3
Austin, TX USA -
Living down on Long Island at the time..I grew up
listening to Dan Ingram. I loved the whole WABC crew. They were THE BEST back
in the 60s. Many years later..I got a chance to anchor the morning news at
WABC..as a part of the News/Talk format. The only reminder of the GREAT old
WABC music days was Johnny Donovan..a real swell guy who still works production
there for WABC and Rush. PR 12/02
Peter Rief <rief@nycap.rr.com>
24.161.3.11
Saratoga, NY USA -
I really enjoyed listening to the clips of John
Garabedian & Bud Ballou. It brought back a lot of memories. I worked with
both John & Bud at WMEX (Mac Richmond hired me). I later did some work at
WVBF with Bud and we continued our relationship up until his death in 1977.
Those years were the best!
Barbara Chace <Khaja_afghans@msn.com>
4.65.17.15
Kirkland, WA USA -
Rick and Cary: Thanks so much for providing the CKLW
reunion. It's very interesting to listen to how the station has changed over
the years. Cary...what can I say? You still rock.
Hollie <hollie1216@cox.net>
68.0.61.52
New Orleans, LA USA -
11/13/02: In reply to Tom Swift's comments about the
Sandy Beach aircheck, the point is to present a snapshot of radio the way it
was. That's why to as much extent as possible for example, I leave commericals
in these airchecks. My favorite part of this aircheck is the spot for the Rock
and Roll hits album, that was obviously a per inquiry spot... the station got
some kind of commission whenever someone ordered the album. It was typical of
spots that ran on all night shows of stations across the country -- and was a
part of radio listening in the 60's and 70's. I guess what I'm saying is this
aircheck -- all the airchecks on this site (and all the other great aircheck
sites) -- and the nostalgia to hear that kind of old radio IS the point.
Rick Kelly
68.0.251.65
Re: Sandy Beach clip Legend? No just old. 20 minutes of
commercials and 2 minutes of 'the other guy isn't here.' What's the point?
Tom Swift
129.44.155.13
USA -
What an impact CKLW had on me when just twenty some
odd.... I was in the Grand Bend area (Ontario) one summer and picked up the
signal. Being from Barrie ON, (out of the listening area), I could not receive
the signal. However, while frequenting the Sauble Beach area on Lake Huron I
was able to always tune in. The power of the sound,jocks,news, and jingles have
stuck in my mind and what a trip to revisit that era. Thanks to all
participants and the Big8 nostalgia link that pointed me in the right direction
good stuff and much success..
Dennis <dgilchrist@georgianc.on.ca>
192.139.153.30
Barrie , ON Canada -
Very nostalgic.I was in my early teens when that was
broadcast and I used to do my homework listening to Bud broadcast.The pirate
radio scene in Britain was really original and exciting.Thanks for a superb
site.
Richard Gibson <richardgibson@ntlworld.com>
62.255.0.8
near Stonehenge, England -
That was so great. I listened to CKLW as a kid growing up
in Flint, MI. I used to rig antennas all over the place to tune it in during
the daytime. I hope that the 1 hour special will air in the US or will be
available to purchse. Thanks for the wonderful memories.
David Phillips <dlphill@swbell.net>
12.40.27.86
Houston, TX USA -
Just found this composite from mylast days as WAVZ PD. I
was blessed with really good young guys who loved radio. Of course having one
of the finest studios in New England helped me attract those guys. Thanks for
this great flashback!
John Long
<oidarman@aol.com>
65.80.89.10
Columbus, Ga USA -
my brother dana wayne whitten use to be a dj for waby
back in the 50's. he now resides in elpaso tx. he sent me a tape of the dana
wayne story from back then. he was on the air from midnite to six in the
morning.his friend then made the recording.he siad it became most requested in
59. if i am right.do you's still have a tape of that. i would like to know.
sincerly keith whitten
keith whitten <casket38@aol.com>
205.188.209.41
albany, ny USA -
Although I live not too far from Detroit, I was born in
1980 and, regrettably, missed the magic that was the Big 8. However, I did get
to hear the reunion when it was re-aired on CKLW (which now calls itself 'AM
800, The Information Station') on 11/03. I enjoyed learning more about this
radio legend and hearing some airchecks, some sample '20/20' newscasts, and of
course, the jingles and some of the hit music that was played on the 'Big 8.' I
especially liked the jingles, which were so colorful (especially the pre-'Big
8' 'Radio Eight-Oh' jingles) compared with the colorless sound bites most
stations use these days. Since I'm a fan of oldies music, I have an interest in
classic top 40 radio, and think that many of today's so-called 'CHR' stations
could take a hint from the way top 40 radio was done in those days. Those
stations really knew how to relate to their listeners in a way that stations of
today, with all their emphasis on voicetracking, cyberjocking, and sacrificing
quality to save the bottom line, just can't. My dad used to have one of the
record albums that CKLW issued way back when; maybe I'll see if I can find it!
Chris
68.40.8.48
USA -
Connecticut Dragway and New England Dragway ads Anyone know
where I could buy radio airchecks,or ads(1960's) of these two tracks?Thanks for
any info......Dennis
Dennis H. Pateras <mapateras@aol.com>
152.163.189.201
N.Quincy, mass. USA -
[94] Thanks for posting the CKLW Reunion show on your site. I was unable to
hear it when it was broadcast because I was out of town. Many thanks for the
memories!!!!!
Gary Pecherkiewicz <gary@gary.net>
65.186.39.77
Macedonia, Ohio USA -
[95] I just listened to the skim of Cary Pall on 99X. Now, THAT's the way it
oughtta be done! It's what I tried to do at K104 for a few years but, well, you
know, radio ain't the same n'more.
Chaos <seagull03@fuse.net>
216.68.183.114
Cincinnati, OH USA -
[96] Listened to the 1st 3 segments of the CKLW reunion. It's really great!
Looking foward to hearing the rest. Please, keep all the segments on your
website permanently. Thanks.
Thomas Baird <upanddown17@hotmail.com>
64.68.241.34
Traverse City, MI USA -
[97] I remember that version of CBS-FM very well, and listened often from
the fall of 69 to late 70. THe jingles were among the best I ever heard
anywhere, and the music was great; not quite as remote as what NEW was doing; a
bit more mainstream, but not Top 40 either. Great jocks, not only LEwis and
Clark,m but Bill Brown, Bobby Wayne, Steve O Shea, Gus Gossert, and more. 'You
and your head are coredially invited to attend Bill Brown comin on now WCBS FM.
'Yher's a whole lot of Friday going on' New York is something that you've got
to hear' Great station; one of the best ever!
John Belfi <JBelfi@Pamida.com>
209.180.110.223
Omaha, USA -
[98] Awesome!!
Timmy Weekend <AlbanyAMS@aol.com>
205.188.209.41
Latham, NY USA -
[99] This composite was actually put together by Peter Mokover for Pete
Fornatale. It was used in a multimedia history of NY radio. So many people have
this tape. so few know Peter put it together. It is just as good today as it
was when I first heard it over 25 years ago. Geoff Fox
Geoff Fox <me@geofffox.com>
68.63.168.158
Hamden, ct USA -
[100] I am listening to the Bill St. John aircheck, who is Maxman Kinkel. He
sounds like him but more quiet, I liked the screaming part better that was on
wcbs, miss my MAXMAN ):
Mary <babylou2121@aol.com>
64.12.97.11
Staten is, NY USA -
[101] Wow the memories. Great to hear that again.
Ray Weber <weather@ndws.com>
66.31.140.44
Wow, nice to hear that one again, and see Rick and Jim still around. I
have known Jim since Jr.High days, and traded records for years with him. My
radio station employment was limited since I found other work that paid better
and was easier :)) Did work some part time at WTXL in their heyday however.
Good work everyone, keep them coming. Sure brings back many good memories of
inside the studios at WAQY. Ray
Ray Weber <weather@ndws.com>
66.31.140.44
West Springfield, MA USA -
[102] I worked at WTRY doing news from 1967-1970 and this aircheck of Jay
Clark (he was a good friend of mine, he actually helped me get the job) from
1969 sent chills up my spine. I hadn't heard anything from WTRY (60's) for 30
years and it all came back to me. I worked news a lot of nights and did the
midnight news as part of it. I kept wondering if I would show up at
midnight(about 7/18/69), but it was Bob Noble not me. I just happen to stumple
onto this website...never thinking there was anything like this. I was involved
with radio through 1993 working at Rochester stations and my hometown station
WBTA. The airchecks are great.
Wayne Fuller <wayneetw@eznet.net>
209.105.168.25
Batavia, NY USA -
someone sent me this webpage, I just listened to Bob Lewis when wcbsFM
was before oldies. It brings back memories Miss that DJ alot. Is Steve Clark
alive?
Mary <babylou2121@aol.com>
205.188.209.41
Staten IS, NY USA -
I came across this by accident, wow! I found out where
some friends I've lost contact with are, Bill Lenke<>
Bob Estes <restes@metrocast.net>
207.5.174.216
Tilton, NH USA -
My God Rick!!! I NEVER thought I'd hear an aircheck of
little grave yarder WTXL in W. Springfield, MA. Of course, they didn't have a
chance at all against big 5 thousand watt WHYN down at 560 at the bottom end of
the AM dial, which even made it all the way back to the Boston area and the
Perkins School for the blind in Watertown where I attended school. But I had a
good friend who lived right in West Springfield, and one Friday night in
September of 1967, my friend Jeff and I discovered together that WTXL was
rocking. He hadn't listened to the station much, and he was very surprised to
see that it was going up against WHYN. In fact, Jackie Wilson's Higher and
Higher and the Rose Garden's Next Plane to London will always make me think of
that station. For some reason, I was really taken with their jingles, which
happened to be a package from Peppersound Studios in Memphis called the Fast
Pack. Most of the introductions are actually edited out of the jingles to make
them a little shorter. Anyway, after hearing the station during that first
weekend, I wrote to them and asked them if they could tell me who recorded
their jingles, and they gave me Peppersound's address. I wrote to Peppersound
studios, and within a week of writing, I had the WTXL jingles in my posession.
This is only the second jingle package that I had in my collection at the very
beginning of my jingle collecting days. I honestly never expected I'd ever find
anyone with a WTXL aircheck. Now all I have to find is someone with some tapes
of WEMJ in Laconia, NH also on 1490. Sam Ward
Sam Ward <samward54@idirect.ca>
216.154.31.146
Georgetown, ON Canada -
Northeast Time Tunnel was great ... but too, too short. A
nice assortment. Loved the Echo Lounge spot ... has anybody got a spot for the
Telephone Lounge 'where the gals call the guys!' featuring telephones on each
table. It still makes my sister break up laughing when I re-create this
segment: [RING] '(cautious) Hello.' '(sultry voice) Care to dance?' '(extreme
excitement) 'I'll be *right over*!' How about Fenway's gorilla beating him up
when he ran out of bananas and tried to subsitute yellow paper, Jefferson Kay's
Hootenany, the 'Good Guys hit wave' jingle, and ... the old WMEX sign-off
Sundays at midnight running over 'I'll See You in my Dreams' featuring '5,000
magnificent watts'?
Michael Litant <litant@yahoo.com>
66.81.69.144
San Francisco, CA USA -
Thanks to Mike Morgan at Albany Broadcasting, I just
found your site! As a major WPTR/WTRY fan, I love it! Noticed that you have
WPJB/Providence airchecks. How about some PRO-FM (afterall, they were the #1
station)!Love the site.
Gary
Berkowitz <gary@garyberk.com>
68.42.42.236
Detroit, MI USA -
By the way...I am speaking of the one and only Ken
McGrail...A good guy to work for...:)
Jesse <stbilly@nycap.rr.com>
24.92.41.70
Saratoga Springs, NY USA -
My Pal Kenny! I had a gas working for him in upstate
NY...we were double Qing all over Capitol Land and the comp knew it, That's why
they ripped us off!!! Ken was a good guy to work for and i would again if I
could, so i dont know what some peeps on this site are talking about...Kenny,
Black Velvet Greetings to you Bro! ...Jessman
Jesse <stbilly@nycap.rr.com>
24.92.41.70
Saratoga Springs, NY USA -
Any KHJ 'check from this era is a treat, but this one
seems to be a slightly quirky rarity because of the unconventional things going
on during the IDs at the bottom and top of the hour---the standard Bill
Drake-voiced announcement is missing, and we go directly from the normal Drake
series 2 rum-pum intro...to a 'The Real Don Steele' acapella...to a 'KHJ/Los
Angeles' acapella. This may be tough question to answer, but any idea why this
odd sequence was being used on this day? Other 1970 KHJ airchecks (i.e. at Reel
Ricky's) suggest that the standard sequence during this era
was...rum-pum...Drake with 'Ladies and Gentlemen...' (or 'And the Hits...'),
then the 'KHJ/Los Angeles' acapella. Cheers.
Mark Ogden <mark.o@virgin.net>
217.36.13.178
London, UK -
When living in NJ i had the opportunity to have the job
W/ Sylvan Pools Co of doing the initial startup and Training for Dan on his
Pool in Oyster bay Long Island. This took place about 3 hrs before he went on
the air that day..He was the dullest person i ever met. Most of his comments
consisted of 'uhhh'.. Nice guy but not really on till he got on the air.
Bill Schaefer <misters2u@hotmail.com>
24.24.92.39
East Worcester , ny USA -
Hi - I'm looking for an old friend, he worked at WAQY in
the early (automated) days around 1971, named Mr. Bill Cleveland. Can anybody
help me locate him? Thanks Steve Defoe
Steve Defoe <mondello1@aol.com>
24.151.89.167
Collinsville, CT USA -
Jim Rivers didn't program WKQQ in Lexington, KY, but
WKQQ's AM sister station WBLG (which was an AC station). Jim hired me as night
guy at WBLG in 1977. He was a great boss and an excellent air talent (he did
mornings). Shortly thereafter Jim left commercial radio for a job at the
University of Kentucky where, among other things, he produced and hosted a
taped radio show of an agricultural nature. When I went to Lexington's legacy
country station (WAXU) in 1979, I had Jim come in and cut some IDs and DJ
intros. Jim also worked at WKLO in Louisville in the late '60s; I still have an
aircheck of one of his smokin' shows there.
Ted Tatman
64.192.136.34
Charleston, SC USA -
I couldn't help but laugh at the bouncing paycheck
schtick in the Shovan aircheck. HW was no better in the 80's when I worked
there. Still, I loved that radio station and the people associated with it over
the years, from when I was a young fan, through the six years I worked there.
If only it could be restored back to the Tom Durfey era.
RonSheehan <rsheeham@carolina.rr.com>
24.74.20.22
Matthews, NC USA -
I enjoy your 1976 aircheck. The ad mentioning a place on
route 66 caught my attention since I'm a fan of the route 66 from Chicago to
L.A. I hope you'll change your mind and keep the aircheck on your website
permamently. The time period brings back that era for me. Have a nice day.
Thomas Baird <upanddown17@hotmail.com>
12.15.46.202
Traverse City, MI USA -
Hi! Rick-Great to see another good site for radio
airchecks! Anyone interested in seeing pictures of some of the deejays (like
those at WABC, WOR fm, etc. as well as WestCoast's Robert W. Morgan with the
Monkees)please check out the Classic Radio pages of my nostalgia site. Hope you
enjoy them.
Marisa Suttile
12.18.45.100
as soon as I hear em, I'll have a comment! Looking
forward to them. I'm the manager of a radio museum in NJ.
carl van orden <carlvanorden@webtv.net>
209.240.222.131
Honesdale, PA USA -
Hey Rick, sounding GREAT on New HUC! Now I see why you
loved this station so much, it WAS a great station! Why only post it for a
limited time, keep it there for us!
Steve
Sawyer <stevewest106@hotmail.com>
65.137.105.29
Memphis, TN USA -
DAN INGRAM ! This is the reason I got into radio, This is
without a doubt one of the best I've heard, Of couse Kemo Sobee, It's Dan
INGRAM on WABC Ding ! Thanks for this one .
Boogie Bob O'Neal <Capt.Bob7@juno.com>
24.97.10.242
Latham, NY USA -
This is great! I have an aircheck of Arthur Godfrey doing
mornings on WJSV in Washington, D.C., and entire morning show, from 1939. It
may be too long to submit all of it, but maybe you'd like to hear some of it.
(?)
Rocco
68.71.8.229
Jay: Yes, we did play the records at speeds higher than 33 1/3 or 45 rpm.
The decision on how fast was made on a record by record basis: some sounded
better really fast, up to 49 RPM, and others were played at normal speed,
whatever sounded better. We did not have variable speed turntables, so Gary
(Mitchell) Zoefeld would put splicing tape on the turntable capstans. Crude,
but it worked! Glad you enjoy the site!
Rick Kelly
209.101.148.61
Rick - is that HUC aircheck 'flying' or did you guys speed up your
records?? Some sound close to normal speed, others (like Charlie Rich &
Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds) are out of control! Man what an aircheck! I
remember fondly the network news feeds had that 'long lines' audio, too. Thanks
for all the memories and a great website!
Jay Fink <bigie203@optonline.net>
24.45.169.149
CT USA -
I am especially seeking airchecks from Maine and New Hampshire stations
from the '50's, 60's and early '70's. Particularly WJAB from Portland, WABI in
Bangor and WSKW in Skowhegan, ME. I would love to hear these gems.
Steven Roberts <middlekid@adelphia.net>
24.52.133.100
Waterville, ME USA -
I suspect you are correct that this is not a real
aircheck of Ken Barlow on WCFR, the 'Sconnix Group' owners would have frowned
on that style of delivery, we were instructed to make the jocks sound 'friendly
and free' (whatever the heck that meant)...the laughable slogan of the
station's jingle package at the time. ;-) I was the PD there at the time, and
Ken subbed a short time at the station after he was fired from WDOT in
Burlington. A great guy, I've gotta call him up and get him up to Montreal for
a little day trip sometime soon...
Gary Wheelock <GWheelock53@aol.com>
205.188.209.41
Burlington, VT USA -
Mark was the man!!! He helped start me off in radio, and
with his help I had quite a few years of working at some pretty decent stations
in NC. You really need him to post some of his WALY morning airchecks. I really
enjoyed listening to him.
Larry Kuzniak <lkuzniak@aol.com>
152.163.206.178
Yuma, AZ USA -
Wow... what great air checks of WLFH and WALY. I spent my
first years with a radio in Herkimer listening to those guys. How awesome !!
Great stuff for those stations...
Tom Rooney <TTOTLR@aol.com>
163.151.0.253
Ossining, NY USA -
Thanks for the great 'link' you gave me. It's really
appreciated.
Jack
Gale <jackgale@adelphia.net>
24.50.8.53
Palm City, Fl USA -
Great aircheck. Gotta love that weather jingle! The first
I've heard like that.
Dan
24.48.120.160
Rick: What a kick to hear this! I produced this sometime in the late
1970s. It is an unfinished tribute to WPOP prompted by their switch from music
to news in June, 1975. I don't know Roger Penn but this version is upcut--there
was a jingle montage at the beginning; this dub also sounds slightly off-speed
(slow). There are a couple of other versions floating around but the piece
itself remains unfinished. Many of these clips are on my WPOP web site.
Ed Brouder <brouder@grolen.com>
216.177.31.6
Manchester, NH USA -
I worked with Jay at KUPD in Phoenix in 1977-79 just
between Scotty Brink and John Sabastian. We lost a great talent from the
industry!
Don Cristi <dcristi@mindspring.com>
63.53.147.50
Rick! THANKS for posting the WPOP montage...
besides WDRC, I loved listening to WPOP back in the 60's-early 70's... and,
like Big D, they had a huge playlist (I remember a top 70 playlist!!!) and... I
remember listening to JOEY REYNOLDS one week on WPOP, then the next he was over
on WDRC! THOSE were THE DAYS!
Jim (Kaye) Knapp <bigtunaunk@attbi.com>
24.60.248.9
Agawam, MA USA -
A time warp! I was working at JB 105's AM sister, WEAN,
an all-news station, during JB's heyday in the mid-'70s. What ever became of
Mickey Ashworth, anyway?
Steve Bousquet <bousquet@sptimes.com>
68.35.212.10
Tallahassee, FL USA -
Great site!!!
Jim Long <jim@onemusic.com>
66.214.95.44
Malibu, CA USA -
Re:Johnny Tripp on WFEA Manchester NH 1971. (21:14)
Contributor Steve Ordinetz
Researching the news and the Patriots score, this was Sunday November 28, 1971.
The hijacked flight was TWA 106 from ABQ to ORD on 11/17/71. I grew up in MHT
and this was a wonderful, nostalgic trip back home - I remember Tripp very
well. He was famous for saying 'Some nut just called and said, John...' You never
knew what would be next. Thanks for a great aircheck.
Steve Caisse <steve@valuweb.com>
24.98.124.116
Atlanta, GA USA -
Thank you for the great site, specifically the Bob
Lewis/Steve Clark WCBS-FM aircheck. I would love to hear: 1. any other
pre-oldies WCBS-FM aircheck and 2. any airchecks from WABC-FM thanks.
kevin goldman <kevg54@aol.com>
162.83.150.251
new york , ny USA -
The 'Ghost of Radio Past' montage of New York radio was
produced by me, Peter Mokover. I put it together as part of an audio/visual
presentation abour radio that I did with Pete Fornatale (of WNEW-FM at the
time) and another friend of his who did the visuals. Several other people have
taken credit for this production over the years but I am the one and only
producer of it. I'm not looking for anything other than proper credit. Thanks.
Peter Mokover <Peter@Mokover.com>
68.45.100.82
Cherry Hill, NJ USA -
Great aircheck, brings back memories of my days at Grahm
Jr. Currently News and Program Director at WBEC in Pittsfield.
Mark Powell <mlp1014@aol.com>
137.165.136.223
washington, ma USA -
Thanks for the Boston Time Tunnel -- brings back lots and
lots of memories. I only wish that it went back a few more years into 50's --
if anyone has them, I'd love to hear some clips from WORL, and also the 'Live
Five' days at WBZ/A.
Jay Fox <jay@wsit.com>
63.198.193.80
Palo Alto, CA USA -
Got wind of your site in Today's NY Times 'Circuits'
section. I'm just shy of 46 yeard old, but nevertheless, what a flood of
memories from your NYC Montage of airchecks. It reminded me of what a special
time it was and all those great voices from the past who got us through them.
Thank you! Any airchecks from WNEW (those great promos) or CBS News Radio:
'World News Roundup' with Dallas Townsend or 'The World Tonight' with Douglas
Edwards or Lowell Thomas...Thanks again for preserving these wonderful
memories!
Dan Forte <dforte1@optonline.net>
24.189.244.62
West NY, NJ USA -
that was great i will put some of my air check together
and send you somthing thank you Dennis
Dennis DeNapoli <denapoli137@wmconnect.com>
152.163.195.177
brockton, ma USA -
The 1959 WROW jingles are from a package that WADO New
York also used -- equally brefly -- before going Spanish (of course, altered to
its needs). Good stuff, especially since I never knew about this era. 'Radio
Row on the go,' indeed!
Doug Broda <dbroda@nycap.rr.com>
66.24.179.46
Troy, NY USA -
Do you know how many years I've been looking for this
news sounder??? Way back when, must've been as far back as '71, someone told me
it was from something called 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' (I assume that's a
movie), but I myself have never been able to find it...Well, if I can't have a
clean copy of it for my own collection, at least I know where I can now and
again HEAR it!!!!!! Great site; I'll be back to hear what I couldn't get to
this time!!!! Regards, Mark B.
Mark S. Blitz <k6msb@dslexxtreme.com
(drop an x for me)>
66.51.201.16
Pico Rivera, CA USA -
Great to hear the Bob Swenson collection of Boston dj's,
thanks!! Would he also have Norm Prescott at WORL in the early-50's? Alan
Dary's 'Dary-Go-Round' was on 'ORL then, so was Hank Forbes and Bob Swan's
'Swanboat' (morning drive) I'm particularly interested in Norm's custom theme:
'Come one, come all, we can really have a ball....' on WORL 950AM, perhaps Bob
has an aircheck of Norm's show opening with the theme? There are several other
Boston and NYC dj's to locate from the 1950's and 60's, perhaps if Bob could
respond or direct me to reliable aircheck collectors. Thanks for the reply.
oldradio@earthlink.net
Russ Butler <oldradio@earthlink.net>
63.46.81.192
Reno, NV USA -
That Charlie Kendall aircheck is wild! I had no idea he
used to be all goofy like that. I remember him vividly from the 80s doing a
syndicated show called Metal Shop where he played heavy metal. Imagine my shock
when a month ago wmy wife and I were driving through Phoenix, AZ and heard
charlie doing an afternoon shift on 93.3 KDKB in Phoenix.
bob Kanish
66.27.85.91
San Diego, CA USA -
I'll share a very funny Jim Rising story with you. I was
working with Jim at WHYN, Springfield back in 1976 when he was doing mornings
and I was working swing shifts. Jim gave his notice to leave and go to another
Springfield station (WAQY I think). Bob Charest, Program Director at the time,
told Jim that while he worked out his notice, he couldn't use his name on the
air. Jim agreed, but what he also didn't use on the air were the call letters.
He did his whole morning show without once saying WHYN or 56-HYN. Jim wasn't on
the air the next morning :-)
Bill Shane <ShaneBill@aol.com>
64.12.103.166
Naples, FL USA -
Regarding air names at WFEA in Manchester, NH in the
early and mid 70's, they also had the infamous Chuck Roast and Hammond Egger.
Bill Shane <ShaneBill@aol.com>
64.12.103.166
Naples, FL USA -
I wonder if he was unhappy about getting fired...
joe nerney <jnerney@snet.net>
204.60.215.25
new hartford, Ct. USA -
How did I miss WROW being CHR in the late 50's? I don't
know but I did. Not a bad jingle package. I do remember WROW (Beautiful music)
and WTRY (Top 40) switching formats around 1964 for one or two days. Also, is
the Geoff Davis on WROW that one who was a mainstay at WOKO Albany for days or
the one who later did mornings at WGY Schenectady?
Dave DiSisto <ddisist1@nycap.rr.com>
24.29.41.210
Albany, NY USA -
I wonder how many remember WROW was the first property of
Capiton Cities Broadcacting, founder by, among other Lowell Thomas, probably
the premier newscaster and commintator of his day (See the movie 'Lawrence of
Arabia and Lowell Thomas Mews). The company became so successful it actulally
bought the ABC Network and adventually Disney Corporation and assumed that
name.
Rick <minn1998@aol.com>
205.188.200.164
Twin Cities, MN USA -
Just in case anyone is wondering about any John Clark
airchecks from wpyx->wqbk>wylr->wxle and then back to wpyx,I'm holding
them ,waiting for the highest bid's!lol
Dennis Knight <Knightmarezz@hotmail.com>
141.149.7.81
albany, ny USA -
As a former Grahm dude it was great to hear some of the
old 95 BBF I grew up with. Does anybody know where we can catch some old shows
of Tommy Nash?
Tom Sanfilippo <MPH_300@yahoo.com>
64.12.101.178
Buffalo, NY USA -
I worked with Lee Roberts at WAVZ New Haven in 1977/78.
Always a pro. What a bitch it must have been at TIC-FM back selling everything
and then jingling into next song, but I'm not surprised Lee makes it sound
easy. Haven't seen Lee since late 80's, but I do know he said 'bye-bye' to radio
around that time.
Bill Shane <ShaneBill@aol.com>
64.12.103.171
Naples, FL USA -
Wish I had more of WDOT, Russ! -Rick
Rick Kelly <rick@northeastairchecks.com>
67.241.172.108
Listening to the Rod Hill, WDOT aircheck...Hi Rod! and Hello to your Dad,
we worked together at the BSBank. Would love to have an e-mail from either of
you. Also, do you have any Charlie Cusimano (his radio name I've forgotten)
from WDOT in the same era on this web site? Thanks.
Russ Butler <oldradio@earthlink.net>
63.46.82.133
Reno, NV USA -
Being a born and raised Rochesterian and jock at WROC and
WSAY I am very aware of Jim. This aircheck brings back a flood of memories. BBF
never sounded better than it did during the Cary Pall days.
VanO <mmapromo@hotmail.com>
63.11.53.180
Minneapolis, MN USA -
I have reel-to-reel tapes from WORC 1310 in Worcester,
Ma. Mel Miller,Jonney Gardner and other jocks all unscoped. If you are
interested let me know. Bob Swenson
Bob Swenson <bobbobswenson@netscape.net>
134.241.188.133
worcester, Ma USA -
Dennis Jackson's offerings are AWESOME!!! What memories
they evoke! Keep up the good work Mr. Jackson. If we can't return to those
'GOLDEN DAYS'in reality, then this is the next best thing to it.
Nancy A. Fowler <nanrick@juno.com>
209.245.99.134
This may be a dumb question. We used to have a Lee Roberts on Rock 107
(WRCK-FM). Would this be him? Late 79 ealy 80's? This is a KILLER aircheck. Why
can't radio sound like this today?
buddmoney
<buddmoney>
172.136.64.121
Tampa, FL USA -
I well remember all the format changes on WNNNNNBC. Most
were forgettable and this was really no exception.
Wayne Scott
67.32.248.229
Ridgeland, MS USA -
Great to hear that Jim Rising aircheck from WCFR. I
worked for Jim doing weekends there. Very shortly after that aircheck was
recorded Jim was brought over to the original Sconnix Station WLNH am/fm where
he was PD & morning man.He then went to AM Drive at WHYN and to
Wilks-Schwartz WAQY/WIXY...but he should probably BEST be remembered for going
to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's WBRE & taking it 'worst to 1st' as KRZ....which
has had incredible dominance in that market since the early 80's.
Lew White <LEWISMW@aol.com>
152.163.197.197
Rockaway, NJ USA -
Very, very cool! I interned at WFBL in 1980 and spent
most of that year working at the station, soaking it all in. Hearing those old
jingles and Dave Laird's airchecks really brought it all back home!
Mike Lisi <mlisi@nycap.rr.com>
12.107.128.50
Clifton Park, NY USA -
Is the Tom Casey who's real name is Tom Calococci?
rikk idol <kato77@hotmail.com>
12.18.94.252
phoenix, az USA -
Just a question. Looking for the name of a station manager at WOKO back in the
late 60's, early 70s' I know he is passed away, was a friend ofmy mothers. All
I can seem to remember is Mr. Merle? Istill have tons of those old WOKO
promotion albums! thanks.
Tracey <tduggan@hotmail.com>
216.80.153.211
Clarksville, TN USA -
Broadway Bill Lee = The KING of Radio!!! Now I know why.
After hearing that aircheck, he has definitely earned that title. I work on
radio and I try to model my show after him. He's the man!! No question about
it. PEACE!!!!!!!!
Paulie Jensen <djpaulyfeva@hotmail.com>
206.231.17.139
Yorktown Heights, NY USA -
This is the best aircheck of this site! Wink Wink Rick! I
recogonize the jingle package. We used that package at Rock 107 (WRCK-FM) in
Utica. Sounds great! Check out my site for some of my airchecks from 107 in the
early 90's Love your site Rick!
Budd'
Money 'Yeman <buddmoney@aol.com>
172.164.187.147
Tampa, FL USA -
--Hate to correct you Dennis.... I think it was actually
a Gates BC1T (with a 250GY backup). All I remember is that we used to go thru
modulation transformers and a pair of 833's every few months. I believe the
unit is still in service as a backup on 1390/WKDR. Dennis had the Inovonics unit
set to 'OH WOW!'.We were the loudest thing on the dial. I'm not even sure you
needed a radio to listen. Glad to see the interest in the Old 14/WDOT. Love to
hear from any former staffers. Looking for pictures, airchecks, jingles. If I
can get enough stuff I'll put a tribute site up...
Rod Hill <ROD@AOL.COM>
24.50.105.38
Burlington, VT USA -
It was a kick hearing my father's (Norm Nathan) voice
again. Thanks so much!
Sonja Nathan <sojonb@mediaone.net>
65.230.158.89
-
Absolutely AMAZING to hear this clip! Despite the poor
recording quality, you can still recognise Howie's voice. I produced shows for
him in during the Radio London recreations of Big L 2000 and 2001. He hasn't changed
that much since 1967 - he just doesn't talk quite so fast these days! Howie
describes Radio Caroline as the only radio station he's ever worked on that got
towed away! This happened in March 1968. You can read his account of being
aboard the Mi Amigo that fateful day in the Caroline section of my website.
It's quite a story!
Mary
Payne <mary@radiolondon.co.uk>
65.230.158.89
Stoke Mandeville, , UK - -
Pete Salant has the ear! The Rod Hill-on-WDOT aircheck
was through the airchain of an Audimax at the studio, and our brand new
Inovonics 530 Multiband Whatever-It-Was (AGC/Limiter, I think they called it,
and it was the first affordable multiband processor) feeding our Gates BC-1G at
the xmtr. That unit made the strings in Kenny Rogers' 'She Believes In Me'
sound like a Miss Tony Fisher rekkid! WDOT Owner Bill Hunter (also owned the
Mighty 1550 - WBAZ) was kind enough to donate that Inovonics unit to us at
850/WREF when we put it on in 1985. However, our Gates Level Devil into a Urei
BL-40 beat the pants off it, monoband or not. Benny Goodman never rocked so
hard!
Dennis Jackson <dj@broadcast.net>
24.44.192.55
Thanks for the WXKW Troy jingles. I was Soul Brother Dave Dee back during
the 'Soul' days. I fully agree a lot of different formats in its short history:
Beautiful music, middle of the road, middle of the rock with old time radio
shows, R'n B, C&W, precursor to soft rock. I did the last 3 hour show
before the station ceased operation on May 5, 1966. I'd be more than happy to
add a link to your site on the Radio and TV page of my site. Just send me an
appropriate graphic to use for this purpose.
Dave DiSisto <ddisist1@nycap.rr.com>
24.29.41.210
Albany, NY USA -
I'm glad I found your site. The WAVZ aircheck hits home
for me. I grew up with WAVZ. I was an intern for Pete Salant in 1977 and I also
worked with Lee Roberts. Franco WQGN New London Ct.
Franco
<franco@francointhemorning.com>
204.60.223.157
Waterford, Ct. USA -
The jingles are chuck blore. I was a college student just
learning the biz at this time, so I knew Bob Wayne at CBS FM. Gus Gossert was
the PD. Sad, but the only voice on this tape still with us is Steve Clark.
Lou
Josephs <Lou
Josephs@hotmail.com>
209.239.66.36
Potomac, Md USA -
The Bud Ballou aircheck comes from a station
presentation. It has the Framingham-Boston Heller ID. Heller did the jingles
for all the Fairbanks station. The Kendall Aircheck has the ID I created in the
production studio it's shorter. If you listen carefully you can hear the
splice. Station is now WROR at 105.7.
Lou
Josephs <loujosephs@hotmail.com>
209.239.66.36
Potomac, Md USA -
Love that PAMS Energy One shotgun from 14DOT... anybody
else use Energy One in New England/upstate New York, other than P-R-O-F-M, 99X
& 68RKO?
Travis Sparks <tcsparks@ptd.net>
204.186.181.227
Pottsville, pa USA -
Wow...what a surprise to see/hear MY name come up on your
site! I hired an underage Rod Hill to work at WDOT at a time when finding good
weekenders was like, well, about the same as it is now! And as for plugging me,
well, I paid young Mr Hill a ton of cash to do that! May I also take this opportunity
to thank Pete Salant for graciously NOT mentioning that I sent a 'DOT
tape/resume to him for a job at KC-101-and was (just as graciously)turned down
in late '79 or early '80! Things worked out well anyway! Great site! Would like
to send in some contributions-and clicked on 'email' to contact you but it
would not work for me. Would you please email me at pkingnews@aol.com?
Peter King <Pkingnews@aol.com>
170.20.70.134
Orlando, F: USA -
Wow. That was a blast from my past. Thank God, I have
gotten better. Love the segs. fast
fast jimi <wbfd2000@aol.com>
170.20.174.40
baltimore, md USA -
Rod crossplugs Peter King! Wow! Peter's a big CBS Radio
Network talent these days, by way of WHEN/Syracuse, his next stop after the
legendary WDOT. You can clearly hear an attempt at home-brew multiband
processing in this aircheck, making AM sound more like FM. At WAVZ in early
1977 we started a huge trend in the Northeast with Crown crossovers and three
limiters (bass, mid, highs) feeding the Volumax. By 1978-79 every PD in the
Northeast had been to New Haven to look and listen, and in the rack of the
hottest AM (and later, FM) in every market from Elmira to Cape Cod, you'd see
the mighty tri-band setup with three Urei LA-3A or DBX limiters blasting away.
Thanks for the memory, Rod and Rick!
Pete Salant
<pete@salant.net>
64.252.134.124
North Haven, CT USA -
aRE THERE ANY RECENT AIRCHECKS THAT YOU CAN POINT ME IN
THE DIRECTION OF? tHANKS
Tim Wedeman <AlbanyAMS@aol.com>
152.163.213.83
Cohoes,, NY USA -
listening to Dick Robinson's '67 countdown and
hearing #89 'The Collector' By the #1, brought back this memory. In April of
'67 I went to WRKO as MD from WHDH and a few months later, being the 'new
kids', we didn't have the new (pro- jected) Beatles single 'A Day In The Life',
so the Boston promo rep Al Khoury drove me down to WDRC to get a tape of it
from MD Bertha Porter. While there, I met Joey Reynolds who was 'pushing' this
record 'The Collector' which I guess he was involved with, and gave me a copy,
along with the Beatles tape. When we got back to Boston we just had time to get
'Day In The Life' on the J.J. Jeffrey show once before a cease & desist
telegram made us take it off. We never did play Joey's record, which wasn't
really a hit and showing up at #89, I don't think it did too well in Hartford
either. It was a good song, though, on the Kapp label and a Kama Sutra
production. Paul
paul power <powerpaulontheweb@yahoo.com>
207.94.97.170
nahant, ma USA -
The WHYN jingles featured on your website is PAMS Series
32, swizle. As a listener when The Mighty Whyn aired these jingles, they did
play the hell out of them and all of the other jingles they aired. I'm working
on reviving the WHYN tribute site and still own the domain name HYN.COM. I took
it down due to a disagreement with the ISP. I hope to have it back up by the
end of the year. Great website, Rick. I look forward to getting together and
laughing over old times. It's hard to believe the days of Wacky One Oh Two and
even WHMP were decades ago.
Tracy E. Carman, Media Preservation Foundation <tcarman@media-archives.org>
64.192.67.13
Longmeadow, MA USA -
I can't tell you how delighted I am to have found your
site. I am a long-time radiophile, and loved the Top-40 format of my youth. I
fondly remember WMEX, but I was really pleased to find the aircheck of John H.
Garabedian. When I was a fledgling private pilot, John H. gave me my very first
flying job -- for three bucks an hour -- as traffic reporter for his WGTR-AM
(1060) in Natick. Twenty-three years and 13,000 flight hours later, I am a
captain for a major airline (but I still miss working in radio). My other
'link', if you will, with WMEX came in the early 80's, when I was in a
relationship with the daughter of former Wimmex jock Larry Justice. And to top
it all, 1970 was the year I was graduated from Framingham North High School, so
the songs on this aircheck also bring back great memories. My sincere thanks to
all of you who make this site possible.
Rick O'Kane <aviprodu@attbi.com>
24.128.188.113
Rye, NH USA -
I wouldn't exctly say they were 'floundering' in the mid
70's. From approx 72/73 til this aircheck, WNBC was a SERIOUS attraction for NY
Listeners. You had Don Imus, Dick Summers, Cousin Brucie, Bob Vernon With a V,
Walt Baby Love, Joe McCoy, and TONS of other well-known names that came and
went during this timespan. The 'Pittman' WNBC, while 'seeming like a good idea
at the time' would prove to be a big-time failure. We lose Don Imus, and get
Ellie Dylan, a former country jock who flubbed-up on her very first time she
opened the mic? A BIG mistake of judgement on both Pittman and the NBC brass.
The NEW WNBC didn't last long, and when you hear this check, as well as some
others that are floating around, you start to understand why. (SIDE NOTE: For
those of you that didn't know, Pittman was one of the founding fathers of a
little thing called MTV. Yeah, maybe he did have some good ideas, but The NEW
WNBC wasn't one of them!
Chip
Ordway <ordway1440@aol.com>
24.161.2.8
Greenwich, NY USA -
Mason left some old funiture here....please pass that
along, after hearing the aircheck he still sounds like he may be able enough to
move it.
Morning
Show <shark.mail@citcomm.com>
207.190.241.154
Dover, NH` -
All I can say is ... WOW! I suddenly remembered why I
liked 'TIC-FM so much when I first heard them. Judging from the music, this
would have been somewhere between October and December 1978. This and the other
TIC-FM 'check from Bill Lenke are my favorites on the site (yep, surprisingly
NOT WABC OR Wacky!). Seems to me, the jingle package incorporates so many
elements, such as the weather bed and the Top-of-Hour bed/ID, that really
didn't go into wide use industry wide till the 80's. 96-Ticks- WAY ahead of its
time!
Steve Sawyer
<k1frc@yahoo.com>
63.22.111.49
Millington, TN USA -
I'm truly touched by the reported death of Jay Stone...I
was a big fan of 99X.Jay was a true radio legend to say the least. 'You will be
missed Jay... but never forgotten'
Paul DiMarco <mister70s@aol.com>
205.188.195.47
Poughkeepsie, NY USA -
Just checked out the WXKW Pepper/Tanner package, which we
ran on WLLH AM/FM Lowell in '65-'66 when I worked weekends. Id've preferred
PAMS, but these weren't the worst. WPRO in Providence also used them.
paul power <powerpaulontheweb@yahoo.com>
207.221.66.221
Nahant, MA USA -
Bill: I'm with you... there's been some great radio outta
Portland... I always liked WJBQ in the eighties... but I have never had ONE
SINGLE CONTRIBUTION OF MAINE RADIO! So, come on Mainers-help me out here!
Rick Kelly <rick@northeastairchecks.com>
209.101.148.138
East Longmeadow, MA USA -
I want to add that I no longer live in Maine, but it sure
would bring back great memories for me. I loved listening to the radio growing
up there, especially to WPOR. A GREAT country station, especially in the 80s. I
also enjoyed a lot of other Portland stations.
Bill
205.232.79.188
Portland, ME USA -
HEY!!!! why no Portland radio??????? Lots of us Mainers
want to hear our people, especially the great stuff up through the mid 90's. I
used to love radio---- til it went completely down the drain.
Bill
205.232.79.188
Portland, ME USA -
Sadly, it was reported that Jay Stone was recently killed
in a car accident in Hawaii. He was 55 years old. I know that you just added an
aircheck of his from WXLO in 1979. Here is the link to the newspaper report:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Oct/17/ln/ln40a.html Thanks,
Marty
Marty Glenn <bugsy242@hotmail.com>
24.188.23.102
Old Bridge, nj USA -
I grew up and worked in Syracuse radio and remember FIRE
14 extremely well. That is why I got in radio in the first place. Wish radio
could be like that today!
Budd Yeman <buddmoney@aol.com>
172.154.117.120
Gibsonton, FL USA -
Any idea why WFBL ditched Hot Hits after 11/80? Were they
not doing as well in the ratings? Did management panic like KHJ and get out of
top 40, or did they hang on to top 40 music for a little while longer?
Travis Sparks <tcsparks@pbcradio.com>
63.167.9.118
Pottsville, PA USA -
Thanks for putting my aircheck on your site!!! Steve
Steve McVie Solomon <mcv@makkayradio.com>
141.154.40.202
Yarmouthport, ma USA -
This site gets better each time I visit...Nice Job!!!!
Mister 70s
Paul DiMarco <mister70s@aol.com>
205.188.195.31
Poughkeepsie, NY USA -
Hey, whatever happened to I think it was Bob Parlenti(I
may have the spelling of his name incorrect) Par-lent-tee on WHDH. He was on
WHDH back in the 80's. He was a friend of our family. Do you have any idea
where he may have gone to. If you don't have a clue about what I'm talking
about do you know of someone I could contact from the old WHDH who may know.
Will Stauff <buddyfreeze@aol.com>
206.28.133.98
Middlebury, VT USA -
I've been collecting airchecks from Mike Joseph formatted
stations (mainly 'Hot Hits') for the past 23 years. I was 16 at the time of
this recording, listening from my hometown of Hamden, CT. When WTIC-FM stopped
using jingles after every song in 1979, I was an angry young man. I was happily
reintroduced to that special format when I discovered WFBL Syracuse, NY in
1980. Then there was WCAU-FM Philly, WBBM-FM Chicago, KITS San Francisco, WMAR-FM
Baltimore, and a few others!! I vowed that day in 1979 to record everything I
heard from the 'Hot Hits' stations, and there began my days of 'aircheck
collecting!'
Steve McVie Solomon <mcv@makkayradio.com>
141.154.17.56
Hyannis, MA USA -
The Bill Lenke aircheck is awsome from several different
aspects. Lenke and the other 'TIC jocks of the era (right after the station
went Top 40 from years of classical) is the ultimate lesson in tight talk-ups.
As someone who had a bit of trouble 'hitting the post' during my radio gigs,
Lenke was awsome. In fact, I used to listen to his gig regularly, along with
some of the other early 'TIC-FM legends like Bobby McGee and Mike West. It's
not in the aircheck, but wasn't Bill Lenke's catch-phrase 'Gettin' tall and
slammed against the wall..'? Thanks for sharing the great material. Pete Miller
Pete Miller <millrad@aol.com>
152.163.207.78
Prospect, CT USA -
Ken always sounded good! When he did mornings on 590 AM
WROW 102 double Q and of course his 4 years at 101.3 The Jockey in Stillwater.
Great to be able to hear him on this aiecheck from WACKY 102 FM. I would like
to hear him from Maine 104.7 FM if possible. Thanks for this great
aircheck!!!!!
Frank Izzo <thejockey@yahoo.com>
24.169.16.252
Clifton Park, USA -
On the Bill Lawrence WRIP Promo outtake, that's our Music
Director and Rip Retro Weekend Host Big Jay Fink running the board for Bill and
crackin' up in the background. The WAVZ Promo came from George Wright's (WGCH,
WLUX, et al) inspired series 'Life Is A Rock, But The Radio Rolled Me.'
dj <dj@broadcast.net>
216.221.131.88
wilton, ct USA -
I forgot how much Tom Casey sounded like Jo Jo 'Cookin''
Kincaid, and how much that KISS tried to sound like Boston's KISS. Incredible
stuff!
Marty Glenn <bugsy242@hotmail.com>
24.188.23.102
Old Bridge, NJ USA -
A friend of mine in England told me about this air-check
on your site. It is indeed me on my first night on the air on Radio Caroline in
December, '67. I was doing the midnight-2am shift to break in on the board. My
regular shift became 6-9pm. I chose the name 'Bud Ballou' at the last minute to
mask my identity because of the Marine Offenses Act - an embargo imposed by the
British government that shut down all the offshore stations with the exception
of the two Radio Caroline ships (north & south). This air-check is from
Caroline South, 4 miles off the Essex coast. When this air-check was made we
were operating on our back-up transmitters, two 10kw Continental 316-B's with a
combiner for 20kw. We were having generator problems and could not run our main
transmitter, a 50kw Continental 317-C. Since we were on a ship we were
non-directional. One more thing - although Radio Caroline broadcast the first
two years on 1520 kHz (199 meters), when this air-check was made we were on
1187 kHz (259 meters). The move to the lower frequency was made when the 50kw
transmitter was installed in the spring of '66. Those were some amazing
days..and it's a real kick to hear my very young self on my first night on the
air.
Howie Castle <howiecastle@hotmail.com>
24.30.141.174
San Diego, CA USA -
Another little known Al Bandiero fact: his first gig in
NYC was as the utility jock at 99X in 1976. I know this because the guy he
replaced was yrs trly!
Cary Pall <Modradio@aol.com>
64.108.112.18
Toledo, OH USA -
RE: TOM
SHOVAN AUDITION TAPE
Actually, this is not a Tom Shovan audition tape, but
it is a section of "The Tom Shovan Story." The complete version of
this piece can be found at Uncle Ricky's Reel Top 40 Repository at: or at If
anyone has any Tom Shovan airchecks, especially from his days at WDOT in
Burlington, VT, WKBK in Keene and WTSN in Dover, NH, WPOP in Hartford or WPTR,
please e-mail me!
Sam Ward <samward54@idirect.ca>
216.154.1.193
Georgetown, ON Canada -
RE: WPTR
Hi
Rick I'm from the UK, and hope that you (or the people who visit your website)
may be able to help out on item (a), or may be interested in a tape I have,
item (b). (a) Larry Dean was one of the good guys on WPTR Albany back in 1966,
when he accepted an offer to move to the UK to work on a ship-based pirate
station called Radio England. Before leaving WPTR he copied the jingle package,
including the dj idents, and brought them with him. Many of the djs aboard
Radio England adopted new names taken from the available jingles and in this
way we here in the UK came to know guys called Johnny Walker, Boom Boom
Brannigan etc, who are NOT the same people you're familiar with in the States.
Our own Johnny Walker is popular still, and 35 years later has a national show
daily on BBC Radio 2. Another of the WPTR jingles refers to Chuck Blair, and
here's where I need your help. One of the Radio England dj's took the name
Chuck Blair and when the station folded later in 1966 he moved to another UK
pirate ship, Radio London. He became very popular, but returned to the States
in 1967 when Radio London closed following legislation outlawing the pirates.
There's now a website for fans of the old Radio London, which I contribute to,
and I'm following up some research on Chuck, who is fondly remembered. It's now
known he left broadcasting and sadly passed away in Maryland in 1989, but he
left a mystery: who was he really? It's possible he may have borrowed some of
his biography from the real Chuck Blair (if there ever was one - we've never
found a trace of anyone else working under that name), or he may have invented
some of it. We've run out of road because, although he was obviously an
experienced broadcaster, we have no idea what name(s) he worked under in the
States, before coming to the UK and adopting the name Chuck Blair. Do the
following details from his 1967 resume point to anyone you can identify? CHUCK
BLAIR 1967 BIRTHPLACE: Boras, Sweden. Chuck's family moved to Swampscott,
Mass., when he was three years old. AGE: 31 RELIGION: Methodist PHYSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS: Caucasian, light brown hair, hazel eyes Weight: 14 stone.
Height: 5ft 10ins Build: Stocky. No physical handicaps. Present address:
Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK. EDUCATION: Tracy Grammar School (diploma), Lynn
Classical High School (diploma), University of Maryland (BSc. degree),
Northeast School of Broadcasting (cert.), NY School of Theatrical Arts (cert.),
Emerson College of Drama and Broadcasting (post-grad degree). MEDIA EXPERIENCE:
Began broadcasting aged 17, for Armed Forces radio. Announcer: WKVT, WKIX,
WHAV(Mass), WBZ, WMEX. WSJR, (anncr, PD, Gen. man), CKBC (Canada) (anncr, Ad
man, Prod. man). CBS Network NY (advertising, production). WBZ radio and TV (TV
compere, anncr, sales and advertising). Radio England (anncr, Gen. man), Radio
London (staff anncr). OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS Appeared in several off-Broadway
productions, including 'Stalag 17', 'The Caine Mutiny' and a self-penned
three-act play; was on TV coast-to-coast hosting teen pop show 'Where the
Action Is'; awarded '8th best announcer East' by Billboard mag; award by BSA
for voluntary youth service work, Johnson & Johnson Advertising Award 1964;
Gillette Advertising Award UK 1967. ACCOMPLISHMENTS & PERSONAL Plays piano
(professionally), bass, vibes and drums. Speaks Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and
Italian. Has had several short stories published and has written many articles
for British magazines. On the Youth Service Committee of Harpenden Youth Club.
Member of Harpenden Conservative Club. Friends have nicknamed him 'Chuckles',
because of his consistent smiling and friendliness. HOBBIES Dogs, bridge and
cooking exotic foods. MUSICAL TASTES Beatles, Beach Boys, Four Seasons. His
real name was once thought to be Charles Richardson, but this information
turned out to be wrong. His death certificate gives Richard Phillips, but an
expired passport stated Richard Philbrook. There's now doubt whether he was
actually born in Sweden, but no obvious reason for such a lie. I'd be extremely
grateful for any information you can provide. (b) Also working on WPTR in 1966
was a young English dj called Roger Scott. He was a victim of Larry Dean's
jingle scam, and we ended up with another dj working under Roger's name on the
UK pirates for a while. This was all resolved when the real Roger Scott
returned to the UK and became hugely successful on Capital Radio in London and
then nationally on BBC Radio 1. Sadly Roger passed away, also in 1989. Before
establishing himself here under his real name in 1973, he took a temporary gig
on Radio 1 for four Saturday afternoon slots. Not wanting to appear to shine
too dimly and fizzle out too soon, victim turned perpetrator and for these
shows Roger borrowed the name, and the WPTR ident jingle, of Bob Baker. I have
a tape of part of one of these shows and I'd be happy to send you an aircheck
if you think it would be of interest. Best Regards
Alan Field <alan2807@breathemail.net>
63.24.123.112
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RE: BILL
LENKE WTIC-FM
i remember bill lenke very well, as at that time,
they had some world class d.j's. Being in radio myself, did you ever notice
that they never intro-ed songs at that time? sometime in 1979, they started to
do intros and most like bobby mcgee, who i thought was great, had a lot of
trouble with that! skip miller
skip miller <skipmooose@charter.net>
24.216.219.10
chicopee, ma USA -
Aahh to hear Bill Lee from KFRC, the rhymin' man with
a plan in radioland, spreadin' the love and rockin' the planet! Dude! Any time
I can hear Bill on the air anywhere its a good thing! Great 'check, and one of
only a handful I've been able to find of 'TIC-FM. Rick, find some more of this
grat station, this one's a gem!
Steve Sawyer <k1frc@yahoo.com>
63.14.139.111
Millington, TN USA -
RE: GRAHM
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Thanks for the link to Grahm Jr. College. I was a
student there in 76-77. I was a great trip down memory lane.
Robert Goldberg <rgold770@yahoo.com>
64.12.103.34
USA -
RE: RADIO
CAROLINE/BUD BALLOU
Checkout another Bud Ballou (Howie Castle) aircheck
on the Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/direct.htm
Alan Field <alan2807@breathemail.net>
62.60.4.77
London, UK -
RE: JIM KAYE
WACKY 102
What, nobody commented? Wow! Ok, I will. Sorry
bout the poor technical quality. I recorded it on *very* cheap 'scotch' brand
tapes. But, the good news is I completely re-mastered this aircheck tonight,
and it sounds great! When I sent this tape to Rick, I had dubbed it from a
crappy tape deck while sitting in my truck waiting out a snow squall in Ohio,
that was back in 1999. So, Rick has a present on the way in the form of a very
clean, wonderful copy of Jim Kaye's last show on Wacky 102.... hopefully by the
end of the week. Its really amazing what can be done these days with a copy of
SawPlus32, a computer and a $200 Sony tape deck! The cd burner helps, too! (O
did I mention a radio station production room with all the bells and whistles
is at my disposal now instead of an 18 wheeler?) All I can say is, ENJOY! Rick,
the cd is on its way!
Steve Sawyer <k1frc@yahoo.com>
63.14.139.209
Millington, TN USA -
RE; GRAHM
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Hey Rick... sorry it's taken so long to get back to
you. The day I heard from you I called Jim Reed, so it was a WCSB Souvenir
Weekend. I will get some things off in the mail to you. Talk to you soon. Bruce
Bruce Newbury <brucenewbury@aol.com>
12.18.94.252
WWarwick, RI USA -
RE: WGFM/WFLY
Just wanted to say thanks for about two hours of
great listening! Growing up to Albany radio in the 70's, there's some real great
memories here. The 1971 FLY stuff is great! I really appreciate the TRY &
PTR stuff too and I was in Burlington during the summer of 1976 and DOT was an
outstanding station (any airchecks of Dr. Don on DOT?). That coment about GFM
being your favorite Albany CHR hurt, but the aircheck you had sounded great
(how did we ever beat them?) Keep up the great work! A new NAC fan, Mike Morgan
FLY 92
Mike Morgan <mikefly92@aol.com>
208.136.21.156
Latham, NY USA -
RE: WTRY COMPOSITE
I was on the news staff of WTRY during the blackout
of 65, a time I'll never forget. After that I moved on to WBBF, Rochester and
later the ABC Radio and TV network, where I still work. Thanks for bringing
back memories of WTRY.
Ed Bailey <Baileyedj@aol.com>
208.246.35.58
Old Tappan, NJ USA -
RE: DON BERNS
WKBW
Loved the Don Berns check from KB. Remember him from
his short stint at 'PTR. Did you catch the Pink Floyd ticket prices? $4.00!?!?
Still doesn't match the free concert Emerson, Lake & Palmer did at the
shell on the esplanade in Boston one hot summer night in '71. Unbelievable.
Warren Garling <wgarling@aol.com>
152.163.205.56
Albany, NY USA -
RE: BUD
BALLOU
I remember Bud from being on WNYS Channel 9 in
Syracuse NY with 'THE BUD BALLOU SHOW'! Loved that Dance Party Show. He had
Channel 9's Local Horror Host.... Baron Daemon on to sing his hit song 'The
Transylvania Twist' and to interview him also. I captured the 'Baron and Bud'
segment on my Wollensak reel-to-reel tape recorder in 1965. The copy is very
playable and sounds good today. (Got that microphone as close as I could to
that TV.) I am working on a special CD Compilation of Baron Daemon Audio
excerpts and plan to put this 5 min. and 20 sec. bit on the CD. I am designing
the entire CD art cover to cover and would love to include a sharp photo of BUD
BALLOU on the CD photo insert. I have stills of The Baron and it sure be great
to pair up their photos to showcase this audio track. Appreciate any help on
obtaining 1960's or early 70's PHOTOS OF BUD BALLOU (Mpg or Gif) Be great to
hear from you.
Dan Phillips <danphillips_71@msn.com>
63.24.123.41
St.Joseph, MO USA -
Rick has done a great job with this site. Local radio
from the glory days of Top 40 needs to be preserved and Rick has chosen to
share it with us all. A tremendous effort!
Greg
Pattenaude <nugget@nycap.rr.com>
24.161.26.26
Averill Park, NY USA -
RE: BOB
ROBERTS
Bob Roberts went on to be Johnny Williams on WPTR
middays in he 70's. Also on 810 WGY in the 80's.
Frank <thejockey@yahoo.com>
24.25.149.51
Clifton Park, ny USA -
RE; WTRY
COMPOSITE
WTRY was a terrific T40 in those days! But they were
not the only Albany (or Troy) station on the air the night of the Great
Northeast Blackout. WRPI was on, too, with our GE 10 Watt exciter barefoot into
the 15th St. Lounge antenna, powered by a Heathkit AC inverter running off my
'63 Ford Fairlane. We used a Shure mixer as the board. Gary Skala, Eliot Graham
and I anchored, providing reports wherein we relayed information gathered from
the big clears DX-ed from all up and down the eastern seaboard. As I recall,
WBZ did the best job of getting out useful information. We actually got calls
the next day from as far away as Menands thanking us for the useful (and
sometimes even technically sophisticated) coverage of what was taking place. Of
course, no doubt Great 98 had the lion's share of the short-lived two station
market that night!
Dennis Jackson <dj@broadcast.net>
216.221.137.161
Wilton, CT USA -
RE: WFLY
This is radio at its greatest. The disc Jockies of
that era were awsome. Nothing like the drab dudes of today. Just compare the
jocks of 1971 with the jocks of today of WFLY. No comparison, I would take 1971
anyday.
W Boyer <wboyer@adelphia.net>
64.30.6.66
Williamstown, MA USA -
RE; DAN
INGRAM/WABC
Dan Ingram had a fan from Levittown named Bob Cruz, a
grad of Grahm Jr College in Boston. Bob was hired at WABC because he sounded SO
MUCH like Ingram it was like he had had his voiced cloned for the gig. Read his
story and give a listen to Bob at www.musicradio77.com/cruzhire.html
Joel O'Brien <theobriens@adelphia.net>
24.50.110.38
Randolph, VT USA -
RE; WFLY
I was the program director who convinced the station
manager of WFLY in the summer of 1970 to drop classical and go with a rock
format! What a kick to hear airchecks from FLY during the year that followed!
How can I get copies of them ALL? Indeed, we many of the records we played were
from my collection, since we were scrambling to get copies of 15 years worth of
oldies.
John Grasberger <grasberger@aol.com>
64.12.101.151
San Diego, CA USA -
RE; WFLY
It was a lot of fun hearing old colleagues on WFLY.
Whatever spawned this bizarre hobby of collecting ancient DJ airchecks ? Chris
Brunner (aka Chris Calvert, WFLY-FM approx 1971-72)
Chris Brunner <cbrunner@wnyt.com>
209.203.136.226
Albany, NY USA -
RE; DON
BOMBARD/WYNY
Enjoyed listening to Don Bombard...he was so subdued,
but that was the early Prozac trial he was taking part in for extra cash, I
guess. Hear he's running an organic commune near Woodstock these days. P.S.
Thanks for the nice comments! BTW, can you tell John Gabriel that 'She's A
Heartbreaker' by Gene Pitney WAS a hit in Syracuse, even if it wasn't in
Albany? Thanks!!
Bob Shannon
63.24.119.70
NY, NY USA -
RE: WPTR
Jeez. I am blown away! I found this site by total
accident. I was searching for WPTR info for a friend. What do I find. Airchecks
of my buds and classmates and former coworkers. I was one of WRPIs many voices
in the early 70s, and I worked at WHAZ, WABY, WSNY (Music Director), WKOL (News
Director) and WIZR until 1976. Great to hear Bob Roberts' (one of my idols)
voice again. This page is wonderful!!
Bruce (Tanner) Tannenbaum
<buffalobruce@net1plus.com>
208.247.199.111
MA USA -
RE: CHRIS
WARREN WTRY
It is a great aircheck---and I especially enjoyed
Chris' side story about Cousin Brucie because I was the Program Director of the
now defunct WMHX/Channel 45 and worked with Brucie and Chris during the pledge
night. I drove Bruce around Albany that day, stopping at Macy's in Colonie
where he bought a belt. I grew up in New York listening to Bruce, so (like
Chris) having Bruce in my car was like dying and going to heaven for me. Please
pass along my regards to Chris... Chris, I'm now the GM of the PBS station in
Milwaukee. GREAT website, Rick!
Ellis Bromberg <brombere@matc.edu>
148.8.99.31
Milwaukee, WI USA -
RE: WFLY/BOB
MASON
An update concerning Bob Mason after listening to his
'check on 'FLY in 1980. Mason is now a writer for the Amsterdam 'Recorder.'
Also featured on that 'FLY 'check is Don Weeks, who was weeks into his morning
stint at WGY. He's been there for over 20 years.
Jason Bullett <jbullett99@yahoo.com>
168.191.118.110
Saratoga Springs, NY USA -
RE: WPTR
This is a super collection of airchecks. I am a sixth
grade teacher and grew up listening to the great radio stations in the Albany
Market. I spent hours listening especially to WPTR. Does any person out there
have any airchecks of WPTR from 1963? I would love to hear WPTR Action Central
News and especially Boom Boom Brannigan. I am willing to pay for any airchecks
as classic Rock and Roll Radio is dear to my heart. Thank you, Fran Lavigne
Fran Lavigne <brains@massed.net>
209.122.193.115
Adams, MA USA -
RE: CHARLIE
KENDALLWVBF
hello, it's me.
charlie kendall <charlie.kendall@clickradio.com>
204.97.96.102
ny, ny USA -
RE: JIM
KAYE/WAQY
This was great to hear! It was my pleasure to work
with Mr. Kaye when he was brought back to WAQY to do the Sunday Morning Gold
Rush. It was nice to hear Jim again!
Joe Marino <jmarino516@aol.com>
140.186.55.34
Mashpee, MA USA -
I lived in the Boston area from the year I was born,
1954 until 1965 when I moved to Burlington, VT. However, I continued to attend
the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown which is near Boston until June
of 1970. It was the very month of this aircheck that I switched schools and
began my junior year at the Oak Hill School for the Blind in Hartford, CT where
WDRC and WPOP were the top 40 stations. I always preferred WMEX over WRKO
because I always hated the Drake format. To me, WMEX became tight, but unlike
WRKO, the deejays maintained personalities and warmth and were not forced to
try to be humerous in 15 seconds. This aircheck of John H. particularly
interests me because it lets me know just what I missed and left behind when I
moved from Boston to Hartford. Thanks Rick for presenting this aircheck of one
of my all-time favorite stations because it's from my home town. I think I would
give anything to find several hours of Arnie Woo Woo Ginsburg airchecks, but
apart from a mic recording from Dec. 12, 1965, there seems to be precious
little around of him which is too bad. I would also love to hear some Dan
Donovan, Jones Boy and Mel Miller airchecks from WmEX. I'm also looking for a
number of PAMS, Futuresonic, CRC and Pepper packages that the station used. If
anyone has any jingle packages or for that matter old airchecks of WMEX, please
e-mail me and perhaps we can work out a trade. In the meantime Rick, keep those
great northeast airchecks coming!!! I love 'em!
Sam Ward <samward54@hotmail.com>
216.154.12.31
Georgetown, Ontario canada -
RE: ED
REILLY/WTRY
Just wanted to say I was surfing and found this
website. It brought back a lot of memories of radio in the Capital Region back
from the 60's and 70's for me as my dad was on WTRY and featured in the
aircheck from 1965. I used to have a lot of my father on reel to reel but most
all was lost in a recent move. However I do have that entire aircheck from 1965
that I got from Joe Condon. Once again, I really enjoyed going through this and
listening to numerous airchecks!!! Ed Jr.
Ed Reilly <Ereilly777@hotmail.com>
24.161.0.246
Greenwich, NY USA -
RE: LUCY ST
JAMES/WGFM
Cool aircheck of Lucy St. James on WGFM. I worked
with Lucy on two occasions. First time was around 1990 when she did a very
brief stint as a weekend jock on Trenton CHR, 97.5 WPST. Weeks later she was
heard Philadelphia's Eagle 106 (WEGX). After about a year, she was also
programming a station in Atlantic City while still doing weekends in Philly.
Eagle changed to Smooth Jazz in '93 and Lucy went on to do nights at
Philadelphia's Y100. That's when we met up once again for a few years. Lucy is
currently the Production Director at Y100 and still does an airshift on the
weekends.
Scott Lowe <loweknows@aol.com>
216.142.92.254
Los Angeles, CA USA -
RE: CARY PALL
Thanks for bringing back so many great memories! I
remember Cary Pall when he worked here in New Orleans in the '70s. Cary and I
corresponded a few years ago, and he gave me some profound and eloquent pieces
of advice which I carry with me to this day. Cary...keep smiling and keep the
star shining!
Hollie <malloy@concentric.net>
206.173.73.89
New Orleans, LA USA -
RE: DICK
ROBINSON/WDRC
Thanks for a great snapshot of 'Dickie' on Big D! Hooray
for the much wider and much more interesting playlist than stations like WABC
ever ventured to play. That's what we play on WZEN, and weekend evenings on
WRIP - 97.9 in Windham/Albany.
Peter Tripp <tripp@wzen.com>
216.221.130.61
CT USA -
RE: Cary
pall/WHUC
My Gawd! Was THAT ME????? It seems like another
lifetime, yet it also seems like it was last week. What fun, and what a fine
group of people to play radio with. I miss everyone at HUC more than you guys
will ever know.
Cary Pall <Modradio@aol.com>
158.252.12.111
Toledo, OH USA -
RE: Dan
Ingram
I am a long time Dan Ingram fan. I'd love to listen
to the 1970 aircheck but it does not seem to be available when I click. Can you
help?
Hank Sulikowski <hanksulikowski@msn.com>
163.179.204.54
RE: Brannigan
Wow! Just listened to the '62 Boom Boom Brannigan
clip from WPTR. That's the WPTR I first knew as an 11-year-old growing up in
central Mass. I haven't heard those jingles in 35 years! What a great station
it was.
Doug Drown <revdoug@somtel.com>
209.222.121.23
Bingham, ME USA -
RE: Lucy St james/WGFM
Hi!...The chief engineer here at Y-100 told me about
your site. Thanks for the nice comments. I have been in Philly at Y100 for
almost 8 years ..Oh, and I am the Production Director. Thanks for the memories!
Peace, Lucy.
Lucy St.James
<lucy@y100.com>
209.140.169.18
Philadelphia, Pa USA -
Would love to hear more of CBS-FM before 1972
Bob Goodman <bullitt@home.com>
63.203.178.234
Great Site!
Bob Goodman <bullitt@home.com>
63.203.178.234
I hired Chris Warren in 1975 to work at a small
market station in Mississippi. After a year we all left...And, some 30 years
later, we are still friends. I have some air checks to share after the first of
the year. I'll attempt to contact you if there is an interest.
Douglas
J.Neatrour <djneatrour@hotmail.com>
136.216.75.2
Lebanon, PA USA -
RE: Chris
Warren WTRY
Hey, Mom! Look at me! I'm on the Internet! Thanks
Rick for a great site. Love all the stuff here, especially the Boston checks
from my days at Grahm. Wish I'd had the forethought to record some of those
great jocks, but we were just kids and took them for granted. Keep up the good
work.
Warren Garling <wgarling@aol.com>
64.12.105.178
Schenectady, NY USA -
RE: WCFR
Yup... 'CFR was really amazing in 1973! It's neat
being able to revisit those days through this airchecks page.
Dave Glass <csdfg@digisys.net>
209.206.227.172
Lakeside, MT USA -
RE: W-FLY
STEREO
Hey Rick, Its great too hear those snippets of W-FLY,
along with TRY and PTR. I do agree with you that WHSH, wasn't as good as FLY.
FLY had a certain intangible coolness about it. It was also the first FM rocker,
in this area. Albany FM radio, was actually very slow to develop. Except for
FLY in '70-'71, the entire FM band around here, was pretty much easy listening
and classical. Great listening if you were in a retirement home, or a hospice,
I guess... Of course, that did change in '73, with both WHSH, and Rock 99,
WGFM, coming on. In any case, I didn't actually live in this area, in those
days, on a full time basis. We have a camp in the Adirondacks, so I would spend
summers, in this area. The other 10 months of the year, I lived around Boston.
So...I would love to hear your air checks of WVBF, WRKO, and WMEX, from '73. As
a matter of fact, that was the last year that I really listened to Top 40 radio
heavily, on either AM or FM, and I listened to all 3 of those stations, heavily
at that time. By the way, there was another up and coming AM rocker, in the
Boston market in '73. It was 1260-WEZE (Z-1260), another Top 40/Oldies hybred,
which sounded really good, at the time, although it began to falter a year later,
and went back to easy listening, in 1975, just a few months after WMEX,
abandoned Top 40, and went MOR. Also, just so you know, WFLY was sold to
Functional Broadcasting of Syracuse, in 1971. They apparently owned several
easy listening/classical stations in Upstate NY, and were responsible for the
demise of W-FLY. WFLY was sold to Rust Broadcasting in 1975, (the owners of
PTR, at the time) and they actually took it to kind of an automated AOR format,
through 1976. I can remember hearing FLY sign on one morning in 1975, and the
recorded announcement stated 'WFLY plays sophisticated rock'! I can definetly,
remember channel surfing between them, and Q-104, during that time period. In
1977, FLY went to a pretty annoying adult contemporary format, and then in 1978
began to evolve into what it has been for the past 21 years, or so. Feel free
to Email me anytime, if you have any questions about Boston, Albany or
Springfield, Ma, radio. Yea, I lived near there too, for awhile. I even
remember WMAS-FM, when it was progressive rock, WHVY! I'm also the guy that was
rambling about WGRG, WCAS and WNTN, a few weeks back. As far as Howard Stern
being on NTN, is concerned, I certainly never heard him there, and I listened
to them heavily from '73 until they flipped formats to AC, in early '76. His
style probably would have stuck in my mind. WNTN was a very music intensive
progressive rocker, with a low key, stoned out sounding air staff. The very
first time that I hear Howard was on an overnight(!) at WCCC, in early '79. I guess
that he was learning the board, because he was on mornings, a couple of days
later. Anyway, there's a long blast of thoughts for you. I do enjoy your air
check board, and if you have any interest in an air check of WEZE from '73, a
friend of mine, who lives in this area, apparently has one, along with one of
WRKO, also from '73. You might also be interested to know that I worked with
Cary Pall, in 1980, at WAAF. He seemed to be a real nice guy, but he hated the
management there, and left after only 5 monmths. He was the morning man, there,
when I knew him. See ya...
John Clark (PYX-106) <Clark1065@msn.com>
216.238.222.29
Greenfield , NY USA -
RE: WTRY
Terrific example of the more focussed station in the
classic two-way AM Top 40 battle in the 1960's between Great 98 and Mighty
1540. This is a glimpse of what folks who didn't live in what were then called
'The Tri-Cities' missed! (Of course, if you lived in Greenland, you could still
get WPTR just fine at night!)
Peter Tripp <dj@broadcast.net>
216.221.130.155
-
First of all, Allan-thanks for your comments! I
didn't know you were at WCFR. I was there in '73-74. They were quite a remarkable
radio station for Springfield, VT! (For those of you who don't know, Allan is
AM drive guy at WRCH/Lite 100.5 in Hartford.) And Dominick, the person you got
the aircheck from was ME. I was at Grahm from '71 to '73. I remember you as
quite a jingle collector. Email me if you'd like to somehow contribute to this
archive!
Rick Kelly <rickkelly@mail.com>
209.101.148.127
Someone gave me a copy of this aircheck when I was a
student at Grahm Junior College in 1970 or 71. I don't even remember who gave
this to me, however, I always thought this was the definitive example of Dan
Ingram. How incredibly funny he was, how much we took all this for granted. I
wish he was still there doing this every day. I have laughed a hundred times at
this aircheck and after not hearing this for about 20 years I had to pick
myself off of the floor and wait for the convulsions to cease before I could
even type this. A moment in time - what a moment. Whoever taped this and
preserved it - bless you. I'm a big fan of realradio.com. It was a great
surprise to find this site. Thank you.
Dominick Raffio
63.15.112.13
WCFR, What a great station! Jim Rising was the first
person I ever heard on CFR around 1975 A tiny station in Southern Vermont that
sounded major market. That's why I was so honored to work there from 77 through
79 with John Frawley,Gary Bruce,Ken Bringenberg and Frank Sezno.
Allan Camp <arc419@aol.com>
152.163.204.176
Hartford, Ct USA -
RE: WFLY
STEREO
Completely awesome to hear W-FLY-Stereo again
after all of these years. That was my favorite station in the Albany market in
1970-1971. Do you have any air checks of WHSH (WHISH 106), from around 1973? As
I'm sure you are aware, they picked up the Top 40/Oldies format, that FLY had
abandoned. Another gem to get hold of, would be WKOX-FM 105.7, out of
Framingham, Ma. They were the Boston area's first live FM Top 40 station, from
around early 1969, until July, 1971, when they became WVBF! At the time, they
were competing against WRKO & WMEX! Early air checks of WVBF, would be
cool, too...
John Clark (WPYX) <Clark1065@msn.com>
216.238.222.38
Greenfield , NY USA -
RE: DAN
INGRAM/WABC
Rick, Yes, as you suggested to me, the 1970
Dan Ingram aircheck you have posted WAS recorded originally by me. In fact,
your version misses the full opening of the show, so I'll send you a copy of
the original which has the complete show open. It IS one of the all time great
Ingram airchecks, at a time when I think he was at his peak.
Gary Liebisch <gliebisch@cinci.rr.com>
24.27.186.115
Cincinnati, OH USA -
RE: W-FLY STEREO
The 'old' WFLY airchecks that I am
contributing contain VERY few commercials. Before the format really got off the
ground, the Troy Record announced the sale of the station to Muzak, and
promptly fired everyone except the programming staff necessary to stay on the
air! Yep, even salespeople! For most of 1971, it was 'more music' with just 3
stops an hour for the PSA-weather. 3 stops an hour in 1971 generally meant you
were sucking air, unlike today, when each of those 3 might contain 5 minutes of
spots.
Gary Liebisch <gliebisch@cinci.rr.com>
24.27.186.115
Cincinnati, OH USA -
Subject: WGFM I agree with your comments. This is how
a Top 40 radio station SHOULD sound like. I dearly miss the 1980's when there
was hundreds of stations like WGFM all over the country. I also agree about
your comments about the jingles. JAM has (and always will IMHO) done the BEST
jingles! Nuff said.
Robert Watkins <RobynTW@aol.com>
205.188.199.29
Charlotte, NC USA -
RE: MARK
ALLEN/WPTR
Oops, two more corrections: It was 'from da couch,'
not 'on the couch,' and I spelled my last name Allen, not Allan, when jocking
at WIXY-Cleveland, WPTR-Albany, WKNR-Detroit and WIND-Chicago. Thanks.
Bob Dearborn <Mister
Dearborn@aol.com>
152.163.206.201
USA - Saturday, July 15, 2000 at 15:05:46 (EDT)
Thanks for including some of my WPTR-Albany air work
(as Mark Allen) at your site. One small point: the clip was not from 1969; I
was the Music Director/7-Midnight jock at WPTR from February until August of
1968, when I resigned to take the 7-10 PM slot at WKNR-Detroit.
Bob Dearborn <Mister
Dearborn@aol.com>
152.163.206.201
USA - Saturday, July 15, 2000 at 15:00:20 (EDT)
RE: WABY
For many years, PAMS series 14, Dramatic Signatures
featuring the console slide guitar of Elvino Rae has been my favorite jingle
package and I knew that WABY had bought the package. I have this package in my
collection, but I've always wanted to hear just how these jingles were used on
the air on WABY. Thanks to this aircheck, now I have. This is a great aircheck
from one of my favorite periods in top 40 radio, a time when radio stations
were more friendly sounding and deejays could be themselves. I'm just curious
to know though, were WPTR, WTRY and WABY all rocking at the same time? Or had
one of the stations dropped the top 40 format by then? I have heard of a few
cities with three top 40 stations such as St Louis with KWK, WIL and KXOK. But
the Albany area seems too small to have sustained three top 40 stations.
Perhaps it was. Anyway, thanks for a fascinating aircheck of WABY, a station
that I had heard was top 40, but that I had never heard an aircheck of.
Sam Ward <samwardont@shoutmail.com>
199.235.184.105
Georgetown, ON Canada - Tuesday, July 11, 2000 at 17:18:35 (EDT)
Having lived in Vermont between 1965 and 1972, and
having travelled throughout the state with my father at the time just to listen
to the various radio stations in Vermont and New Hampshire, it was indeed
refreshing to find this WCFR aircheck on your website. Airchecks from northern
New England are fairly rare, and yet for me, they are truly delightful. When
WRKO in Boston adopted the Drake format, I absolutely hated it. I knew that
once that format caught on, the sound of radio would become more and more
slick, and less and less friendly and that's exactly what happened. However, I
have always had a soft spot in my heart for airchecks of northern New England
stations, from actually even earlier. My favorite period would be from the 50's
through about 1967. If anyone has any Vermont and New Hampshire airchecks or
jingles from this period, could you please e-mail me. It was really great to
see an aircheck from this relatively small radio station represented in your
list. Thanks very much! There are just so many people that don't seem to bother
with airchecks from this area of the country!
Sam Ward <samwardont@shoutmail.com>
199.235.184.105
Georgetown, On Canada - Tuesday, July 11, 2000 at 16:44:14 (EDT)
RE: WAQY
Hey Ric I grew up in CT in the 60s and 70s. Your aircheck
page brought back some radio mems when I was a kid. I really enjoyed the WAQY
airchecks. Remembered getting a chance to talk to Jim Risling on leave from the
Navy. Jim was a real nice guy. I believe that he was the morning guy at the
time on 102. I was living in Jax, Fla at the time and telling him about the
Greasman on the Ape. He was telling me about a radio show that he was doing in
Jax, N.C. He said he was hated there by the listeners. found it to be funny
because Jim is a likeable guy.
Tony Edgar <Tony_Edgar@hotmail.com>
4.48.117.243
Belleview, fl USA - Saturday, July 08, 2000 at 08:49:47 (EDT)
RE: WABC
I was surprised to hear that 77 was audible in the
Hudson Valley. I come from the northern Capitol Region (Saratoga Springs, to be
exact) and before visiting these and other sites about radio from this area, I
had no knowledge about it. But now I do, so keep up the good work.
Jason Bullett <jbullett99@yahoo.com>
168.191.118.85
Saratoga Springs, NY USA - Tuesday, July 04, 2000 at 10:00:50 (EDT)
RE: JAY
CLARK/WTRY
My brother sent this to me. It seems like yesterday
that Lee Gray, Bob Connel, Jim Lord, Ed Reilly, Joe, and I were doing our thing
at 'The Great 98'. This was a time, when one of our staff came back from San
Fran and had hear his first tast of 'underground'. Since I was a musician, the
PD decided that I should do a low key 'free form show'. Although I still hear a
lot of top fourty in my delivery. Thanks for all of the WTRY stuff on the
sight, it was fun reliving the past. Jay. P.S. I am now VP&GM of broadcast
for Comedyworld in Los Angeles. Give us a try at Comedyworld.com J.C.
Jay Clark
<jayclark@comedyworld.com>
209.10.210.226
Manhattan Beach, CA USA - Monday, July 03, 2000 at 11:15:02 (EDT)
RE: BOOM BOOM
BRANNIGAN
the boomer is back on the revived wptr....complete with
some pissy PAMS resings...but no where as hot as they were in the good ol' days
alan e <alaneallen@netzero.net>
209.245.110.162
USA - Tuesday, June 06, 2000 at 15:00:16 (EDT)
Great site! I'm only fifteen years old so never lived
through the glory days of Top 40 radio so these airchecks really teach me a
lot. I especially loved the Ken barlow aircheck from WDOT: raw talent and great
energy! Keep more airchecks coming (especially station composites especially
from the seventies, I find composites give a really good feel for a certain
station more than just a single aircheck). To correct Ken above, the Musicradio
WABC website is http://www.musicradio77.com/. Thanks again and keep up the good
work Rick! Donovan Tildesley
Donovan Tildesley <donovant@istar.ca>
24.115.20.21
Vancouver, B.C. Canada - Friday, May 19, 2000 at 01:16:10 (EDT)
RE: JIM
KAYE/WAQY
Wow... I sounded like I was ready to cry on that last
show... but... I also had a blast! I kinda got to do the same things a few
years later at both WAQY and WHMP-FM doing the GOLDRUSH Oldies show from
1984-1995... Maybe it's time to start up that show again... after all, my
record collection has grown in the last 5 years! Love those 'Regional/Local'
Hit singles and 'mid-chart' flops... too bad local groups in today's radio
world don't get a break to get airplay like they did back in the 60's and 70's!
Rick... your site has grown by leaps and bounds! (All for the better, I might
add) KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 'Peace and Luv on Ya' -Jim Kaye (the DJ formerly
known as the BIG TUNA... LONG before that PATRIOTS coach!)
Jim (Kaye) Knapp <jimrknapp@earthlink.net>
63.23.114.238
Suffield, CT USA - Sunday, May 07, 2000 at 21:20:06 (EDT)
RE: WAQY JIM
KAYE
well, presently in eau claire. Funny how the aircheck
sounds better in realaudio than what I can get out of my tape deck. Next tapes
.. cept the last wacky show i will scope for you and save you the hassle. Good
job!
Steve Sawyer
<k1frc@yahoo.com>
12.21.37.91
Eau Claire, wi USA - Tuesday, February 15, 2000 at 12:30:51 (EST)
RE: KEN
BARLOW
Kelly: Finally listened to some airchecks. The Cary
aircheck at 99x is great....also the HUC composite. I remember that one so
well. You ought to put up an aircheck of you at CFR...that station was
good....do you have a composite with Moran and Kreft on it? Have you checked
out the WABC sight? A very good one...www.wabcmusicradio.com Good cruz aircheck
there. Later. Ken
Ken Barlow <kbkb1@aol.com>
152.163.195.214
USA - Saturday, February 12, 2000 at 07:54:16 (EST)
Ric: Enjoyed the web site! Radio was always so much
fun back then! Hey, anyone know of any WCKL alumni??? Surely some of the
graduates of the great Minnesota Close Cover Before Striking FCC 1st Class
Tickets are in circulation? -ed
Ed Kostek <kostek813@worldnet.att.net>
12.79.68.242
USA - Friday, February 11, 2000 at 21:00:47 (EST)
RE: WHVW
This is really good considering the market size. In a
different location with different jox, this could be a WRKO, or KHJ... but 500
watts is certainly a reality check! One has to wonder if, in todays corporate
environment, the station would get sued over splicing jingles were that done
today...
Steve Sawyer
<k1frc@yahoo.com>
4.4.83.15
USA - Tuesday, February 01, 2000 at 07:56:23 (EST)
Rick,I keep getting 'requested URL is not valid, With
an 'error 23' message.I have RealPlayer g2 & g7, also mediaplayer. Bro.Lou
Lou Roberts(Portanova) <BLR922@cs.com>
205.188.196.51
Colonie, NY USA - Wednesday, January 19, 2000 at 22:51:24 (EST)
RE: KEN
BARLOW/WDOT
I believe the Ken Barlow/WDOT tape is from 1975, not
1976 (or else it's a '1 year ago' weekend...most of the songs were from spring
'75. Does he cringe when he hears this?
Steve Ordinetz <steveord@wavewizard.com>
140.186.49.99
USA - Tuesday, January 11, 2000 at 21:26:26 (EST)
Wow. Great stuff. I came to the Capital District in
'77 from Brooklyn, so it was great to see stuff I missed here, stuff I
remember, *and* 99X from my teenage years. Many thanks!
Doug Broda <djbroda@mindspring.com>
209.138.1.190
Troy, NY USA - Monday, January 10, 2000 at 21:09:36 (EST)
RE: MARK
ALLEN/WPTR
Unfortunately, this Mark Allan aircheck is way too
short. It sure is great to hear the old PTR jingles and reverb.
Dave Glass <csdfg@digisys.net>
208.150.203.160
Lakeside, MT USA - Thursday, January 06, 2000 at 23:48:02 (EST)
RE: WAQY
Rick, The Mason stuff sounds good. Also, I did find
some breaks of you on WACKY from 78'. The station was incredible..but Anne
Murray??
Jeff Mail <jm1015@earthlink.net>
38.26.56.125
USA - Monday, January 03, 2000 at 21:02:07 (EST)
RE: WAQY
All I can say is.... Wow! I got hooked on Wacky
around 1980, was still into KB 15 and WLS before that, but man, Wacky 102
around 1978 was awesome! Why can't radio be exciting like that again! Damn I
wish I could program some loser station to sound like that we'd steal the book!
Steve Sawyer
<k1frc@yahoo.com>
12.21.38.174
Orange, MA USA - Tuesday, December 21, 1999 at 15:48:45 (EST)
RE: WPTR
Man oh Man! I was beginning to think we had no radio
phreaks up this way! Great job! What an even better selection of airchecks. I
used to DX 'PTR back in the day because they were earlier on records and had a
longer playlist than the avg. T-40. Keep it up.
Jay Fink! <boomer@broadcast.net>
24.25.141.73
Albany, NY USA - Sunday, December 05, 1999 at 14:14:11 (EST)
RE: WAQY
Ric, Enjoy the site & enjoyed working w/you &
Jim Kaye 'The Big Tuna'. Like to visit often so I can see if you've got more
stuff! Have turned my friend, Jay Fink, who does an oldies show in the Albany
market, onto this site. Thanks, Jack Allen 99Rock/New Haven
Paul Rowe <prowe@att.com>
192.128.133.68
Edison, NJ USA - Friday, December 03, 1999 at 14:34:37 (EST)
RE: WAQY
RICK! How great to hear the old WACKY aircheck! Would
love a raw copy of that to add to wacky102.com! Also, check out
http://www.big56.com and http://www.tmachineprod.com! My how times have
changed! Be safe Chris
Chris Tracy <ctracy@tmachineprod.com>
206.157.176.197
Northampton, MA USA - Monday, November 15, 1999 at 05:39:58 (EST)
RE: JIM KAYE/WAQY
Hi Rick! (Ric) enjoyed this aircheck! Good crisp
audio quality! (around the time that I moved from WAQY to WHMP (FM's)
continuing the GOLDRUSH OLDIES SHOW...) I had to download real aud.G2, cuz mine
was the old version! You sounded Upbeat! (as you always did!) So, what is going
to happen to the WARE call letters? What is their format now? Interesting note
about WARE AND WACO... Good Job, sir!
Jim Knapp (aka Jim Kaye
Big Tuna) <jimrknapp@earthlink.net>
38.26.183.53
suffield, CT USA - Sunday, November 14, 1999 at 23:25:20 (EST)