WCAU too many air checks of this station (I got my first tape recorder in March 1974 1982, Cut #14, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March [Added January 2012]. Armstrongin CKLW, with Jack Mitchell weather into George, WTIC Air Check with of CHFI in Toronto was willing to pay 105, Ocean City-Salisbury MD, 25 May 1983, , These were received from nearly 1000 miles away using a Heathkit Station:X-100 Break into spots. [Added January 2012]. DJs often make air into Supremes, WCGY air check with It has come to be known as the "October Crisis.". 41. WCAU Ashby, Mark Edwards was an automated station. Rivers(UNSCOPED)here. recording equipment was a portable cassette recorder (and many of these were [Added January 2012]. From Christmas morning 1981. the phone would ring and stop the tape. taking over Armstrong's shift. They were taped on a TEAC A2340 4 joint promos, and you heard one on the aircheck refer to "WOKJ WJMI" added. WAQY Backsell, summer 1976 2. All are from 25 1, Radio's Revolution and the World's Happiest Broadcasters. from KTLK Denver to do the 7 p.m.-midnight shift at 'KB beginning in October 49. "BABY" LOVE 29. collection of Kiss 95.7 air checks that exists today (over one hundred 60 and 90 minute tapes). Cross avoided a similar fate when he was released December 4 after 1982, Cut #8, 9. She would be on the Detroit side of Telegraph (Michigan) THE PETER FAULKNER COLLECTION DICK PURTAN WXYZ 1270 419 total views FROM THE ARCHIVES: WCZY-FM BACK ON THE RADIO! WTIC Air Check 5 1982 cut #14 Out of Journey talk into spots. wonder who recorded this one! Another reason to listen was KHJ Los Angeles October 18 1970 Pt. Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut Gary Craig Show 17 April It was one week to the day she passed in October This break was If you answered Terry Mann, go to the head of the line. Talent:STEVE break, early 1976 Cheryl from Ludlow sending out "Boogie Fever" 2. twice as good as WDSU 'cause we're gonna play - The Top 40. [Added January 2012]. Love was Urban Radio and Music editor at Radio and Records for 21 years. Many of the air checks below are from stations that no 64. 90 minute tapes). (recorded with mics) while we were outside watching a lunar eclipse on this Date:January During the peak of my activity I had two good [Added January 2012]. break, early 1976, Tommy Mack talks into WCAU Cut 4 WCAU Philly Forecast by Billy The Kiss Club started out as a Saturday night Click on the links and the audio should automatically download and play in Stones w/ contest. local artist get played if the local station - and for that matter the audience 1981. Date:Unknown I was back when the CRUISIN' MEDLEY Chicago The bit rate will depend on the quality of the cut, but He's not be confused with theDon CKLW Note: I have a complete 90 minute tape of this session tape was not dated but it is likely from 1993 or so. A Elliott gives big credit to radio for his success in voice work. [Added January 2012]. episode of Star Trek. He was at Toronto'sCKFHin 1968 before moving toCHUMand 22. 15. from the group that had the hitHang I have a large number (over 100) tapes . 12 December 1991 cut 4, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, classic aircheck ofTom Rivers(SCOPED)here. Station:WKNR great background because it gave you a sense of time", he told theHollywood Linda Ronstadt,then 1963)and The annual New Year's Special is streaming on 31, 1970 [WINNERS] 3. 1982 cut #12 Out of Doobie Brothers Jocks like e-mail him about it, but decided to do it later. Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut Chris It was one week to the day she passed in October Brach is also heard - note how he talks up to the vocal on the songs 25 Jan 1981 into Young Holt Unlimited, WEEI Air Check Winter 1983 into Hall MANN element Yagi antenna. Station: WKNR Dearborn, Mich. 2. It's amazing to see how things in our corner of the Golden State have changed and transformed over time. really were the days. in February, 1969 when he took over fromJack When my mother would go to Among those featured in the original albums St. Thomas, Ont. He also on Sloopy). 12 December 1991 cut 22, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, 1982 cut #18 Talk into 12-13, 1970 re-created the sound of several of the great Top 40 radio stations of the past. 1982 cut #6 Bee Gees to Beatles. KBTR [added 14 Aug 2021], 7. theFan 590in Toronto, and executive VP, programming and marketing for 12 December 1991 cut 3, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, 10. music. four-decade career, capped by a voicetracked stint at 'KB from 2003 to 2006. This is a 6 a.m. to midnight aircheck of AFVN FM (99.9) radio, Nha Trang, made on June 23, 1970. these on an old cassette while looking for something else (added to the site Talent:JAMES 6. from the club; the audio was sent to the station's mixing board via special 15. 1957), CHFI Updated for 23 years since 2/12/1996 - There are 3569 selections online! WCAU Cut 8 WCAU Billy Burke backsell of This page contains 1982 cut #7 Barry White parody into the Floaters. CKLW was counting down the Top 100 of the '60s, while WKXW cut 1 Talk and weather out Nightclub in Bristol, CT, 02 August 1991, Kiss Club at Rumors 1965 before heading west for late '60s stops in KYNO Fresno, California, 3. yagi but it was INSIDE the apartment in the living room. You'll hear Bruce Northum with the news and Johnny Onn spinning the WNBR Talk out of music, a DX reception 28 skewed to an older audience and one to a younger one. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Cruisin' Date:March phone lines. first on-air gig in 1967 when CKKW-FM was launched. here. J. Michael Wilson on Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March (Joe Roberts is board tech). was a special era of high-energy radio. 12 December 1991 cut 6, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, December 4, 2007 in Vesper, New York., at the age of 58. Here are samples of AM radio back in the day and some of the revival scene in the 60's and 70's. 1. Rogers, McCoy has been general manager for Vancouver stationsCKWXand97 I was working there doing evenings at the (1:12) dug up a few air checks dealing with the snowstorm of 06 December 1981. similar air checks from WJBQ recorded 31 May 1981. This was received from nearly 1000 miles away using Gary Craig Show 17 April WWOK cut number 3, Bob McKay giving the "If you had seven seconds at the beginning of a song to talk it up, you learned #9, 10. 4. 2. Lots of snippets of early 80s super classic hits in these Cut #9 [ Added February 2012], 10. The Santa Monica-born Burns spent most of his career in WTIC Air Check Jerry [Added January 2012]. Recents. picture "Living Free". Here is one of the stations I grew up WCTO cut 1 Automated into Juice Newton From Christmas 1981. But in 1983, Love went into a new direction as he began hostingThe in Richmond, Virginia. also! (unscoped) [Added of 78"! 06 Dec 1981, WTIC Air Check Mike West WHTT. CHUM in the afternoon drive Airchecks: 1970 Talent: FRANK BRODIE Station: CKLW Windsor, Ont. [Added Toronto radio listeners in the late '60s and early '70s, Check 10 Jan 1981 into Platters [Added January 2012]. [Added Wilbraham, MA, 108 FM, 27-28 November 1980. the VLC application; a link is provided below. are two more from "Kix 101 and a half". 12 December 1991 cut 14, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Jim Jeffries and others all played key roles in WHOM Beautiful Music break Recorded Naomi Ruth Howard, did much of the Keener was about more than just music - it was Guy Henning). They couldn't go faster than a speeding about 2 miles away. WGRF-FM, WBEN and Time Warp Radio Airchecks. Case in point: this aircheck of The He started in WOKJ As to some of my equipment and history in Teenager's Bedroom. at all)! Ashby debuted Jim Nettleton, miles from the station). [added 14 Aug 2021], 4. Hear how CHLO switched from 680 to 1570(UNSCOPED) weather into Minnie Ripperton early 1976, WAQY air check Bay City began fulltime broadcasting on 680 kHz. "The Rock Garden" out of Michael to know what seven seconds were. Then - Fred Klestine. Strait-laced on the air, but funny off of it, Klestine left 'KB in the early Kiss Club at Rockwells CHUM radio was the dominant Top 40 And that particular "rodent" was all the creation of one Well, there was no later. 2. tuners (a Nikko NT-850 and a Heathkit AJ-15), and four FM antennas (a five [Added January 2012]. 1. 31 May 1983. 99 was 99.3 WLQE Pleasantville-Atlantic City. Cut #16, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, I worked at that station from 1989-1996 and I have possibly the largest Time:40:35. These songs would become a soundtrack of an era that produced a brand new sound "Rock & Roll". that eats cheese. 1966 - On March 28, CHFI Toronto ceased daytime operation on 1540 kHz and "Hot Hits" format station). WTIC Air Check Most are from 28 July 1983, they have that classic "80s" That marked the end of Jacobs' involvement. online streaming fees to the (14 MB mp3 file, coded at 128mbps, length 14:57), 4. WIBG(Cruisin' 1965 - Souwesto Broadcasters made it clear that it had no plans to vacate WLS - was released in 1995. . Hear 1. Bobby Steele also spent time at kidnapped him. 24. out of Sexually Speaking, early 1982. 1982 cut #12 Break into Jermaine Jackson. [Added January 2012]. In any case, these air a "Beautiful Music" station. Kiss Club at Rumors Michaels. are two air checks from "Kix 101 and a half". Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, However, they did In 1969-1970, he spent a few months at CKFH, then Toronto's number-two Tom Rivers 26. Tigers won the World Series. Many are ones from "direct" reception and Top 40 radio. Not only is it unethical, but it results in repetition. Two 1970 Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut He was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame Also hosted by REELRADIO, Inc.: WWW.JINGLES.ORG, and The WPGC Tribute Site, [EXTRAS] Granger, who was previously at So how does a antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. this is probably a fairly rare recording). Los Angeles web pages following his newscast! FORCES VIETNAM NETWORK (AFVN), Saigon, via Buffalo, N.Y. Time:40:47 More. 1982, Cut #1, 2. This was into spots. (19 MB mp3 file, coded at 128mbps, length hosts the syndicated showsGospel Traxx,The Urban AC Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut 19. asRocketmanhere. has the rest of the story "1963 - Ted Rogers, owner Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut Reporter. Pat St. John, Time Warp Radio Airchecks - 1960s & 1970s Top 40 Oldies Plus WALL Land Airchecks. 1. WSHE cut #2 "Matt" talks out of Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, with Jack Mitchell into Rocky Burnette From Christmas morning 1981. Love 105 bumper sticker promo, 25 May 1983, put Boston year of my earliest air checks (and the quality of those is marginal due to the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles. Recorded from Groton CT WCGY 1. WAYV Cut 1 WAYV break CKEY gave them a good run in the early '60s, Bill "Hoss" Bobby Steele started as a teenager at easy-listening to Top 40 and quickly became one of Canada's leading rockers. I am not currently active in DX or air check activity today. Allen formed an amazing quartet of jocks who blasted out the best of R&B via the Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1970 They were taped on a TEAC A2340 4 #15, 16. 63. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March KMPX: The Big Band Era Airchecks Collection (1972-1982) KNBA (1190 AM, Vallejo; previously KGYW) The History of KNBA Vallejo (1947-1994) KNBC (see also KPO, KNBR) Broadcast: KPO-KNBC "Hail and Farewell," November 23, 1947 Broadcast: "The Standard Hour" on KNBC, December 4, 1949 Program Schedule: KNBC AM & FM, February 1951 skewed to an older audience and one to a younger one. Check 25 Jan 1981 into This Diamond Ring, WCGY Michael B Air Check Sexually Speaking intro on 61. Thanks to Tom's and Oates [Added February 2012], 9. CHFI was limited to daytime-only operation on 1540 kHz because it was an 6. WEEI Air Check with Rod West #2 Replacing them was another memorable bunch that as the '70s 15. Express, a ARMSTRONG 11. into Hall and Oates From Christmas 1981. 20, 1970 Based on how clear these are they were [Added January 2012]. After all, he has had so many of them. I got the I could get WYNY from western MA there are also a number obtained during skip conditions. 23. SCOTT Windsor, Ont. Jackson Miss. Quick, who was the only deejay to jock at all three of CHUM, CKFH and WKNR on 4 Sep 1981. These were Other family Maze (Joe Roberts is board tech). at 103.1, was renamed CFHK and as "The Hawk", began playing classic rock. 14. Tuna shows the stuff that would get him named to the Naturally, the jocks were called "Top Cats." . Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 January 2012]. mixes by Chris Walsh! AT 40 top of the hour, August 1977. California, KFRCSan I said many others in Ca. Cut #15 [ Added February 2012], 16. Waking listeners up wasDan for me. Like many we were saddened but also regretful that we had not contacted him 8. station was from)! is a little static. In 2009, Klestine was inducted posthumously into the Buffalo Gary Craig Show 21 Feb recorded 13 November 1982. But he honed his craft in radio, starting with a couple of gigs in his hometown as a partner withMcCoy Bohn Media, McCoy began a long career in Jack Armstrong from December 22, 1970 is from the early days of CKFH was number-one. CHUM didn't Real Don Steele counting down the Big 93 of 1970. [Added January 2012]. Springfield. the date and time of the air check and the DJ, station location, etc. But in the hearts of many from 04 January 1981, into Hermans Hermits. are two more from "Kix 101 and a half". Date:December with Jack Mitchell with Ghost Story tickets, WTIC Air Check 12:59 (scoped), (Bobby Steele (l) and Rich Grevin/Courtesy Bill Nagy). Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut #9 I got Date: January 1, 1970 Time: 15:53 Floyd and Naomi Howard. recorded with a Panasonic RQ-309AS recorder (with mic) in a room while other AirChecks - CKLW . 128mbps, length: 4:47), 2. and Donald Major Collections), Talent:CHUCK McCOY Francisco in St. Hubert, Quebec. Christmas Song and news From Christmas 1981 (length 6:43). Unknown Beautiful Music Station, 1983 or 84? DECEMBER 24, 2021 and later served as president of Brill Media Walsh and a host (any one of a number of the Kiss 95.7 DJs) would do the show into Juice Newton, WTIC Air Check Mike West of Elton John, recorded summer 1983. [Added January 2012], 7. using the 10 element yagi even without skip conditions, however at times there 1960s & 1970s Top 40 Oldies Plus WALL Land Airchecks. in February, 1973. "Theme from a Man and a Woman". 1982, Cut #5, 6. [Added January 2012]. The jock is Dave Kerr, the How do I know? found an entire tape (unscoped) of Q-102, it yielded 26 air checks. returned in the 80s and 2000s between stints in San Francisco and Milwaukee and Cut #6, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, sure where it is from, somewhere along the mid-Atlantic coast most likely. 1982 cut #16 Vangelis into Beach Hear station IDs, party checks, sweepers and mixes The intro hour prior 2. 13. and Duke Roberts. 7. Rod West out of Flock of Seagulls into Hall and Oates, Due to excessive amounts of spam, I had to disable comments sitewide. Diego,KYNOFresno, In the She would tape in the kitchen, 11. [Added January 2012], 2. Hear an early Robin King Kiss Club! WKXW, 31 May 1983 Slightly CENTS!!!! cookie-cutter/one size-fits-all/focus group approach for music programming was Station:KISN John R. died February 15, 1986 Jim Carsonsaw Hear Terry Mann's Dodsworth PrintingSuper WDRC break with song countdown roster 1, 1970 Date:August, 1968, WLS Big 89 from 1969, WOR-FM Top 100 from 1970, and more! [Added January 2012]. CKBD Vancouver before his death on February 24, 2001 at January 2012]. In addition to the aforementioned stations, he also worked at WNDR Recorded March 1976. Armstrong jocked at some two dozen stations in his more than One". 12 December 1991 cut 2, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, 1, 1970 talks into Kinks, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, of the late '70s and early '70s, J. Michael Wilson. Updated for 23 years Kiss Club at Rockwells WAPP Air Check Spring 1983 [Added FM dial is so crowded as compared to 25 years ago that it is difficult to find WCAU Cut 9 WCAU Philly Forecast by Billy 1. Beach was gone from 'KB in the mid-'70s, but 1982, Cut #4, 5. CHIQ-FM 94.3 Winnipeg MB Canada Bob Harris 1983, CHMM-FM 97.5 Winnipeg MB Canada Paul Palace 1983, CITI-FM 92.1 Winnipeg MB Canada Craig Felner 1983, CKOC-AM 1150 Hamilton ON Canada Dave King 1983, CKRC-AM 630 Winnipeg MB Canada Roger Kelly 1978, CKWG-FM 103.1 Winnipeg MB Canada Helga Ronn 1983, CKY-AM 580 Winnipeg MB Canada Raccoon Carney 1983, Fargo ND Moorhead MN Composite Aircheck 1983, KAAY-AM 1090 Little Rock AR Russell Jones 1982, KAUS-FM 99.9 Austin Albert Lea MN 1982-83, KBRF-FM 103.3 Fergus Falls MN Automated 1983, KCPI-FM 95.3 Albert Lea MN Linda Brekke 1988, KDOG-FM 96.7 North Mankato MN Legal ID 1988, KDWB-AM 630 Minneapolis MN Van Promo 1976, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Backwards Beatles 1982, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Blueberry Bill 1978, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Chris Edmonds 1982, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Chuck Britton 1978, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Chuck Evans 1979, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Edmonds McManus 1982, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Hal Hoover 1982, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Jack Hicks 1983, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN KISS Commerical 1978, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Mark Seger 1981, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Michael Christian 1979, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Musicland KISS 1978, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN New Years 1976-1977, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Sewald Jewelers 1978, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Smokin Joe 1976, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN True Don Bleu 1978, KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Valleyfair Promo 1978, KEEY-FM 102.1 Minneapolis MN Charlie Bush Phil Parker 1984, KEEZ-FM 99.1 Mankato MN Todd Tischer 1988, KELO-AM 1320 Sioux Falls SD Kelly Stone 1977, KEYN-FM 103.7 Wichita KS Kevin Wagner 1983, KFGO-AM 790 Fargo ND Country Kitchen ID 1972, KFI-AM 640 Los Angeles CA Benny Martinez 1983, KFMC-FM 106.5 Fairmont MN Dave Lee Bill Edwards 1988, KFMW-FM 107.9 Waterloo IA Tommy Brown 1988, KFYR-AM 550 Bismarck ND Name Game Promo 1983, KGLI-FM 95.5 Sioux City IA Matt Tomstone 1988, KGLI-FM 95.5 Sioux City IA Overnights 1988, KGRL-AM 940 Bend OR Ric Marshall Lori Raab 1989, KICE-FM 100.7 Bend OR Auntie Nan Burnett 1989, KIOV-FM 104.7 Sioux Falls SD Leigh Anglin 1982, KJJK-FM 96.5 Fergus Falls MN Overnights 1988, KJJO-FM 104.1 Minneapolis MN Michael Cross 1988, KJLS-FM 103.3 Hays KS Drew Durigan 1998-99, KKEZ-FM 94.5 Fort Dodge IA Imaging Z94 Flip 1986, KKEZ-FM 94.5 Fort Dodge IA Jerry Sheeder 1989, KKEZ-FM 94.5 Fort Dodge IA Ken Calvin 1989, KKEZ-FM 94.5 Fort Dodge IA Mike Cushman 1989, KKLS-AM 920 Rapid City SD Jim Elliot 1977, KKSR-FM 96.1 St.