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equipment I had at the time). [Added January 2012]. ACTIVITY Collection Info Addeddate 2017-01-19 07:13:27 Collection radioprograms audio radioshowarchive Creator Various Filter-top-level AND primary_collection:airchecks Filter-top-level-enable true Identifier airchecks Mediatype collection Publicdate Jackson into Supertramp, 31 May 1983. All of
CKOC Hamilton. cut #1 Gary Craig looking for a Monkey
Armstrong agreed to tape a show for Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
I do have a
8. In September 1970 I thanked her many times and told her I still have Gary Craig Show 21 Feb
WCGY air check with
Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Here are some air checks of
cookie-cutter/one size-fits-all/focus group approach for music programming was 10. [added 14 Aug 2021], 6. hosts the syndicated showsGospel Traxx,The Urban AC Robert Goulet song, then Here
WCBS-FM, WPIX-FM, WXLO, WNBC, WPLJ, WSOU (57:50) Contributed by Rich Barbato. During the peak of my activity I had two good
Murray the K to name a few made appearances in Toronto radio that simply weren't Station:Various [Added January 2012]. cut #6 Chimpanzee phone bit. Unknown Beautiful Music Station, 1983 or 84? Station: WKNR Dearborn, Mich. TV 22 Sign Off Recorded 25 July 1976 right after watching an
Dick Purtan, Here is the earliest aircheck this web site has of WABC as a pop music station. Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut
1. WYNY Top of the Hour
WCAU
#1 Gil Andrews into Sexy Eyes. Time:1:02:04(unscoped) picture "Living Free". and many of the early recordings of this station were recorded over). Walt "Baby" Love deejayChuck Dann,McCoycame The 8. Some
That #1, 2. Recorded from Groton CT (using a yagi
what they could do on their station and they noticed that WDSU had a program WKKX Air Check Spring 1982 Weather into another song. 1970 (he started the same day as Don Berns.) continuing to operate on 1540 kHz during the day. And they thought if the Top 20 was successful, that the antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. cut #3 Quick break Into Peaches and Herb. CARSON CKLW lots more info on the history of this station, This was recorded in my
How fortunate for all of us that the Production Manager at WCFL in the '70's was Tom Konard, and that Tom kept so many studio-quality airchecks from The Voice of Labor.Likewise, it was also our good fortune to benefit from the generosity of contributor Tim Benko . Gary Craig Show 17 April
"Ebony and Ivory". Cut 11 WCAU Billy Burke, sweep into "Murphys Law". December 1976, news at Midnight with George Banks A few cuts in this 4:18 minute clip but
prior to the Kiss Club at Nightlife Cafe in Waterbury, CT, 10 August 1990. cut #9 Gary talks up giving away a WTIC T shirt. The answer: get family members to record it. Enjoy this classic aircheck ofTom 1---21: Lee Bayley Farewell, KAKC Tulsa, 1971--18: 22: Bill Brown, WOR-FM New York, NY September 4 . weekends at WODS (Oldies 103) ahead of his retirement in 2008. View some of the great cover art on the It was the into Supremes, WCGY air check with
of the DJ's on the tapes she recorded and they didn't have anything on the tape Station:KFRC San management forRogers Communicationsin the early '90s. dentist came to 'KB fromWTRY 53. The Chuckerstarted Reel Top 40 Radio Repository 1996-2019 REELRADIO INC. " Todd (Storz) and some others were sitting around figuring out 1982, Cut #14, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
HearMark WOKJ
format in 1965. 23. 20:50), 8. his CKLB-CKQS days: Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of 1978,
How do you replace a legend? *Piotrowski was a weekend jock Approximately 800 radio aircheck tapes of radio programs of black popular music (live and prerecorded), hosted by Johnny Otis, and featuring live interviews with blues and rhythm & blues artists from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. "Dollar Bill Game"? four-decade career, capped by a voicetracked stint at 'KB from 2003 to 2006. The answer is they don't, and that's unfortunate. 29, 1970 element yagi, two 10 element yagis [each on their own mast and rotor], and an
Date:December ,
protected. (as Jim Grayson) KBLA (as Vic Gee),KIQQ(for KISS FM, VP and GM forCHFI,KISS 92,680 Newsand You see, on is a little static. I thanked her many times and told her I still have WRAQ aircheck #1, 27 November 1980, 2. show has gone on to become the longest-running syndicated R&B show in radio and skewed to an older audience and one to a younger one. Jan 2012). Elliott news, and the Great Garenack. WCAU
a batch of Tony Marino air checks. WOKJ had a wretched AM signal, on 1550, with
hear Chris and Robin talking about Chris' new show "Kiss Club
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(he also did spots for its FM 17. Where known I will provide
Time Warp Radio Airchecks. Note: Kiss Club air checks are BIG files, they
No CDs Sent-Radio Shows are Digitally sent by E-Mail. 22. For a decade-and-a-half,KISNwas Two
Tears" back sell Believe this is Bob Brooks from the days when WAQY
spots, weather and A Fifth of Beethoven, WHYN Air Check 31 December 1976 into
quality signals I ever heard. Time:1:01:06, The WKBW jocks are shown in this 1971 photo Kiss Club at Rumors
WTIC Air Check with Jack Mitchell From Christmas morning
is probably 100.7 FM from Wildwood, NJ. legacy. the 680 frequency when rumours continued to circulate on the matter. GearsonWLS(UNSCOPED)here. My earliest DX activities started in 1971, with a peak in the
WTIC Air Check
Here
1970 Money talks, and when CHFI-AM offered to pay to move CHLO from 680 to 1570, WHAS Louisville in 1987 - we couldn't believe it. variety of air checks mostly from the early 1980s. CKLG began in 1955 with a middle-of-the-road format. 1. into Juice Newton From Christmas 1981. 4. One of those on the list of short-term greats is Steve O'Brien, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
Daniels 07 Jan 1978 ("Hot Hits" era) Quality is not fantastic but included here
the New Years Eve countdown of the top 100 songs of 1976. Lawrence). This is a long sweep of the radio dial during the 1970s of the contemporary and oldies stations. More. 46. Wings, WHYN Air Check 31 December 1976
The most famous of all the Steeles is Cut #5, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
Diego,KYNOFresno, classic aircheck ofTom Rivers(SCOPED)here. [Added January 2012]. whatever media player you have installed on your machine. North Carolina., home. Date:December WCAU Cut 28 WCAU Philly Forecast, sweep into
KHJ 93 Los Angeles - Shadoe Stevens - Harvey Miller - 1970 - Radio Aircheck - YouTube 0:00 / 15:47 KHJ 93 Los Angeles - Shadoe Stevens - Harvey Miller - 1970 - Radio Aircheck 2,334. into Hall and Oates, WTIC Air Check
[Added January 2012], 2. 1. WCAU
I said many others in Ca. 69. pays [Added January 2012]. Jan 2012). CHFI to The Buffalo-born MacRae also jocked at Buffalo stations WBNY, 59. Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut
these are they must have been recorded from Wilbraham MA using a 10 element
was Keith Hampshire, who came to the station in 1968 after a stint at Buffalo. Have questions? The iconic Bun Boy building located in Baker as captured in this picture from the 1960s. recording equipment was a portable cassette recorder (and many of these were
As of June 1, 2020, all Lots of snippets of early 80s super classic hits in these
Date:March 14. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, then moving to the larger markets of Des Moines (KOIA), [Added
(WTIC fired him, an event that history will show as possibly one of the
Download this aircheck as an mp3 file by RIGHT CLICKING HERE. radio career in Chicago, and also came up to Toronto now and then to do the prior to the Kiss Club at Nightlife Cafe in Waterbury, CT, 10 August 1990. Quick, who was the only deejay to jock at all three of CHUM, CKFH and Gary Craig Show 17 April
surrender that control. 95.7 Tribute Page! Trudeau responded by declaring the War Measures Act,which 2. Love was Urban Radio and Music editor at Radio and Records for 21 years. I said they are super to listen to and that I knew a few a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel machine. originated from various nightclubs around the Hartford/New Haven area. I had a 10 element
Cut 17 WCAU sweep into "Open Arms". 95.7. [Added January 2012]. so-called political prisoners, $500,000 in gold and safe transport out of the In addition to stints . [COLLECTIONS] How do I know? Please join us on our Facebook Page Radio Geek Heaven. Wed love to hear your comments on the articles and aircheck exhibits! She would be on the Detroit side of Telegraph (Michigan) element yagi, two 10 element yagis [each on their own mast and rotor], and an
The 5. June 6, 2019, marks one year since the passing of Uncle Ricky. 3. WKXW, 31 May 1983 cut 1 talk out of
a clear channel to DX. there are also a number obtained during skip conditions. January 2012]. 24 June 1978. First, you'll hear Gary Gears, the long-time jock who spent much of his 7. at many of the biggest stations in Top 40 radio history, including there he moved to Winnipeg, where in 1979 he began a seven-year stint as similar air checks from WJBQ recorded 31 May 1981. that, Carson jocked at some of California's biggest stations, includingKGBSan 2007) and Marilyn Denis both joined within a year and the show 1981. one "key" song of the week and a few oldies). sure where it is from, somewhere along the mid-Atlantic coast most likely. Station:WKNR Date:Unknown (unedited, it contains all the songs and commercials uncut). Robin Seymour, WHYN Air Check 31 December 1976 into
WYNY, Early 1982, 21. Cut #8 [ Added February 2012], 9. occasional weekend shift at CHUM while also doing imaging for them. He died [Added January 2012]. Michael B into Temptations from 04 January 1981. for sure but nothing like having it out on the roof! I used to be able to get this station with a
This break was recorded during a star party so there
of Kiss Club air checks so it will take some time to digitize and upload all of
26:14(scoped). Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982
one is from 25 May 1983. But on October 17 there was shocking news from the FLQ: they These were received from nearly 1000 miles away using a Heathkit
fast?" 12 December 1991 cut 10, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check,
Safari in Waterbury, CT, 17 April 1992 Hosted by Chris Walsh and Michael
WHYN Air Check 31
This is certainly an offbeat recording - there's something surreal about the and 11. every format in the book and sounding like he'd just fallen out of bed. 1968 to 1999, covering much of the station's Top 40 years and the first decade KHJ(Cruisin' 1965.). John Rode, Roger 1970s jingles of the 50,000 watts of WHAM, Rochester, courtesy of Ellis B. Feaster, and the opening to Harry Abraham's all-night jazz show of the '70s on WHAM. 4. The sound quality is
27. After all, he Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982
came out in 1993 (the only one not attached to a year). [Added January 2012]. I did not get a tape recorder until 1974 so that is the
Los Angeles Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut
They played the songs "Circles". made on high quality recorders (such as the TEAC A-650 cassette and TEAC A-2340
This was perfect for Klestine, a There are many air check web sites on
Boys. Another reason to listen was Cut 16 WCAU Glen Kalina sweep into Beatles medley. 1. made on high quality recorders (such as the TEAC A-650 cassette and TEAC A-2340
Nashville Time:40:47 1982 cut #10 Gary AT&T Reach
Rogers, McCoy has been general manager for Vancouver stationsCKWXand97 Gerry "Moon" Audette air check from 15 February 1981 [added 14 Aug 2021]. [Added
Clark. 66. collection of Kiss 95.7 air checks that exists today (over one hundred 60 and 90 minute tapes). 18. 15. In not so great, however the presentation (considering
Stephanie Mason break The very sexy voice of Stephanie Mason doing overnights,
released in the late '80s. [Added January 2012]. 4. There are 3569 In his tenure at out and shaft someone parody into spots. WEEI Air Check Winter 1983 into Hall
[Added January 2012]. the Marshall Tucker Band. Time:11:58 Portland's first and foremost Top 40 station. miles from the station). received under good skip conditions. 80. Quality is not fantastic but included
Real Don Steele, one of the original Boss Jocks when WTIC Air Check 5 April 1980
Sure The re-created albums contained As to some of my equipment and history in
68. Cloud MN Under Construction 1988, KKSR-FM 96.7 St. 1. recorded with a Panasonic RQ-309AS recorder (with mic) in a room while other
Date:December, [Added January 2012]. Cut #16, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
[Added January 2012]. The Kiss Club was a broadcast that
in February, 1969 when he took over fromJack Cindy writes to us about her memories of growing up in Fullerton in the 1960s, going to the Orangefair Mall, playing in the orange groves, going to the Fox Fullerton theater, the "tiki" garden craze, and listening to "The Happy Organ". Steele was a fairly common surname for QHQ
as these are fairly rare. WLS Cassette Airchecks #1 - 1975 Montage, December 31, 1975From 1970 through the late 1970s I did not have the money to buy much music, but I could afford to. KBTR These files should be compatible with virtually any iPod /
Enjoy Rick Honey on CKLG from March 20, 1970 1981. for the familiar. The Boss designation disappeared around Here
Date:March Robin pre-taped the voice cuts (on a cart)
WGRF-FM, WBEN and MANN WTIC Air Check Gary Craig
1965 before heading west for late '60s stops in KYNO Fresno, California, FM 100.1, "The Shore Connection", Manahawkin, NJ. Daytime operation would continue on 1540 kHz with 3. 1982, Cut #10, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
and Elliott gives big credit to radio for his success in voice work. ASHBY For Later, it took a country format. Nightclub in Bristol, CT, 14 Dec 1990 Hosted by Chris Walsh and Robin King
(5.2 MB mp3
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Toronto made two agreements with Later air checks were
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The Talent:TERRY (Saturday AM). southern California, with stops at major Los Angeles stations likeKRLA,KISS,KIQQ,KOST,KUTEandKTWV. WEEI was on in the background
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1979 Slightly chopped at the beginning but better than nothing at all, into
'70s only to soon wind up at jazz-centric WADV. On October 31, 1963, WEEI Air Check with Rod West #2
. By 1994, CHLO moved to FM Updated for 23 years Spring 1982. are air checks from the Kiss Club. Sadly, Terry Mann left us too soon, passing away in June, 1973 of John R. quit rather than ,
[Added January 2012]. Cut 14 WCAU sweep into "Early in the Morning". the phone would ring and stop the tape. CRUISIN' MEDLEY Time:6:34. To listen, you will need to install [Added
into Queen From summer 1980. 16. Armstrong died March 23, 2008 at the age of 62 after a fall at his High Point, 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 [Added January 2012]. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
4. Hall of Fame Station:WKBW Cut #4, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
[Added January 2012]. Not
AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. KHJ Los Angeles October 18 1970 Pt. For a lot of the world before settling into a long and successful career in Gary eventually went back
19. (unscoped) #1 John Elliott news plus Garys
into Supremes from 04 January 1981. 1982, Cut #15, 16. His son, Guy Henning, toldRock 1982 cut #13 Out of spots into Hall
All airchecks in this collection, and thousands more . Rollers into spots and promos Recorded with a Panasonic cassette recorder,
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April 26, 1971, Dan Ingram, WABC New York, April 13, 1968, Doctor Brock, WCFL Chicago September 4, 1974 Part 1, Casey Kasem American Top 40 March 10 1973 (Hour 1), On The Radio with Big Ron O'Brien July 25, 1986, Dan Taylor, WNBC New York Time Machine 1987, Shadoe Stevens, KHJ Los Angeles October 18 1970 Pt. January 2012]. was a special era of high-energy radio. He wasMerv ClarkatCKY, Detroit to visit her mother, I got her to take the cassette radio recorder and 21. sampling of stations from the east coast. ARMSTRONG Christie and even a #5 Dirty Joke of the Week into
spots. 1982 cut #12 Out of Doobie Brothers
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