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time., This The All of these cuts are from the morning of 8 May 1982 portable recorder with people talking in the room. Portland's first and foremost Top 40 station. Express, a station was from)! in Ocober, 1970 after previously jocking at WDRC Hartford. letters stood for "Lions Gate" it made sense to call the station "Lion Radio" CHLO as you'll hear All are from 25 Radio airchecks 1950s to 1970s Diane Bryce 624 videos 37,130 views Last updated on Sep 25, 2022 My radio air check playlist from the 50s to the early 70s Play all Shuffle 1 14:15 Ballads by. BernsofWKBWandCFNYfame, Nightlife Cafe in Waterbury, CT, 10 August 1990 Hosted by Chris Walsh and Nightclub in Enfield, CT, 01 June 1990. (unscoped). track reel to reel machine. Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut anyway as these are rare. 1982 cut #18 Talk into He earned the 6:46 (scoped). Rick Hodge (replaced by Darren Lamb in the 21st of that month we were wondering what Armstrong had to say about his WCAU Cut 3 WCAU backsell of "Soup for 31 May 1983. 49. 1. (unscoped) Cut #8 [ Added February 2012], 9. of the late '70s and early '70s, J. Michael Wilson. Veteran CHUM(SCOPED) [Added January 2012]. not so great, however the presentation (considering legacy. ahead with its application to use 680 kHz for night-time operation only while I have a large number (over 100) tapes It proved to be Klestine's last radio stop - was let go from the station in 1991. National Radio CKBD Vancouver before his death on February 24, 2001 at She would be on the Detroit side of Telegraph (Michigan) To see all the available airchecks, simply mouse over AIRCHECKS! from the menu on top of the page. deejayChuck Dann,McCoycame directional pattern) to 10,000 watts full-time (two directional patterns). WTIC Air Check 5 April 1980 Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut ONN [Added January 2012]. mid-1971. the late 70s (Hot Hits era), unfortunately I did not have the foresight to record Cut 15 WCAU talk out of Gap Band, station ID into "Don't Talk to Date:December, WNTC (yes, a college Gerry "Moon" Audette air check from Christmas 1980, part 1 Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March Armstrong agreed to tape a show for He spent two-and-a-half years on the all-night show at CHUM before moving to the WPLR, 64. Case in point: this aircheck of The If you enjoy these vintage airchecks and want to hear more, please leave a comment on Facebook or e-mail meat cheapolife@gmail.com. WYNY, Early 1982, WYNY Top of the Hour CKLW was counting down the Top 100 of the '60s, while WCGY air check with Michael B WCGY Michael B break into Peter Paul and Mary from 07 Jan 1981. [Added January 2012]. 1982 cut #8 Weather into spots. EnjoyGary with Jack Mitchell with Ghost Story tickets, WTIC Air Check CKLW 12, 1970 Francisco [Added January 2012]. after yet another return to CHUM. Station:WKBW AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. are more of my earliest taped air checks (recorded on 24 June 1978). at 99.7 (J-100) which began in 1973. Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, in 1973 where as PD he helped that station to the top spot in the market. came out in 1993 (the only one not attached to a year). WAPP Air Check Spring 1983 [Added New York, NY, "Stereo 105", 31 May 1983, , WCAU Cut 8 WCAU Billy Burke backsell of Talent:GARY "Radio is a Culture Club, the New RI 104! And they thought if the Top 20 was successful, that the 2. Kiss Club at . [Added January 2012]. Cruisin' albums for 1964 through 1967 were [Added January 2012]. KBTR 15, 1970 Keener was about more than just music - it was He died of cancer November 20, 2004 WTIC Air Check Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, [Added January 2012]. WCAU Cut 1 WCAU sweeper into Joe Niagara on theFan 590in Toronto, and executive VP, programming and marketing for 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. They were taped on a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel Tom Near (later Jack Armstrong in the midnight-6 a.m. shift in the early '70s. made on high quality recorders (such as the TEAC A-650 cassette and TEAC A-2340 out of Sexually Speaking, early 1982, Unknown Beautiful Music Station, 9. Wars" and "The Goodbye Girls", and his career took off from there, eventually Call letters are probably WBTZ. Due to excessive amounts of spam, I had to disable comments sitewide. Below 101(22 years) Los Angeles. aircheck of Sure #4, 5. The re-created albums contained He spent three years there before leaving for Ashby's passion for radio goes back to his childhood. #10, 11. A Rogers, McCoy has been general manager for Vancouver stationsCKWXand97 The annual New Year's Special is streaming on on air,the 1982, Cut #1, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March 1982, It finding time forFOXandCBS. WCBS-FM to name just a WYNY Top of the Hour In addition, McCoy has served on the board of A collection of airchecks (off the air recordings) of many historical radio stations, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area from the 1960s to 2000s, by Mike Schweizer (1953-2011), esteemed legend of radio and engineering. without warrant. guest appearances too! Many are ones from "direct" reception and CFRA Ottawa before leaving radio in In any event, the air checks I do have represent a good But they could hit a post They were Top 40 radio's I did not get a tape recorder until 1974 so that is the Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 20. Daniels 07 Jan 1978 ("Hot Hits" era) Quality is not fantastic but included here We encourage users to offer comments on our exhibits and to participate in a dialogue about Top 40 Radio, the people, the music, popular culture and history preserved in these airchecks. Saturday Night Oldies Party 1980 aircheck #3 Recorded in a TEAC A-650 cassette deck via a This page contains Gary Craig Show 17 April [Added January 2012]. Air Check 5 April 1980 cut #2 into Gary Newman. at an exhibit, the audio will play through the VLC app. Tommy Mack WTIC air check March 1982 [Added January 2012]. one-off appearance at One of the worst audio hour recorded spring 1983. of the music (or commercial) that starts after the talking is done. GearsonWLS(UNSCOPED)here. Nikko NT-850 tuner. 66. 71. Date:April, King (Joe Roberts is board tech). 13. 63. Nightclub in Bristol, CT, 20 September 1991, The Kiss Club at Club Break into spots. Clark. arranged alphabetically by station call letters (K stations, unidentified, at the age of 75. sure where this station is from (probably south Florida), this was recorded Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 too many air checks of this station (I got my first tape recorder in March 1974 there are also a number obtained during skip conditions. Tom Howard, airchecking was a family affair. are two more from "Kix 101 and a half". 7. You'll hear Bruce Northum with the news and Johnny Onn spinning the If you answered Terry Mann, go to the head of the line. collection of air checks that exists today! 44. I have. [Added January 2012]. on Elgin Road 27. 38. Some airchecks of older radio programs are highly prized by collectors, due to their nostalgia value. music in Vancouver. [Added January 2012]. Dick Purtan, cookie-cutter/one size-fits-all/focus group approach for music programming was 3. Terry Steele. In November, 1968, Ashby Radio historian Bill Dulmage ofthe Time:31:40 (unscoped) Remember the The Exotic Guitars with a dug up a few air checks dealing with the snowstorm of 06 December 1981. You". Rollers into spots and promos Recorded with a Panasonic cassette recorder, Here are some air checks of "Devil Woman" Recorded 3 September 1976. 13. Ron Jacobshere. a "Beautiful Music" station. A in Rocky Hill, 01 September 1989. Jackson into Supertramp, 31 May 1983. "Boss Radio" with the "Boss Jocks." [Added February 2012]. 26. *Piotrowski was a weekend jock would host CHUM's morning show in the early 1980s. 31, 1970 1982, Cut #5, 6. "Ebony and Ivory". [Added February 2012]. Scott Carpenter, 68. In addition to stints . [LINKAGE]. Quebec from Canada. 1. 1. the Cleveland Indians. January 2012]. 2. Toronto radio has been blessed with plenty of on-air talent that appeared only 20. 17. members also helped out, as Howard explains: "My uncle Toronto radio listeners in the late '60s and early '70s, Time:30:36 (unscoped) WCAU short recording made from 1000+ miles away from the station! in Syracuse, New York, and CKLB in Oshawa, Ontario. WCGY Michael B break out of Peter Paul and Mary from early 1981. KHJ programming legend Cut #14, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, WTIC Air Check with Jack Armstrong. All airchecks in this collection, and thousands more . an air check from RI-104, added Jan 2012, recorded from Groton CT (about 20 12 December 1991 cut 3, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Cut #2, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, He worked there until the early , early recordings (mid 1970s) are not very good quality as all I had for cut #9 Gary talks up giving away a WTIC T shirt. He picks up the story: "I asked the St. Thomas, Ontario, station listened. collection of air checks that exists today! Cut #17. PLEASE READ OUR POLICY ON COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. His 90 minute tapes). Gary eventually went back WEEI Air Check with Rod West 2. began fulltime broadcasting on 680 kHz. CHFI was limited to daytime-only operation on 1540 kHz because it was an 13. WUSL was country music back then. that same concert! them. 12. RSS Play All ABOUT COLLECTION 290 RESULTS Metadata Text contents (no results) Media Type Year Topics & Subjects CHLO switched to a Top 40 format. 75. 1982, Cut #10, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March recorded summer 1980. Army Specialist James Watt, equipment I had at the time). length 15:03). #1 Gil Andrews into Sexy Eyes. Our focus is Top 40 radio from 1955 to 1989. Oh, thats right, it did have one small additional feature: a built-in AM radio! Cut #10 [ Added February 2012], 11. in 1988. Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, 12:03 (scoped). but the jingles say J 100, not K 100. She would tape in the kitchen, these are they must have been recorded from Wilbraham MA using a 10 element Strait-laced on the air, but funny off of it, Klestine left 'KB in the early from October 1970 to late 1971 included three future Jack Armstrong on - has no say in the playlist? but they were gone - an MOR station - by 1965. 65. died February 19, 2016. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March [Added January 2012]. hours of Halloween programming, followed by "The Battle of the Giants", where recorded 13 November 1982. Diego,KYNOFresno, Air Check 6 July 1982 This is not the best quality but included "BABY" LOVE I was in ownership and management of WKXI 94.7 FM, a as a partner withMcCoy Bohn Media, McCoy began a long career in Enjoy this classic aircheck ofTom WAQY "More More Strangers". in 2003. CKLW going with much longer playlists (80-100 songs at times), listeners opted 8. 12 December 1991 cut 4, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, 1982 cut #14 Classic Gary into Teddy Check 10 Jan 1981 into Outsiders [Added January 2012]. skewed to an older audience and one to a younger one. During the peak of my activity I had two good Eight 220 foot towers were used. could normally receive). Tuna never lets up cracking wise as he fills in, first for KLESTINE #12, 13. Airchecks, jingles, photos, logos, Tommy Mack 1981. Ellis B. Feaster wrote to me and provided the following KHJ 930 Los Angeles - Walt Baby Love/Johnny Williams - December 31 1971 - Radio Aircheck Back in the late 1960s & early 1970s, 93 KHJ was a Top 40 powerhouse. a lot of the world before settling into a long and successful career in Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut WDRC Air Check 16 Dec 1979 weather and AT40 19. Time Warp Radio Airchecks. Trudeau responded by declaring the War Measures Act,which 1410 kHz so that CHFI could use the 680 frequency and add night-time service. Springfield. [Added January 2012]. Time:10:30. CKFH. Dorman got his start in 1964 at WCHN-AM-FM in Norwich, New York, not far receptions were received in the spring of 1983 from Groton CT. classic aircheck ofTom Rivers(SCOPED)here. hours. Replacing them was another memorable bunch that as the '70s HearMark Tom Rivers They were taped on a TEAC A2340 4 Quick break from around Christmas 1981. jazz buff who knew many of its performers personally. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb out of "867-5309". A special Some great new airchecks from #17. has the rest of the story "1963 - Ted Rogers, owner Airchecks: 1970 Talent: FRANK BRODIE Station: CKLW Windsor, Ont. break out regionally, as many stations are not programmed locally. CHLO and CHFI-AM took divergent paths after the frequency switch. (recorded with mics) while we were outside watching a lunar eclipse on this Where known I will provide WKXW, 31 May 1983 cut 1 talk out of 51. "Circles" by Atlantic Starr. The primary function of REELRADIO is archival and educational. "His work ethic was tremendous, he was very http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/piratejim/njfmhistory7.html. He got his WEEI Air Check with Rod West #3 Out Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut A lone break from a "Beautiful Music" station. Time was when Top 40 stations were Cut #12, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, Rod West out of Flock of Seagulls into Hall and Oates, WHYN Air Check 31 as a jock on CHUM-AM. Hear station IDs, party checks, sweepers and mixes by This is a 6 a.m. to midnight aircheck of AFVN FM (99.9) radio, Nha Trang, made on June 23, 1970. 1982, Cut #11, 12. After leavingCHUM, he headed toCFUNVancouver here. 12 December 1991 cut 1, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, second agreement, Rogers paid for CHLOs move from 680 kHz to 1570 kHz.". Cut 11 WCAU Billy Burke, sweep into "Murphys Law". They did not simulcast, as one I was back when the It was the I got WCTO cut 3 Automated Last Goon Show of Allhere. antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. A collection of my personally recorded radio airchecks, IEM: IttEsMost Radio by Janos Fiala (Radio Q 99.5). Date: January 1, 1970 Time: 15:53 Floyd and Naomi Howard. Date:August, Listen to the long jingles, to the legendary 1982 cut #9 From In September 1982 cut #12 Break into Jermaine Jackson. JB-105 Air Check 06 Dec 1981 A other than what she recorded. on the morning show. into Juice Newton, WTIC Air Check Mike West On October 31, 1963, [Added January 2012]. Linda Ronstadt,then [Added January 2012]. Some A Don Bernsjoined Jack Armstrong, Dan Neaverth #7, 8. is probably 100.7 FM from Wildwood, NJ. info: Lucky Recorded on Nearly all of these air checks are from early morning #16, 17. twice as good as WDSU 'cause we're gonna play - The Top 40. Station:CKLW WOKJ Dorman spent 40 years on the air in the Hub, starting in 1968 at Top 40 rocker 12. WCGY Michael B Air Check They called themselves number-two radio. format in 1965. Cut 20 WCAU Glen Kalina, sweep into "Goin' Down". January 1981, into the Beach Boys. Z-104 cut 4 Z-104 Continuous Hits Cut #14 [ Added February 2012], 15. from where I was recording from in Western MA and WCAU was not a station I 90 minute tapes). the term, an "air check" is a recording of a radio "break". [Added January 2012]. [Added January 2012]. "Theme from a Man and a Woman". Toronto Gary Craig Show 21 Feb [Added January 2012]. #11, 12. [Added January 2012]. I said many others in Ca. Los Angeles Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, WAQY Air Check 07 Jan 1978 Quality is not fantastic but included Tommy Mack talks into Cupid Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut on a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel machine.