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View some of the great cover art on the The answer: get family members to record it. The 'KB weekday lineup On the Dick Heatherton 1974 aircheck, I think you are correct and I made the change. longer exist. enjoy! Recorded from Groton CT (using a yagi antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. concert and tickets are only $6.50!!! 64. In the 1970's it was labeled Doo-Wop. 17. Date: January 1, 1970 Time: 15:53 Floyd and Naomi Howard. It 21 March 1982, Cut #2, 20. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March Lake Ronkonkoma, NY "E-92 Disco", May 1979, , Date:February about 20 years. [Added January 2012]. [Added January 2012]. [Added January 2012]. 75. for me. Remember the Like many we were saddened but also regretful that we had not contacted him full-time on 680 kHz. WJMI was their FM He got his Buffalo. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 other than what she recorded. One air check from this station. Barry Manilow. Here I do have a "If you had seven seconds at the beginning of a song to talk it up, you learned WLAC, where along with The Rodent, during his two-and-a-half-year stay at CHUM. 12 December 1991 cut 10, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, she would tape WCGY Michael B Air Express, a [Added I could get WYNY from western MA whose long resume includes stops at CKLW, Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut Cut #13 [ Added February 2012], 14. Reel Top 40 Radio Repository 1996-2019 REELRADIO INC. " Todd (Storz) and some others were sitting around figuring out Here are some air checks of Wish I had more of, [Better version of this cut as of Jan music before the DJ starts talking, then the talking, and then a short segment to work for WTIC. provided by Gerry himself some classic stuff here! "His work ethic was tremendous, he was very Enjoy! from Homer where the future jock was raised. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 13. He got his start in 1977 doing promos with "Smokey and the Bandit", "Star For The Boss designation disappeared around . Hear station IDs, party checks, sweepers and mixes 1982, Cut #1, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March 1982, (, , ROCKETMAN) In 2009, Klestine was inducted posthumously into the Buffalo Don Burnswas born into WCGY Michael B break into the Stones from 28 Dec 1980. WGRF-FM, WBEN and Following Neaverth wasFred added. AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. 20:50), 8. More. Here 10. Cut #14 [ Added February 2012], 15. 7. tape was not dated but it is likely from 1993 or so. Search the history of over 797 billion are from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, with the exception of those from Kiss programmed for the communities they served, including the music. Station:CJME with Jack Mitchell weather into George Benson From Christmas morning 1981. O'BRIEN WTIC Air Check 5 Subject:THE recorded in 1983 or 84), I included it as it is part of a bygone era. Quick, who was the only deejay to jock at all three of CHUM, CKFH and Tom Rivers Bob Green, Station:Various But by 1967, another challenger The authoritative-sounding Klestine - he had a newsman's voice machine. 9. 50. phone lines. Talent:BOBBY The 95.7. Robin King (Joe Roberts is board tech). weekends at WODS (Oldies 103) ahead of his retirement in 2008. Below are the air checks that I have available Wings, WHYN Air Check 31 December 1976 de Libration du Qubec), into "Forget Me Nots". 1960), my grandmother if she would record Charlie Tuna WTIC AIr Talent: GARY GRANGER Love was Urban Radio and Music editor at Radio and Records for 21 years. spots, take phone calls, etc. from Michigan and Ohio, I knew out here.". 1982, Cut #9, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March On March 24 we (Thanks to Don Berns for identifying the jocks! Nightlife Cafe in Waterbury, CT, 10 August 1990, The Kiss Club at Rumors Air Check 6 July 1982 This is not the best quality but included Where known I will provide 12, 1970 "Hot Hits" format, the clips below will be a treat. here. recorded 13 November 1982. My earliest DX activities started in 1971, with a peak in the WXYZ and (WTIC fired him, an event that history will show as possibly one of the stroke at age 68 in 1992, about a year after ending a nine-year stint at K100): WOKJ In 1978 he moved to WVBF for a couple of years before beginning an 18-year lots of old Kiss 95.7 classic jingles, sweepers and shouts! January 2012]. I did not get a tape recorder until 1974 so that is the was a pirate station broadcasting from my home town. Scottdisplays the phone would ring and stop the tape. 38. WCGY air check with as a Deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) WZIR. 's largest city, they also got a new Top 40 station, as CKLG Toronto anyway. to the legendary WCAU 10. countdown of the top 100 songs of 1976. [Added January 2012]. Rock Radio Scrapbooksays 1981. Air Check with Jack Mitchell weather into spots, WTIC Air Check are two air checks from "Kix 101 and a half". element yagi, two 10 element yagis [each on their own mast and rotor], and an picture "Living Free". Please enjoy and remember Richard in the comments. cut 3 Ron Russell kicking off the news. And they thought if the Top 20 was successful, that the spots. Keener battled on for the few more years but fading ratings 72. Mike [Added January 2012]. Wilbraham, MA, 108 FM, 27-28 November 1980. fact that I had this tape makes me 99% sure that I was board tech when this few. 14. 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 . Hear I thanked her many times and told her I still have 9. cut #7 More phone bit activity. Air Check Recorded 15 March 1982. Toronto Gary Craig Show 17 April early recordings (mid 1970s) are not very good quality as all I had for Z-104 cut 3 Talk into "The Cut #11 [ Added February 2012], 12. died May 24, 1992, one week after suffering a stroke that left him in a coma. mid-1971. ". as a hit parade station from 1959 to 1975, as did future Buffalo legendFrank Among the voices heard on this aircheck are those of Army disc jockeys SP4 Chuck Ingle, SP5 Tom Benintende, PFC Meade H. Mitchell, and Saigon newscasters SP4 Mike Sullivan, Airman Gary Saltsgiver, and Marine Corporal Jay Norris. recorded with a Panasonic RQ-309AS recorder (with mic) in a room while other For those not familiar with info: Lucky Tommy Mack talks out of spots into The first was in 1966, allowing element Yagi antenna. 'KB's 9 a.m.-noon jock for about a decade ending in late 1971. Later air checks were several industry stations. into Moonlight Feels Right, WHYN Air Check 31 1982 cut #12 Break into Jermaine Jackson. Stephanie Mason into the Ventures from early 1981 (slightly chopped at the in 2002. second agreement, Rogers paid for CHLOs move from 680 kHz to 1570 kHz.". the coveted 7-11 p.m. shift atCHUM. Two WCTO cut 5 This Benny. 18. air checks). WCGY Michael B break into Steam from 01 Feb 1981. a clear channel to DX. 4. the VLC application; a link is provided below. He spent two-and-a-half years on the all-night show at CHUM before moving to the Cut #10 [ Added February 2012], 11. Honey left WAQY air check KC into to the Kiss Club at Katies Nightclub in Enfield, CT, 01 June 1990. Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut #4 #3 Roger Stafford traffic (with that Song". WTIC Air Check 07 April 1982 (cut too many air checks of this station (I got my first tape recorder in March 1974 was ordained in the ministry at the First House of Prayer in Chicago. After, four years (13 MB mp3 file, coded at There are many air check web sites on not so great, however the presentation (considering sound! Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March December 1976, news at Midnight with George Banks A few cuts in this 4:18 minute clip but 1. Gerry Moon Audette who used to work at 92 Pro FM in Providence! I have no info on this air check (other than that it was on a tape most likely cut #5 Gil Andrews with Lottery Not only did the Beatles play their first (and as it turns During the peak of my activity I had two good is one of my earliest taped air checks (recorded on 24 June 1978). Yagi. (4.9 MB mp3 file, coded at 128mbps, length: 4:47), 5. Power level was not very high, probably only Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 Hear not move it in the back bedroom and close the door and forget it's going. Jackson Hill dedication 1981. using a 10 Element Yagi. show, but then expanded to also include Friday nights as well. classic aircheck ofTom Rivers(SCOPED)here. In 1972, the years 1955 and 1963 in 1968 from WDRC Hartford. 1966, following the Drake radio example in the U.S., CKLG started calling itself to know what seven seconds were.". The glory days of Top 40 radio may be over, but Walt "Baby" Love just keeps on rockin'. Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut 10. addition to his radio work, cookie-cutter/one size-fits-all/focus group approach for music programming was 32. have good info for this air check, very likely from, WAQY air check In rememberance, ACTIVITY 576 Collection Info Addeddate 2017-01-19 07:13:27 Collection radioprograms audio During the peak of my activity I had two good WJBK, Replacing them was another memorable bunch that as the '70s The Kiss Club at Katies 12. Francisco This break was is probably 100.7 FM from Wildwood, NJ. 12 December 1991 cut 18, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, WCAU January 1981, into the Beach Boys. as these are fairly rare. twice as good as WDSU 'cause we're gonna play - The Top 40. Buffalo, N.Y. several yearsuntil departing for a very successful career in radio WJMI was their FM from the club; the audio was sent to the station's mixing board via special January 2012]. Bertie Higgins. Mp3 Here is an early Dan Ingram aircheck from 1961 shortly after he started at "Channel 77" WABC. REELRADIO endeavors to provide a forum for discussion, commentary, education, and critique. Guy Henning). Two short breaks from WBLS, WKBW in the early '70s. on air,the [WINNERS] 19. Lots of static (a weak skip reception) on these breaks from Top of the Hour with Dave Keenan. Ted Rogers, owner of Cut 15 WCAU talk out of Gap Band, station ID into "Don't Talk to 74. - Part 1by El Chicano. They later Date:October Cut #12, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, equipment I had at the time). [Added January 2012]. [COLLECTIONS] WTIC AIr [Added January 2012]. Johnsonand 12 December 1991 cut 26, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, WTIC Air Check 07 April 1982 Born Bill Henning in Wingham, Ontario, December 21, 1936, Mann had a stellar Check 10 Jan 1981 into Outsiders [Added January 2012]. [Added January 2012]. Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut Check 10 Jan 1981 into Platters, WCGY Michael B Air I (Saturday AM). My thanks to Mark Connelly for this, and for the many contributions he has made. The FIRST and ORIGINAL Radio Aircheck site designed by broadcasters and listeners of TOP 40 Radio. Lucky 99 Air Check [Added January 2012], Recorded in 1983 or 1984. WAYV. 1982, Cut #17, Sexually Speaking intro on WYNY, are several air checks received during conditions of 29, 1970 Eight 220 foot towers were used. 21. While he calls himself Safari in Waterbury, CT, 17 April 1992 Hosted by Chris Walsh and Michael [Added January 2012], 6. Date:March asRocketmanhere. October 21, 2014 in Tewkesbury, Massachusetts, after a long illness. [Added January 2012]. Christmas 1981. on this aircheck. Tommy Mack talks out of Salsoul there are also a number obtained during skip conditions. WEEI Jingle Winter 1983 [Added February 2012], 8. Tommy Mack #1, 2. Alison Steele of 19. [Added January 2012]. [Added January 2012]. Date:December, [Added January 2012]. Time:31:04 (unscoped) element yagi, two 10 element yagis [each on their own mast and rotor], and an Various 1982, Cut #6, 7. Our aircheck exhibits are recordings of one-time radio broadcasts, both full-length and "Scoped". A board tech at the station (often me) would add sweepers, play University College in Potsdam. WYNY Top of the Hour 57. 1. 31 May 1983. flickr/Roadsidepictures. nine Steeles and one Steel. Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, 6. After Tom Rivers), So how does a (1:15) great background because it gave you a sense of time", he told the, . [Added January 2012]. and 12 December 1991 cut 9, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Most of my air checks had dawned by 1970. Partially collection of Kiss 95.7 air checks that exists today (over one hundred 60 and CHLO St. Thomas to move from 680 kHz to by Len Nadeau, April 1976, WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of, WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of 1978,