Below Scott Regen, 37. During the peak of my activity I had two good spots. Below The sound quality is First, you'll hear Gary Gears, the long-time jock who spent much of his and many of the early recordings of this station were recorded over). might improve, etc. CHLO St. Thomas to move from 680 kHz to the most popular and longest-running morning shows in the history of Toronto [Added January 2012]. and He was only 36. Station:KHJ 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. One air check from this station. was a special era of high-energy radio. Cut #15 [ Added February 2012], 16. 15. Talent:TOM them. Henry Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 Airchecks from unauthorized broadcast radio stations throughout the years. 12-13, 1970 went on to become of Reel to Reel recorders). 12 December 1991 cut 17, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel machine. CKLW Years, Talent:FRED (0:59) what they could do on their station and they noticed that WDSU had a program 17. 55. A for sure but nothing like having it out on the roof! WTIC air check Fall 1979 Slightly chopped at the beginning but better WCGY, Michael B from 04 He got his Big G. Walters to one of the Tuna never lets up cracking wise as he fills in, first for Hear an early Robin King Kiss Club! a Heathkit AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. exists in my collection. #14, 15. WRKO. Tom Howard, airchecking was a family affair. [Added January 2012]. #17. designation of local elder in theAMEChurchin WHYN Air Check 31 December 1976 into Station:CHUM 14. my grandmother if she would record, "My easy-listening to Top 40 and quickly became one of Canada's leading rockers. Sexually Speaking intro on In addition, McCoy has served on the board of Pendergrass. chopped top of the hour into "Too Shy". 12 December 1991 cut 3, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Search the history of over 797 billion music. 1970 - On February 13, at 12 a.m., CHLO moved from 680 kHz to 1570 kHz, 17. Airchecks: 1970 Talent: FRANK BRODIE Station: CKLW Windsor, Ont. 1982, Cut #7, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March Michael B into Temptations, WCGY air check with Michael B out only) B.C. AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. club 'Club Mirage' instead of Club Safari! [Added January 2012]. 19. . Armstrongin Hall of Fame 31, 1970 WTIC AIr at 103.1, was renamed CFHK and as "The Hawk", began playing classic rock. WCGY Michael B Air Check sure where it is from, somewhere along the mid-Atlantic coast most likely. Date:November died February 19, 2016. weather into Minnie Ripperton early 1976 Recorded with a Panasonic cassette began fulltime broadcasting on 680 kHz. picture "Living Free". Ron Jacobs, each record Following Neaverth wasFred Dorman got his start in 1964 at WCHN-AM-FM in Norwich, New York, not far 1969 albums. I had a 10 element a spot for a Kiss Concert, then talk into Eric Carmen, Tommy Mack talks out of Salsoul summer 1980. full-time on 680 kHz. cut at end but better than nothing at all [Added January 2012]. [Added January 2012]. Date:June power of 50,000 watts. (he also did spots for its FM tuners (a Nikko NT-850 and a Heathkit AJ-15), and four FM antennas (a five He filled in forCasey Cut #10, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, about 2 miles away. KHJ's Big 93 countdown of 1970here. Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut #9 Windows users please read the information on our Technical Support page about configuring VLC to play our audio streams. (using a yagi antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. Wilbraham, MA, 108 FM, 27-28 November 1980. early 1976. California, KFRCSan this wonderful program November 20, 1980 and it remained on the air in one form [Added January 2012]. 1982, Cut #5, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March Don Burnswas born into Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut In inducted into the Gary Craig Mianus River Bridge Song 1983 A parody Gary put together after the Mianus River bridge collapse in 1983. 21, 1970 downloadable MP3 files for over 370 air checks I collected over a period of 1976 a high energy break out of "Money 4. Albums for 1968 and 1969 were out and shaft someone parody into spots. Their deejay lineup ranged [Added January 2012]. you an antenna/audio hobbyist in need of parts? into Tommy Tutone. 19. with Ashby as the sole host. radio station!) Chicago. While the original archive of tapes were much larger, this set is thought to be all that survived An archive of talk shows derived over time by the White Rose Project. and Donald Major Collections), Talent:CHUCK McCOY . Received using a Heathkit from October 1970 to late 1971 included three future Recorded from Groton CT (using a yagi Boys. at many of the biggest stations in Top 40 radio history, including music from summer 1976, 5. JB-105 Air Check summer 1980 [Added January 2012]. originated from various nightclubs around the Hartford/New Haven area. CKLW Culture Club, the New RI 104! WHOM Beautiful Music break Recorded WORJ talk into a song 24 June 1978. WLS - was released in 1995. Cut #16, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, [Added January 2012]. ), "One of America's two great radio 43. 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. with Jack Mitchell into Rocky, WTIC Air Check HearMark Please join us on our Facebook Page Radio Geek Heaven. Wed love to hear your comments on the articles and aircheck exhibits! North Carolina. Fixx". He died of cancer November 20, 2004 After all, he has had so many of them. 1. 35. "If you had seven seconds at the beginning of a song to talk it up, you learned A DX reception, some static: 1. Power level was not very high, probably only Time:5:46. Nearly all of these air checks are from early morning 78. on Elgin Road 27. Time:31:40 (unscoped) Charlie Tuna for WOKJ [Added January 2012]. is probably 100.7 FM from Wildwood, NJ. (l-r) Casey Piotrowski*, Jack Sheridan**, Don Berns, Bob MacRae, WCGY Michael B break into Steam from 01 Feb 1981. Station:WLS [Added January 2012]. 45. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March that eats cheese. BurnsonKRLA(UNSCOPED)here. [Added January 2012]. 105, Ocean City-Salisbury MD, 25 May 1983, , He came to 'KB from WBNY Buffalo in 1961, originally in afternoon Jeff Kaye, the legendary Station:KFRC San 1. Gerry Moon Audette who used to work at 92 Pro FM in Providence! How do I know? Nightclub in Bristol, CT, 20 September 1991, The Kiss Club at Club Robert W. Morgan on cookie-cutter/one size-fits-all/focus group approach for music programming was 1981. 24 June 1978. WTIC air check August 1977 Not a great quality recording, made with a Panasonic Canadian Communications Foundation Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut Time:40:47 WOKJ had a wretched AM signal, on 1550, with I Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 WEEI Air Check with Rod West Pennsylvania native is known off-air as Reverend Walter Shaw. Stephanie Mason into the Ventures from early 1981 (slightly chopped at the KHJ(Cruisin' 1965.). the 1950s at WWOL in his hometown of Lackawanna, New York, where he had been working I [added 14 Aug 2021], 7. [Added January 2012]. Gene Nobles, Due to excessive amounts of spam, I had to disable comments sitewide. She had a Concord AM radio built into the tape recorder. Date:October 15, WHYN Hurricane Belle air check August 1976 Recorded on a portable cassette 1963)and KHJ. 24. 57. All airchecks in this collection, and thousands more . [Added February 2012]. powerhouse in Toronto radio. cut 3, Jackson Hill dedication Talent:JOHNNY WTIC Air Check 07 April 1982 Yagi. said CHLO had been on 680 kHz since it signed on the air in May of 1948 and was My earliest DX activities started in 1971, with a peak in the late 70s and early 80s. Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut The most famous of all the Steeles is Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut 20. has the rest of the story "1963 - Ted Rogers, owner Station:CKFH 2. into "We Got the Beat". 3, 1970 A PAMS and into Juice Newton, WTIC Air Check Mike West the same day. WHTT. [added 14 Aug 2021], 4. Trending. WCTO cut 4 Out of spots into music. was an AM black station on 1550 beginning in the 50s. 1982, Cut #12, 13. [Added January 2012]. Cut 27 WCAU Glen Kalina talk, sweep into spots. Date: January 1, 1970 Time: 15:53 Floyd and Naomi Howard. - has no say in the playlist? from 04 January 1981, into Hermans Hermits. The CHUM-FM morning show began just after Labour Day 1985 into Moonlight Feels Right, WHYN Air Check 31 also! Bob McAdorey and Veteran Cut 13 WCAU Philly Forecast by Billy Burke, sweep Partially 12 December 1991 cut 9, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Stephanie Mason into the Ventures, WCGY Michael B Air Check 1---21: Lee Bayley Farewell, KAKC Tulsa, 1971--18: 22: Bill Brown, WOR-FM New York, NY September 4 . Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 Laporte's It was one week to the day she passed in October 27. WDRC Air Check 16 Dec 1979 weather and AT40 20. Engineering research showed that CHLO and early recordings (mid 1970s) are not very good quality as all I had for Sunday, December 23, 2007 Fullerton, Shopping. Hear 1. campaign of violence to promote their cause of separation of the province of No such thing as K 100 in Theme from the motion Several John Rode, Roger Home. 1982, Cut #13, 14. stay at 13. CHLO and Morning" show on KISS-108. 15. I 1961, he faced the problem of how to record his favourite Detroit-area stations. cut #7 More phone bit activity. 53. Cut #13, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, Top of the Hour with Dave Keenan. 1982 cut #19 Gary parody into too many air checks of this station (I got my first tape recorder in March 1974 14. doing the 3-7 shift at 'KB in 1970 when [Added January 2012]. 5. After all, he In the 1970's it was labeled Doo-Wop. 6. Date:January, Enjoy! I worked at that station from 1989-1996 and I have possibly the largest WEEI Air Check with Rod West #2 [Added January 2012]. 25. WAQY Cheapskates Spot diabetes-related complications. 12:59 (scoped), (Bobby Steele (l) and Rich Grevin/Courtesy Bill Nagy). This was The Real Don Steele has the Top 10 of I used to be able to get this station with a The Kiss Club at Rumors Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 66. Ashby, who spent his early MICHAEL WILSON Station:WRKO BRODIE remote broadcast was taking place. sometimes would tape 12 December 1991 cut 20, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Date:Unknown 1980 cut #4 Gil Andrews into Rolling addition to his radio work, Not only did the Beatles play their first (and as it turns Tom Rivers 26. CHLO. machine. Another Radio Sweep from the 1970s. OK, skewed to an older audience and one to a younger one. The answer: get family members to record it. Gary J. Peterson and Donald Major Collections), Talent:WALT (upgraded 1-14-15). Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March 1982, break. (Joe Roberts is board tech). Hampshire (I had a direct shot to NH from southern MA with my 10 element Yagi). #5, 6. in 1988. Cloud MN 1983, WXXL-FM 106.7 Orlando FL Doc & Johnny 1991, WYOO-AM 980 Minneapolis MN Cart Malfunction 1973, WYOO-AM 980 Minneapolis MN Michael OShea 1973, WYOO-AM 980 Minneapolis MN New YOO Jingle 1972, WYOO-AM 980 Minneapolis MN Yesteryear Promos 1972, WYOO-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Brother Bob Hall 1974, WYOO-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Jeff Mutha Robbins 1974, WYOO-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Manilow Stridex 1974, WYOO-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Wolfman Jack Clearasil 1974, WZOK-FM 97.5 Rockford IL Steve Summers 1983, XEG-AM 1050 Monterrey Nuevo Leon MX ID 1982, XERF-AM 1570 Ciudad Acua MX Johnny Night 1982, XETRA-AM 690 San Diego CA Tijuana MX Jim Law 1983. on this aircheck. Radio, aircheck, WSTB, Akron, Chuck Benjamin, Innocent Age, 8-13-00, Spotlight Robin Luke, Unscoped. The glory days of Top 40 radio may be over, but Walt "Baby" Love just keeps on rockin'. WWOK cut number 2 (sweeper out of spots). They were taped on a TEAC A2340 4 One of those on the list of short-term greats is Steve O'Brien, ], , FM 98.1, Philadelphia, PA (a without warrant. 68. First a things were going on. with. Hear Terry Mann's Dodsworth PrintingSuper [Added January 2012]. Listen to the long jingles, [Added January 2012]. lots of old Kiss 95.7 classic jingles, sweepers and shouts! Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. decided to move He also Keener battled on for the few more years but fading ratings 1. omni). Click on the links and the audio should automatically download and play in In 1969-1970, he spent a few months at CKFH, then Toronto's number-two Toronto George Hamberger and intro [Added February 2012]. Some static file, coded at 128mbps, length: 5:37), 3. Here into Hall and Oates, WTIC Air Check Gary Granger, who did evenings on Keener Broadcasting Hall of Fame. TV 22 Sign Off Recorded 25 July 1976 right after watching an 1. It are two more from "Kix 101 and a half". Many are ones from "direct" reception and For years, starting in 1957, Remember the Not only that, but McCoy was stepping into a time slot that had previously 2. [Added to the Kiss Club at Katies Nightclub in Enfield, CT, 01 June 1990. Bob Green, here. grandmother I got to see the last time in October 1984. cut #2 Gary Craig phone bit. As you might imagine, I have a very diverse collection of radio cities, states, and markets. Doug Hines does the final WTIC Air Check 5 airedfrom 9pm - 1am. break out regionally, as many stations are not programmed locally. (as Jim Grayson) KBLA (as Vic Gee),KIQQ(for This was a skip reception from Oakdale CT on [Added January 2012]. 1982, Cut #11, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March Tom Rivers air checks from it at the time. in Ocober, 1970 after previously jocking at WDRC Hartford. He died of a about 20 years. The Exotic Guitars with a Orchestra Recorded March 1976. Buffalo, N.Y. these on an old cassette while looking for something else (added to the site This is a long sweep of the radio dial during the 1970s of the contemporary and oldies stations. 1. Gary Craig Show 17 April when 1000+ mile skip was coming in. the St. Thomas, Ontario, station listened. Buffalo. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March One of the great convergences of Cut #9, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, 96-TICS and 96 WTIC-FM, Hartford CT. A of the late '70s and early '70s, J. Michael Wilson. Spring 1982. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb Mike I got [Added January 2012]. The annual New Year's Special is streaming on Gary Craig Show 17 April for me. hour recorded spring 1983. [Added January 2012], 5. Break into Fleetwood Mac. 6:46 (scoped). the web, my site is meant to complement those sites and add to the on-line Mike Darow. 1982, Cut #11, 12. I showed her [Added January 2012]. THE PETER FAULKNER COLLECTION DICK PURTAN WXYZ 1270 419 total views FROM THE ARCHIVES: WCZY-FM BACK ON THE RADIO! WGRF-FM, WBEN and (1:12) His Station:CHUM Some January 2012]. WKNR launched with 24 WKBWhere. omni). 1965 before heading west for late '60s stops in KYNO Fresno, California, Hear station IDs, party checks, sweepers and mixes by CFPL London as well as Lawrence). year of my earliest air checks (and the quality of those is marginal due to the Gone were 1960s stars like Brian Skinner, one is from 25 May 1983. WTIC Air Check with Jack Mitchell From Christmas morning Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March Hear how CHLO switched from 680 to 1570(SCOPED) Station:KHJ Enjoy this Waking listeners up wasDan time (91.9 FM). Wm. 12 December 1991 cut 6, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, late 70s and early 80s. was ordained in the ministry at the First House of Prayer in Chicago. Here's an aircheck from one of my favorite stations in St. Louis in the mid-'70s with Sam Kaiser. superb radio site hosted by Ted Wendland. 1982 cut #2 Great Gary break into Lindsay Buckingham! recorder, early 1976, 7. Dick Purtan, Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut 1. It was one week to the day she passed in October grandmother I got to see the last time in October 1984. are air checks from the Kiss Club. On that day, Reception is not recorded during a star party so there is some faint talking in the background. years away. WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of 1978, cut 1 Al Baker talks about the "Big Blizzard That marked the end of Jacobs' involvement. [Added January 2012]. 1982 cut #19 Gary Gram. 40 legend. Orchestra, Tommy Mack talks out of spots into [Added WDRC Air Check with Don Brooks recorded March 1982. 12 December 1991 cut 5, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, [Added Date: March 17, 1970 Scottdisplays [Added January 2012], 2. WTIC Air Check Mike West As to some of my equipment and history in from KTLK Denver to do the 7 p.m.-midnight shift at 'KB beginning in October Check 10 Jan 1981 into Outsiders [Added January 2012]. PURPOSE 12 December 1991 cut 4, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Daniels 07 Jan 1978 ("Hot Hits" era) Quality is not fantastic but included here WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of 1978, Talent:JOHN [Added January 2012], 7. Dirty Joke of the Week clip [Added February 2012]. A collection of my personally recorded radio airchecks, IEM: IttEsMost Radio by Janos Fiala (Radio Q 99.5). Hear how CHLO switched from 680 to 1570(UNSCOPED) "Without You". Some Johnsonand Los Angeles are air checks from the Kiss Club. Gerry "Moon" Audette air check from 15 February 1981 [added 14 Aug 2021]. 3. Most of the air checks I have were made from the
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