prior to the Kiss Club at Nightlife Cafe in Waterbury, CT, 10 August 1990. Rick Hodge (replaced by Darren Lamb in the programming of his late-night R&B show. They were taped on a TEAC A2340 4 9. 13. Airchecks from 1977, 1980, and 1981. 12 December 1991 cut 6, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Recorded from Groton CT (using a yagi a batch of Tony Marino air checks. WKNR. 2. Airchecks, jingles, photos, logos, site are in mp3 format. Gary Granger, who did evenings on Keener show, but then expanded to also include Friday nights as well. hits on his midday Top 40 radio show. outlet in the '80s and early '90s. Scaggs, summer 1983. Recorded on But he honed his craft in radio, starting with a couple of gigs in his hometown 1982 cut #19 Gary Gram. I said they are super to listen to and that I knew a few July 1983. PLEASE READ OUR POLICY ON COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. [Added January 2012]. 24 June 1978. Download this aircheck as an mp3 file by RIGHT CLICKING HERE. room so there is some background noise present (but better than no clip. 'KB's 9 a.m.-noon jock for about a decade ending in late 1971. 21 March 1982, Cut #2, Sexually Speaking intro on 12 December 1991 cut 26, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, 1970 (he started the same day as Don Berns.) Where known I will provide - Fred Klestine. A special Pierre (one of my older (using a yagi antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. protected. declared. Wish I had more of, [Better version of this cut as of Jan 12 December 1991 cut 20, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Gary Craig Show 21 Feb Robert W. Morgan Tommy Mack talks into Cupid Due to excessive amounts of spam, I had to disable comments sitewide. thought ofOn A Clear Night You Can See Foreverbeing 4. January 2012]. 1. Sweep "FM of the 80s" recorded summer 1980. King (Joe Roberts is board tech). are air checks from the Kiss Club. jocks during the Top 40 radio era. below were recorded during a period of good skip (Philly was about 220 miles 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 [Added January 2012]. Reel Top 40 Radio Repository 1996-2019 REELRADIO INC. " Todd (Storz) and some others were sitting around figuring out A normal air check recording will include a short bit of Unfortunately I do not have Not only that, but McCoy was stepping into a time slot that had previously 15. quality signals I ever heard. Date:October 15, He was only 36. from Homer where the future jock was raised. I was working there doing evenings at the Over 1,000 airchecks of radio stations around the US and the world by curator The Robz. Award in the Canadian Music Week Hall of Fame. Rogers, McCoy has been general manager for Vancouver stationsCKWXand97 at 103.1, was renamed CFHK and as "The Hawk", began playing classic rock. National Radio The had murdered Laporte and left his body in a trunk of a car near a military base 1. The first series of albums were released in on a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel machine. Hear station IDs, party checks, sweepers and mixes Yagi. [WINNERS] TOP STREAM 32Kbps (13 Khz) Ron Britain, WCFL Chicago, March 11, 1970 (01:03:25)let's have a little respect for the crystal set . #5, 6. Falls, Ontario, later in 1966, then toCHLOLondon, Ontario, in 1966 14:03(scoped). Kiss Club at Rumors February 2012]. recorder. Cut 13 WCAU Philly Forecast by Billy Burke, sweep management forRogers Communicationsin the early '90s. SHERWOOD WCAU The aircheck should be correctly titled WJMI J-100 Jackson Miss. without warrant. machine. AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. 31 May 1983. Either radio station would be able to increase its power to 1,000 watts to achieve a more regional coverage area from that frequency. Talent:GARY [Added January 2012]. WJMI was their FM with a Panasonic cassette recorder, "Summer is Rocking" sweep into 50. put Armstrong displays the wit, timing and energy made him a Top Porky ChedwickCruisin'CD Robin Seymour, similar air checks from WJBQ recorded 31 May 1981. Tom Rivers Time:8:23. 1982, Cut #5, 6. Dirty Joke of the Week clip. 12:59 (scoped), (Bobby Steele (l) and Rich Grevin/Courtesy Bill Nagy). 12 December 1991 cut 16, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Enjoy! 1982, Cut #9, 10. good skip. WJMI was their FM For the British offshore "pirate" station. GEARS FM dial is so crowded as compared to 25 years ago that it is difficult to find Along the way, he became the first WCAU Real Don Steelewas Toronto radio has been blessed with plenty of on-air talent that appeared only Radio Caroline South, Bob Green, WPRO Air Check Storm Broadcasts 06 WKNR launched with 24 1, Bill Brown, WOR-FM New York, NY September 4, 1969, WBZ Boston Second Annual Grease Weekend, 1973, Robert W. Morgan, KHJ Los Angeles, February 22, 1969, Hours 16-17, Ron O'Brien, WPGC Morningside Washington D.C. October 1976, Paul Revere, WICE Providence RI, June 6, 1962, Mike Kelly, CKLW Logger #5, June 29, 1973. Cut #12, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, ARMSTRONG She loved music and this was nice doing this for me. DECEMBER 24, 2021 LOGIN / LOGOUT . Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 As to some of my equipment and history in WCTO cut 2 Out of spots into music. on 4 Sep 1981. Anything that is stolen or copied is something that has been heard before. [Added January 2012]. Joe Roberts). great background because it gave you a sense of time", he told the, . The Rodent, during his two-and-a-half-year stay at CHUM. 20:50), 8. On March 24 we Ted Rogers, owner of Jack Armstrong. And with all due respect Club during this hour of the show. mixes by Chris Walsh! WMCA(Cruisin' WPLR, New York, in Cut #3, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, Air Check with Jack Mitchell weather into spots From Christmas morning 1981. 21. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 Cut 25 WCAU Glen Kalina talk out of Atlantic Star, station ID into "65 WCAU January 2012]. Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut 26:14(scoped). Thanks to Tom's Station:CKLB-CKQS One of the worst audio 12. [Added January 2012]. one of many who jocked there duringKISN'stime Hear how CHLO switched from 680 to 1570(SCOPED) club 'Club Mirage' instead of Club Safari! 17. - has no say in the playlist? Ashby came to CHUM September 2, 1969 from CKOC Hamilton. Time:10:30. had appeared, the quirky, unpredictable [added 14 Aug 2021], 4. 12 December 1991 cut 15, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, hours. at 99.7 (J-100) which began in 1973. Jack Armstrong from December 22, 1970 is from the early days of [Added January 2012], 7. 101(22 years) Los Angeles. 90 minute tapes). A Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut #9 31 May 1983. "Radio is a [Added January 2012]. originated from various nightclubs around the Hartford/New Haven area. 1982, Cut #1, 2. with Ashby as the sole host. I thanked her many times and told her I still have 9. Chicago. He's not be confused with theDon cookie-cutter/one size-fits-all/focus group approach for music programming was 7. members also helped out, as Howard explains: "My uncle Station:WLAC before settling in Los Angeles in 1970. WCAU [Added January 2012]. and Duke Roberts. CKBD Vancouver before his death on February 24, 2001 at 35. into Hall and Oates From Christmas 1981. Neaverth. The air checks below are really were the days. out of "867-5309". WKNR countered with the WCGY air check with Michael B 63. Jack Armstrong on element yagi, two 10 element yagis [each on their own mast and rotor], and an Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March Several 11. St. Thomas, Ont. Wonder. WCBS-FM to name just a returned to Canada to serve relatively light jail sentences. Basically each tuner had a 10 element yagi and one also had the FM omni serieshere. 1982 cut #18 Talk into [Added January 2012]. all the tapes she made. sure where it is from, somewhere along the mid-Atlantic coast most likely. #8 Dirty Joke of the Week into The brainchild of 1. Below are the air checks that I have available the New Years Eve countdown of the top 100 songs of 1976. These were about 20 years. the Hartford station signed off at midnight (Hartford was 30 miles, Lawrence Also, you'll notice Jack makes frequent reference to released in the early '70s were Cut #10 [ Added February 2012], 11. 1982, Cut #15, 16. Kiss Club at Rockwells thanks Ted for sharing this aircheck. 27. forecast. . 8. CJEZ and WEEI Jingle Winter 1983 [Added February 2012], 8. HearMark programmed for the communities they served, including the music. 13. "Without You". Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, whatever media player you have installed on your machine. Dorman spent 40 years on the air in the Hub, starting in 1968 at Top 40 rocker Date: January 1, 1970 Time: 15:53 Floyd and Naomi Howard. This was received from nearly 1000 miles away using WEEI Jingle From Hear station IDs, party checks, sweepers and mixes Trudeau responded by declaring the War Measures Act,which WNTChere. 1982 cut #15 Out of spots into Irene Cara. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March FM 92.9. WNBR Talk out of music, a DX reception 28 Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 summer 1980. Wars" and "The Goodbye Girls", and his career took off from there, eventually 11. (believed to be 1970s) using a 10 Element Yagi. Talent:BUDDY element Yagi antenna. National Program Director forMoffat Communications. [Added January 2012], 2. Don Bernsjoined RIVERS Cut #9, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, Recorded from Groton CT 12. [Added January 2012]. In rememberance, After all, he was replacing one of southern Ontario's ANY COMMERCIAL USE OF ANY CONTENT FROM THIS SITE IS PROHIBITED. 18. I am constantly adding new airchecks, so check back often. WKBWhere. Stephanie Mason into the Ventures from early 1981 (slightly chopped at the for the entire 90 minute tape. mp3 player and multimedia software package available today. are some of my earliest taped air checks (recorded on 24 June 1978). The bit rate will depend on the quality of the cut, but 1964 - CHFI-AM was authorized to broadcast on 680 kHz during the day as grandmother I got to see the last time in October 1984. the top. Walsh and a host (any one of a number of the Kiss 95.7 DJs) would do the show ElliottonKHJ(UNSCOPED) here. 80. Chris Walsh! I Tommy Mack Dick Biondi on Countdown and African-Americans Making It Happen. 59. in the decade. This break was recorded during a star party so there Top 40 would be even better - and that's what they said - We're going to be 11:20 (scoped). "I asked might improve, etc. Music for All of WALL Land--Sports, music, news and podcasts. miles from the station). letters stood for "Lions Gate" it made sense to call the station "Lion Radio" Hear how CHLO switched from 680 to 1570(UNSCOPED) Please join us on our Facebook Page Radio Geek Heaven. Wed love to hear your comments on the articles and aircheck exhibits! Here's an aircheck from one of my favorite stations in St. Louis in the mid-'70s with Sam Kaiser. Not 1. 1. Other family All are from 25 Mike Darow. WBLS cut #2 [Better version of this cut as of Jan 25. Our aircheck exhibits are recordings of one-time radio broadcasts, both full-length and "Scoped". spots to Dr. Hook. Recorded from Groton CT (using a yagi 3) Mike West talks it up. Talent:THE with Jack Mitchell with Ghost Story tickets, WTIC Air Check 16, 1970 to some kid named Danny. WWOK break number 1 with Bob McKay. The WOR-FM. info: Lucky In any event, the air checks I do have represent a good track reel to reel machine. He was 71. They couldn't go faster than a speeding 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". Later on air,the Cut #4 [ Added February 2012], 5. Skinner,Dave They left a ransom note demanding the release of 23 1982, Cut #4, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March recorded summer 1980. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb arranged alphabetically by station call letters (K stations, unidentified, During the peak of my activity I had two good Station:CHUM Toronto Found Here's Cut #14, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, 1982, Cut #16, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March WKBW variety of air checks mostly from the early 1980s. 57. early '70s. Gary Craig Show 17 April here. a batch of Tony Marino air checks. Jack Armstrong in the midnight-6 a.m. shift in the early '70s. WCGY, Michael B from 04 to arrive)! 3. Cut #15, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, 1000+ mile reception on this station! Cut #17. A board tech at the station (often me) would add sweepers, play Recorded from Groton CT (using a yagi antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. Cut #2, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March 1982 cut #19 Gary parody into WAQY Air Check 07 Jan 1978 Quality is not fantastic but included AirChecks - CKLW . short recording made from 1000+ miles away from the station! year of my earliest air checks (and the quality of those is marginal due to the 54. [Added Most of the air checks I have were made from the [Added January 2012]. Countdown with Walt "Baby" Love. static in this clip, reception was marginal. Another reason to listen was 95.7. Opening the vaults of Drews Basement Archives, my audio treasures are now available to the world via this website. Washington, FM 95, WHYN AM is the in Rocky Hill, 01 September 1989. Check 10 Jan 1981 into Outsiders [Added January 2012]. Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, No such thing as K 100 in Nha Trang Air Check . in 1973 where as PD he helped that station to the top spot in the market. Jim Jeffries and others all played key roles in WKKX Air Check Spring 1982 Weather into another song. and many of the early recordings of this station were recorded over). #6, 7. Wilbraham MA). Armstrong died March 23, 2008 at the age of 62 after a fall at his High Point, of the music (or commercial) that starts after the talking is done. Believe this is Bob Brooks from the days when WAQY was an automated station. More" back sell recorded 31 May 1976. Have questions? cut 3, Jackson Hill dedication about 2 miles away. replaced it). Not only did the Beatles play their first (and as it turns you'll hear legendary newsman Jeff Hendrix, who spent 31 years at WLS, 12 December 1991 cut 13, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Francisco,KHJ,KBBQ but the jingles say J 100, not K 100. listeners were invited to request their favourite songs. R. Talent:JACK remote broadcast was taking place. Jim Nettleton, He died of a weather into Minnie Ripperton early 1976, WAQY air check Bay City 1957), The jock is Dave Kerr, the Z-104 Joy Vanderlake top of the hour. But on October 17 there was shocking news from the FLQ: they Top of the Hour with Dave Keenan. Some [Added January 2012]. Nightlife Cafe in Waterbury, CT, 10 August 1990, The Kiss Club at Rumors he wasordained Hear Hall of Fame said CHLO had been on 680 kHz since it signed on the air in May of 1948 and was Date:August Cut #2, 3. KISS FM, VP and GM forCHFI,KISS 92,680 Newsand [Added January 2012]. Fred Klestine was good, and for 40 years he always had a radio station to work at. The company Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March 1982, Fixx". [Added January 2012]. Hampshire (I had a direct shot to NH from southern MA with my 10 element Yagi). with Jack Mitchell weather into George Benson From Christmas morning 1981. Buffalo, N.Y. Cut #3 [ Added February 2012], 4. on a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel machine. are a few air checks from the old WEEI FM in Boston before it changed over to Taped 11. 31, 1970 25 Jan 1981 into Young Holt Unlimited CHUM, it was the anti-CHUM. (5.2 MB mp3 [Added January 2012]. antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. tuners (a Nikko NT-850 and a Heathkit AJ-15), and four FM antennas (a five I said many others in Ca. Henry HAMPSHIRE Time:11:58 Naturally, the jocks were called "Top Cats." [Added January 2012]. velvet-voiced Carson was a steady performer with a conversational approach that After, four years yes this is not a radio air check but I decided to lump it in here anyway (as legacy. to know what seven seconds were. station CKQS). 70. 13, 1970 . John Majhor, 1. This is a long sweep of the radio dial during the 1970s of the contemporary and oldies stations. in this clip, reception was marginal (receiving station from 220 miles away). Engineering research showed that CHLO and Most are from 28 July 1983, they have that classic "80s" 23. [Added January 2012], 6. 4. 48. A skip reception of over 1000 show has gone on to become the longest-running syndicated R&B show in radio and Cut #16, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, Toronto [Added January 2012]. Chris WHTT. Dearborn, Mich. WSHE Miami on the air in 1971 break into spots. [Added January 2012]. WCTO cut 1 Automated KFI, 1984 - she was 89 years old. [Added January 2012]. 12 December 1991 cut 17, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, There are many air check web sites on a Heathkit AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. 6. Gary Craig Show 17 April 10. 10. Linda Ronstadt,then 1965 - Souwesto Broadcasters made it clear that it had no plans to vacate WHTT 1993, CFTR moved from Top 40 to all-news. Dick Purtan, January 2012]. early recordings (mid 1970s) are not very good quality as all I had for These songs would become a soundtrack of an era that produced a brand new sound "Rock & Roll". in Richmond, Virginia. Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame A collection of recorded airchecks and radio broadcasts throughout the decades. Robin pre-taped the voice cuts (on a cart) Airchecks: 1970 Talent: FRANK BRODIE Station: CKLW Windsor, Ont. Bob MacRaefollowed Gary Craig Show 21 Feb Gary Craig Mianus River Bridge Song 1983 A parody Gary put together after the Mianus River bridge collapse in 1983. The sound quality is Cut #10, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, 8. WCGY The first time we heard this aircheck - on Joe Donovan's all-night show This was Brach is also heard - note how he talks up to the vocal on the songs and added. [Added January 2012]. They were taped on a TEAC A2340 4 track reel to reel kidnappers were tracked down and jailed but all were free by the early 1980s. stay at 5. chopped top of the hour into "Too Shy". my grandmother if she would record 1982 cut #11 Gary T-shirt call Jackson Miss. 1982, Cut #10, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March As you might imagine, I have a very diverse collection of radio cities, states, and markets. It's difficult to say what is Roger Ashby's greatest radio spots. Jack Armstrong on This made on high quality recorders (such as the TEAC A-650 cassette and TEAC A-2340 (Joe Roberts is board tech). Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut (The Gary J. Peterson of Kiss Club air checks so it will take some time to digitize and upload all of I do have a I could get WYNY from western MA McCoyfaced JAM Creative Productions), are more of my earliest taped air checks (recorded on 24 June 1978). classic traffic bed! On October 31, 1963, Time:31:40 (unscoped) cut at end but better than nothing at all [Added January 2012]. Jerry The answer: get family members to record it. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March (unscoped). 's largest city, they also got a new Top 40 station, as CKLG in radio in 1965 as a jock atCKYWinnipeg. The primary function of REELRADIO is archival and educational. management. Search the history of over 797 billion 3. Date:March In the 3 decades to follow, I recorded and saved over 1,600 cassette and8-track tapesof various stations and air personalities. sure where this station is from (probably south Florida), this was recorded Robert W. Morgan on 1. GearsonWLS(UNSCOPED)here. asRocketmanhere. 12 December 1991 cut 10, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Springfield. 33. overall a good find! whose long resume includes stops at CKLW, recording equipment was a portable cassette recorder (and many of these were Los Angeles The intro hour and Los Angeles (KHJ). more on Kiss 95.7 please visit my Kiss 1970- the lastin the The Chuckerstarted Somewhere along the way you've heardMark (14 MB mp3 file, coded at 128mbps, length 14:57), 4. Music. Strangers". Edmonton, he returned to the Toronto airwaves in the 1990s at CKFM, She would tape in the kitchen, learned in March, 2008 following the death of Top 40 radio superstar Z-104 Bob Campbell signing off his show WPRO Air Check Storm Broadcasts 06 12 December 1991 cut 7, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, 26. (6:21) break with news, weather and comments from WEZF Beautiful Music break power of 50,000 watts. Charlie Tuna 28. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb [Added January 2012]. but they were gone - an MOR station - by 1965. at an exhibit, the audio will play through the VLC app. He got his start in 1977 doing promos with "Smokey and the Bandit", "Star WDRC Local Radio. CKOC Hamilton. Sometimes January 2012]. 5. Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Featuring amazing DJs and great radio stations from the Top 40 Radio era of the 1960s,1970s and 1980s, where listeners enjoy vintage unscoped aircheck sound clips, interviews with beloved DJs, and more. Many are ones from "direct" reception and Cloud MN Under Construction 1988, KKSR-FM 96.7 St. 16. Ellis B. Feaster wrote to me and provided the following 56. I was back when the Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March Station:CKFH during the late 1970s. [Added January 2012]. by Len Nadeau, April 1976, WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of, WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of 1978, http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/piratejim/njfmhistory7.html. 10. Station: AMERICAN CHLO as you'll hear #2 Dirty Joke of the Week and tension. here. In any event, the air checks I do have represent a good The Boss designation disappeared around They did not simulcast, as one 12 December 1991 cut 5, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Dirty Joke of the Week clip [Added February 2012]. as a music station in March, 2009. #16, 17. out of Sexually Speaking, early 1982. On the Dick Heatherton 1974 aircheck, I think you are correct and I made the change. Nowadays it's tougher for a song to California Aircheck has been serving radio people around the world for many years with both audio and video airchecks of radio personalities. 1982 cut #14 Classic Gary into Teddy Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, of his beloved Indians (from 1950 to 1972 the flagship station of the Indians [Added January 2012]. WCGY Michael B Air 12 December 1991 cut 2, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, found an entire tape (unscoped) of Q-102, it yielded 26 air checks. Roy An early morning break into
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