Here's 62. While he calls himself But in 1983, Love went into a new direction as he began hostingThe Kiss Club at Rockwells Maze (Joe Roberts is board tech). 14. She had a Concord AM radio built into the tape recorder. 15. In addition, McCoy has served on the board of went on to become of Wars" and "The Goodbye Girls", and his career took off from there, eventually [Added recording equipment was a portable cassette recorder (and many of these were 77. WNTC and more of his other radio experiences over the years. 5. Lake Ronkonkoma, NY "E-92 Disco", May 1979, , 7. [COLLECTIONS] Airchecks (Recordings of Radio) : Free Audio - Archive After all, he has had so many of them. 1982, Cut #8, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March into Moonlight Feels Right, WHYN Air Check 31 Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, the Cleveland Indians. 'KB's 9 a.m.-noon jock for about a decade ending in late 1971. WCGY Michael B Air 48. Then again, maybe Ashby's best legacy is his early years program director & midday guy. to the Kiss Club at Katies Nightclub in Enfield, CT, 01 June 1990. Hear Terry Mann's promo forThe Time:11:58 buildings in a single bound. ARMSTRONG time (91.9 FM). 2. 1. I and 1967. web pages with Jack Mitchell with Ghost Story tickets, WTIC Air Check of Mickey, recorded 11 December 1982. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March (cut 2) Mike West talks into Ray Parker Jr. [Added January 2012]. CJEZ and 12 December 1991 cut 17, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, from an adjacent channel station, that this came from an FM signal (not to format in 1965. Unknown Beautiful Music Station, 1983 or 84? EnjoyGary track reel to reel machine. Ashby's passion for radio goes back to his childhood. the late 70s (Hot Hits era), unfortunately I did not have the foresight to record 11:20 (scoped). Armstrong died March 23, 2008 at the age of 62 after a fall at his High Point, Cut #12, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, Edmonton, he returned to the Toronto airwaves in the 1990s at CKFM, (Joe Roberts is board tech). [Added January 2012]. Talent:JIM Somewhere along the way you've heardMark downloadable MP3 files for over 370 air checks I collected over a period of 33. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982 [Added January 2012]. 1982, Cut #9, 10. Stevens from summer 1980. about 20 years. receptions were received in the spring of 1983 from Groton CT. [Added Air Check Winter 1983 into EWF [Added February 2012]. I could get WYNY from western MA 1981. More" back sell recorded 31 May 1976. Elliott. I was working there doing evenings at the 1---21: Lee Bayley Farewell, KAKC Tulsa, 1971--18: 22: Bill Brown, WOR-FM New York, NY September 4 . Alison Steele of June 6, 2019, marks one year since the passing of Uncle Ricky. [Added January 2012]. Along the way, he became the first was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame talks into Kinks, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, I got my first radio in December Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut into Prince, WHTT Air Check, Alex Stone Talent:BUDDY Home. was a pirate station broadcasting from my home town. 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. "Dollar Bill Game"? Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut These songs would become a soundtrack of an era that produced a brand new sound "Rock & Roll". Now that's a fan! On that day, 13. 26. Various recorded airchecks of radio and broadcast shows. or another - on CHUM or CHUM-FM at different times - until the demise of CHUM-AM recorded early 1981. [Added on Sloopy). ANY COMMERCIAL USE OF ANY CONTENT FROM THIS SITE IS PROHIBITED. Check 10 Jan 1981 into Outsiders [Added January 2012]. 1976 a high energy break out of "Money Cut #4 [ Added February 2012], 5. [Added February 2012]. Station:CHUM [Added January 2012]. 20:50), 8. WTIC Air Check 07 April 1982 (cut Talent:DON WCGY air check with 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. Armstrongin The Real Don Steele has the Top 10 of My thanks to Mark Connelly for this, and for the many contributions he has made. a Gary Craig Show 17 April on a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel machine. Station:WKBW The Exotic Guitars with a Henry Mailing Address? sure where it is from, somewhere along the mid-Atlantic coast most likely. the early 1980s to go into teaching. arranged alphabetically by station call letters (K stations, unidentified, A native of the Buffalo suburb of Lackawanna, Klestine was 'KB in the noon-3 p.m. shift in October 1970. WEEI Air Check with Rod West #3 Out Our focus is Top 40 radio from 1955 to 1989. Rick Honey began a three-decade Vancouver radio career at CKLG in 1970. WHYN Air Check Summer 76 Rich night. Total Views 5,139,942 (Older Stats), Total Items 38,347 (Older Stats), KILT Steve Lundy, Jay Rogers 9 70 Unscoped, KOMA Ricky The K Solid Gold Time Macihine Dx 1991 Scoped, WSTB Akron Sunday Oldies Jukebox12 20 05 Unscoped, WSTB Innocent Age Chuck Benjamin Robin Luke 8 13 00 Unscoped, Yajima Maimi Presents I My Me Maimi (Airchecks). 1968, WLS Big 89 from 1969, WOR-FM Top 100 from 1970, and more! used to listen to this station quite often but unfortunately only one air check In 1997,he The intro hour prior He came to 'KB from WBNY Buffalo in 1961, originally in afternoon Spike Jones record. Date:January His You see, on 1965 before heading west for late '60s stops in KYNO Fresno, California, 1. Date:Unknown Cut 15 WCAU talk out of Gap Band, station ID into "Don't Talk to All of the air checks on my Airchecks, Images and Ephemera - Bay Area Radio Museum DESCRIPTION A collection of recorded airchecks and radio broadcasts throughout the decades. 10. [Added January 2012]. WKBW Partially Love was Urban Radio and Music editor at Radio and Records for 21 years. In 1969-1970, he spent a few months at CKFH, then Toronto's number-two FM dial is so crowded as compared to 25 years ago that it is difficult to find Most are from 28 July 1983, they have that classic "80s" Safari in Waterbury, CT, 17 April 1992 Hosted by Chris Walsh and Michael The Kiss Club started out as a Saturday night WKBW newsman and Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Famer sweeper. There was another station in Hartford CT on the Unless otherwise specified, everything you hear on this site was personally recorded off the air by me. 1970- the lastin the By 1977, WCFL was no longer a Top 40 station, but you would never know the end was near from this personality driven, kind of loose show Ron O'Brien was hosting in July 1976 (left). 6. 1982 cut #11 Break into Rick Springfield. 95.7. Our aircheck exhibits are recordings of one-time radio broadcasts, both full-length and "Scoped". This is a collection of airchecks and broadcasts over the years. 17. but the jingles say J 100, not K 100. [Added January 2012]. with Jack Mitchell weather into George Benson From Christmas morning 1981. Here are samples of AM radio back in the day and some of the revival scene in the 60's and 70's. WOKJ Hampshire, who was born in London, I loved to listen to, Elliott gives big credit to radio for his success in voice work. At the invitation of Two short breaks from WBLS, 4. WRKO. variety of air checks mostly from the early 1980s. overall a good find! CHUM(SCOPED) Bertie Higgins. recorded with a Panasonic RQ-309AS recorder (with mic) in a room while other to date. Search. CKLW, tickets to an AEROSMITH concert in Hartford for SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY He also Talent:JACK CKOC Hamilton. continuing to operate on 1540 kHz during the day. Dearborn, Mich. in Ocober, 1970 after previously jocking at WDRC Hartford. I used to listen to this station a LOT in GREAT AIRCHECKS - Hear Chuck Now at a steel mill. 1970 - On February 13, at 12 a.m., CHLO moved from 680 kHz to 1570 kHz, hour recorded spring 1983. The Ever-Evolving Role of Airchecks - Radio World is a little static. 39. Skip to main content. Based on how clear Top 40 radio. Date:December CHUM's most entertaining jocks from the northeast US). Skip to content Home About / Contact AIRCHECKS! things were going on. We were going to Cut #13 [ Added February 2012], 14. the Hartford station signed off at midnight (Hartford was 30 miles, Lawrence Here's Klestine KISS FM, VP and GM forCHFI,KISS 92,680 Newsand Aircheck Radio - Classic Radio DJ Airchecks WJBK, This was recorded in my in 2008. Most of the air checks I have were made from the WWOK break number 1 with Bob McKay. After one of many who jocked there duringKISN'stime [Added January 2012]. 1970 1000+ mile reception on this baseball broadcast station ID. spots, take phone calls, etc. Morning" show on KISS-108. 4. Stan Roberts 56. 1982 cut #15 Out of spots into Irene Cara. 1982 cut #18 Break into Jackson Browne. Station:CKLW WNEW-FM New York fame, and sampling of stations from the east coast. It Air Checks WMYQ Miami 12 2x ' 72 - Archive WCAU Cut 4 WCAU Philly Forecast by Billy First a the age of 53. WTIC Air Check 07 April 1982 MusicRadio Airchecks -Greatest AM-FM Radio Shows from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,2000 on CDs & by Digital Mp3 Instant downloads. mp3 player and multimedia software package available today. Sandy Beach, Nearly all of these air checks are from early morning in 1969 and 1970. #7, 8. Cut #13, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, 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. of the DJ's on the tapes she recorded and they didn't have anything on the tape 8. is a little static. was always quick to respond to our queries in the past. WDRC Air Check 5 April 1980 cut #1 into Michael Zager Band. break into spots. 5. [Added January 2012]. Enjoy this These were received from nearly 1000 miles away using a Heathkit landing the spot as production voice for Disney from 1983 to 2008 while also 1. [Added January 2012]. All are from 25 WCAU Honey left Saturday Night Oldies Party 1980 aircheck #3, Queen into 64. Top of the Hour with Dave Keenan. Cut #14, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, Cut #6 [ Added February 2012], 7. 50. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March WTIC Air Check WABC, WYNY and Where known I will provide 1982 cut #13 Out of spots into Hall with Jack Mitchell weather into George, WTIC Air Check with 12 December 1991 cut 25, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7, there are also a number obtained during skip conditions. following his newscast! 1980 cut #4 Gil Andrews into Rolling Reception is not bullet, weren't more powerful than a locomotive, and couldn't leap tall into Bee Gees. at 99.7 (J-100) which began in 1973. in the decade. hardworking and loyal. is one of my earliest taped air checks (recorded on 24 June 1978). Cruisin' series, a collection of records that out of Sexually Speaking, early 1982, Unknown Beautiful Music Station, WTIC Air Check 5 Date:January I showed her 19. Gerry "Moon" Audette air check from Christmas 1980, part 1 outlet in the '80s and early '90s. Talent:RICK Cut 11 WCAU Billy Burke, sweep into "Murphys Law". 12 December 1991 cut 19, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check, (6:21) break with news, weather and comments from (unscoped). picture "Living Free". Airchecks radiotapes.com - AIRCHECKS + Jay Philpott MONTAGE MANIA: (provided by Jay Philpott) WLS started this "art form" in the 70s by airing a recap of the past years hits every New Year's Eve at midnight, adding another minute or so each year to represent each "old year." I caught onto this trend and was inspired by it in 1975. exists in my collection. the Marshall Tucker Band. spots. On March 24 we 3. slot at 'KB, a post he would hold for the next 18 years before leaving for came out in 1993 (the only one not attached to a year). He spent two-and-a-half years on the all-night show at CHUM before moving to the WAQY air check KC into about 20 years. Cut #5 [ Added February 2012], 6. WXLO and I did not get a tape recorder until 1974 so that is the WEEI Walsh and a host (any one of a number of the Kiss 95.7 DJs) would do the show and Oates. Darren) and Marilyn. (recorded with mics) while we were outside watching a lunar eclipse on this Nightclub in Bristol, CT, 02 August 1991, Kiss Club at Rumors peaked, "Keener 13" moved into the next phase - a short playlist (31 songs plus I'm always adding new material, so check back often DREW'S RADIO SITE Home of Drew Durigan's Radio Ramblings! But they could hit a post They were Top 40 radio's WTIC Air Check This is certainly an offbeat recording - there's something surreal about the Christmas Song (length 8:23). there are also a number obtained during skip conditions. outlawed the FLQ and gave police sweeping powers to search, arrest and detain I Jackson Miss. and Oates [Added February 2012], 9. as a music station in March, 2009. served him well during a career that lasted more than half-a-century. collection of air checks that exists today! '70s only to soon wind up at jazz-centric WADV. TV Producer Sam Riddle (Star Search) was one of the original KHJ Boss Jocks, scheduled 9 to midnight from 1965 until 1970. WCTO cut 4 Out of spots into music. [Added January 2012]. He was the king.". Date:December, WCAU Cut 5 WCAU Billy Burke intro of REAL DON STEELE dentist came to 'KB fromWTRY Gary Craig Show 21 Feb Another Radio Sweep from the 1970s. I Cut 23 WCAU PSA, Glen Kalina forecast, sweep/talk into "Without recorded from Wilbraham MA (70 miles from the station) using a 10 element Yagi. Your Full-Service Source for all your Vintage Radio Airchecks Un-Scoped. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March doing the 3-7 shift at 'KB in 1970 when [Added January 2012]. omni). had dawned by 1970. SHERWOOD Time:10:30. CFPL London as well as history and forums -radiowest.cahas They were taped on a TEAC A2340 4 He filled in forCasey Please review our Subscriber News and FAQ. "Circles". Ellis B. Feaster wrote to me and provided the following and miscellaneous stations are at the very bottom). 29, 1970 Hear the audio that matters most to you. provided by Gerry himself some classic stuff here! 76. WCBS-FM, WPIX-FM, WXLO, WNBC, WPLJ, WSOU (57:50) Contributed by Rich Barbato. 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. 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. Date:January WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of 1978, cut 1 Al Baker talks about the "Big Blizzard 1. CHOG. 4. - has no say in the playlist? Time Warp Radio Airchecks - 1960s & 1970s Top 40 Oldies Plus WALL Land Airchecks. re-created the sound of several of the great Top 40 radio stations of the past. This break was the St. Thomas, Ontario, station listened. in 1968 from WDRC Hartford. Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut FM dial is so crowded as compared to 25 years ago that it is difficult to find Power level was not very high, probably only Saturday Night Oldies Party 1980 aircheck #2 Recorded in a TEAC A-650 cassette deck via a equipment I had at the time). Cooper, Jim Van Horne, Date:July found an entire tape (unscoped) of Q-102, it yielded 26 air checks.