Many are ones from direct reception and there are also a number. Aircheck kellar radio talent institute appalachian. Download this aircheck as an mp3 file by right clicking here. In 1981, radio consultant mike joseph installed his hot hits format on wcaufm in philadelphia. Whats happened since rush limbaugh signed off yesterday afternoon. The goodbye montage, a collection of recordings of the djs last sign. Our aircheck exhibits are recordings of onetime radio broadcasts, both. Kickoff to a long island summer 2018 from the bethpage. If you have any vintage wabc, wnbc, wls, anything from cleveland from before 1980 particularly wwwm, otherwise known as m105, anything from rochester, new york before 1980, and anything of wgr, buffalo before 1980 especially stan roberts, i want to hear from you right now. There are many different levels to listen to in the wabc airchecks. After getting his fcc first phone license through the broadcasting program at pasadena city college, he landed his first. Download airchecks, radio, nyc, joe o brien, poughkeepsie. Wabctv abc7 new york ny news, local news, breaking.
All of my airchecks are unscoped with the exception of s scoped and ps partially scoped. Uk az 2br 2cr 2fm 210 classic gold 210210fm2ten fm 80s rhythm 96fm 96. Wabc musicradio ny july 1967 dan ingram 67 minutes with commercials. Legendary wabc radio broadcasts recordings from 770 am radio wabc new york, in streaming audio, from 1961 to 1980. I began it in 1979 while i was working at kfmxfm, as a way to commemorate the passing of the 70s decade. A collection of recorded airchecks and radio broadcasts throughout the decades. Beatlemania had exploded, and every rock n roll station was jumping on the bandwagon fuelled by the arrival of the fab four in. He knew immediately that was what he wanted to do when he grew up. Dec 22, 2016 wabc 77 new york dan ingram october 6, 1973 radio aircheck. Former wabc personality harry harrison did his final show on wcbsfm on march 19, 2003. Youll hear priority 1 and several acappellas which were later added to the logoset demo. Wabc 77 new york dan ingram april 10 1968 12 youtube.
California airchecks george junak discovered top 40 radio in 1958 when he was home sick from school as a fiveyearold and stumbled across kfwblos angeles on the radio. That great radio lives again right here at rock radio scrapbook. Opie and anthony is an american radio show cohosted by gregg opie hughes and anthony cumia that aired from 1995 to 2014, with comedian jim norton serving as third mic beginning in 2001. A recently submitted recording of the last minutes of wcbsfm and. Wabc music radio april 1, 1972 dan ingram show unscoped 56. Thanks to so many people for providing so many of these airchecks. An aircheck contains only the segments where the dj is talking, with a bit of music in the beginning of each break. Editplus records your aircheck, and breakdown services uploads it to the internet. Excitement was in the air and on the air in february, 1964, on a level not seen musically since elvis burst on the scene in the mid1950s. This website is dedicated to the history of radio stations from the 1950s to the late 1980s. Musicradio airchecks daves airchecks greatest amfm radio. Feel free to check out some of the many other videos on the. Since 2010, the tradition of wabc rewound has continued on rewound radio.
Streaming classic radio airchecks and great weekend shows. Air check definition is a recording especially of a radio broadcast. You didnt get much by being a member mainly just a membership card, but to young radio fans, it was a lot of fun and garnered station loyalty. Listen to davesairchecks soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create queens. It was the golden age of top 40 radio at a time when everyone listened to the same music. A very hifi aircheck of new york citys wabc radio on april 4th, 1968, the night of martin luther king, jr. Download part 2 as an mp3 file by right clicking here.
After the composites and documentaries, airchecks are grouped by on air personality or newsman in alphabetical order. Recorded by schweizer over the course of decades, this collection consists of the sample set of tapes that he took time to. If you have any vintage wabc, wnbc, wls, anything from cleveland from before 1980 particularly wwwm, otherwise known as m105, anything from rochester, new york before 1980, and anything of wgr, buffalo before 1980 especially stan roberts, i. Fmairchecks is the home of the next generation of classic radio featuring scoped recordings from the mid 1980s through early 2000s. The big event to kick off summer on long island was the 15th bethpage air show at jones beach. Wcbsfm airchecks and jingles on this page you will find many jingles and airchecks.
All airchecks in this collection, and thousands more, are available from california aircheck. These are not for sale, but i would gladly trade with other collectors for like items. The tragic killing of nine americans in mexico by drug cartels and how should the us respond. The goodbye montage, a collection of recordings of the djs last sign offs in the week leading up to the end of wcbsfm. California aircheck offers current radio airchecks from all across north america, video radio airchecks shot in the studio of americas top stations and classic top 40 airchecks form the 50s to the 80s. If you are not currently doing an onair show on a radio station, you can assemble a demo tape indicating what you would sound like if you were on the air.
Scoped airchecks are shorter in length and do not include musical performances. All we ask in return is that you do not attempt to hotlink to our files from other sites, and that you do not attempt to sell or otherwise make a profit from them. Beatlemania had exploded, and every rock n roll station was jumping on the bandwagon fuelled by the arrival of the fab four in north america. Note the flair reports which were supplied by the abc radio network. Wabc musicradio 77 chuck leonard april 4, 1968 mlk. Opus top 100 year end countdown shows top 100 of 1974 host mark makay. Most of the airchecks that were featured over the years wabc produced the special are featured as well as additional shows.
The first and original radio aircheck site designed by broadcasters and listeners of top 40 radio. Stream tracks and playlists from davesairchecks on your desktop or mobile device. Jan 29, 2020 russ salzberg is back in the cohost chair with curtis on todays show. New yorks source for breaking news, weather and live video. On this page youll find downloadable waky airchecks in mp3 format. Wabc radio airchecks mp3 collection 1960s1980s dvd, mp3. At this time, the station dropped the w in several of the jingles, and tried calling itself 77 abc. In october, president carter honored humphrey by giving him command of air force one for his final trip to washington dc. We exhibit scoped radio station airchecks, music surveys, promotions, interesting radio. Throughout the years, mcdougall used several names.
Important please read all information before filling out form. All stations are listed by state and by market city thats opposed to city of license so that means if youre looking for z100. Give it a moment to download the file and the aircheck should then start. The history of has made the conscious decision to post audio as mp3 files, rather than a streaming format like realplayer, so that you may download these files if you wish. Abc7 new york ny news, local news, breaking news, weather. Big crowds turned out for the show on saturday, but sundays show was canceled due to rain. The air check is normally recorded from an actual onair shift of the talent. Former wabc air personality ron lundy retired from wcbsfm on september 18, 1997. Dave burton, fred bourajaily, bob decarlo,greg gears, mark mervick, aaron mintz for the kqv coverage of the beatles, bob wilson, clarke ingram, wt koltek, bob wood, dex allen, bob shannon, dennis burns, paul carlson, jim mclaughlin, john rieger, bob celli, ed vance, timothy g adams, art vuolo and so many others for. June 14, 1968 morning after coverage of the deadly tornado in tracy, mn with franklyn hobbs, roger erickson, news director jim bormann reporting from tracy, jergen nash. Wabc radio airchecks mp3 collection 1960s1980s 75 hours of top 40 musicradio 77 wabcam radio shows broadcasts. Roby yonge july 25, 1943 july 18, 1997 was an american radio dj, most notable in the 1960s. Wabc radio airchecks mp3 collection 1960s1980s dvd, mp3 download, usb.
Please include a weather forecast and a liner examples of both are below. Most of the air checks i have were made from the springfield ma area airchecks i have posted here are from the northeast us. Not a recreation, but actual on air recordings as they were originally broadcast. Davesairchecks daves airchecks free listening on soundcloud. This version is a complete and absolutely faithful stereo rebuild of the original montage, produced by scott childers. The unforgettable stations like chum, cklw, ckey, ckfh, cftr, 1470 cfox, ckgm, cjms, cfun, ckrc, fm 108, wkbw, wgr, wls, wabc, khj and so many others can be heard and read about here. This begins with a humorous bit from wnewfm and then has various theme songs and promos and concludes with a short aircheck of scott muni sitting in for ed baer, probably in 1965, shortly after he left wabc, but before october of 1966, when he joined worfm. The link below lays the airchecks out for you by year and dj. Here are two checks of kim on wakys solid gold weekend in 1981. Wabc recreated itself each memorial day between 1998 and 2009. Not a recreation, but actual onair recordings as they were originally broadcast.
Recorded by schweizer over the course of decades, this collection consists. Reaction to president trumps rally on monday and are things piling up for rudy giuliani. California aircheck has been serving radio people around the world for many years with both audio and video airchecks of radio personalities. 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 19532011, esteemed legend of radio and engineering. Covering nyc, new jersey, long island and all of the greater new york city area. Download part 1 as an mp3 file by right clicking here. The kids who were old enough to get cars had waaf bumper stickers. He was mcdougall in the morning at wtry from 198085, and sky stewart at wfea. This is an interesting aircheck because wabc, as a top 40 station, was still in its infancy. Second, if you are a fan of top 40 radio, these airchecks provide a real insight into how it was done.
Incidentally, you should only have to do this once when visiting this site and only on airchecks for which there is an explanation page associated with it. Our aircheck exhibits are recordings of onetime radio broadcasts, both fulllength and scoped. Bobby gunther walsh has been on the morning show at waeb am790 for 29 years waking up thousands of people in allentown, bethlehem, easton and the surrounding communities. Hughes first met cumia in 1994 when he held a song parody contest on his.
In the radio industry, an aircheck tape demonstrates a disk jockeys talent. He was best known for being fired from new york city station wabcam in 1969, after he reported over the air that the singer paul mccartney might have died, circulating the now infamous paul is dead folktale saga and conspiracy theory. This page contains downloadable mp3 files for over 370 air checks i collected over a period of about 20 years. Air check definition of air check by merriamwebster. One of the earliest airchecks of wabc using jam jingles. Radio mp3s on cds, dvds and usb flash drives, and as mp3 downloads. The content was originally recorded via childhood mixtapes and trading with other radio enthusiasts. Music historian leonard yates was in the studio too.
You must there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one thats only in the merriamwebster unabridged dictionary. Wabc radio airchecks mp3 collection 1960s1980s 75 hours of top 40 musicradio 77 wabc am radio shows broadcasts. Wabc 77 new york dan ingram october 6, 1973 youtube. You must there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one thats only in the merriamwebster unabridged dictionary start your free trial today and get unlimited access to americas largest dictionary, with. More than 250,000 words that arent in our free dictionary. Our 19th year online with over 450,000 visitors since 1999. Shaw went on to work for abc and developed wabcfm as a an automated progressive.
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