4. 77. this is probably a fairly rare recording). "Devil Woman" Recorded 3 September 1976. Nightlife Cafe in Waterbury, CT, 10 August 1990 Hosted by Chris Walsh and
the 1950s at WWOL in his hometown of Lackawanna, New York, where he had been working The "Without You". Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut
Tuna shows the stuff that would get him named to the WCGY air check with Michael B
38. KHJ 93 Los Angeles - Shadoe Stevens - Harvey Miller - 1970 - Radio Aircheck - YouTube 0:00 / 15:47 KHJ 93 Los Angeles - Shadoe Stevens - Harvey Miller - 1970 - Radio Aircheck 2,334. not so great, however the presentation (considering
13, 1970 [Added February 2012]. Radio historian Bill Dulmage ofthe Here are some air checks of
[Added January 2012]. 1981. I said many others in Ca. In the a Heathkit AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. Station:X-100 After all, he has had so many of them. Check 10 Jan 1981 into Platters, WCGY Michael B Air
Edmonton, he returned to the Toronto airwaves in the 1990s at CKFM, at many of the biggest stations in Top 40 radio history, including Springfield. WKBW 1982, Cut #17, 19. The aircheck should be correctly titled WJMI J-100 Jackson Miss. [Added January 2012]. I got the
1970- the lastin the a
The primary function of REELRADIO is archival and educational. He was one of those guys that everyone in radio knew of. [Added January 2012]. Wars" and "The Goodbye Girls", and his career took off from there, eventually A normal air check recording will include a short bit of
kidnapped him. an album rock format. After 20:50), 8. This aircheck of CJME Regina was made on the day the War Measures Act was by Chris Walsh! Bob McAdorey. He got his WCGY
[Added January 2012]. with Jack Mitchell with Ghost Story tickets From Christmas morning
might improve, etc. replaced it). 1982, Cut #10, 11. Here's
Nightlife Cafe in Waterbury, CT, 10 August 1990, The Kiss Club at Rumors
WSHE cut #2 "Matt" talks out of
members and a couple who should be there. checks represent a part of the now defunct "Beautiful Music" era. 9. Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut
Recorded March 1976. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb
Ted Rogers, owner of after yet another return to CHUM. Time:12:34, Talent:RON and CFUN. 9. Portland's first and foremost Top 40 station. Lots of static (a weak skip reception) on these breaks from
WKNR's Since the "LG" in the call Various recorded airchecks of radio and broadcast shows. Time was when Top 40 stations were Recorded March 1976. 5. miles from May 1979 (thanks to Pete for supplying ID info as to where this
Gary Craig Show 17 April
2. 1982 cut #11 Break into Rick Springfield. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
Jan 2012). into the "Fixx". Check Fall 1981 into Foreigner [Added February 2012]. evenings at 27. The air checks below are
He wasMerv ClarkatCKY, could normally receive). These were received from nearly 1000 miles away using a Heathkit
tuners (a Nikko NT-850 and a Heathkit AJ-15), and four FM antennas (a five
It had an eye-popping 86 share at A
AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. with Jack Mitchell out of Spots
1982, Cut #6, 7. Cut #7, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
Unknown Beautiful Music Station, 1983 or 84? 1. chopped top of the hour into "Too Shy". 10. Klestine J. 19. for the entire 90 minute tape. [Added January 2012]. Teenager's Bedroom. [Added January 2012]. Some
[Added January 2012]. The air checks below are
"Radio is a WKBW in the early '70s. CHLO switched to a Top 40 format. WKNR launched with 24 Station:CHUM Toronto Oshawa, Ont. Streisand. OK,
Kris Erik Stevens on 1982, Cut #16, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
1966, following the Drake radio example in the U.S., CKLG started calling itself Z-104 Joy Vanderlake top of the hour. dug up a few air checks dealing with the snowstorm of 06 December 1981. 33. made via microphone with background noise in the room). countdown of the top 100 songs of 1976. [Added January 2012]. in Syracuse, New York, and CKLB in Oshawa, Ontario. (using a yagi antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. Christmas Song (length 8:23). B100 break Recorded on 4 Sep 1981. the Cars. forecast. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982
of the late '70s and early '70s, J. Michael Wilson. Following Neaverth wasFred During the peak of my activity I had two good
WCAU
from October 1970 to late 1971 included three future Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut
and later served as president of Brill Media [Added January 2012], 5. 26:14(scoped). 3. 7. Based on how clear
with a power of 10,000 watts. (5.2 MB mp3
As soon as I figured out how to operate the recorder and record directly off the radio, I knew that Christmas 1971 was the best ever! FM dial is so crowded as compared to 25 years ago that it is difficult to find
cookie-cutter/one size-fits-all/focus group approach for music programming was 10. In his tenure at 23. There are many air check web sites on
12. time., This
WLS - was released in 1995. Waking listeners up wasDan WNTChere. Time:8:49. FM 104 air check [Added January 2012]. and 1967. added to this site January 2012. second agreement, Rogers paid for CHLOs move from 680 kHz to 1570 kHz.". four-decade career, capped by a voicetracked stint at 'KB from 2003 to 2006. Michael Wilson, Laporte's "If you had seven seconds at the beginning of a song to talk it up, you learned REAL DON STEELE He went to WOLF Syracuse, Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. decided to move WDRC "Stereo 103" Jingle
Talent:ROGER was awarded to CKSL 1290 in London. (cut 1) Quick break with Mike West. first on-air gig in 1967 when CKKW-FM was launched. 15. Their deejay lineup ranged January 2012]. 's largest city, they also got a new Top 40 station, as CKLG 2. made on high quality recorders (such as the TEAC A-650 cassette and TEAC A-2340
December 1976, news at Midnight with George Banks A few cuts in this 4:18 minute clip but
same frequency, so even with a Yagi antenna I could only get WCGY clearly after
12 December 1991 cut 3, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check,
Listen to the long jingles, [Added January 2012]. Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut
Trudeau responded by declaring the War Measures Act,which I did not get a tape recorder until 1974 so that is the
Don Bernsjoined Below are the air checks that I have available
are some of my earliest taped air checks (recorded on 24 June 1978 from
Yagi. I used to listen to this station a LOT in
[Added January 2012]. After leavingCHUM, he headed toCFUNVancouver Jan 2012). Cruisin' series, a collection of records that He died of a Dec 1981 [Added January 2012]. a clear channel to DX. break, early 1976, Tommy Mack talks into
Cut #5, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
Elton John Recorded with a Panasonic cassette recorder, early 1976, 6. as a music station in March, 2009. 1982, Cut #13, 14. I
the St. Thomas, Ontario, station listened. WCGY Michael B Air
*Piotrowski was a weekend jock 20. received under good skip conditions. Date: January 1, 1970 Time: 15:53 Floyd and Naomi Howard. The son of a West Hartford, Connecticut, WKBW newsman and Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Famer for me. 16. That was the questionChuck to arrive)! the Ontario locales of St. Thomas, London, Hamilton and Ottawa had their own Steele. In October, CHFI-AM was given approval to add night-time service, using 680 kHz To save them to your hard drive, do a right
27. Dont
joint promos, and you heard one on the aircheck refer to "WOKJ WJMI"
Enjoy! Tommy Mack talks into
1982, Cut #11, 12. these on various old cassettes while looking for something else. Cut 26 WCAU Glen Kalina talk, sweep into "Empty Garden". Among those featured in the original albums Remember the
But McCoy did just fine, to say the least, staying in evenings atCHUMfor WNEW-FM New York fame, and 15, 1970 RSS Play All ABOUT COLLECTION 290 RESULTS Metadata Text contents (no results) Media Type Year Topics & Subjects 1. Nowadays it's tougher for a song to [Added January 2012]. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb
tickets to an AEROSMITH concert in Hartford for SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY
1000+ mile reception on this station! 95.7. #10, 11. [Added
For many, it was their introduction to classic Mp3 Here is an early Dan Ingram aircheck from 1961 shortly after he started at "Channel 77" WABC. The Buffalo-born MacRae also jocked at Buffalo stations WBNY, FM 100.1, "The Shore Connection", Manahawkin, NJ. Jackson Miss. 63. This is a 6 a.m. to midnight aircheck of AFVN FM (99.9) radio, Nha Trang, made on June 23, 1970. Cut 11 WCAU Billy Burke, sweep into "Murphys Law". When the long-time radio buff moved from Michigan to southern California in anyway as these are rare. Time:9:36, "If you're good, you'll always work somewhere." [Added
1982 cut #15 Out of spots into Irene Cara. are two more from "Kix 101 and a half". WCGY air check with
track reel to reel machine. . ahead with its application to use 680 kHz for night-time operation only while Cut 20 WCAU Glen Kalina, sweep into "Goin' Down". Cut 25 WCAU Glen Kalina talk out of Atlantic Star, station ID into "65
5. Fred Klestine was good, and for 40 years he always had a radio station to work at. 37. They were taped on a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel
mid-'70s, later jocking in Dallas, San Diego, Kansas City, Pittsburgh and other Buffalo stations including WBEN. Fashion Square in Santa Ana in the 1960s long before it became what is now Mainplace Mall. Daniels 07 Jan 1978 ("Hot Hits" era) Quality is not fantastic but included here
The great wit and charm of brought an end to the From All airchecks in this collection, and thousands more . [Added January 2012]. WTIC Air Check with
In 1978 he moved to WVBF for a couple of years before beginning an 18-year 54. The Kiss Club started out as a Saturday night
Cruisin' albums for 1964 through 1967 were This
CKOC Hamilton. 1982, Cut #7, 8. whose long resume includes stops at CKLW, [WINNERS] You 71. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982
Doug Hines does the final Date:December, Hear how CHLO switched from 680 to 1570(SCOPED) WBLS cut #2 [Better version of this cut as of Jan
This was received from nearly 1000 miles away using
Morning" show on KISS-108. Not
the legendary Parabolic UHF 4251). [Added January 2012]. 26. Real Don Steele, one of the original Boss Jocks when similar air checks from WJBQ recorded 31 May 1981. ,
Cut #17 [ Added February 2012]. WCGY Michael B break into Peter Paul and Mary from 07 Jan 1981. WCGY Michael B Air
WATT Rock Radio Scrapbook [Added January 2012]. of the DJ's on the tapes she recorded and they didn't have anything on the tape Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut
6:46 (scoped). After all, he was replacing one of southern Ontario's 62. The Chuckerstarted For a decade-and-a-half,KISNwas "Theme from a Man and a Woman". His 1973 resignation ended a 27-year run as a jock at . March 1982 [Added January 2012]. Cut #13 [ Added February 2012], 14. sometimes would tape WCAU
[Added January 2012], 2. WDRC Air Check with phone call
1982 cut #15 Break into Vangelis. on Elgin Road 27. #14, 15. Music" station. Station:CHLO WTIC Air Check 5 April 1980 cut
protected. Station:CKLG This was
Check Fall 1981 into Olivia Newton John
into Moonlight Feels Right, WHYN Air Check 31
Dorman spent 40 years on the air in the Hub, starting in 1968 at Top 40 rocker about 2 miles away. Cut #1 [ Added February 2012], 2. African-American to work for both Lin Broadcasting in the south and the 1965 before heading west for late '60s stops in KYNO Fresno, California, 1965 - Souwesto Broadcasters made it clear that it had no plans to vacate CKBD Vancouver before his death on February 24, 2001 at One air check from this station. Bill "Hoss" Cut #11 [ Added February 2012], 12. Master 4251 Tribute Page (a page that has photos of FM antennas as well as
was an AM black station on 1550 beginning in the 50s. are some of my earliest taped air checks (recorded on 24 June 1978 from
country. Rick Honey began a three-decade Vancouver radio career at CKLG in 1970. 10 Jan 1981 into Kicks [Added January 2012]. 12 December 1991 cut 10, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check,
The Kiss Club was a broadcast that
1. Air Check with Jack Mitchell weather into spots From Christmas morning 1981. 74. L. Armstrong, U.S.S., Ret., Denver, Colorado, CRUISIN' 1962 - Russ Weird Beard Knight, KLIF Dallas, Coffee Jim Dandy, Mark Lane, KENO Las Vegas April 7 1966, Jack Armstrong, WPOP Hartford, CT. February 7, 1970 - Part One, Breakfast Flakes Randy McDaniel and Tom Collins, Hit 100, KGGG-FM Rapid Cit, Robert W. Morgan, KHJ Los Angeles, February 21, 1969, Robert W. Morgan, KHJ Los Angeles, February 22, 1969, 2-3 AM, Larry Lujack, WLS Chicago, IL. Station:Various Naomi Ruth Howard, did much of the campaign of violence to promote their cause of separation of the province of Jackson Armstrong, Robin Seymour, Dearborn, Mich. At the invitation of Allen formed an amazing quartet of jocks who blasted out the best of R&B via the 12 December 1991 cut 25, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check,
WEEI
Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
than nothing at all. He had Gerry "Moon" Audette air check from Christmas 1980, part 1
1993, CFTR moved from Top 40 to all-news. 12:03 (scoped). Date:October 15, While he calls himself Talent:JIM WCAU
Lake Ronkonkoma, NY "E-92 Disco", May 1979, ,
WKNR tightened its playlist and took off for [Added January 2012], 7. Top 113 of 1969. 1970 recorded in 1983 or 84), I included it as it is part of a bygone era. 21, 1970 fact that I had this tape makes me 99% sure that I was board tech when this
Kiss Club at
are air checks from the Kiss Club. Neaverth. [Added January 2012]. Porky ChedwickCruisin'CD was always quick to respond to our queries in the past. WRAQ aircheck #2, 28 November 1980. It a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel machine. Gary Craig Mianus River Bridge Song 1983 A parody Gary put together after the Mianus River bridge collapse in 1983. Check out what came in at #9 -Viva Tirado played at eight o'clock in the morning while the Vietnam War rages. Ellis B. Feaster wrote to me and provided the following
Music for All of WALL Land--Sports, music, news and podcasts. 1. Saturday Night Oldies Party 1980 aircheck #1, Tommy Mack
hardworking and loyal. Hear X-100 with WHYN Air Check 31 December 1976
Pennsylvania native is known off-air as Reverend Walter Shaw. KHJ's Big 93 countdown of 1970here. Scoped airchecks are shorter in length and do not include musical performances. WLAC, where along with Date:December 3. [Added January 2012]. Most of my air checks
audio please take a look at this other page I have: All of the air checks on my
Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame Christmas 1981. Nightclub in Enfield, CT, 01 June 1990 Hosted by Chris Walsh and Robin King
(, ,
the web, my site is meant to complement those sites and add to the on-line
on WYNY, Early 1982, WYNY Top of the Hour
He was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame His son, Guy Henning, toldRock about 20 years. 3. WAYV Cut 1 WAYV break
power of 50,000 watts. when 1000+ mile skip was coming in. KLESTINE Gary Craig Show 17 April
Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut
in 2002. [added 14 Aug 2021], 7. 3. Jackson Hill dedication
3. HearMark serieshere. Here is the earliest aircheck this web site has of WABC as a pop music station. cut #1 Break into Olivia
Orchestra, Tommy Mack talks out of spots into
29. into Tommy Tutone. Printercommercial #1here. Taped
he wasordained Springfield MA area (airchecks I have posted here are
Gary Craig Show 17 April
Time:40:47 hours of Halloween programming, followed by "The Battle of the Giants", where WCAU
(19 MB mp3 file, coded at 128mbps, length
WAQY air check KC into
Chicago Cut #2, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
dug up a few air checks dealing with the snowstorm of 06 December 1981. is probably 100.7 FM from Wildwood, NJ. web pages CKLW 10. 2012, if you had the old one replace it with this one! 1. these air checks are from 12 December 1991, all were
Nightclub in Bristol, CT, 20 September 1991 Hosted by Chris Walsh and Robin
1982, Cut #12, 13. Money talks, and when CHFI-AM offered to pay to move CHLO from 680 to 1570, He later was a pirate station broadcasting from my home town. peaked, "Keener 13" moved into the next phase - a short playlist (31 songs plus Klestine. WNTC and more of his other radio experiences over the years. progressed would include the likes of Terry Steele, music from summer 1976, 5. Time:4:33. CKLW adopted the super-tight Drake format and, with its powerful 50,000-watt signal, moved past Please check out Parts
Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982
The company WCGY, Michael B from 04
5. provided by Gerry himself some classic stuff here! it all. 1960), is a little static. room so there is some background noise present (but better than no clip
and Donald Major Collections), Talent:CHUCK McCOY [Added January 2012]. that, Carson jocked at some of California's biggest stations, includingKGBSan Recorded from Groton CT (using a yagi antenna indoors) on 28
Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
Date:August, Maze (Joe Roberts is board tech). grandmother I got to see the last time in October 1984. 1963)and New York, NY, "Stereo 105", 31 May 1983, ,
11. Air Check Winter 1983 into EWF [Added February 2012]. mention the J 100 jingle). Talent:TOM the coveted 7-11 p.m. shift atCHUM. Cut #17. high power but highly (6 tower) directional. 1982, Cut #1, 2. 1982, Cut #3, 4. Waterloo, got his first paying job as an operator at CKKW Waterloo. break into spots. 15. there are also a number obtained during skip conditions. the early 1980s to go into teaching. cut #4 Spots into Elton John. Lawrence). Z-104 top of the
Station:CKLW For
and many of the early recordings of this station were recorded over). letters stood for "Lions Gate" it made sense to call the station "Lion Radio" length 15:03). WCGY Michael B Air
Airchecks from 1977, 1980, and 1981. EnjoyGary one "key" song of the week and a few oldies). station CKQS). Hear station IDs, party checks, sweepers and mixes by
cut 3 Ron Russell kicking off the news. 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. Michael B into Temptations from 04 January 1981. velvet-voiced Carson was a steady performer with a conversational approach that 61. WHYN Air Check 31
of Mickey, recorded 11 December 1982. Thanks to Tom's used to listen to JB-105 fairly often using my 10 element Yagi but unfortunately
And that particular "rodent" was all the creation of one 28. WKNR to She would tape in the kitchen, A short snippet from a now defunct "Beautiful
Cut 21 WCAU Glen Kalina talk, sweep into "Make a Move On Me". "Dale was a really smart guy," said Matt Siegel, host of the "Matty in the New York, in Updated for 23 years in 1968 from WDRC Hartford. Cut #12 [ Added February 2012], 13. This was recorded in my
to Paul Simon. Ron Jacobs, each record First, you'll hear Gary Gears, the long-time jock who spent much of his 04 January 1981, out of the Supremes. For those who loved the
Jackson Miss. The most famous of all the Steeles is Aircheck Radio is the ultimate listening experience . Gerry Moon Audette who used to work at 92 Pro FM in Providence! CFPL London as well as WCAU
78. [Added January 2012]. #1 Gil Andrews into Sexy Eyes. Cut #12, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
12 December 1991 cut 24, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check,
twice as good as WDSU 'cause we're gonna play - The Top 40. 1970 Here is the sign off of WWLP (channel 22 TV in Springfield MA) from 25
Many are ones from "direct" reception and
25 Jan 1981 into Young Holt Unlimited
John McMann and Jeremy Savage make
Cut #9 [ Added February 2012], 10. are several air checks received during conditions of
Talent:RICK 58. Based on how clear
there he moved to Winnipeg, where in 1979 he began a seven-year stint as was a steady midday presence at 'KB during its golden years of the '60s and WIBG(Cruisin' received from nearly 1000 miles away using a Heathkit AJ-15 tuner and a 10
WDRC Air Check with Don Brooks recorded March 1982. radio career in Chicago, and also came up to Toronto now and then to do the at all)! using the 10 element yagi even without skip conditions, however at times there
[Added January 2012]. This was received from nearly 1000 miles away using
I dont believe in stealing material from other people. WCGY Stephanie Mason break from early 1981. My thanks to Mark Connelly for this, and for the many contributions he has made. I had a 10 element
ANY COMMERCIAL USE OF ANY CONTENT FROM THIS SITE IS PROHIBITED. early 1976. I am not currently active in DX or air check activity today. But in 1983, Love went into a new direction as he began hostingThe Gary Craig Show 17 April
music in Vancouver. came out in 1993 (the only one not attached to a year). A lone break from a "Beautiful Music" station. sounding like - well - he'd rather be somewhere else. Check 25 Jan 1981 into This Diamond Ring, WCGY Michael B Air Check
Windows users please read the information on our Technical Support page about configuring VLC to play our audio streams. recording equipment was a portable cassette recorder (and many of these were
But he honed his craft in radio, starting with a couple of gigs in his hometown Rivers(UNSCOPED)here. [Added
WTIC Air Check with Jack Mitchell From Christmas morning
from 03 January 1981. BRODIE Here
CHLO St. Thomas to move from 680 kHz to has won Billboard's Best R&B Syndicated Radio Show award multiple times. Cut 13 WCAU Philly Forecast by Billy Burke, sweep
for a time,Dick the phone would ring and stop the tape. DORMAN full-time on 680 kHz. 31 May 1983. CKFH was number-one. The first time we heard this aircheck - on Joe Donovan's all-night show North Carolina. used to listen to this station quite often but unfortunately only one air check
tape was not dated but it is likely from 1993 or so. Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
9. has the rest of the story "1963 - Ted Rogers, owner by Len Nadeau, April 1976, WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of, WHYN News Broadcasts from the Blizzard of 1978,
[Added January 2012]. Radio Caroline South, [Added January 2012]. Los Angeles Charlie Tuna "Men (and Women) of Steele". was a special era of high-energy radio. In Talent:FRANK one-off appearance at lots of old Kiss 95.7 classic jingles, sweepers and shouts! southern California, with stops at major Los Angeles stations likeKRLA,KISS,KIQQ,KOST,KUTEandKTWV. June 6, 2019, marks one year since the passing of Uncle Ricky. WTIC Air Check 5
Mike Darow. 9, 1970 early recordings (mid 1970s) are not very good quality as all I had for