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     New York City Radio Composite Aircheck – WHTZ, WCBS-FM, WRKS, WYNY, WQXR, WHN – June 18-19 1984 Pt. I This is a recording I made back in June 1984 on a trip to New York City. I used to make these road trips and record radio stations, to help me make my own radio show better. Radio stations on this recording include WHTZ Z100, 101 WCBS-FM, 98.7 Kiss WRKS, 97 WYNY, 1050 WHN, &…

   WPRO-FM 92PRO-FM Providence – Dave Stewart – 1989 92 PRO-FM has been a Top 40 powerhouse in Southern New England for decades. Since the format flipped from Easy Listening, to Top 40 on April 29 1974, WPRO-FM had been cranking the hits. Over the years some legendary names have worked at PRO-FM. Rocky Allen, Gary Berkowitz, Tom Cuddy, Howard Hoffman, Jimmy Gray, Don Geronimo, and…

 WCBS-FM 101 New York – Bill Brown – January 18 1978 On July 4 1972, WCBS-FM flipped to all Oldies. The move was inspired by it’s sister station, 98 WCAU-FM Philadelphia, which had flipped to oldies one years earlier. The station played 50s & 60s, with some current songs thrown in. But before the Oldies music, WCBS-FM had a Rock format, from the late 1960s to 1972. This aircheck…

Bruce Morrow on 77 WABC New York | September 9 1968

   WABC 77 New York – Bruce Morrow – September 9 1968 This aircheck features New York City’s Legendary radio personality Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow. He started in New York radio in 1959 at WINS, but Cousin Brucie became synonymous with rock and roll during his 13 years at 77 WABC New York, in the 1960s and ’70s. Brucie was a nighttime powerhouse, popular with the teens, as large…

Ron Lundy on 1430 WIL St Louis | January 4 1963

   WIL 1430 St Louis – Ron Lundy – January 4 1963 WIL in St Louis was one of the early Rock & Roll stations in America in the 1950s. it was a power house Top 40 station in the 1960s, until it was overtaken by KXOK. Some legendary talent worked on air at WIL… Jack Carney, Dan Ingram, and the voice heard on this aircheck, Ron Lundy. You may remember Ron Lundy as the midday personality…

Bill Rock: Tidbits of a Career

**LISTENING LINKS FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION BELOW** Legendary voice Bill Rock donated a short compilation of some of his best work a few ago. For those who don’t remember, Bill Rock was the voice of WNBC‘s Top of the Hour ID during the late 70s as well as being on the air there. He worked elsewhere in New York City, too! 103.5 WYNY during both it’s Adult Contemporary format and its Country format.…

Don K. Reed/Harry Harrison – 101.1 WCBS-FM New York | January 11, 2000 – Part 1

In 2000, WCBS-FM was still a solid 1950s and 1960s based Oldies station. The format featured lots of old Do-Wop style music and pre-Beatles-era songs along with the harder stuff like the Rolling Stones. At this point in time, CBS_FM was live 24/7. Don K. Reed was doing the overnight show this particular early morning. It starts at 5:00 at the end of what is branded “All-Night Radio”. Reedreminds…

Mike McCann, 1340 WMID Atlantic City | June 20 1979

  Long before he was a sports anchor on 66 WFAN, and before he cranked out the oldies on 101.1 WCBS-FM, and even before his 8 years on 97 WYNY, Mike McCann rocked Atlantic City on WMID 1340. WMID was the pop music leader in Atlantic City in the 1960s & 70s, but in 1979, the time when this aircheck was recorded, the migration to FM radio was going on, and many AM Top 40 stations were moving…