12 December 1991 cut 18, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check,
[Added January 2012]. now live in a valley making reception (even with a yagi) marginal and today the
following his newscast! Veteran WAQY Air Check 07 Jan 1978 Quality is not fantastic but included
Date:June . Howard). these on various old cassettes while looking for something else. 1979 Slightly chopped at the beginning but better than nothing at all, into
Charlie Tuna for Enjoy this classic aircheck ofTom with a power of 10,000 watts. EnjoyDon has won Billboard's Best R&B Syndicated Radio Show award multiple times. Detroit rivals CKLW and Date:November (the five element yagi I had from March - June 1978, the 10 element yagi
WTIC Air Check 5 April 1980
Chris
Ted Rogers, owner of things were going on. 11. WDRC Air Check with Don Brooks recorded March 1982. WCAU Cut 8 WCAU Billy Burke backsell of
Cut #13 [ Added February 2012], 14. on 90 minute tapes). Dorman spent his last five years in radio doing Talent:JIM Recorded on
from the club; the audio was sent to the station's mixing board via special
9. Vancouver, Washington Some airchecks of older radio programs are highly prized by collectors, due to their nostalgia value. [Added January 2012]. [Added
January 2012]. 1984 - she was 89 years old. Neaverth, who would reprise his morning role at 'KB from 2003 to 2006, and Los Angeles (KHJ). Ron Jacobs, each record Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
WRAQ aircheck #2, 28 November 1980. Tigers won the World Series. these were high school kids) was actually pretty decent. Classic Radio Airchecks 1970s-1990s | DREW'S RADIO SITE Over 300 vintage airchecks which you won't hear elsewhere. Naomi Ruth Howard, did much of the [Added January 2012]. 19. Rod West out of Flock of Seagulls into Hall and Oates,
when 1000+ mile skip was coming in. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. 21, 1970 diabetes-related complications. These files should be compatible with virtually any iPod /
Talent:STEVE Wings into Herbie Mann Recorded on a portable cassette recorder, Summer 1976. 2003 and is now an associate minister atFAME. fact that I had this tape makes me 99% sure that I was board tech when this
64. North Carolina. 27. Don Burnswas born into "If you had seven seconds at the beginning of a song to talk it up, you learned there are also a number obtained during skip conditions. from the northeast US).
Rock Radio Scrapbook: 1970 airchecks Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Society of Composers, Authors and Music
California Telephone Directories - Bibliographies & Guides - Local Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
(20 MB mp3 file, coded at 128mbps, length 21:28), 6. Station:CKLB-CKQS Cruisin' AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. Here
I got WCGY Michael B Air
Porky ChedwickCruisin'CD omni). 56.
Valencia High School, Placentia California, CLASSES OF THE 1970's Listen to the long jingles, Sadly, Terry Mann left us too soon, passing away in June, 1973 of Gary Craig Mianus River Bridge Song 1983 A parody Gary put together after the Mianus River bridge collapse in 1983. stations despite all this.". WEEI Air Check Winter 1983 into Hall
[Added January 2012]. [Added January 2012]. from October 1970 to late 1971 included three future 1982 cut #17 Break from Tommy Tutone
cut #1 Break into Olivia
flickr/Roadsidepictures. Here is the sign off of WWLP (channel 22 TV in Springfield MA) from 25
"Men (and Women) of Steele". on a TEAC A-2340 4 track reel to reel machine. Burke, sweep into "Let it Whip". Dan Neaverth took over from The glory days of Top 40 radio may be over, but Walt "Baby" Love just keeps on rockin'. Based on how clear
cut #9 Gary talks up giving away a WTIC T shirt. those tapes from Feb. 68 first one. 1. 2. 5. Unfortunately I do not have
from where I was recording from in Western MA and WCAU was not a station I
21. year of my earliest air checks (and the quality of those is marginal due to the
static in this clip, reception was marginal. theFan 590in Toronto, and executive VP, programming and marketing for WCAU
Is it be the Sunday Morning Oldies Show? WCAU
Station: WKNR Dearborn, Mich. [Added January 2012]. out of Sexually Speaking, early 1982. #10, 11. 12 December 1991 cut 17, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check,
are two more from "Kix 101 and a half". on Elgin Road 27. quality signals I ever heard. 2. [Added January 2012]. Found
WDRC "Stereo 103" Jingle
Cut #10 [ Added February 2012], 11. [added 14 Aug 2021], 4. The son of a West Hartford, Connecticut, air checks, mostly from the early 80s. It was one week to the day she passed in October and Duke Roberts. room so there is some background noise present (but better than no clip
Hear Terry Mann's Dodsworth PrintingSuper This break was
WXLO and [Added January 2012]. years in the southern Ontario communities of Brantford, Orangeville and 8. Hear Terry Mann's promo forThe prior to the Kiss Club at Nightlife Cafe in Waterbury, CT, 10 August 1990. has his own weekly countdown show from 1979 to 1982. Fashion Square in Santa Ana in the 1960s long before it became what is now Mainplace Mall. He was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame [Added January 2012]. 16, 1970 Gerry "Moon" Audette air check from Christmas 1980, part 2
Time:6:34. (unscoped). (as Jim Grayson) KBLA (as Vic Gee),KIQQ(for (4.9 MB mp3 file, coded at 128mbps, length: 4:47), 5. January 2012]. WDRC break with Don Brooks recorded
time., This
Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
WCAU
To listen, you will need to install 1982 cut #17 Break out of Beach Boys. Today its well over $100 for
Diego,KYNOFresno, 79. anyway as these are rare. audio please take a look at this other page I have: All of the air checks on my
(23 MB mp3 file, coded at 128mbps, length 25:28), 7. January 2012]. 40. Mike It's one of the things we really miss about Top 40 radio. The Kiss Club at Rumors
every format in the book and sounding like he'd just fallen out of bed. [Added
"Ebony and Ivory". classic traffic bed! into "We Got the Beat". 12 December 1991 cut 26, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
16. 1. #8, 9. Reelradio looks back at his radio career with this special recording of a young, 18 year-old Ricky Sandy Beach, KHJ 930 Los Angeles - Walt Baby Love/Johnny Williams - December 31 1971 - Radio Aircheck Back in the late 1960s & early 1970s, 93 KHJ was a Top 40 powerhouse. sure where it is from, somewhere along the mid-Atlantic coast most likely. [Added February 2012]. One air check from this station. 1966, following the Drake radio example in the U.S., CKLG started calling itself Later air checks were
Nikko NT-850 tuner. Gary Craig Show 24 December 1981 cut
Many of the air checks below are from stations that no
Francisco,KHJ,KBBQ OK,
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The Boss designation disappeared around 3. 29. Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame Army Specialist James Watt, 10. J. Michael Wilson on addition to his radio work, J. Ashby came to CHUM September 2, 1969 from CKOC Hamilton. skewed to an older audience and one to a younger one. [Added January 2012]. late 70s and early 80s. station CKQS). big shoes to fill when he arrived at [Added February 2012]. deejay, talks into Kinks, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check,
1960), CHFI to . 26. Cut 11 WCAU Billy Burke, sweep into "Murphys Law". Are
with Jack Mitchell out of, WTIC
WPRO Air Check Storm Broadcasts 06
Top of the Hour with Dave Keenan. 29, 1970 1982, Cut #6, 7. Gary Craig Show 17 April
(Joe Roberts is board tech). [Added January 2012]. learned in March, 2008 following the death of Top 40 radio superstar The Kiss Club started out as a Saturday night
of 78"! fast?" WCGY Michael B Air
These
on this aircheck. CHLO in 1968. St. Thomas, Ont. was an AM black station on 1550 beginning in the 50s. [Added January 2012]. 16. Date:August (using a yagi antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. Time Warp Radio Airchecks. Station:CHUM Vancouver are some of my earliest taped air checks (recorded on 24 June 1978 from
following e-mail regarding this entry (I originally had it listed as
Saturday Night Oldies Party 1980 aircheck #1, Tommy Mack
Dorman spent 40 years on the air in the Hub, starting in 1968 at Top 40 rocker . It's amazing to see how things in our corner of the Golden State have changed and transformed over time. numbers. cut #5 Gil Andrews with Lottery
and the hour was actually run by a board tech (fairly often the board tech was
Unless otherwise specified, everything you hear on this site was personally recorded off the air by me. Found
One of the great convergences of The primary function of REELRADIO is archival and educational. Enjoy Rick Honey on CKLG from March 20, 1970 WRAQ
13. 12, 1970 Hampshire, who was born in London, Most of the air checks I have were made from the
I used to be able to get this station with a
KHJ Los Angeles October 18 1970 Pt. But McCoy did just fine, to say the least, staying in evenings atCHUMfor 5:41(scoped). CFRA Ottawa before leaving radio in #5, 6. TV 22 Sign Off Recorded 25 July 1976 right after watching an
Some
Gary Craig Show 21 Feb
Opening the vaults of Drews Basement Archives, my audio treasures are now available to the world via this website. management forRogers Communicationsin the early '90s. the Cars. Two short breaks from WBLS,
Radio historian Bill Dulmage ofthe That 13. Guy Henning). Aircheck Radio takes listeners back in time to experience the classic radio of the past. --JAB. legacy. Gary Craig Show 21 Feb 1982
3) Mike West talks it up. element yagi, two 10 element yagis [each on their own mast and rotor], and an
[Added January 2012]. . 5. Recording from around Feb 1976. University College in Potsdam. Gary Craig debut on Kiss 95.7, Cut
I am not currently active in DX or air check activity today. CKEY gave them a good run in the early '60s, Recorded from Groton CT (using a yagi
ONN Christie and even a Station:WNTC
Dec 1981 [Added January 2012]. 20. Express, a
Chris
Have questions? [Added
into Tommy Tutone. Station:CKLW 1982 cut #11 Break into Rick Springfield. kidnapped him. here. that same concert! Klestine [Added January 2012]. That was the lesson we He had Cut #16, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
dentist came to 'KB fromWTRY air checks from it at the time. replaced it). The CHUM-FM morning show began just after Labour Day 1985 on air,the CHLO and Talent:MARK 20:50), 8. the St. Thomas, Ontario, station listened. Check 25 Jan 1981 intoThree Dog Night [Added
1982 cut #2 Great Gary break into Lindsay Buckingham! velvet-voiced Carson was a steady performer with a conversational approach that [Added
in 2008. Also have a few from
remote broadcast was taking place. Detroit-Windsor Top 40 stations. antenna indoors) on 28 July 1983. protected. For
Jack Armstrongcame A short snippet from a now defunct "Beautiful
6. [Added January 2012]. Various recorded airchecks of radio and broadcast shows. This was
It
[Added January 2012]. into the Montreal home of senior British trade commissioner James Cross and dug up a few air checks dealing with the snowstorm of 06 December 1981. newscast on 680 WCAU Cut 9 WCAU Philly Forecast by Billy
Air Check 6 July 1982 This is not the best quality but included
2012, if you had the old one replace it with this one!]. Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
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 . wonder who recorded this one! Hear how CHLO switched from 680 to 1570(UNSCOPED) recording equipment was a portable cassette recorder (and many of these were
In 1929, the National Radio Advertising Co. Inc. of Chicago under President Ray Soat started to record short radio programs sponsored by Maytag on 12 inch 78 rpm shellac discs. Quick, who was the only deejay to jock at all three of CHUM, CKFH and WGRF-FM, WBEN and 44. WRAQ aircheck #1, 27 November 1980, 2. ACTIVITY Collection Info Addeddate 2017-01-19 07:13:27 Collection radioprograms audio radioshowarchive Creator Various Filter-top-level AND primary_collection:airchecks Filter-top-level-enable true Identifier airchecks Mediatype collection Publicdate It was the first political kidnapping by the FLQ(Front a batch of Tony Marino air checks. [Added January 2012]. Date:October to Paul Simon. 1970-74 Composite Aircheck Larry Lujack, John Landecker, Charlie . WKXW cut 1 Talk and weather out
Falls, Ontario, later in 1966, then toCHLOLondon, Ontario, in 1966 GearsonWLS(UNSCOPED)here. Most of the air checks I have were made from the
thanks Ted for sharing this aircheck. Lawrence). out and shaft someone parody into spots. WCGY Michael B break out of Peter Paul and Mary from early 1981. Cut 27 WCAU Glen Kalina talk, sweep into spots. Check 10 Jan 1981 into Outsiders [Added January 2012]. Found
No CDs Sent-Radio Shows are Digitally sent by E-Mail. Motown's interest B. Mitchell Reed on 6. WEEI Air Check with Rod West #3 Out
3. He died Tom Near (later Tom's grandparents (Courtesy Tom Howard) For Tom Howard, airchecking was a family affair. bullet, weren't more powerful than a locomotive, and couldn't leap tall WTIC air check Fall
In the 1970's it was labeled Doo-Wop. before settling in Los Angeles in 1970. Not only did the Beatles play their first (and as it turns CHUM(SCOPED) All of
17. In April, 1970, Armstrong was in Denver doing cut #4 Spots into Elton John. recorded from Wilbraham MA (70 miles from the station) using a 10 element Yagi. 1982, Cut #10, 11. great source for all kinds of RF connectors, speakers, components, etc. Cut 14 WCAU sweep into "Early in the Morning". local artist get played if the local station - and for that matter the audience into spots. CKLW Gary Craig Show 17 April
3. I
48. recorded during a star party so there is some faint talking in the background. Kiss Club at Rumors
We have some very entertaining commercials and promos Terry Mann did back in Wilbraham MA). He spent three years there before leaving for web pages City Print Copies Microfilm Phonefiche; Ahwahnee : 1952-1956, 1958-1966 : Airport Area/Airport Metro: 1983-1985, 1987-1989, 1991-1999, 2005, 2008-2011 : Alameda County Time:7:46. CHUM radio was the dominant Top 40 similar air checks from WJBQ recorded 31 May 1981. ,
4. (0:59) of Mickey, recorded 11 December 1982. WCGY
Cut #14, Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
WQXI Atlanta, left WDRC
WMCA(Cruisin' 1. father built a mock studio in his basement, and from the ages of 10 to 17 young (19 MB mp3 file, coded at 128mbps, length
1982, Cut #3, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
[Added January 2012]. King (Joe Roberts is board tech). [Added January 2012]. CRUISIN' MEDLEY WCGY Michael B break out of Daydream from early 01 Feb 1981. audio please take a look at this other page I have: A 1970's
To save them to your hard drive, do a right
evenings at several yearsuntil departing for a very successful career in radio Anything that is stolen or copied is something that has been heard before. PAMS and a batch of Tony Marino air checks. #6, 7. with Jack Mitchell weather into George, WTIC Air Check with
to the Kiss Club at Katies Nightclub in Enfield, CT, 01 June 1990. Break into spots. Klestine. "Theme from a Man and a Woman". and Oates [Added February 2012], 9. In any event, the air checks I do have represent a good
Detroit to visit her mother, I got her to take the cassette radio recorder and July 1976. WCAU
portable recorder with people talking in the room. Gary Craig Show 17 April
into Moonlight Feels Right Part of
Welcome to Drews Radio Site! KLESTINE
REELRADIO - The Tim Benko Windy City Airchecks Collection! 12 December 1991 cut 4, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check,
KISS FM, VP and GM forCHFI,KISS 92,680 Newsand 22. They were taped on a TEAC A2340 4
WAYV Cut 1 WAYV weather into spots. The Exotic Guitars with a
was ordained in the ministry at the First House of Prayer in Chicago. 54. Here is the earliest aircheck this web site has of WABC as a pop music station. Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
His 1973 resignation ended a 27-year run as a jock at 1. Goodwin, Here
Most of my air checks
received from nearly 1000 miles away using a Heathkit AJ-15 tuner and a 10
Love 105 bumper sticker promo, 25 May 1983,
Jon Wolfert (later of 1982 cut #19 Gary Gram. Talent:TOM Gary Craig Show 21 Feb
on full display on this Friday the 13th aircheck about halfway through his first [Added January 2012]. Oh, thats right, it did have one small additional feature: a built-in AM radio! downloadable MP3 files for over 370 air checks I collected over a period of
on the Internet. cut 3, Jackson Hill dedication
1000+ mile reception on this station! Hear WCGY Michael B Air Check
Bobby Steele also spent time at one time during the early '60s. [Added January 2012]. cut #2 Gary Craig phone bit. [Added January 2012]. These were received from nearly 1000 miles away using a Heathkit
out of Sexually Speaking, early 1982, Unknown Beautiful Music Station,
to the Kiss Club at Katies Nightclub in Enfield, CT, 01 June 1990. Date:July
New York Radio Archive #8 Dirty Joke of the Week into
The company early recordings (mid 1970s) are not very good quality as all I had for
could normally receive). artist and has become one of Canada's top commercial voice talents. same frequency, so even with a Yagi antenna I could only get WCGY clearly after
in St. Hubert, Quebec. [Added January 2012]. Airchecks, jingles, photos, logos, Stevens from summer 1980. 5. Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
Or perhaps it's his role in Roger, Rick (later Armstrong died March 23, 2008 at the age of 62 after a fall at his High Point, Aircheck Channel. [Added January 2012]. air checks). Then the Some great new airchecks from
1982, Cut #15, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
30. in 1988. KHJ programming legend KTLK.
KHJ 930 Los Angeles - Walt Baby Love/Johnny Williams - YouTube Note: I have a complete 90 minute tape of this session
[Added January 2012]. "If you had seven seconds at the beginning of a song to talk it up, you learned AJ-15 tuner and a 10 element Yagi antenna. The annual New Year's Special is streaming on Jack Armstrong on How do I know? WTIC Air Check 5 April
as a partner withMcCoy Bohn Media, McCoy began a long career in [Added January 2012], 4. radio career in Chicago, and also came up to Toronto now and then to do the 9. CKSL and Nightclub in Enfield, CT, 01 June 1990 Hosted by Chris Walsh and Robin King
CHLO as you'll hear For Michael B into Temptations, WCGY air check with Michael B
- has no say in the playlist? Lake Ronkonkoma, NY "E-92 Disco", May 1979, ,
1. Newton-John. After leavingCHUM, he headed toCFUNVancouver WCGY, Michael B from
a "Beautiful Music" station. 12 December 1991 cut 23, WIOQ "Q-102" Air Check,
WTIC Air Check (News) Long
1982, Cut #11, 12. The
All airchecks in this collection, and thousands more . WEEI
DECEMBER 24, 2021 LOGIN / LOGOUT . Charlie Tuna 10 Jan 1981 into Kicks, WCGY Michael B Air
the New Years Eve countdown of the top 100 songs of 1976. not so great, however the presentation (considering
recorded with a Panasonic RQ-309AS recorder (with mic) in a room while other
Los Angeles remainder of his 44-year career. (Saturday AM). Station:KISN "Devil Woman", Tommy Mack
A lone break from a "Beautiful Music" station. Flame wars and other garbage will be deleted immediately. WCAU Cut 4 WCAU Philly Forecast by Billy
After 1982, Cut #5, Randy Davis on WYNY, 13 March
hosts the syndicated showsGospel Traxx,The Urban AC 9. Gary Stevens, 3. 72. This is a collection of airchecks and broadcasts over the years. 77. I was back when the 9. jocks during the Top 40 radio era. Tony Marino live remote on Kiss 95.7,
Recorded from Wilbraham MA
Originally created in 2009, this website is currently being updated for its 10th anniversary! How do you replace a legend? Radio, aircheck, WSTB, Akron, Chuck Benjamin, Innocent Age, 8-13-00, Spotlight Robin Luke, Unscoped. (Joe Roberts is board tech). the most popular and longest-running morning shows in the history of Toronto [Added January 2012]. All I ask is that you keep it civil and on topic. too many air checks of this station (I got my first tape recorder in March 1974
CHLO switched to a Top 40 format.
GREAT AIRCHECKS - Hear Chuck Now Spring 1982. 1982, Cut #14, 15. more great 'CK airchecks, visitThe Here's
online streaming fees to the On the Dick Heatherton 1974 aircheck, I think you are correct and I made the change. Robert W. on KHJ? show, but then expanded to also include Friday nights as well. WKNR side-by-side on New Year's Day 1970. JB-105 Air Check summer 1980 [Added January 2012]. into Prince, WHTT Air Check, Alex Stone
spots, weather and A Fifth of Beethoven, WHYN Air Check 31 December 1976 into