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Beautiful Music Airchecks online

michael hagerty

michael hagerty

Since I seem to find stuff fairly easily, I figured this would be a good place to share it.

I'll stick to California, since that's what I know, but if you listen to enough of these, your YouTube recommendations will start to fill up with Beautiful Music airchecks from other states:

KABL, Oakland/San Francisco, 1960. Two programs, "Midday Masterpieces" and "Limelight":
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Midday Masterpieces and Limelight: KABL 960, Oakland (1960) | Bay A

Bill Moen, who would become KABL's most popular voice, began his career at KFGO, Fargo, N.D., in 1954.
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KGBS, Los Angeles, 1961. "Overture"

KMLA, Los Angeles, 1962 (estimated---it's later than the posted May 1961). Philip Garrison:

KMLA, Los Angeles, 1964. "Light and Lush" with Philip Garrison:

KPOL, Los Angeles, 1964. "Morning Magic":

KPOL, Los Angeles, 1964, "Rhapsody":

KGBS, Los Angeles, 1964, "Showtime":
KGBS Los Angeles / 1964 08 28 / John Fritz / Showtime

KOST, Los Angeles, 1970 (estimated--the newest release was in 1970, not '69):
KOST FM - LOS ANGELES - 1969

KBIG, Los Angeles, 1979:
KBIG-FM Los Angeles 10/13/1979 Easy Listening

KRUZ, Santa Barbara, 1980:
KRUZ 103 FM Santa Barbara. 12/15/1980, 1:02am.

KRUZ, Santa Barbara, 1981:
KRUZ FM Easy Listening, Ventura CA, September 2, 1981

KACY-FM, Ventura, 1981:
KACY 105 FM Easy Listening, Ventura CA, September 2, 1981

KRUZ, Santa Barbara, 1983:
KRUZ-FM Santa Barbara, Sept. 13, 1983
 
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KYSS Missoula, MT - March 16, 1970 (Rare small market aircheck)

KBIG Los Angeles, - September 22, 1983 (One of the later airchecks)

WDBN - Medina, OH - January 25, 1975 (With backselling of songs! Part of a high school football radio broadcast thrown in for good measure.)

WDBN - Medina, OH - January 14, 1968 (37 minutes or so of good quality recording interrupted by a long home recording of kids goofing off and a party.)

Al Moseeka FM - Cairo, Egypt - July 18, 2022 (15 - count 'em - hours of OTA recording, because the station doesn't stream)

Radio Enciclopedia - Havana Cuba - 2020-2022 (A bunch of webstream rips. Not airchecks per se, but a very fascinating music mix!)
 
92.5 KYND Pasadena/Houston "Kind" From 1977, when the station was #1 in the market with a 9 share. (The station became Top 40 KKBQ in Dec. 82 and moved to 92.9 in 1983 when it moved its transmitter from downtown to the new Senior Road tower.)

102.5 WGER Bay City/Saginaw/Flint, MI From 1971, at the time the station was 3rd with a 13.2 share in Saginaw, and 5th in Flint with a 9.2.
 
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Chad-Stevens said:
You're on!

KYSS Missoula, MT - March 16, 1970 (Rare small market aircheck)
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I looked it up (because of course I did) and Missoula's population in 1970 was about the same as San Luis Obispo's at that time---30,000 people. When I was at KSLY in 1974, our FM (KUNA) was beautiful music (Schulke), and it was the smallest market I knew of with a Beautiful Music station.

I wish I'd rolled some tape while I was there, but I was 17-18 years old and hated that thing.
 


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