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BJ105 airchecks 1986-89

An old radio friend just messaged me on Facebook with the link to these airchecks, including one of me hosting the BJ105 Breakfast Bunch. I'd like to apologize--apparently that particular morning I had OD'd on coffee, amphetamines and Jolt Cola. Seriously, though, it's cool to hear the Breakfast Bunch again.
 
Alan! Good to see you posting here. What are you up to these days?

I thought you sounded fine. And I know you weren't on Jolt Cola. Not when you were virtually mainlining Tab!

pk33616:

Thanks for the links. They brought back some memories. I have no idea where you got these airchecks, but would love to hear more!
 
NICE!! 2 of the BJ big dogs comment right out the gate!

Alan and Bill...thanks for making waking up early bearable all those years ago when I was a teen in Kissimmee...you guys made BJ105 great, and be it good or bad, that station is still the stick by which I measure a station now. (of course not many compare)

bill...i have a lot more tapes to go thru, and you can bet i will have more from BJ, as well as Y106 :)
 
pk33616:
Thanks for the kind words! I had a lot of fun being part of BJ105 and the Breakfast Bunch and it's always nice to hear that the listeners were having a good time also.

Bill:
Tab! Yeah, that's it...it was the Tab talking.

What am I up to these days? Just hangin' out, attending my kids' college graduations, etc. How about you?
 
Old Guy:

I am usually in contact with Carren as I also servie in the capacity of godfather to her son. We are trying to coordinate our schedules so we can do a little visiting this summer.

Clive in the UK forwarded me the scam warning you have been kind enough to share with others. You are doing a valuable public service, sir. ;)

Alan:

I am in Southwest Florida toiling away as a copywriter while my daughter is back in Orlando attending UCF. How is Jamie & what are your kids hoping to become?


pk33616:

Keep 'em coming.
 
Bill:

I saw you are on Facebook; gonna send you a message there.
 
I have some BJ-105 airchecks...probably lots...all on unlabeled cassettes in a duffel bag...unfortunately, they're all airchecks of me! (lol)..
 
would be nothing unfortunate about that John Summers! When you were on at night is usually when BJ sounded its' hottest! (mixes, extended, alt, etc)
 
I can honestly say that I've never had more fun on the radio on a consistent basis than in the three years I worked at BJ-105!
 
Ditto, John. Hands-down the most fun I had in radio, even though I was only a part timer for 2 years. If I recall correctly, the recorder in the control room had the record "pitch" altered by engineering. It would record at a slightly slower speed, so your air check tape would sound like you were inhaling Helium...that way, you could listen back and critique your shift, but you couldn't send the tape off as an audition tape.
 
larryjackson said:
Ditto, John. Hands-down the most fun I had in radio, even though I was only a part timer for 2 years. If I recall correctly, the recorder in the control room had the record "pitch" altered by engineering. It would record at a slightly slower speed, so your air check tape would sound like you were inhaling Helium...that way, you could listen back and critique your shift, but you couldn't send the tape off as an audition tape.
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Would you by any chance be the same Larry Jackson who once worked for WGGG Gainesville, WTMC Ocala and WQXM Clearwatter-Tampa-Saint Petersburg?
 
larryjackson said:
No, but close. I did work at WAKA in the old G'ville Mall for a short while, and at WKIS here in town but I was Dave Lawrence at 'KIS.
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Oh, I remember very well the open-face WAKA studio just inside the front entrance to the Gainesville Mall. Was AM 1390 beautiful music when you were there? What year(s) did you work for WAKA? The former Gainesville Mall was remodeled into a K-Mart shopping plaza years ago about the time I left WTMC Ocala and joined WGGG on NE Waldo Road. Gainesville was a fun radio town back in the '70s and '80s.
 
It's a good thing that "Rock Me, Jerry Lewis" from "Rock Me Amadeus" is there. It's too bad you won't parody recordings like that any more.
 
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