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Favorite Airchecks?

M

mcrics

Hey everyone,

I think a similar question was posed a year or two, but as folks seem to come and go, I'm throwing it out there again? What is your favorite aircheck, and why?

I ask partially because when I'm trying to pull something off of the long lists some folks have, I have no clue what I should pick. As for me, I'd have to go with Dick Biondi on WCFL Chicago on 10-3-67. Biondi is in fine form, the WCFL station jingles are TERRIFIC (and long), and there's some great forgotten songs: Wake Up Wake Up by the Grass Roots, Do You Know What I Mean by the Turtles, and No Fair At All by the Association among others.

best,
E
 
95 Triple X/Burlington VT & WCAU-FM/Philly

I have two particular favorites...

I recorded 3 hours of WXXX-FM, Burlington VT on a s&hitty Sanyo boombox in the backseat of my parents car on a trip to Plattsburgh NY in October 1985.
Walt Speck was the afternoon drive DJ. The music was superb, the jingles were top notch (the Z100 Flamethrower package), the audio chain was hearty (although I reget to say I recorded it in "mono" to cancel out stereo fuzz...what a dummy) and there's a nice dusting of reverb on top of everything. These tapes are my prized posessions. In fact, I have over 12 hours of 95 Triple X recorded between October 1985 & December 1985 while on trips to Plattsburgh. Many of which you'll see in other people's collections. Just remember who recorded 'em first, mmkay?

My other fave is the classic Hot Hits WCAU-FM/Philly :90 tape from late 1981. The one with Todd Parker on one side and Terry "The MotorMouth" Young on the other. I dig it out every December. It is fantfriggintastic.

I hate when these tapes end. I always wonder what would've come next had the tape continued to record. Maybe one day I'll find out...

Those are my 2 two favs. I have many others...but those are special! ;)
 
> Hey everyone,
>
> I think a similar question was posed a year or two, but as
> folks seem to come and go, I'm throwing it out there again?
> What is your favorite aircheck, and why?
>
> I ask partially because when I'm trying to pull something
> off of the long lists some folks have, I have no clue what I
> should pick. As for me, I'd have to go with Dick Biondi on
> WCFL Chicago on 10-3-67. Biondi is in fine form, the WCFL
> station jingles are TERRIFIC (and long), and there's some
> great forgotten songs: Wake Up Wake Up by the Grass Roots,
> Do You Know What I Mean by the Turtles, and No Fair At All
> by the Association among others.
>
> best,
> E
>
OH BOY

I MUST pick

1. All my WKSC Chicago airchecks from 2001
2. All my WKSC airchecks from 2002-2003 with the station running in backup mode thanks to computer error
3. All my late 90s CHR airchecks

also, the first tapes I ever made

WXLC Waukegan as "Hot 102.3" (CHR) from 1991 and 1992
WPNT Chicago with Hot AC from 1995

These are treasures.

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Re: Favorite airchecks

I've always had a fascination with the fringe characters of the dial: the school stations, the ethnics, the preachers, and the pirates.

Three faves come to mind:

KDXL-106.7 St. Louis Park, MN - April 1992 - Two bumbling high school radio jocks calling themselves "The Scab Show" and channeling every early '90s slacker duo: Wayne/Garth/Bill/Ted/Beavis/Butthead. Everything that can go wrong does. Funniest moment is when some girls barge in to the studio.

WJPL-91.9 Brooklyn, NY Pirate - 1987 - 40 minutes scoped - John P. Lightning and his pirate crew discuss NYC vs. Chicago radio with a caller from Chicago and riff on Scott Muni, Larry Lujack, Scott Shannon, Ollie North, Arbitron ratings, White Castle, Oprah Winfrey, Phil Donahue, among others. This one was posted at airchexx.com a while back.

WWSW-94.5 Pittsburgh, PA - 1993 - Gary Dickson's final show, though he would later return to the station. Filled with guest visits and a montage of all the celebrity liners recorded for the station, that Jim Merkel laments that he can no longer use.

Favorite lost aircheck:

WPTS-92.1 Pittsburgh, PA - 1988 - College radio station (U. of Pittsburgh) drops Dr. Demento to air a student produced talk show and all anyone wants to talk about is Dr. Demento. Hosts Chuck Van Kuiren (sp?) and Connie Paris eventually strike up bizarre conversations with all sorts of strange characters including skinheads, various deviants, "God", and "Satan." Made this tape for an aircheck collector in Oklahoma who says he no longer has it.

WRCT-88.3 Pittsburgh, PA - 1991 - Student produced sports gabfest that careens wildly to discussions of pro wrestling and infomercials. Totally off-the-wall. The tape (a Memorex C-110) is lost somewhere in my parents' house.
 
> Hey everyone,
>
> I think a similar question was posed a year or two, but as
> folks seem to come and go, I'm throwing it out there again?
> What is your favorite aircheck, and why?
>
> I ask partially because when I'm trying to pull something
> off of the long lists some folks have, I have no clue what I
> should pick. As for me, I'd have to go with Dick Biondi on
> WCFL Chicago on 10-3-67. Biondi is in fine form, the WCFL
> station jingles are TERRIFIC (and long), and there's some
> great forgotten songs: Wake Up Wake Up by the Grass Roots,
> Do You Know What I Mean by the Turtles, and No Fair At All
> by the Association among others.
>
> best,
> E
>
Among my favorite airchecks are Johnny Dark doing "Dennis The Menace" on WNBC the night before the big Bob Pittman format flip. The funny thing is, that's his REAL first name! Another favorite aircheck is Jackson Armstrong as The Unknown DJ on WNBC. Can't forget about 10Q in LA, especially Beaver Cleaver! As for FM, EJ Crummy and Mark McEwens first show on WAPP, Meatloaf on 99X, and anything from WPLJ when they were AOR. Does that answer the question? :)<P ID="signature">______________

Co/Moderator: New York,Miami,Airchecks,Classic Radio and Where Are They Now?</P>
 
Dan Ingram WABC Labor Day, 1968 There is no finer aircheck than that one.

"If you are in your ninth month honey, you are in the honor group of the day."

> Hey everyone,
>
> I think a similar question was posed a year or two, but as
> folks seem to come and go, I'm throwing it out there again?
> What is your favorite aircheck, and why?
>
> I ask partially because when I'm trying to pull something
> off of the long lists some folks have, I have no clue what I
> should pick. As for me, I'd have to go with Dick Biondi on
> WCFL Chicago on 10-3-67. Biondi is in fine form, the WCFL
> station jingles are TERRIFIC (and long), and there's some
> great forgotten songs: Wake Up Wake Up by the Grass Roots,
> Do You Know What I Mean by the Turtles, and No Fair At All
> by the Association among others.
>
> best,
> E
>
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Re: Favorite airchecks

I heard an Audition Tape received from a former station manager (in Indiana). This aircheck was sooo bad. The guy sounded like Gomer Pyle trying to get a show.

I was told that he was so bad, he would have been hired, but my friend was afraid the guy would learn things and get better, so he would not sound so funny anymore because he was so bad.



> I've always had a fascination with the fringe characters of
> the dial: the school stations, the ethnics, the preachers,
> and the pirates.
>
> Three faves come to mind:
>
> KDXL-106.7 St. Louis Park, MN - April 1992 - Two bumbling
> high school radio jocks calling themselves "The Scab Show"
> and channeling every early '90s slacker duo:
> Wayne/Garth/Bill/Ted/Beavis/Butthead. Everything that can
> go wrong does. Funniest moment is when some girls barge in
> to the studio.
>
> WJPL-91.9 Brooklyn, NY Pirate - 1987 - 40 minutes scoped -
> John P. Lightning and his pirate crew discuss NYC vs.
> Chicago radio with a caller from Chicago and riff on Scott
> Muni, Larry Lujack, Scott Shannon, Ollie North, Arbitron
> ratings, White Castle, Oprah Winfrey, Phil Donahue, among
> others. This one was posted at airchexx.com a while back.
>
> WWSW-94.5 Pittsburgh, PA - 1993 - Gary Dickson's final show,
> though he would later return to the station. Filled with
> guest visits and a montage of all the celebrity liners
> recorded for the station, that Jim Merkel laments that he
> can no longer use.
>
> Favorite lost aircheck:
>
> WPTS-92.1 Pittsburgh, PA - 1988 - College radio station (U.
> of Pittsburgh) drops Dr. Demento to air a student produced
> talk show and all anyone wants to talk about is Dr. Demento.
> Hosts Chuck Van Kuiren (sp?) and Connie Paris eventually
> strike up bizarre conversations with all sorts of strange
> characters including skinheads, various deviants, "God", and
> "Satan." Made this tape for an aircheck collector in
> Oklahoma who says he no longer has it.
>
> WRCT-88.3 Pittsburgh, PA - 1991 - Student produced sports
> gabfest that careens wildly to discussions of pro wrestling
> and infomercials. Totally off-the-wall. The tape (a
> Memorex C-110) is lost somewhere in my parents' house.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
[email protected]</P>
 
> Hey everyone,
>
> I think a similar question was posed a year or two, but as
> folks seem to come and go, I'm throwing it out there again?
> What is your favorite aircheck, and why?
>
> I ask partially because when I'm trying to pull something
> off of the long lists some folks have, I have no clue what I
> should pick. As for me, I'd have to go with Dick Biondi on
> WCFL Chicago on 10-3-67. Biondi is in fine form, the WCFL
> station jingles are TERRIFIC (and long), and there's some
> great forgotten songs: Wake Up Wake Up by the Grass Roots,
> Do You Know What I Mean by the Turtles, and No Fair At All
> by the Association among others.
>
> best,
> E
>
Charlie & Ty from KUBE 93FM & KJR 95.7FM(I have quite a bit recorded from 1988 to 1997)
Mark & Brian from KLOS 95.5FM & KQBZ 100.7FM
Gary Lockwood from KJR-AM(mostly his "Police Blotter" bits)
KUBE 93.3FM's 8th Birthday Party with Chet Buchanan from March 17, 1989(Charlie & Ty can be heard onstage dropping the S-bomb on the air)
Howard Stern from September 11 & 12, 2001(What else can be said?)
KJR's 70's Reunion Week from May 1-5, 1995(When a group of Seattle radio legends reunite, it's nothing but fun to hear.)<P ID="signature">______________
"I look out for me and mine."-Capt. Malcom "Mal" Reynolds in Serenity</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by MegoMan on 10/31/05 10:29 PM.</FONT></P>
 
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