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WING on XM
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kirkiefan
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Sadly I do not have XM...is there an online stream?
It appears that it is going to be on the 60s on 6 channel according to the XM program guide. Go to AOL.com, you can click on AOL Radio with XM, then click on the next page and look over on the left column, Radio stations by musical style, click on oldies, then click the play button where it says XM60s, this should be the channel you want
If you like old jingles with old songs next to them, you'll enjoy this show.
However, as a former WING jock (albeit from its' later years), and a WING listener from about 1964 forward, I'm sad to say this guy's presentation sounds nothing like WING was in the 1960's and 1970's. I know he has solid radio credentials. But, if you really remember what WING was like, it had only a few "screamer" jocks. (Jim Quinn might be one you'd think of here.) For the most part, the presentation was uptempo, but not too "teeny" for the adults.
If you notice, Mr. XM doesn't even know how to pronounce correctly some of the towns and places he references during the show.
If you want to listen to the "real" WING, spend a little money and buy some of the airchecks available through California Airchecks, as well as some of the other services. You'll hear what I mean.
The guy on XM? If Gene Barry could hear it today, he'd be spinning in his grave. Sorry...but I knew the Lively Guys...and the guy on XM doesn't do them real justice. He's just a DJ screaming over old jingles and old records..
However, as a former WING jock (albeit from its' later years), and a WING listener from about 1964 forward, I'm sad to say this guy's presentation sounds nothing like WING was in the 1960's and 1970's. I know he has solid radio credentials. But, if you really remember what WING was like, it had only a few "screamer" jocks. (Jim Quinn might be one you'd think of here.) For the most part, the presentation was uptempo, but not too "teeny" for the adults.
If you notice, Mr. XM doesn't even know how to pronounce correctly some of the towns and places he references during the show.
If you want to listen to the "real" WING, spend a little money and buy some of the airchecks available through California Airchecks, as well as some of the other services. You'll hear what I mean.
The guy on XM? If Gene Barry could hear it today, he'd be spinning in his grave. Sorry...but I knew the Lively Guys...and the guy on XM doesn't do them real justice. He's just a DJ screaming over old jingles and old records..
HE does also play some old aircheck snippets. I believe he got the WING airchecks from Tom Konard's Aircheck Factory. I think this is the third WING salute he's done. While it isn't a total repeat, all the aircheck snippets are the same. All the aircheck snippets are courtesy of Tom Konard. You can get unscoped copies of them from him. In my opinion, the best of the WING salutes was the first one from back in late 2005. It included the live daily CQ show as well as a deeper playlist. If anyone's interested, I can try and post today's WING salute on one of the upload sites. Also, for the poster who asked about an online stream, Winamp offers the AOL feeds for some of the XM channels. You can get it on DirecTV as well. If anyone's interested in any of the other XM Sonic Sound Salutes, check out:
http://www.vuolovideo.com/audioairchecks.html
http://www.vuolovideo.com/audioairchecks.html
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Cornelius van der Beek
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Download the Winamp player, it's a partner with AOL. They have 10-15 XM channels available on the player including the 60's channel.
It's free.
It's free.
Terry Young, the jock who's on during these salutes, is usually only on more often when lacking airchecks for the recreation. Sometimes the aircheck collection is so plentiful he doesn't need to speak at all. I remember the WQAM salute had a lot of them, most of which were supplied by Bob Green and Rick Shaw.
Well, good if he's playing some snippets of airchecks.
I heard it from a 5 CD set recorded from his first tribute, and both myself, and some other former WING people all agreed that was pretty weak. Perhaps between now and then, there's been some more to add...
WING was, in its' heyday, like WSAI, WCOL and others of the era were, very unique stations keyed in to their own locales. WING was, as I remember listening to it as a young boy, an "adult" Top 40 station during the day that got more frenetic after 3 pm. It had uptempo jocks, but the presentation was more adult during the day. At one point in its' history, it was one of the highest-billing Top 40's in the U.S. It was legendary for its' market and its' time.
So excuse some of us if we're particular about "tributes". We're very proud of our associations with that station, proud to have played some role in its' "legend". For me, though I came at almost the end, despite the fairly low pay for the time, it was a "dream job". I had finally "made it" to the station I idolized as a kid. To hear my voice coming back through the headphones saying those call letters, hearing the reverb on the air chain and the supurb AM stereo sound coming though the monitors in the control room, even at 3 in the morning, made me feel like I had arrived. We all tried to be keepers of the flame.
I was proudest of the fact that I was Kirkie's "accepted" fill-in while I was there. I still treasure an aircheck I have on the computer here filling in for Steve on the morning after the San Francisco earthquake. Listening back to it today, I could critique it to death, but love some of the bits we collaborated on. (Jim Blommel, our production guy at the time, did a great Marge Schott impersonation!)
So, sorry if some of us are particular. I hope you can appreciate the emotion by which a lot of the people who worked there still carry for it...some of us still want to protect it, even if those days are long gone.
I heard it from a 5 CD set recorded from his first tribute, and both myself, and some other former WING people all agreed that was pretty weak. Perhaps between now and then, there's been some more to add...
WING was, in its' heyday, like WSAI, WCOL and others of the era were, very unique stations keyed in to their own locales. WING was, as I remember listening to it as a young boy, an "adult" Top 40 station during the day that got more frenetic after 3 pm. It had uptempo jocks, but the presentation was more adult during the day. At one point in its' history, it was one of the highest-billing Top 40's in the U.S. It was legendary for its' market and its' time.
So excuse some of us if we're particular about "tributes". We're very proud of our associations with that station, proud to have played some role in its' "legend". For me, though I came at almost the end, despite the fairly low pay for the time, it was a "dream job". I had finally "made it" to the station I idolized as a kid. To hear my voice coming back through the headphones saying those call letters, hearing the reverb on the air chain and the supurb AM stereo sound coming though the monitors in the control room, even at 3 in the morning, made me feel like I had arrived. We all tried to be keepers of the flame.
I was proudest of the fact that I was Kirkie's "accepted" fill-in while I was there. I still treasure an aircheck I have on the computer here filling in for Steve on the morning after the San Francisco earthquake. Listening back to it today, I could critique it to death, but love some of the bits we collaborated on. (Jim Blommel, our production guy at the time, did a great Marge Schott impersonation!)
So, sorry if some of us are particular. I hope you can appreciate the emotion by which a lot of the people who worked there still carry for it...some of us still want to protect it, even if those days are long gone.
Yeah, I wish they would have had a lot more airchecks. All the airchecks were from Tom Konard's Aircheck Factory, and he only has a few. I know because I bought all of them. I have been searching for WING airchecks for years and can't find any except the 4 or 5 Tom has. Airchecks from this whole area (Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati) are near impossible to find.
I remember WING from the AM stereo days. They were actually one of the reasons I got an AM stereo tuner. Back then, I was into only taping songs. Now I could kick myself for not letting the tape run. Would you mind posting that aircheck to one of the upload sites?
BACK TO THE Motormouth on XM, I don't think he has a lot of first hand knowledge about some of the stations or cities he salutes. The complaint about him mispronouncing things is a common one. As an earlier poster said, the more airchecks he has access to, the better the show is.
I remember WING from the AM stereo days. They were actually one of the reasons I got an AM stereo tuner. Back then, I was into only taping songs. Now I could kick myself for not letting the tape run. Would you mind posting that aircheck to one of the upload sites?
BACK TO THE Motormouth on XM, I don't think he has a lot of first hand knowledge about some of the stations or cities he salutes. The complaint about him mispronouncing things is a common one. As an earlier poster said, the more airchecks he has access to, the better the show is.
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kirkiefan
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Sounds as if the haphazard tribute was a joke and I didn't miss anything.
It's true that WING was more adult oriented during the day(Lou Swanson,Jerry Kaye,Ritchie Allen and Ken Warren) but picked up the tempo at night.(Big Jim Quinn,Dan Clover,Mike Duff and of course Gene "By Golly.")
It was the personalities,the PAMS jingles and the localism that made High Flying WING the magical station it was.
It's true that WING was more adult oriented during the day(Lou Swanson,Jerry Kaye,Ritchie Allen and Ken Warren) but picked up the tempo at night.(Big Jim Quinn,Dan Clover,Mike Duff and of course Gene "By Golly.")
It was the personalities,the PAMS jingles and the localism that made High Flying WING the magical station it was.
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