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PM Drive Composite: Dan Ingram on WABC, Bwana Johnny on WWDJ and Walt Baby Love on WOR-FM | June, 1971

PM Drive Composite: Dan Ingram on WABC, Bwana Johnny on WWDJ and Walt Baby Love on WOR-FM | June, 1971

Imagine my surprise when editing this tape labelled, “Dan Ingram 77 WABC 7-71″ and finding out that the afternoon this was recorded, the contributor was going back and forth between the other two powerhouse Top 40 stations at the time: 97 WWDJ out of Hackensack, NJ and 98.7 WOR-FM NYC! Actually, this turns out to be a real treasure! Comparing afternoon shows on these three stations gives one a…

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Old Gold 1971 Remastered, Part 1 of 4

Old Gold 1971 Remastered, Part 1 of 4

Going WAY back to the beginning of this website – well, okay, WAY back to the days when the radio industry trade circulated audio specials on vynl, here’s a completely re-mastered copy of one of the very first exhibits we had on airchexx way back in 2002! Old Gold was actually a vynl print – well, one could find it on vynl and on cassette in later years. The original copy we had obtained was on a…

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Bwana Johnny, 1260 KYA San Francisco | 1969

Bwana Johnny, 1260 KYA San Francisco | 1969

No serious discussion of the history of San Francisco Top 40 radio would be complete without acknowledging the contributions of 5,000 watt 1260 KYA.

Nobody will dispute that 610 KFRC was the reigning king of Top 40. Its powerful signal, with the longer 610 khz wavelength travelled much further and penetrated buildings better. It had the promotion budget of a broadcasting monolith, comparable in…

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