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Book Review - Shades of Survival by Robyn Watts

#bookreview #zombies everywhere in Robyn Watts' terrifyingly intimate tale of survival

Let’s talk zombies. They’re the perennial bogeymen of the apocalypse, an unstoppable force that devours everything in its path, moaning disease on two legs – provided the legs haven’t rotted off anyway. The first pop-culture zombie invasion started way back in 1919 in a largely-forgotten French silent movie called J’accuse that featured romance and the rising dead of World War I. The big daddy of…

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The Dave Scott Show, 1080 WEEP & 107.9 WEEP-FM Pittsburgh | May, 1969

The Dave Scott Show, 1080 WEEP & 107.9 WEEP-FM Pittsburgh | May, 1969

What’s appropriate when you can’t find a logo? Not for 1969, but the current incarnation of the old WEEP-FM carries on the Country format with the WDSY call letters, branded Y108. As for this aircheck, here is Dave Scott, who throws enough names out there to make one think he’s someone else… unless you were a regular listener in 1969 of course.

To my ears, WEEPis an odd-sounding station. This…

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Charlie Brown & Ty Flint, 93.3 KUBE Seattle | November, 1990

All-New! - Charlie Brown & Ty Flint, 93.3 KUBE Seattle | November, 1990

Charlie and Ty Reunite (Courtesy of Norm Gregory’s World Wide Headquarters)Please Scroll to the bottom of this post for an important announcement

And just when you’ve got the Persian Gulf mastered, we got new stuff out of Panama

[powerpress] Curator’s Notes: This was a bit difficult to nail down the date, and I still don’t think this is correct but its closer than what was written on the cassette…

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Mark & Brian Interview Pete Townshend - 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles | August, 1993

Mark & Brian Interview Pete Townshend – 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles | August, 1993

Station: 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles (Wikipedia) (Website) Format: Album Oriented Rock/Classic Rock Branded: “The Rock of Southern California” Featured Air Personalities: Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps, Pete Townshend Contributor: Robyn Watts Total Time: 13:13 Aircheck #1,593

“You really have to be fit to do Rock & Roll“

Curator’s Notes:

This is less of a jock oriented aircheck than a great interview…

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Gator Harrison, 107.5 WYHY Nashville | May 25, 1994

Gator Harrison, 107.5 WYHY Nashville | May 25, 1994

Recording Date: 05.25.1994 Station: 107.5 WYHY (@Y107) (WCOR-FM/WUSW/WRVW) Nashville, TN Format: CHR/Top 40 Branding: “Y107“; “The Outrageous FM“; “Nashville’s Number One Hit Music Station” Ownership: iHeart Media (Clear Channel/SFX Broadcasting) Featured Air Personality: Gator Harrison Contributor: Robyn Watts Associated Air Talent: Coyote McCloud, Rhett Walker, Downtown Billy Brown Total Time:

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Jim Quinn, 1410 KQV Pittsburgh | May, 1971

Jim Quinn, 1410 KQV Pittsburgh | May, 1971

KQV Pittsburgh Store Front Studios

Date of Recording: 05.xx.1971 (Exact Date Unknown) Station: 1410 KQV Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Format: Top 40 Featured Air Personality: Jim Quinn Contributor: Robyn Watts Airchexx Entry: 1,459

“Once again, we are giving away hot pants!”

Comments:

Sounding much as if a table microphone was placed in front of a transistor radio speaker, here’s a quick aircheck…

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Sample: 106.5 KQQK Galveston, TX | August, 1986

Sample: 106.5 KQQK Galveston, TX | August, 1986

Galveston, Texas

Date of Recording: 08.xx.1986 (Exact Date Unknown) Station: 106.5 KQQK (KQBU/KOBE) Galveston, Texas, USA Format: Spanish Language CHR Contributor: Robyn Watts Airchexx Entry: 1,457

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South Texas might be one of the only markets where radio programming consists of all the major formats, plus Regional Mexican, Salsa and the VERY popular Tejano format. And here, a CHR station…

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Bob Hopa, 101.1 WHOT-FM Youngstown | August 5, 1987

Bob Hopa, 101.1 WHOT-FM Youngstown | August 5, 1987

You can win SUPER CASH from Hot-FM-101! Or, Stick It and Win! Lots of contesting, as was the norm at so many CHR stations by the end of the 1980s. Bob Hopa is in the air chair for this tightly scoped three-minute glimpse of WHOT. This is very short, and there’s not much to write about, so just listen, and post your comments below!

Courtesy of Contributor Robyn Watts!

[powerpress] Aircheck #…

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