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WPLJ 95.5 MP3 US Tom Hogan 2/7/72 45m
WPLJ 95.5 Rock ‘N Stereo MP3 US Dick Summer 4/13/73 31m
WPLJ 95.5 MP3 US Dick Summer host “Graffitti” with guest Bruce Bradley 8/12/73 36m
NY205-1G WPLJ 95.5 MP3 NYBR US Pat St. John 8/28/75 46m
NY105E-2 CD and MP3 WPLJ 95.5 NYBR US Jim Kerr and Tom Morgan 8/29/75 46m
NY105I WPLJ 95.5 New York’s Best Rock US CD and MP3 US Zacherle 9/18/75 60m
WPLJ 95.5 NYBR US MP3 Pat. St. John 3/17/76 46m
WPLJ 95.5 US MP3 NYBR Pat St. John 3/18/76 46m
WPLJ 95.5 MP3 US NYBR Jim Kerr 4/15/77 26m
NY105E-1 WPLJ 95.5 US MP3 NYBR Tony Pigg 6/2/77 60m
WPLJ 95.5 US MP3 NYBR Tony Pigg 9/23/77 62m
WPLJ 95.5 MP3 US NYBR Mono John Zacherle 10/6/77 60m
WPLJ 95.5 US MP3 NYBR Jimmy Fink 9/19/78 46m
NY105-1F WPLJ 95.5 NYBR Scoped Composite 1/1/79: David Fontino, Jimmy Fink, Zacherle, Pat St. John, Tony Pigg, Carol Miller, Bob Marrone, Dave Charity 40m
WPLJ 95.5 NYBR US MP3 Carol Miller 4/5/79 30m
WPLJ 95.5 NYBR US MP3 Dave Charity Who Music Special 9/16/79 90m
WPLJ 95.5 NYBR US MP3 Carol Miller 11/5/79 featuring The Big Montage 60m
WPLJ 95.5 CD US NYBR Carol Miller November 1979 70m
WPLJ 95.5 MP3 Scoped NYBR Tony Pigg with guest Howard Hesseman from WKRP In Cincinatti 12/6/79 11m
WPLJ 95.5 CD X 2 US NYBR Jim Kerr 6/23/80 90m
WPLJ 95.5 CD X 2 US NYBR Mark Goodman 6/23/80 85m
WPLJ 95.5 MP3 US NYBR Jimmy Fink 6/3/82 60m
WPLJ 95.5 MP3 US Jimmy Fink May 1983 37m
WPLJ 95.5 MP3 and CD US Home of the Hits Carol Miller June 1983 60m
WPLJ 95.5 MP3 US NYBR Jimmy Fink in for Carol Miller 7/2/83 47m
WPLJ 95.5 CD US Jimmy Fink and Pat St. John Home of the Hits 7/4/83 61m
WPLJ 95.5 MP3 US Home of the Hits Dave Charity 7/30/83 60m
WPLJ 95.5 MP3 US Home of the Hits Peter Bush 11/16/83 36m
WPLJ 95.5 CD US Jim Kerr October 1984 61m
WPLJ 95.5 CD US Peter Bush 12/31/84 30m
WPLJ Power 95 Composite Jim Kerr, JJ Kennedy and Pat St. John 8/15/86 Scoped 45m
WPLJ Power 95 MP3 Smokin’ Willie B. Goode March 1987 60m
WPLJ Power 95 CD X 2 US Jim Kerr 5/7/87 86m
WWPR Power 95 MP3 Bobby Valentine aka Ray Rossi 4/20/88 44m
WWPR Power 95 US MP3 Rich Stevens 4/28/88 46m
WPLJ Power 95 CD X 2 US Gary Bryan and Linda Energy 9/27/89 90m
WPLJ 95.5 CD US Al Bandiero Saturday Night 70’s 2/8/95 47m
WPLJ 95.5 Scott and Todd Best Of The Phone Scams Volume 2 61m 2001
MANY MORE TO COME!
All the Oldies Shows are available from the beginning to the current date even though they are not listed here. They can be done as audio or mp3 CD’s.
CD X 3 | WABC Saturday Night Oldies The Return of MusicRadio77 with Mark Simone hosting The Saturday Night Oldies Show 12/3/05 S (Semi-Edited)
The shows below are WABC DJ’s including Dan Ingram who is on the Top Jocks Page, and are not listed on the New York Page. They are listed in chronological order. Please give all information when inquiring about a trade.
MP3 US Dan Ingram 11/4/61 20m
CD US Chuck Leonard September 1966
CD X 2 US Dan Ingram 7/22/67
CD US Ron Lundy 12/28/68
CD US George Michael-Johnny Donovan-Dan Ingram 3/19/75
CD US Bob Cruz 8/31/78 45m
CD US Bob Cruz 12/7/78 45m
MP3 US Howard Hoffman 1/15/80 90m
CD US 60m Bob Cruz 2/26/80, Chuck Leonard 4/2/79, Ron Lundy 5/26/80
MP3 and CD US Ron Lundy 3/18/80 45m
MP3 and CD US Dan Ingram 3/18/80 1h 45m (2 segments)
C60 US Dan Ingram March 1980
CD X 2 Scoped
CD X 2 Marc Summers 3/27/82
CD X 2 US Ron Lundy 4/30/82
CD US Dan Ingram 4/30/82
MP3 US Ross Brittain and Brian Wilson 5/10/82 60m
REWOUND 1999
REWOUND 2000
REWOUND 2001
REWOUND 2002
REWOUND 2003
REWOUND 2004
REWOUND 2005
REWOUND 2006
Check out this tribute to the WHN crew by Randy Barlow!
Big Apple Airchecks would like to thank former WHN Program Director Ed Salamon for providing us with his “stash of lost” WHN Airchecks!
The DJ’s:
WHN CD x 6 | A Special Presentation: The Last 6 Hours of WHN Hosted By Lee Arnold and Dan Taylor 7/1/87
WHN 1 CD | Compilation of the above DJ’s for the 1977 Billboard Personality of The Year Awards
WHN 1A CD | Lee Arnold 8/25/75
WHN 2 CD | Dolly Parton 11/26/75
WHN 3 CD | Big Al Downing 1975
WHN 4 CD | Ray Sawyer and Dennis Locorriere of Dr. Hook 1/26/78
WHN 5 CD | Barbi Benton 2/9/76 and Doug Sahm 8/30/76
WHN 5A CD | Bobby Wayne 1-4 PM and Del DeMontreaux 4-7 PM 2/9/76
WHN 5B CD Scoped | 1) Barbi Benton 7-8 PM 2/9/76 2) Jessie 8 PM-12 AM 2/9/76 3) Alan Colmes 12-5:30 AM 2/1076
WHN 6 CD | Tammy Wynette 9/17/76
WHN 7 CD | Olivia Newton-John 11/18/77 and Kenny Rogers 10/29/79
WHN7A CD US | Tommy & Troy Caldwell of The Marshall Tucker Band Guest DJ’s with Lee Arnold 4/19/80
WHN 8 CD | Juice Newton 12/8/81
WHN 9 CD | Roger Miller 4/12/82
WHN 10 CD | Michael Murphy 10/25/83
WHN 11 CD | John Denver 4/2/84
WHN 12 CD | Bobby Wayne 11/20/76, Bobby Wayne Billboard Aircheck 1977, Bobby Wayne & CW McCall 11/20/75
WHN 13 CD | Bobby Wayne, Del DeMontreaux, Jessie, Guest DJ John Hartford, Ed Baer 12/9/76
WHN 14 CD | Mike Fitzgerald with Guest DJ Engelbert Humperdinck
WHN 15 CD | Del DeMontreaux 5/16/??
WHN 16 CD | Guest DJ Eddie Rabbitt and Jessie 8/21/78
WHN 17 CD | Guest DJ Emmylou Harris 1/28/85
WHN 18 CD | Del DeMontreaux introducing Guest DJ Dolly Parton 11/26/75
WHN 19 CD | Guest DJ Doug Sahm 8/10/76
WHN 20 CD | Guest DJ Kitty Wells 6/28/77
WHN 21 CD | Guest DJ Anne Murray 2/10/78
WHN 22 CD | Guest DJ Willie Nelson 3/30/79
WHN 22A CD | Guest DJ Dick Clark 4/25/79
WHN 23 CD | Guest DJ Charlie Pride 2/26/81
WHN 23A CD | Scoped | Guest DJ Charlie Pride and Bobby Wayne 3-6 PM 8/25/75
WHN 24 CD | Guest DJ’s Johnny Cash & Anne Murray 12/4/81
WHN 25 CD | Guest DJ Ronnie Milsap 4/21/82
WHN 25A CD | Guest DJ Ronnie Milsap 7/25/78
WHN 26 CD | Guest DJ Eddie Arnold 9/13/82
WHN 27 CD | Guest DJ John Schneider 3/22/83
WHN 28 CD | Bruce Bradley 8/74
WHN 29 CD | Guest DJ’s Loretta Lynn & Sissy Spacek 1977
WHN 30 CD | Guest DJ’s Jeff Hanna & John McEuen of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 2/23/77
WHN 31 CD | Guest DJ Roy Clark 5/16/77
WHN 32 CD | Guest DJ Hank Thompson 5/16/77
WHN 33 CD | Guest DJ Freddy Fender 5/17/77
WHN 34 CD | Guest DJ Dickie Lee 9/13/77 (with a little Alan Colmes at the end)
WHN 35 CD | Guest DJ Conway Twitty 9/21/77
WHN 36 CD | Guest DJ Ronnie Milsap 12/1/77
WHN 37 CD | Bobby Wayne hosts Rusty Weir Live in Studio Concert 2/27/78
WHN 38 CD | Bobby Wayne introduces Johnny Paycheck Live From The Lonestar Cafe hosted by Ed Baer 2/28/78
WHN 39 CD | Guest DJ Crystal Gayle 4/10/78
WHN 40 CD | Guest DJ’s Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius 4/9/80
WHN 41 CD | Guest DJ’s Donny & Marie Osmond 8/5/80
WHN 42 CD | Guest DJ Tanya Tucker 5/22/78 and Dan Taylor with John Schneider 7/13/81
WHN 43 CD | Mike Fitzgerald with Guest DJ Anne Murray 9/27/83
WHN 44 CD | Jessie w/Guest DJ Lester Flatt 4/29/78
WHN 45 CD | Guest DJ Johnny Cash 2/8/85
WHN 46 CD | Bruce Bradley 8/73 and Big Wilson 12/17/74 and Country Music The Way You Want It Contest (1 minute)
WHN 47 CD X 2 US | Flip from Country Dan Taylor 2-3 PM to WFAN Suzyn Waldman 3-4 PM 7/1/87
WHN 47A MP3 US I Lee Arnold Last Show 7/1/87 15m
WHN 48 MP3 and CD US 7 Hours Total | Reunion on WFDU-FM includes Lee Arnold, Mike Fitzgerald, Larry Kenny, Dan Taylor and Jessie Scott 2/26/13 (6 MP3 files total)
(Lee Arnold, Pam Green, Mike Fitzgerald, Dan Taylor, Jessie Scott, Larry Kenney, Alan Colmes, Ed Salamon)
WHN 49 CD I Scoped Les Davis MOR to Jack Spector Country 2/23/73 (ALL 1977) Jessie, Ed Baer, Bobby Wayne, Del DeMontreaux, Lee Arnold
WHN 50 CD I Scoped Big Wilson 2/17/74, Ed Baer 11/79, Sheila York and Stan Martin 2/87
Ed Salamon
As the Executive Director of the Country Radio Broadcasters, Ed Salamon works every day to make Country Radio more successful. He is responsible for producing the CRB events including the radio industrys largest convention, The Country Radio Seminar. He also oversees CRBs many other industry initiatives, which include research, awards and scholarships.
Ed made his initial industry contacts deejaying record hops and playing in garage bands that appeared at dances held by top 40 deejays in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa.
After college, Ed was hired by KDKA radio to handle publicity, promotion and market research, but soon became Music Director of the legendary 50,000-watt clear channel station. There, Ed developed a system of call-out music research.
Two years later, Ed accepted an offer to program a Country station, WEEP, also in Pittsburgh. In 1975, the unexpected success of this station, in a non-traditional Country market, attracted attention and earned Ed the offer to program WHN, New York, which was failing after two years in the Country format.
The Wall Street Journal and the Business sections of The New York Times were among the press to document the rise of WHN from 14th to 2nd place. In the late 70s, ads touting WHN as the 2nd largest radio station on earth and the biggest thing since rock and roll were often on the cover of Broadcasting Magazine. Ed used research to take chances on music. Much of this music was not what Nashville was marketing, and there was an initiative to remove WHN as a Billboard Country reporter. Ed produced the nationally syndicated series, Live From The Lone Star Café. Meanwhile, WHN, its air staff, and Ed won numerous awards and more importantly, WHN set the record as the most listened to Country radio station in America. Ed was named National Program Director of the Storer Radio chain. When Storer sold its stations, Ed stayed with WHN and new owner Mutual Broadcasting and got involved with network programming, where he met Dick Clark.
In 1981, Ed formed The United Stations Radio Network with Dick and Nick Verbitsky. As Programming head, he created The Weekly Country Music Countdown, which is still on the air, as well as countless weekly shows and specials. United Stations bought the RKO Radio Networks, then merged with Transtar to form Unistar. In the mid 90s, Ed became bi-coastal in order to run the 24/7 Satellite Format division that had been Transtar. Infinity purchased Unistar, then bought Westwood One and consolidated the networks. Ed became President/Programming of Westwood One, at one time reporting directly to Mel Karmazin. Charles Osgood, Martha Stewart, and David Letterman were among the programs that reported to Ed.
Ed Salamon was head of Programming for a major radio network for more than twenty years. He has been responsible for the creation of more radio programming than anyone in modern radio history.
Since the 70s, Ed had served on the Agenda Committee and Board of the Country Radio Broadcasters on a pro bono basis. In the mid 90s, Ed was named President, and held that office longer than anyone in the organizations history. Since becoming Executive Director of the CRB on July 1, 2002, Ed has been able to devote total efforts toward his passion for Country radio.
Ed also wrote a book on WHN, and you should check it out. Thanks Ed, for the link! Ed is now happily retired and living on a farm in Nashville, TN.
WNEW-FM is by far one of the GREATEST Rock Radio Stations of all time. After I “graduated” from WABC, I went to WPLJ and WNEW-FM. I had the pleasure of meeting many of the DJ’s, including Jim Monaghan, who introduced me to the late, great Scott Muni. They were instrumental in breaking new music, but always playing the classic ones as well.
(Scott Muni and Matt Seinberg at The Museum of TV & Radio September 26-2002)
CD US | Tribute To “Murray The K” 2/7/87
CD US | Rosko 3/23/68
CD US | Rosko 11/18/70 (Bill Mercer)
CD US | Rosko 12/6/70
CD US | Rosko 4/15/68 & 12/3/70
CD US | Dennis Elsas Hosts The 10th Anniversary Of The Beatles Coming To America 2/10/74
CD US | Richard Neer with guests Monty Python 3/25/75
MP3 US I Allison Steele 9/19/75 61m
CD US | Dave Herman 4/18/77 and Pete Fornatale 11/28/80
CD US | Allison Steele 10/31/78
CD US | Allison Steele 12/6/78
MP3 CD I US I Dennis Elsas 4/5/79 47m
CD US | Richard Neer 4/7/79
CD US | The WNEW-FM Christmas Carol 12/12/80
CD US | Vin Scelsa 5/10/81, Jim Monaghan 6/21/81 and Earle Bailey 2/14/82
MP3 and CD US I Pam Merly and Jim Monaghan 7/3/81 60m
MP3 Scott Muni and Vin Scelsa Host Live From The Bottom Line Harry Chapin in Concert 7/20/81 2h 22m
CD X 2 US I Allison Steele 12/18/84
CD and MP3 US I Pete Fornatale Top 60 of The 1960s 12/29/84 58m
CD US | Richard Neer into Pete Fornatale 3/25/83
CD US | Carol Miller 4/25/86 and Dan Neer 4/7/96
MP3 US I Classic 500 Countdown Songs 28-24 12/31/96 46m
CD US | Meg Griffin & Carol Miller 2/87
CD and MP3 | 3 Tracks at 90 minutes each 20th Anniversary Celebration 10/30/87
CD and MP3 US | Richard Neer 2/25/89 58m
CD US | Carol Miller 1/31/92
MP3 & CD US | 1) Pat St. John 3/22/90 22m 2) Pat St. John 3/94 Scoped 6m
CD US | Harris Allen 7/6/91
CD US | Carol Miller 8/9/95
CD x 4 US | Vin Scelsa 2/26/96 3h
CD and MP3 US | Tony Pigg 11/15/96 46m
CD US | All Time 500 12/31/96
CD X 2 US | Dave Herman Returns 1/2/97
MP3 US I Vin Scelsa’s Idiot’s Delight 12/13/99 94m
CD x 3 US | WFUV Pete Fornatale Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of WNEW-FM 10/27/07
Here are airchecks from the GREATEST oldies station
of all time, WCBS-FM!
This is by no means a complete listing of what is available, only what I’ve had time to list! They are all listed in chronological order, so when making a request, please provide all the dates and DJ’s name! Everything is on CD unless otherwise indicated.
CD x 8 | Norm N. Nite: 6/24/73, 6/73,4/24/83, 5/29/83, 6/12/83, 7/8/83, 7/31/83, 9/11/83 (all on seperate CD’s)
CD x 2 US | NY119A Roby Yonge 2/13/70
CD US 60m l Bill Brown 7/12/71
C90 & MP3 US l Dick Heatherton 3/19/74
MP3 US l Dick Heatherton 7/29/74 Three separate files totaling 4 hours
CD US | Mike Fitzgerald 5/23/78
CD US I Bob Dayton 4/2/79
MP3 US l Joe McCoy August 1979 45m
CD & MP3 US | Harry Harrison into Bill Brown 5/23/80
CD US | Cousin Bruce Morrow’s 1st Show 6/5/82 60m
MP3 US I Bob Shannon 6/5/82 30m
MP3-CD X 4-C90 X 2 l Zacherle’s Halloween Party 10/31/84 3 hours
CD | Harry Harrison 1986 with fan on the phone during the Mets VS Red Sox World Series game 1986 (caller is contributor Jack Pecinich)
CD US | Cousin Brucie’s Tribute To Bob Lewis 2/14/87
CD x 4 US | Zacherle’s Halloween Party 10/31/87
CD x 3 | WCBS-FM Third Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Show 1/20/88
MP3 & CD x 3 | WCBS-FM Fourth Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Show 1/18/89
CD and MP3 US I Steve O’Brien 4/25/89 30m
MP3 US l Mark Sommers 6/11/89 60m
MP3 & CD X 3 l Fifth Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Show 1/17/90 recorded on U92 Tampa
CD US I Bill Brown March 1990
CD US I Bob Shannon March 1990
CD & MP3 US | Bill Brown 6/16/90 45m
CD & MP3 US | Bob Shannon 6/16/90 45m
CD | Dan Ingram 1/31/91 (First show ever subbing for Ron Lundy!)
CD x 2 | Dan Ingram 10/19/91 (First regular shift)
CD | Cousin Brucie 8/11/92
CD | Bobby Jay April 12, 1993
NY068C MP3 and CD US | Ron Lundy in for Bill Brown, and Sue O’Neal in for Ron 2/11/94 60m
CD US | Dan Ingram into Dan Daniel (1st Show) 5/26/96
C45 & MP3 US Dan Daniel 1st Show 5/26/96
CD X 2 US | Bobby Jay 6/26/96
CD x 2 | Chuck Leonard 12/5/97 (includes KLOS JJ Jackson 8/24/78 on disc 2)
MP3 US l Gary Clark 6/8/98 90m
MP3 and CD x 2 US | Zacherle’s 2 Hour Halloween Special 10/31/98
CD US I Bill Brown 6/29/99
CD US I Dan Daniel 6/29/99
CD X 2 US | Mike Fitzgerald 2/25/01
CD US I Dan Ingram and Harry Harrison March 2002
CD US I Harry Harrison and Ed Baer March 2002
CD US | Dan Daniel Last Show 12/01/02
MP3 and CD X 2 US l NY138 Pat St. John 4/18/03 90m
CD x 2 US | Steve O’Brien 5/10/03
CD x 2 | Ed Baer 5/31/03
CD US | Famous Amos 12/25/03
MP3 and CD US l Bill Rock 6/19/04 46m
CD US | Holly Levis 7/24/04
CD X 2 US Jack Mitchell AKA Jim Douglas 1/1/04
MP3 CD | Mickey Dolenz and Mike Fitzgerald Morning Show:
MP3 US Dan Taylor in for Bob Shannon 5/24/05 5-6:30 PM 90m
MP3 CD X 2 6/3/05 The Day The Music Died…Again when CBS-FM flipped to JACK-FM
5:30 AM-8 PM Don K. Reed, Mickey Dolenz, Randy Davis and Bill Brown, Last Hour of music and beginning of JACK-FM
CD x 10 US | The Return of WCBS-FM To New York’s Greatest Hits 7/12/07! From 12 Noon Kick-off with montage up until 12 Midnight. Features Bob Shannon, Bill Lee, Joe Causi, Dan Taylor and various other guests.
New York Radio Greats Sunday Night Shows MP3: I have many of the shows available. Jocks include the late Wolfman Jack, Big Ron O’Brien, Norm N. Nite, Ed Baer, Don K. Reed, Bobby Jay, Ross Brittain, Don Bombard, Allen Beebe, and many others.
MP3 and CD X 2 US A Halloween Special with Zacherle and Ron Parker 10/31/07 8-10 PM
MP3 US The Z100 Morning Zoo Reunion on WCBS-FM 4/8/22 with Scott Shannon, Ross Brittain, Clair Stevens and Jonathon Bell US 3h
CD US | John DiBella 3/27/81 80m
NY201 CD X 2 l John DiBella 8/2/82 90m
NY201A CD X 2 l Donna Donna 2/27/82 90m
MP3 US l Vin Scelsa 11/2/82 90m
NY201B CD l Larry The Duck 11/7/82 45m
CD US | Meg Griffin and Bob Waugh 5/14/84
MP3 US I Pam Merly 4/5/79, Willoughby and Denis McNamara 8/4/84 53m
MP3 US I Nancy Abramson 12/29/84 30m
MP3 US l Larry The Duck 11/23/87 90m
CD US | Malibu Sue 1/14/88
MP3 US I Malibu Sue 11/4/88 47m
NY201D CD X 2 l Gary Ravioli & Susan Browning into Malibu Sue 5/24/96 90m
NY201E CD X 2 l 8/12/96 90m
NY201C C90 X 3 l The End of WLIR
MP3 Scoped Murray The K 1970 30m
CD US Don Imus 12/4/72 45m
CD X 2 and MP3 US Jessie Scott 12/13/72 90m
CD MP3 US Wolfman Jack 1st Show 8/6/73 54m
MP3 X 2 US Wolfman Jack Last Show 6/29/74 3 hours 14 minutes
CD US WNBC 1973 Christmas Carol with Don Imus, Wolfman Jack and Murray The K
CD MP3 US Bob Fitzsimmons Last Show 11/29/74 60m
CD MP3 US Don Imus 1/26/74, Jack Scott & Oogie Pringle 8/8/75 and Al Brady 9/27/75
CD MP3 US Oogie Pringle 3/12/75
MP3 US Dick Summer 3/22/75 90m
CD MP3 US Bob Vernon With A V 3/27/75
CD & MP3 Scoped Bob Vernon With A V 1976 11m (I got this directly from Bob) BONUS: OH002A WGAR 1974 Scoped 10m
CD MP3 US NY011A Walt Baby Love Last Show 8/19/77 60m
CD X 2 MP3 US NY011B Steve Warren and Norm N. Nite Last Shows 8/31/77 45m each
CD MP3 US NY011C Joe McCoy 8/31/77 Last Show 12:55-1:55 PM
CD MP3 US Johnny Dark 6/4/80
MP3 US Ron O’Brien 9/18/81 56m
MP3 US Michael Sarzynski January 1982 33m
MP3 US Big Ron O’Brien 2/4/82 45m
CD Don Imus 2/5/82 44m
CD MP3 US Howard Stern 6/25/83
CD US Howard Stern 1/12/84 46m
CD US Howard Stern 1/16/84 46m
MP3 Scoped Frank Reed Last Show 5/25/84 59m
CD MP3 US Howard Stern 1/24/84 44m
CD MP3 US Johnny Dark 9/5/84 Last Show 30m
CD MP3 US Allen Beebe 4/9/85 Last Show 60m
CD MP3 US Howard Stern 9/24/85
CD US Tim Byrd 1984
MP3 US Don Imus 10/23/86 60m
MP3 US Lee Chambers 10/23/86 ( The Day after Jane Dornacker passed) 45m
MP3 US EJ Crummy 11/5/86 61m
CD MP3 US Soupy Sales with guest Dan Ingram 11/14/86 44m
CD MP3 US Soupy Sales 12/6/86 46m
CD X 2 MP3 US Alan Colmes with guests Dan Ingram and Bruce Morrow 2/10/87
CD Scoped Dale Parsons 7/11/87
CD Scoped Dan Taylor 12/6/87
CD Scoped Jack Scott 1/30/88
MP3 US The Real Bob James Time Machine 5/9/88 1h 26m
CD MP3 US Bob James 5/29/88 45m
CD MP3 Scoped The Real Bob James 6/25/88 21m
MP3 US Peter Shane 8/1/88 46m
MP3 US Carol Mason in for Dan Taylor 8/14/88 60m
CD MP3 US Jay Sorensen and Don Imus 8/25/88
CD US Bob James 9/24/88 45m
CD MP3 Scoped Alan Colmes 10/6/88 and Jay Sorensen Time Machine Last Show 10/7/88
CD MP3 US Ray D’Ariano 10/7/88 Last Show
(This is a classic WNBC Poster that was signed by the alumni at the June 2004 Reunion)
CD X 2 Gene Klaven, Ted Brown William B. Willams, Bob Jones and Pete Meyers 90m
CD US Pete Meyers, Gene Klavin & Dee Finch, other assorted stuff 1961 90m
MP3 US William B. Williams 3/3/69 60m
MP3 & CD US The Jonathon Schwartz Collection Courtesy of John Osterholm and Bob Perry. All came from 50 year old reel to reel tapes that had to be baked for 3 hours, and each tape was recorded on both sides. There is some residual squealing. Most dates run from 90 minutes to 3 hours in one or two files.
1974: 1/13, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17
1975: 1/12, 4/20
1976: 5/2
1977: 2/13, 2/20, 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, 4/17, 4/24
BONUS: Live from The Westbury Music Fair, The Count Basie Orchestra, Vic Damone and Lena Horne 3/26/77 2 hours.
MP3 US Julius La Rosa 3/4/74 60m
CD US William B. Williams 3/5/76 60m
CD US Julius La Rosa 3/4/76 60m
CD US Bob Jones 6/2/78 60m
CD US Gene Klavan 12/9/77 Last Show 60m
CD US Bill St. James 9/19/78 60m
MP3 A Tribute to Martin Block hosted by Ted Brown, Jim Lowe and William B. Williams 1984 90m
MP3 CD Tribute To William B. Williams 8/4/86 90m
CD US Jim Lowe 11/11/81 2-3 PM 60m
CD US Al “Jazzbo” Collins Milkmans Matinee 1982
MP3 Scoped Steve Warren 12/18/91 8m
The history of the 105.1 frequency is a storied one. It came on the air December 4, 1953 as WWRL-FM, simulcasting with it’s sister WWRL-AM 1600 owned by William Reumer. In October 1957, it changed it’s format to classical music and changed the call letters to WRFM.
In 1967, Bonneville International purchased the station, and in 1968 changed the format to Beautiful Music, and it became the number music station in New York City. It started to add some vocals in each hour, and in 1986 it changed the call letters to WNSR, “New York’s Soft Rock,” a gold based Adult Comtemporary format.
That lasted until 1990, when the call letters and format changed again to WMXV, “Mix 105” as a more Hot Adult Contemporary format.
That station lasted until November 13, 1996, when it abrubtly changed format, stunting for a day with Broadway showtunes. On November 14, the call letters changed to WDBZ “The Buzz” as a more adult friendly modern AC station.
In 1997, the station was sold to Chancellor Media. On January 21, 1998 the station relaunched as WBIX, “Big 105” with Danny Bonaduce as it’s morning host with a Hot AC format. They couldn’t compete with WLTW, and on December 4, 1998 it changed formats yet again as WTJM “Jammin’ 105.” The Jammin Oldies format was growing, and Chancellor merged with Capstar to form AMFM, and in 2000 the merged with Clear Channel.
The Jammin Oldies format was getting burnt out, and it evolved first into Urban Oldies, and finally Urban AC. New PD Frankie Blue brought in Jeff Foxx and George Wallace to form the “Jammin New York Wake Up Club.” While their ratings were good, the rest of the dayparts were dragging the station down.
Abrubtly on March 14, 2002 the station took the call letters WWPR and became “Power 105,” which it still is today.
Following are the available airchecks in the collection, with many more to follow. All are MP3’s and unscoped.
CD US WBIX Big 105 Danny Bonaduce 1st Show 2/2/98 7:15-8 AM 45m
CD X 2 US WBIX Jammin 105 Famous Amos 1/15/99 90m
CD X 2 US Famous Amos 4/24/99 90m
CD X 2 US Famous Amos 7/21/99 90m
US Famous Amos and Beth Bacall 10/21/99 2h 51m
US Nicole Andrews and Al Bandiero 10/23/99 25m
MP3 CD US Super Snake 12/14/99 4-5 PM 60m
US Famous Amos 3/14/00 83m
MP3 CD US Jay Thomas w/Nancy Jiles 3/22/00 7-8 AM 60m
CD US Carole Ford and Hollywood 5/31/01 75m
MP3 CD US Carole Ford Last Day 3/13/02 3-4:15 PM 75m
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